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Phil May
real name Philip Arthur Dennis Wadey
lead singer of The Pretty Things
United Kingdom · 1944-11-09 – 2020-05-15
Phil May is credited on 700 releases across 204 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

700
Credits
204
Albums
7
Decades active
154
In collections
Biography
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English vocalist, born 9 November 1944 in Dartford, Kent, died 15 May 2020 in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
700 releases · 204 albums · active 1964–2026
- Performance · 1,936
- Other credits · 49
- Production · 4
Studios: Olympic Studios · Jackson Studios · Startling Studios · EMI Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Pinups
1973

S.F. Sorrow
1968

The Pretty Things
1965

Parachute
1970

Savage Eye
1976

Plasticland
1984

Silk Torpedo
1974

Kudzu Records Presents
2020

Childhood's End (Lost & Found From The Age Of Aquarius)
2012

Big Bang Theory
2005

Gangster Of Love
1984

First Offence
1979

Attention! The Pretty Things!
1976

The Vintage Years
1976

Real Pretty
1976

Get The Picture?
1965

Virulent Fuzz Punk A.C.I.D.
2007

A Breath Of Fresh Air: A Harvest Records Anthology / 1969-1974
2007

Midnight To Six
2000

Knights Of The Blues Table
1997

Jimi Hendrix
1996

Bird / Period
1989

Cries From The Midnight Circus (The Best Of The Pretty Things 1968 - 1971)
1986

Cross Talk
1980
Frequent collaborators
- The Pretty Things
- Various
- Pretty Things
- Jimi Hendrix
- The Electric Banana
- The Tell-Tale Hearts
- Frantic
- Les Pretty Things
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