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| 1. What'cha Gonna Do About It? | |||
| 2. I've Got Mine | |||
| 3. It's Too Late | |||
| 4. Sha-La-La-La-Lee | |||
| 5. Grow Your Own | |||
| 6. Hey Girl | |||
| 7. Shake | |||
| 8. Come On Children | |||
| 9. You Better Believe It | |||
| 10. One Night Stand | |||
| 11. Sorry She's Mine | |||
| 12. Own Up Time | |||
| 13. You Need Loving | |||
| 14. Don't Stop What You Are Doing | |||
| 15. E Too D | |||
| 16. All Or Nothing | |||
| 17. Understanding | |||
| 18. My Mind's Eye | |||
| 19. I Can't Dance With You | |||
| 20. I Can't Make It | |||
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Disc One, "The Decca Sessions," proves the Small Faces to be a truly amazing Mod band. Their love of American soul music is obvious, but they were not a soul band, they were a rock band. As a result, their performances and songs created a hybrid of soul and rock, often within the context of a tight pop song format (though somtimes they just jammed for a few minutes). These records were hard, loud, and fast, but they weren't just done for thrills. Steve Marriott was an incredible vocalist who sounded like a nice British boy one minute and an American soul merchant the next. His throaty, shouting style was supplemented by similarly tough backing vocals from bassist Ronnie Lane and keyboardist Jimmy Winston, replaced by Ian McLagan (an excellent keyboardist) after the first two singles. Topping off the sound was Marriott's violent guitar work and the no-nonsense drumming of Kenney Jones (later to replace the deceased Keith Moon in the Who). The best representations of this style are "What'cha Gonna Do About It" (not the Doris Troy song), "Sorry She's Mine," "Own Up Time" and their UK #1 "All Or Nothing," which was about 20 years ahead of its time when it came out in 1966. By the end of their Decca days, they were turning in hot Mod-psych-rock like "My Mind's Eye" and "Patterns."
Disc Two, "The Immediate Sessions," is more varied. There were blatant odes to drug use like "Here Come The Nice" and "Itchycoo Park," sadly their only major US hit. They managed a few decent psych tracks like "Up The Wooden Hills" and "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake," and even tried jokey music hall-influenced stuff like "Lazy Sunday." "The Autumn Stone" is a lovely folkish ballad. Most impressive, however, is the hard rock found on tracks like "Tin Soldier," "Rollin' Over," and "Afterglow (Of Your Love)." Here, Marriott matched his tough, soulful vocal style to his and Lane's soaring songs and the band's in-your-face instrumental stylings to create something truly transcendent. "Afterglow" in particular is one of the most beautiful hard rock records ever made.
In short: get this compilation.
Sha la la la lee, Hey girl, All or nothing and My mind's eye were all huge UK hits, with All or nothing going all the way to number one. After a minor hit with I can't help it, they left Decca and signed for the Immediate label.
They just missed the UK top ten with Here come the nice. Itchycoo Park made the UK top three and the American top five (it was their only American hit). Tin Soldier made the UK top ten. Lazy Sunday, a brilliant summer song, was a UK number two hit. The universal made the UK top twenty in 1968, after which the group disbanded. Afterglow of your love became a minor UK hit in 1969. Re-issues of Itchycoo Park (a top ten hit in 1975) and Lazy Sunday (a minor hit in 1976) complete their chart history, unless there are further successful re-issues.
After the group disbanded, Steve Marriot, the lad singer, formed Humble Pie (best known for their UK top five hit, Natural born boogie) while the other three formed the Faces with another musician, Ronnie Wood, and a new lead singer, Rod Stewart.
The music of Humble Pie and the Faces is outside the scope of this compilation, which provides a comprehensive study of the Small Faces' music from both Decca and Immediate labels, including all their UK hits and many great album tracks. Note that most hits compilations tend to have either the Decca tracks or the Immediate tracks. If you buy this, you may never need another Small Faces collection, although even this one does not contain everything.
The Small Faces were a legitimate East End mod band. The music is great rock & roll and its a crime that the band never really took off in the states, because the US really missed out on a great band.
When Jimmy Page had to create a new roster to fill out his Yardbirds contractual obligations (the band would become Led Zepplin) his first choice for singer was the diminuative Steve Marriot. Why? Listen to Steve belt it out in tunes like "Whatcha' Gonna' Do About It" and "I've Got Mine."
If you're into mod, then check this out. Into Marriot's other band, Humble Pie? Check this out! Just into great rock&roll? Then you NEED this collection!
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