- Audio CD (18 April 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: True North
- ASIN: B00004TLSM
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 89,943 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Most of the Small Faces best known recordings are repackaged time after time on different compilation and greatest hits cds.
One of the attractions in buying this album therefore is hearing the band playing tracks specially recorded for the radio. These performances are not available on any other cd but are unique to this album.
My only criticisms about this cd are 1) Most of the tracks are from the band's earlier days and in fact the only track from the 1967-68 period is "Lazy Sunday" 2) As stereo radio did not exist at the time all tracks are in mono 3) Although there are several interviews with Steve Marriott and one with Kenney Jones there are none with the other band members.
Now on to the good points. This is the nearest thing to a "live" album available by this band. The recordings are raw unpolished brilliance and Marriott's vocals sound even better here than they do on the studio albums/singles. There are also some tracks which do not appear on other Small Faces cds.
The interviews appear to be from the band's early days and one interesting fact revealed was that they preferred playing in ballrooms to appearing in theatres as the audiences were so much closer to the stage.
Overall this is a very good CD and is recommended for all Small Faces and Steve Marriott fans.
One of the attractions in buying this album therefore is hearing the band playing tracks specially recorded for the radio. These performances are not available on any other cd but are unique to this album.
My only criticisms about this cd are 1) Most of the tracks are from the band's earlier days and in fact the only track from the 1967-68 period is "Lazy Sunday" 2) As stereo radio did not exist at the time all tracks are in mono 3) Although there are several interviews with Steve Marriott and one with Kenney Jones there are none with the other band members.
Now on to the good points. This is the nearest thing to a "live" album available by this band. The recordings are raw unpolished brilliance and Marriott's vocals sound even better here than they do on the studio albums/singles. There are also some tracks which do not appear on other Small Faces cds.
The interviews appear to be from the band's early days and one interesting fact revealed was that they preferred playing in ballrooms to appearing in theatres as the audiences were so much closer to the stage.
Overall this is a very good CD and is recommended for all Small Faces and Steve Marriott fans.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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3 minute pop songs don't get better than this recorded in session for the BBC this is almost a live album, and probably the closest you will get to a live small faces album. To me its inexplicable that the small faces were not as big as The Who or The Stones. The sound quality is generally good given the notoriously bad management of the BBC archives over the years this makes a great compilation with some nice alternative versions of Small faces favourites, `E to D', `All or Nothing' and `Lazy Sunday' (with PP Arnold on backing). A great little set leaving me wanting more.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
zeroxed by led zeppelin
3 Sep 2003
Format:Audio CD
Odd that the Small Faces never made much a splash outside England's Mod movement of the mid-60s. Stateside, they were a one-hit curiousity (Itchycoo Park) but back in the Queen's empire, Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston (later replaced with Ian McLagan) hit the top of the pops within weeks of their formation in 1965. Marriott's amply-amplified electric blues and leather-lunged vocals (an impossibly earthy black howl which later made millions for rock's most shameless embezzler Robert Plant) immediately distinguished the band's rollicking R&B covers and boisterous originals from their contemporaries. While the group's success was short-lived (Marriott walked offstage mid-song in a fit of pique during a New Years Day gig in 1969 and recruited Peter Frampton for a new band called Humble Pie), these BBC recordings recorded between 1965 - 68 show why the Small Faces were adored in their homeland. With avuncular BBC host Brian Matthews gleefully hosting the affair, the energy and confident cheek of the band is unmistakable as they plow through soul, blues and folk covers (Shake, If I Were a Carpenter, You'd Better Believe It, Sha La La La Lee) and their own hits (Hey Girl, Watcha Gonna Do About It, Lazy Sunday) - 15 in total. Unfortunately, neither Lane and Marriott aren around to enjoy the satisfaction of knowing they influenced everyone from The Jam to Oasis with their vibrant pre-punk power. But the electric crunch of Marriott's sizzling guitar work and howling graveyard blues (particularly on You Need Love, a throbbing and pained blues pledge blatantly Xeroxed by Zeppelin in Whole Lotta Love) - coupled with a solid rhythm section courtesy of Lane and Jones - are a study in unbridled rock enthusiasm and originality and not to be ignored.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
You'd Better Believe It!
29 Mar 2004
Format:Audio CD
This collection draws heavily from the band's earlier R&B period. On these recordings, Steve Marriot and company actually manage to sound rougher, tougher, leaner and meaner than they did on those classic Decca singles. They are no substitute for the originals, but essential none-the-less. Talk about giving The Who a run for their money! Even if you prefer their later Immediate material, you owe it to yourself to check this out. All Faces is good Faces!
Yes, Led Zeppelin blatantly ripped off "You Need Loving". But, let's not forget that the Small Faces shamelessly nicked the lyrics from Willie Dixon. Willie actually sued Zeppelin over copyright infringements and won. Smart man, Zeppelin had more money!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Supercharged live energy sixties mod style.
8 April 2002
Format:Audio CD
All their classics live(before Ogden Nut...).Yes, they could play as well as on their studio records.I knew about Small Faces but did not really hear their albums until 2001,better late than never.They were the cream of the crop in the late sixties.Super tight musicians,stellar tracks,sheer power.
P.S.I think the reviewer before me had the right review,but the wrong album.This aint Who,but better.
P.S.I think the reviewer before me had the right review,but the wrong album.This aint Who,but better.
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