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Review Crucially, this is the first compilation to draw on the entire Small Faces back catalogue. It's all here, from the raw power of their early R'n'B releases, such as ''Watcha Gonna Do About It?'' and ''Sha-la-la-la-lee'' to their unique brand of late-Sixties Cockney psychedelia, typified by the sing-a-longa hits ''Itchicoo Park'' and ''Lazy Sunday''. All fourteen singles are included, along with most of their B-sides, plus a stash of tracks from their albums From the Beginning (1966), Small Faces (1967), the classic Ogdens Nut Gone Flake (1968) and the posthumous round up of hits and misses, The Autumn Stone.
The first CD, spanning the Decca years, emphasises what great songwriters Marriott and Lane were so early in their career. ''One Night Stand'' and ''I Can't Dance With You'' are superior versions of the blue-eyed R'n'B that so many beat groups of the period were producing. The influence of the Small Faces on the pop to come is clear: ''E too D'' has Steve Marriott rasping the blues like a young Robert Plant.
The band's releases on Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate label make up the second CD. Here are the classic late-Sixties singles, ''Here Comes the Nice'', ''Tin Soldier'', ''Itchycoo Park'' and ''Lazy Sunday'' (how ''The Universal'' ever made it to seven-inch, though, is a mystery). The epic ''Afterglow (of Your Love)'' is, perhaps, Marriott's strongest vocal performance and ''The Autumn Stone'' one of his most tender moments. His tongue is firmly in cheek on the music-hall knees-up ''Happydaystoytown''. Mustn't grumble, though. ''Green Circles'' and ''Up the Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire'', from Small Faces, are classic British psychedelia. ''Get Yourself Together'' and ''Talk To You'', the flip to ''Here Comes the Nice'', are sound rockers with terrific hooks. If all you know is ''Itchycoo Park'', bunk off school with this collection. It's all too beautiful... --Rob Webb
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Ultimate Collection (Audio CD)
This represents a comprehensive overview of the groups career from 1965 to their split in 1969 showing how varied their skills and musical tastes were. Perhaps best known for their early mod R'N'B - which covers most of CD1 - styles they mastered included rock, I'm sure they must have been an influence to Led Zeppelin, thought provoking, mood changing psychedelia - encapsulating most of CD2 - as well as several classic pop singles (all of which are included). With sleevenotes written by Paul Weller devotee Paolo Hewitt I would recommend this collection to any lover of contemporary rock and pop music.
27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
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Brilliant sixties rock group,
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (No. 1 Hall OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Ultimate Collection (Audio CD)
The Small Faces were one of the most distinctive groups of the sixties and they have been a major influence on many rock stars down the years. The founder members were Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenny Jones and Jimmy Winston. Jimmy didn't stay long and was replaced by Ian McLagan after their debut single (Whatcha gonna do about it, a UK top twenty hit). With the new line-up, the Small Faces had a string of major UK hits.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 but their next three singles all made the UK top ten, these being Itchycoo Park (a top three UK hit and a top five American hit), Tin soldier and Lazy Sunday (which made number two in the UK). A top twenty hit (The universal) and a minor hit (Afterglow of your love - released after the group had disbanded) completed their run of original hits although re-issues of Itchycoo Park (a top ten hit again in 1975) and Lazy Sunday (a minor hit in 1976) also charted. After the comparative failure of The univeral in 1968, the Small Faces disbanded. Steve Marriott, their lead singer, formed another group, Humble pie (best remembered for their UK top five hit, Natural born boogie) while the three other members found a new lead singer, Rod Stewart, added another musician, Ronnie Wood, and became the Faces. The music of Humble Pie and the Faces is outside the scope of this compilation. Surprisingly, the Small Faces only made a limited impact in America (the Faces did better) but anybody who is interested in the London music scene of the sixties cannot ignore them.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Small Faces, great value!,
By a.cage (Essex, Britian) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ultimate Collection (Audio CD)
One of those albums with so many good tracks where you keep thinking 'I didn't know this was one of their's!'. If you like the music of the sixties, you'll like this.
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