Small Faces??
LokoOne
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Saw a great doco on the Small faces last night w plenty of live performance footage etc.
I have never really checked their stuff, cus I dont dig that deep in the rock crates, but from what i saw and heard I realised I had mistaken them for another british pop rock band. I see theres a lot more to their sound and now Im keen to get my hands on some of their stuff...Plus I dig how they sang in a more 'natural' accent/voice and mixed up their style a bit moreany one here up really up on the Small Faces records and feels like schooling me?I definetly got to get my hands on this one... any other recommendations?
I have never really checked their stuff, cus I dont dig that deep in the rock crates, but from what i saw and heard I realised I had mistaken them for another british pop rock band. I see theres a lot more to their sound and now Im keen to get my hands on some of their stuff...Plus I dig how they sang in a more 'natural' accent/voice and mixed up their style a bit moreany one here up really up on the Small Faces records and feels like schooling me?I definetly got to get my hands on this one... any other recommendations?
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As far as the post-Rod years...
They changed their name to "Faces," and the sound got sloppier. At least one of those albums (First Step) was credited to "the Small Faces." I like Faces, but their albums are kinda spotty.
There were a couple of reunion albums (w/Steve Marriott)later in the seventies on Atlantic, 78 In The Shade and Playmates. Haven't heard them. Not sure I'd want to. The consensus seems to be that they're not worth the time (like a lot of reunion LP's from the Byrds on down).
At least they kept (a variation on) the title. Hope they gave the original author the proper credit, unlike a later UK band who gave the tune a facelift.
I was referring to the later band (Led Zeppelin,cough, cough...) ripping off this version lock stock and barrel....
and I cant believe they got away with such blatant drug references at the time too (Here comes the nice, itchycoo etc)
Kinda felt bad for them (according to the doco) how they got screwed hard by their mgmt/agent and didnt get pushed more in the US.
Whats the deal with Happiness Stan..was that a solo LP or part of Ogden? That bit wasnt clear in the doco...
The P.P. Arnold records with them backing are definitely worth checking out.
My favorite WFMU score ever was a UK mono of their 1966 Decca LP for $7 ... it would only rate a "VG/VG" and isn't all that rare or valuable, but it plays perfectly with amazing sound and is probably one of the top 5 most played albums I own.
GREAT f*cking RECORD.
Seriously. And HUGELY influential too. How many 90s "hard rock" bands were basically cutting/pasting Humble Pie and the Faces?
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They really were small. Look at that video above of Tin Soldier, and Ronnie Lane is barely bigger than his bass...