What Are You Listening To?

[SteveO]

One of my all time favorites is ITCHYKOO PARK ! ...great band ...Odgens Nut Gone Flake is an excellent album!!!..unfortunately they were overshadowed by the Beatles and Stones...a case of bad timing I guess similar to the Kinks' situation.

THE SMALL FACES "greatest hits" cd,1987.

the 'greatest' band to emerge from the UK in the 1960s IMHO, love these guys better than The Beatles and certainly way better than Stones...
only The Who could match these guys for sheer power and amplified sound back in the day...
predominantly a r+b/blues rock outfit from London, but most people only remember them for their two quieter moments in 'lazy sunday' and 'itchycoo park'..
a couple of covers on here in 'if i were a carpenter'(well, actually i am?), and Tim Hardin's "red balloon", also the haunting ballad 'every little bit hurts', not sure if these guys did this first or Spencer Davis Group beat them to it back in the day...
this one didnt come out as well as i thought it would, and anyway,personally, i'd much rather hear their studio albums than a 'best of' collection anyday!
nevertheless a great time capsule of sorts of the most underrated british act from the mid/late 1960s....
as a small piece of trivia for any trivia buffs here....
vocalist Steve Marriott was approached by a certain Jimmy Page to front a band he was forming,Marriott declined the offer and Robert Plant got the gig with Led Zepplin instead, Marriott eventually left The Small Faces and formed blues rock supergroup Humblepie with a then unknown Peter Frampton on lead guitar, The small Faces then,in return, employed a relatively unknown vocalist from scotland called Rod Stewart to replace Marriott and changed their name to The Faces....

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: the journey
best track: tin soldier

tracks:

1. all or nothing ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZR2chRvQI0 live
2. dont burst my bubble **
3. rene ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFk5nmtEy-U audio
4. the journey *
5. afterglow ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI8WBy1WIVE audio
6. ogdens nut gone flake(instrumental) **
7. itchycoo park ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJzcF0v1eOE live
8. tell me, have you seen her **
9. wham bam,thank you mam **
10.tin soldier ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-brb3aftQ live
11.the universal ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-lhhHojV_o promo clip
12.every little bit hurts **
13.lazy sunday ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv41AgQTlrA live
14.call it something nice *
15.song of a baker ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jYgctXpajs live
16.happy days toy town ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pPCYlYWO6w live
17.collibosher(instrumental) **
18.autumn stone ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGwFt8e7Mzw audio
19.just passing **
20.red balloon ***
21.rollin' over **
22.wide eyed girl on the wall(instrumental) **
23.here comes the nice ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cusRV1QTEGs live
24.if i were a carpenter **

3s=12
2s=10
1s=2

rating: 2.4 or 8/10