3/2/2023 0 Comments Ogdens nut gone flakeThe band’s rise was stratospheric, with the new group playing their first out of town show at Peter Stringfellow’s Mojo Club in Sheffield in July 1965, accepting a residency in London’s Cavern Club in Leicester Square and signing with heavyweight manager Don Arden before releasing a debut single, ‘What’cha Gonna Do About It’, on Decca Records in August, which quickly ascended to No.14 in UK Singles Chart. Marriott was invited to play live with Lane & Jones’ that evening in Bermondsey but following a particularly rowdy show where Marriott smashed up the venue’s piano, they were sacked and ended up planning a new band together – the beginning of the Small Faces. Marriott, Lane, and Jones met up again months later in a local music shop – the J60 Music Bar – and struck up a conversation whereby they discovered a shared love of American blues and R’n’B. The Small Faces story starts in July 1964 with vocalist & guitarist Steve Marriott, bassist Ronnie Lane, and drummer Kenney Jones all sharing a bill at the Albion in Rainham, Essex as part of their own respective bands. A kinda dream band that everyone would want to be in” – Paul Weller The image, the haircuts, blimey they were even all the same height. They had everything – they were amazing players that all had the same influences. “They were the most complete pop group for me. Previously only available in grainy quality on a long-deleted VHS video release and as part of a hard-to-find DVD compilation, this new box-set’s audio & visual DVD content has been cleaned-up and is presented here in the best quality possible. This BBC TV studio performance is included on the new box-set’s DVD. The contents of the vinyl book are also reproduced while this edition’s DVD boasts a real gem although ‘Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake’ was never attempted live (in part due to its sheer complexity), the band did perform seven of the album’s twelve tracks on one occasion – the 21st June 1968 edition of BBC TV’s Late Line-Up ‘Colour Me Pop’ show. The comprehensive new 3CD+1DVD earbook set (Immediate IMEB012) comprises both original mono and stereo versions of the album together with a third CD that boasts an expanded version of the vinyl box-set’s bonus LP disc, additionally featuring gems such as the rare American single versions of ‘Mad John’ and ‘The Journey’ plus the much sought after mono ‘Afterglow Of Your Love’ (Alternate Single Mix), previously only released as a long sold-out 7” vinyl single for Record Store Day 2015 and made available here on CD for the first time.
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