One of the greatest songs of the 60s. The band was one of the most underrated of the time. Most of the band joined Rod Stewart and became the Faces while Steve Marriot formed Humble Pie. You should also listen to the fantastic Itchycoo Park, which was one of the first songs to use flanging.
The Small Faces are legendary. After Steve Marriott left, Rod Stewart joined and they became The Faces. Have a listen to Afterglow, a much heavier and more serious song. Also Tin Soldier is another absolute classic by them.
Side 2 of this album features a running commentary by the comedian Stanley Unwin, who invented his own version of English called Unwinese. It's an experience, I'll leave it at that.
The wonderful Steve Marriott. You should check out some more Small Faces songs like Tin Soldier, Itchycoo Park, All Or Nothing or one of their earlier songs, You Need Loving which was basically a cover of a Willie Dixon song in all but name. Robert Plant, a huge Marriott fan, nicked the last line of You Need Loving pretty much note for note for Led Zep's Whole Lotta Love, which again was a reworking of the same Willie Dixon song.
You've already checked out Steve Marriott with Humble Pie singing '30 days in the hole'. greatest 'blue-eyed soul' singer ever, check out the live version of 'Black Coffee' from the Old Grey Whistle Test. We're due to see Steve Marriott's daughter live this Thursday, singing with Rick and Adam Wakeman!
I saw the Small Faces several times in my youth back in the 1960s and they were a great live (and loud!) band with the distinctive vocals of the late Steve Marriott. Many years later I had him as a guest on my radio show and we discussed this song which many claimed was about recreational drug taking. Steve strongly refuted this suggestion with his tongue firmly in his cheek and a broad smile on his face. A former child actor, he was an absolute delight in conversation and we got on like a house on fire, I still have the "Thank You" telegram he sent me the next day. Steve would go on to considerable success with Humble Pie and later released several solo albums but, sadly, died prematurely in a house fire in 1991 at the age of only 44. BTW, the LP "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" was originally released in a circular sleeve and the cover design is a facsimile of the many brands of pipe tobacco available at the time which all came in circular tins. A great album, original releases are now very much sought after.
AH! The 60's I remember it well, well bits anyway. This tune is one of the highlights. Love the changes in your happy face, reflecting the changes in the tune. Please try "Itchykoo Park" next another tune with a hippy vibe.
Steve Mariott- one of the greatest rock singers ever. I like the whole album. Side 2 contains the story of Happiness Stan in 6 songs connected by an old narrator with a special British accent. So this side should be heard as a whole. In 1847, the island of Mauritius released two stamps - the red and the blue Mauritius. The red one is the most worthy stamp ever sold for 8.1 million Euros in 2021.
This is fun and takes me back to my youth (I was 8 at the time but knew a good song when I heard one) Steve Marriott was a truly great singer and Humble Pie shows him to his best advantage. Still worth listening to in 2024 though.
Ogden's nut gone flake was a really fun album. There was some real psychadelic conceptual stuff there. They had this narrator for the story about happiness Stan who was an absolute classic English voice performer. A really fun album.
Hi Justin. Dave from Somewhere (In Time). Steve Marriott, one of the all-time great rock vocalists, is probably better known in the States for his next band, Humble Pie. His vocals near the end of Lazy Sunday are more typical. The chirpy Cockney humorous stuff sounds rather like The Artful Dodger from the musical Oliver, which Steve as a child starred in, in London's West End (as did Phil Collins).
Something of a fun novelty, music hall track from one of the greatest British R&B bands of the sixties. Check out ‘Tin Soldier’ or ‘All Or Nothing’ for a taste of what they were really about. Featuring the brilliant Steve Marriott on vocals and guitar who would later form the band Humble Pie with Peter Frampton. The rest of the Small Faces would recruit Rod Stewart on vocals and Ron Wood on guitar and rebrand themselves as simply The Faces.
A crackin' fun track. The mix of music hall, pop, OTT accent, and partic the 'musn't grumble', always tickled me as a kid. Always loved this, but I'd be hard pressed to name many other songs by them I have to admit.
@@Owlstretchingtime78 TS, Not bad, though it's not ringing bells... Itchycoo Park's the only one jumping to mind, though I might recognise other tunes on hearing, and just not remember the titles :)
I hadn't noticed before how Steve dials back the heavy cockney accent on the later choruses. As has been suggested in other posts, Itchycoo Park is another great Small Faces track.
One of my Mums favorite bands. A definite sense of fun about them. A lot of people are suggesting "Itchykoo Park", May I add "Tin Soldier" Along with the Kinks they are probably the biggest influences on the Brit Pop/Brit Rock of my mid 20's.yes, I can hear the Ian Dury in that as well. Possibly one of the first band to have a very British accent that wasn't a comedy/music hall act.
I keep forgetting this album and end being thrilled to hear it again. I would buy it but I am kinda getting to like being surprised when it pops up again.
The bassist Ronnie Lane, joined Pete Townshend to make the album Rough Mix (1977). An excellent album from start to finish. I can recommend the tracks Misunderstood, Street in the City, or Heart to Hang Onto.
The album title and distinctive packaging design was a parody of Ogden's Nut-brown Flake, a brand of tinned tobacco that was produced in Liverpool from 1899 by Thomas Ogden. Is chewing tobacco sold in the UK? Like snuff, chewing tobacco can be purchased online or at a tobacconist.
What is a khazi in Cockney rhyming slang? Another slightly dated alternative word to the toilet, 'khazi' (also spelt karzy, kharsie or carzey) is derived from the low Cockney word 'carsey', meaning a privy.30 May 2019
Always liked this for its devil may care fun. I bought the album just because i liked the cover design, and it was well rated, but I've not played it much. It is a copy of the sort of ornate dedigns they put on tobacco tins back in the day. You could get flake, which was thin sheets of the stuff, or ready rubbed, so you didn't have to shred it yourself before stuffing it in a pipe or rolling it in a paper. Great band, great track.
Not chewing tobacco. That was definitely not a thing in the UK in the 60s. Probably still not. Tins of tobacco were for pipes. Flake tobacco was popular. This tin is a spoof however. Also a Mauritious Blue (2d) postage stamp is the rarest in theWorld. Just sayin'. BTW I love your eclectic choices and thoughtfu; reactions.
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One of the greatest songs of the 60s. The band was one of the most underrated of the time. Most of the band joined Rod Stewart and became the Faces while Steve Marriot formed Humble Pie. You should also listen to the fantastic Itchycoo Park, which was one of the first songs to use flanging.
The Small Faces are legendary. After Steve Marriott left, Rod Stewart joined and they became The Faces.
Have a listen to Afterglow, a much heavier and more serious song. Also Tin Soldier is another absolute classic by them.
Fun, fun, fun! Quite a jolly track to always lift one's mood when it's down.
A classic slice of 60s pop.
Side 2 of this album features a running commentary by the comedian Stanley Unwin, who invented his own version of English called Unwinese. It's an experience, I'll leave it at that.
The sing in your khazi line is about how the less well off had outside toilets and you could look at the moon as you sat on the throne.
The wonderful Steve Marriott. You should check out some more Small Faces songs like Tin Soldier, Itchycoo Park, All Or Nothing or one of their earlier songs, You Need Loving which was basically a cover of a Willie Dixon song in all but name. Robert Plant, a huge Marriott fan, nicked the last line of You Need Loving pretty much note for note for Led Zep's Whole Lotta Love, which again was a reworking of the same Willie Dixon song.
You've already checked out Steve Marriott with Humble Pie singing '30 days in the hole'. greatest 'blue-eyed soul' singer ever, check out the live version of 'Black Coffee' from the Old Grey Whistle Test. We're due to see Steve Marriott's daughter live this Thursday, singing with Rick and Adam Wakeman!
Itchycoo Park is another fun track.
I saw the Small Faces several times in my youth back in the 1960s and they were a great live (and loud!) band with the distinctive vocals of the late Steve Marriott. Many years later I had him as a guest on my radio show and we discussed this song which many claimed was about recreational drug taking. Steve strongly refuted this suggestion with his tongue firmly in his cheek and a broad smile on his face. A former child actor, he was an absolute delight in conversation and we got on like a house on fire, I still have the "Thank You" telegram he sent me the next day. Steve would go on to considerable success with Humble Pie and later released several solo albums but, sadly, died prematurely in a house fire in 1991 at the age of only 44.
BTW, the LP "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" was originally released in a circular sleeve and the cover design is a facsimile of the many brands of pipe tobacco available at the time which all came in circular tins. A great album, original releases are now very much sought after.
Absolute classic.Reminds me of Sundays when i was a kid.
Ooh so lively Happy Sunday with Steve Marriott!! (Check Humble Pie) 🙏
AH! The 60's I remember it well, well bits anyway. This tune is one of the highlights. Love the changes in your happy face, reflecting the changes in the tune. Please try "Itchykoo Park" next another tune with a hippy vibe.
Never realised the bass was so thick. This track always makes me feel happy. Thanks Justin
Steve Mariott- one of the greatest rock singers ever. I like the whole album. Side 2 contains the story of Happiness Stan in 6 songs connected by an old narrator with a special British accent. So this side should be heard as a whole.
In 1847, the island of Mauritius released two stamps - the red and the blue Mauritius. The red one is the most worthy stamp ever sold for 8.1 million Euros in 2021.
Black Coffee by Humble Pie (live on the Old Grey Whistle test) guaranteed to leave you beaming like the Cheshire cat.
This is fun and takes me back to my youth (I was 8 at the time but knew a good song when I heard one) Steve Marriott was a truly great singer and Humble Pie shows him to his best advantage. Still worth listening to in 2024 though.
Ogden's nut gone flake was a really fun album. There was some real psychadelic conceptual stuff there. They had this narrator for the story about happiness Stan who was an absolute classic English voice performer. A really fun album.
Hi Justin. Dave from Somewhere (In Time). Steve Marriott, one of the all-time great rock vocalists, is probably better known in the States for his next band, Humble Pie. His vocals near the end of Lazy Sunday are more typical. The chirpy Cockney humorous stuff sounds rather like The Artful Dodger from the musical Oliver, which Steve as a child starred in, in London's West End (as did Phil Collins).
Something of a fun novelty, music hall track from one of the greatest British R&B bands of the sixties. Check out ‘Tin Soldier’ or ‘All Or Nothing’ for a taste of what they were really about. Featuring the brilliant Steve Marriott on vocals and guitar who would later form the band Humble Pie with Peter Frampton. The rest of the Small Faces would recruit Rod Stewart on vocals and Ron Wood on guitar and rebrand themselves as simply The Faces.
Cutting edge production at the time
I love The Small Faces. Song Of A Baker, is another good song.
A crackin' fun track. The mix of music hall, pop, OTT accent, and partic the 'musn't grumble', always tickled me as a kid. Always loved this, but I'd be hard pressed to name many other songs by them I have to admit.
'Tin Soldier' (feat P.P. Arnold) is an absolute ripsnorter of soul and psyche. 👌
@@Owlstretchingtime78 TS, Not bad, though it's not ringing bells... Itchycoo Park's the only one jumping to mind, though I might recognise other tunes on hearing, and just not remember the titles :)
I hadn't noticed before how Steve dials back the heavy cockney accent on the later choruses. As has been suggested in other posts, Itchycoo Park is another great Small Faces track.
One of my Mums favorite bands. A definite sense of fun about them. A lot of people are suggesting "Itchykoo Park", May I add "Tin Soldier"
Along with the Kinks they are probably the biggest influences on the Brit Pop/Brit Rock of my mid 20's.yes, I can hear the Ian Dury in that as well. Possibly one of the first band to have a very British accent that wasn't a comedy/music hall act.
Lovely 60s banger, full of fun.
I keep forgetting this album and end being thrilled to hear it again. I would buy it but I am kinda getting to like being surprised when it pops up again.
The bassist Ronnie Lane, joined Pete Townshend to make the album Rough Mix (1977). An excellent album from start to finish. I can recommend the tracks Misunderstood, Street in the City, or Heart to Hang Onto.
Dont forget Annie.
Need to hit Humble Pie. Drugstore Cowboy, Stone Cold Fever.
The album title and distinctive packaging design was a parody of Ogden's Nut-brown Flake, a brand of tinned tobacco that was produced in Liverpool from 1899 by Thomas Ogden.
Is chewing tobacco sold in the UK?
Like snuff, chewing tobacco can be purchased online or at a tobacconist.
plus: tubular bells!
Always loved The Small Faces. You want a pop song? The Kinks “People Take Pictures of Each Other”.
Reminds me of the Dukes of Stratosphear -you’re a good man Albert Brown
The original album cover was circular, like a tobacco tin.
What is a khazi in Cockney rhyming slang?
Another slightly dated alternative word to the toilet, 'khazi' (also spelt karzy, kharsie or carzey) is derived from the low Cockney word 'carsey', meaning a privy.30 May 2019
Great late 60s concept album. Lazy Sunday is a cool singular track from it.
I like to hear British bands sing in their own accents.
They are putting on a 'common' working class, 'Laandon' accent for effect.
@willswomble7274 They were common working class London boys. Nothing put on about it.
Always liked this for its devil may care fun. I bought the album just because i liked the cover design, and it was well rated, but I've not played it much. It is a copy of the sort of ornate dedigns they put on tobacco tins back in the day. You could get flake, which was thin sheets of the stuff, or ready rubbed, so you didn't have to shred it yourself before stuffing it in a pipe or rolling it in a paper.
Great band, great track.
You have to react to Tin Soldier by The Small Faces.
Once of rocks great characters Stevie Marriott. You must have done his Black Coffee by Humble Pie....
Clever song
Humorous psych pop whats not to like.
Sadly, only Kenney Jones is still with us.
Not chewing tobacco. That was definitely not a thing in the UK in the 60s. Probably still not. Tins of tobacco were for pipes. Flake tobacco was popular. This tin is a spoof however.
Also a Mauritious Blue (2d) postage stamp is the rarest in theWorld. Just sayin'. BTW I love your eclectic choices and thoughtfu; reactions.
Definitely not the SNL version.