Review by Richie Unterberger
A solid compilation of 1965-68 BBC performances. It's heavier on their early mod years than their later psychedelic ones, which are essentially only represented by three songs from a 1968 broadcast (of which only one, "Lazy Sunday," is an original). Still, this has energetic (and, by the standards of BBC archive tapes from the 1960s, good-sounding) versions of the early singles "Whatcha Gonna Do About It," "Sha-La-La-La-Lee," "Hey Girl," and "All Or Nothing," as well as a few first album-era songs, highlighted by "You Need Love," the template for Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." "Whatcha Gonna Do About It," from a 1965 broadcast, is a particularly incendiary performance, about the equal of the hit single version. As for songs that are otherwise unavailable on Small Faces releases, there are just a couple, and they're good ones. "Jump Back" is a heavy mod-soul cover of a song first done by Hadda Brooks, and later covered by Gene Vincent, though the Small Faces most likely learned it from Rufus Thomas' soul version. One thing's for sure: although Steve Marriott is given the songwriting credit in the liners, he did not compose it (it's been credited to both Brooks and Thomas on other reissues). There's also a mighty fine cover of Brenda Holloway's soul ballad "Every Little Bit Hurts" from 1968, with P.P. Arnold (uncredited on the sleeve) on backing vocals. This does miss some BBC cuts that have shown up on bootlegs (notably a cover of "You Really Got a Hold on Me"); perhaps good-fidelity tapes could not be found. What they did find blows previous bootlegs of Small Faces BBC sessions away, soundwise.
01. Whatcha Gonna Do About It
02. Jump Back
03. Baby Don't You Do It
04. Shake
05. Sha-La-La-La-Lee
06. You Need Love
07. Hey Girl
08. E-D
09. One Night Stand
10. You'd Better Believe It
11. Understanding
12. All Or Nothing
13. If I Were A Carpenter
14. Lazy Sunday
15. Every Little Bit Hurts
16. Rare Interview With Steve Marriott 1
17. Rare Interview With Steve Marriott 2
18. Rare Interview With Steve Marriott 3
19. Rare Interview With Steve Marriott 4
20. Rare Interview With Kenny Jones
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Artist : The Small Faces
Album : British Legends
Label : Wesgram
Genre : BritPop
Bitrate : 182 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 02:15:05 (185.MB)
Rls date : 2008-09-09
Store date : 2008-00-00
[Track List]
Disc 1/3
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1. Lazy Sunday 3:09
2. Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire 2:05
3. Afterglow (Of Your Love) 3:30
4. If I Were A Carpenter 2:35
5. Every Little Bit Hurts 3:56
6. I Can't Make It 2:10
7. The Autumn Stone 3:59
8. Green Circles 2:47
9. Happydaystoytown 2:53
10.Song Of A Baker 3:17
11.Rene 4:31
12.Things Are Going To Get Better 2:39
13.Ogden's Nut Gone Flake 2:29
14.Don't Burst My Bubble 2:23
15.The Pig Trotters 2:46
16.Wham Bam, Thank You Mam 3:17
Disc 2/3
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1. Itchycoo Park 2:48
2. The Universal 2:41
3. Become Like You 1:57
4. Here Comes The Nice 3:03
5. All Our Yesterdays 1:52
6. Take My Time 2:28
7. Wide-Eyed Girl On The Wall 2:47
8. The Journey 4:15
9. Donkey Rides, A Penny, A Glass 2:53
10.Call It Something Nice 2:04
11.Feeling Lonely 1:35
12.Show Me The Way 2:08
13.Rollin' Over 2:12
14.Happiness Stan 3:36
15.Long Agos And Worlds Apart 2:36
16.I Feel Much Better 3:56
Disc 3/3
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1. All Or Nothing (Live) 3:45
2. Tin Soldier 3:23
3. The Hungry Intruder 2:17
4. Runaway 2:36
5. I'm Only Dreaming 2:25
6. Red Balloon 4:11
7. Collibosher 3:11
8. Get Yourself Together 2:14
9. The War Of The Worlds 3:14
10.Something I Want To Tell You 2:09
11.Mad John 4:17
12.Talk To You 2:09
13.Eddie's Dreaming 2:53
14.Just Passing 1:15
15.Happy Boys Happy 1:36
16.(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me 2:13
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