The Small Faces Here Come The Nice - The Immediate Years 1967-1969 (4-CD & 4 Vinyl Single Box)

(2014/Charly) 75 Tracks! • 4 CDs - 75 songs remastered from original tapes • 72-page hardback book, lavishly illustrated • 3 rare singles in red, white & blue vinyl • Olympic Studios 7-inch replica acetate • 64-page softcover illustrated lyric book • 5 postcards with rare photos & artwork • Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake facsimile press kit • 2 large-size reproduction posters • 2 exclusive Gered Mankowitz fine art prints In celebration of the Small Faces’ recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Charly Records are proud to present »Here Come The Nice«, a deluxe heavyweight 4 CD box set chronicling the group’s career on Andrew Loog Oldham’s pioneering Immediate Records label, curated by surviving band members Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan. A whopping 75 songs includes every hit single, A & B side released worldwide on Immediate Records plus a generous bounty of unreleased material, outtakes, early and alternate versions, live tracks and previously unheard recording sessions from Olympic, Trident and IBC Studios, all sourced and remastered from recently discovered original master and multitrack tapes. The lavish 72-page hardback book, with a heartfelt foreword by Pete Townshend and introduction by Kenney and Mac, is full of previously unseen photos and rare memorabilia, a career overview by esteemed Mojo magazine scribe Mark Paytress, copious and revealing track-by-track annotation, new testimonials from the likes of Robert Plant, Paul Weller, David Bowie, Nick Mason, Peter Frampton – and much more! The box is crammed full with exclusive extras, such as replicas of three of the rarest Small Faces EPs in colored vinyl, an impossibly rare Olympic Studios acetate, large-size repro posters, fine art prints, 64-page fully illustrated lyric booklet, collectors postcards and more, all paying testament to the enduring musical genius of the Small Faces. »Here Come The Nice« is the ultimate, indispensible tribute to Swinging London’s finest and best-loved pop heroes! What’s In The Box? Lavishly illustrated 72 page hardbound coffee table book: Introduction by Kenney & Mac plus a foreword by Pete Townshend. Over 90 classic, rare & previously unpublished photos & memorabilia. Definitive sleeve notes include new & archive interviews. Written contributions from Robert Plant, Paul Weller, David Bowie, Nick Mason, Peter Frampton, Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Paul Stanley (Kiss) & many more. Exclusive Gered Mankowitz interview on photographing 'Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake'. Track-by-track illustrated guide to every song on the box set. Lyric Booklet: 64-page fully illustrated song booklet with rare photos & memorabilia. Complete lyrics transcribed & endorsed by band members for the first time ever. Red, white and blue coloured vinyl: Three replica 7-inch EPs of the rarest Small Faces vinyl originally released in 1967: • Small Faces album sampler - Excerpts from the Small Faces LP. • Here Come The Nice 4 song French EP in picture sleeve. • Itchycoo Park 4 song French EP in picture sleeve. Replica Studio Acetate: Olympic Sound Studios one-off acetate pressing for Andrew Loog-Oldham for the song Mystery. Two large reproduction posters: Reproductions of original posters for the Tin Soldier single featuring photography by Gered Mankowitz Newcastle City Hall live concert from 1968. Press kit for Ogden’s Gone Nut Flake: Rare 6-panel Immediate Records Press Kit from 1968. Double sided postcards: Five collector’s edition postcards with rare photos of each Small Faces band member backed with memorabilia from the Immediate Records Archive. Fine art prints: Two beautiful prints provided by Gered Mankowitz from his 1967 Itchycoo Park photo sessions.

The Small Faces, im Gegensatz zu denjenigen, deren Mod-Image die Kreation ihres Managers war, um den Growirrg-Kult auszunutzen, waren wirklich Mods. Gegründet 1965 von Steve Marriott, geboren am 30. Januar 1947 (Gesang, Gitarre); Ronnie 'Plonk' Lane, 1. April 1946 (Bass); Jimmy Winston (Orgel) und Kenny Jones, 16. September 1948 (Schlagzeug), wuchs die Gruppe aus ihrer gemeinsamen Vorliebe für die Lieblingsmusik der Mods - R&B und Soul - und ihre erste Single 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It?'. (Decca), ein Hit im September 1965, übernahm das Riff aus Solomon Burkes'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love'.

Der Marriott-Lane Follow-up, I've Got Mine', erschien, als Ian McLagan - geboren am 12. Mai 1945 - Winston ersetzte, scheiterte, aber innerhalb von sechs Monaten waren sie Chart-Mehrjährige als Hey Girl', All Or Nothing' - ihre einzige Nr. 1 und wahrscheinlich ihre beste Platte - und My Mind's EYe' folgten einander in die Top Ten. Der Erfolg dieser Singles - allesamt Marriott-Lane Kompositionen - verband die Gruppe für immer mit den Top Ten, und trotz eines Labelwechsels und weniger offensichtlichem "Pop"-Material konnten sie die Hits nicht stoppen oder ihr Image ändern. Songs wie der jokey'Itchycoo Park' (Immediate, 1967) - ihre einzige amerikanische Top Twenty Platte - und'Lazy Sunday' (Immediate, 1968), die für Alben aufgenommen und gegen den Wunsch der Gruppe als Single veröffentlicht wurden, verschärften das Problem nur noch.

Nachdem sie 1968 die brillante Ogdens Nut Gone Flake gemacht hatte, gab Marriott auf und kam zu Peter Frampton in Humble Pie. Lane, McLagan und Jones blieben zusammen, lehnten Angebote zur Unterstützung von Solokünstlern ab und schlossen sich schließlich mit Rod Stewart und Ron Wood als den Faces zusammen.