The

Small Faces Small Faces were an English Rock music, rock band from London, founded in 1965. The group originally consisted of Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston as the band's keyboardist in 1966 ...

were an English

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band who were initially active between 1965 and 1969. During their original tenure, they released three

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, four

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and fourteen

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in the United Kingdom. With the exception of the band's two first singles "

Whatcha Gonna Do About It "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" is the debut single released by the English rock group Small Faces, released in the UK on 6 August 1965. The song peaked at number 14 in the UK Singles Chart, and stayed on chart for a total of 14 weeks. It reach ...

" and "

I've Got Mine "I've Got Mine" was the second official song released by the English rock band Small Faces in 1965. The song failed to chart despite receiving favourable reviews in the British music press. "I've Got Mine" is a hard-hitting, moody R&B song and ...

" (both 1965) that featured Jimmy Winston on guitar and keyboards, Small Faces had a consistent lineup of guitarist

Steve Marriott Stephen Peter Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English actor, musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a student at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and appeared in the West End, before taking a r ...

, bassist

Ronnie Lane Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who was the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Small Faces (1965–69) and Faces (band), Faces (1969–73). Lane formed Small Faces in 1965 afte ...

, keyboardist

Ian McLagan Ian Patrick McLagan (; 12 May 1945 – 3 December 2014) was an English keyboardist, best known as a member of the rock bands Small Faces and Faces. He also collaborated with the Rolling Stones and led his own band from the late 1970s. He was i ...

and drummer

Kenney Jones Kenneth Thomas Jones (born 16 September 1948) is an English drummer best known for his work in the groups Small Faces, Faces and the Who. Jones was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Small Faces/Faces. Biograp ...

. Between August 1965 and June 1968, the Small Faces scored ten top-20 singles on the UK singles chart, including seven top-10 releases, of which " All or Nothing" reached number one. Several of their singles were featured on the UK's year-end ranking, and they became the eleventh best-selling recording artist in Britain during 1966. Despite their success in Britain, the Small Faces only scored one top-20 hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with "

Itchycoo Park "Itchycoo Park" is a song by English rock band Small Faces, written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. Largely written by Lane, it was among a number of pop songs of the era to make use of flanging, an effect involving, at that time, electro-mec ...

" (1967), and have thus been referred to as "the best English band never to hit it big in America" by

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critic Bruce Eder. The Small Faces achieved success during the transition to the

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, with their third and final studio album ''Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake'' reaching number one for six weeks during the summer of 1968. The band initially broke up in 1969 after Marriott formed

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with

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. The Small Faces' debut album and eight first singles were released by

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in the UK under the

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Don Arden Don Arden (born Harry Levy; 4 January 1926 – 21 July 2007) was an English music manager, agent, and businessman. He managed the careers of rock acts such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Air Supply, Small Faces, The Mo ...

. The band were not directly signed to Decca, but rather to Arden's

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Contemporary Music. The Small Faces signed a three-year

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on 10 June 1965 together with their parents, as they were

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. Throughout 1966, the Small Faces' relationship with Arden soured, particularly after the single " My Mind's Eye" was released in November without the band's consent. After an incident in which Arden told the band members' parents about supposed drug use, the band turned to

Andrew Loog Oldham Andrew Loog Oldham (born 29 January 1944) is an English record producer, talent manager, impresario and author. He was manager and producer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 to 1967, and was noted for his flamboyant style. Early life Oldham's f ...

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Immediate Records Immediate Records was a British record label, started in 1965 by The Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham and Tony Calder, and concentrating on the London-based blues and R&B scene. History Immediate Records was started in 1965. Signe ...

, who bought the contract from Arden for £25,000 and signed the band in February 1967. As a direct retaliation, Arden released the compilation album ''From the Beginning'' and the single "

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" in an attempt to hamper the success of the band's Immediate debut single "

Here Come the Nice "Here Come the Nice" is a song by English rock band Small Faces. Written by guitarist Steve Marriott and bass guitarist Ronnie Lane, it was released as a single on 2 June 1967, through Immediate Records. The song, which was the band's debut on ...

" (all 1967). With Immediate, the band released a further two studio albums and seven singles during their original tenure. The Small Faces reunited in the mid-1970s after a re-issue of "Itchycoo Park" had become a hit, and the band released the albums ''Playmates'' and ''78 in the Shade'' to limited commercial and critical success while signed to

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. The Small Faces' music has been compiled on hundreds of compilation albums following their breakup, starting with ''The Autumn Stone'' in November 1969, which contained material the band had released on both Decca and Immediate. Most subsequent compilation albums are solely bound to the material Decca or Immediate had the rights to; a notable exception to this rule is the 2003 compilation album ''Ultimate Collection'', released on

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, which features tracks from both of the band's labels. Sanctuary owns the rights to the Immediate Recordings in the UK, whilst

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owns the rights in the US. The multitrack tapes for the group's Immediate recordings were presumed lost after

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took over ownership of

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in the 1970s. A few of them were salvaged, and released on the ''Here Come the Nice: The Immediate Years 1967–1969''

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in January 2014. The Decca Recordings are currently owned by Decca under

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, who released ''The Decca Years 1965–1967'' box set in 2015 from recently discovered first generation master tapes.

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Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

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Sha-La-La-La-Lee "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" was the third single by English R&B-influenced group Small Faces, recorded in December 1965 and released on 28 January 1966, reaching number three in the UK Singles Chart. It was also the first single by the group to featur ...

" b/w "Grow Your Own" * Released: 28 January 1966 * Label: Decca Records , align="center" , 3 , align="center" , 51 , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , , ''Small Faces'' , - , " Hey Girl" b/w "Almost Grown" * Released: 6 May 1966 * Label: Decca Records , align="center" , 10 , align="center" , 60 , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , , , - , " All or Nothing" b/w "Understanding" * Released: 5 August 1966 * Label: Decca Records , align="center" , 1 , align="center" , 15 , align="center" , — , align="center" , 15 , align="center" , 2 , align="center" , 10 , align="center" , — , , , - , " My Mind's Eye" b/w "I Can't Dance With You" * Released: 11 November 1966 * Label: Decca Records , align="center" , 4 , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , 17 , align="center" , 13 , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , , , - ! rowspan="5" scope="rowgroup" , 1967 , " I Can't Make It" b/w "Just Passing" * Released: 3 March 1967 * Label: Decca Records , align="center" , 26 , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , , , - , "

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" b/w " Talk to You" (from ''Small Faces'') * Released: 2 June 1967 * Label:

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" b/w "I'm Only Dreaming" * Released: 4 August 1967 * Label: Immediate Records , align="center" , 3 , align="center" , 2 , align="center" , 1 , align="center" , — , align="center" , 3 , align="center" , 4 , align="center" , 16 , BPI: Silver , , - , "

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" b/w "I Feel So Much Better" * Released: 2 December 1967 * Label: Immediate Records , align="center" , 9 , align="center" , 3 , align="center" , 38 , align="center" , 16 , align="center" , 4 , align="center" , — , align="center" , 73 , , , - ! rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup" , 1968 , " Lazy Sunday" b/w "Rollin' Over (Part II of Happiness Stan)" (from ''Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake'') * Released: 5 April 1968 * Label: Immediate Records , align="center" , 2 , align="center" , 5 , align="center" , 42 , align="center" , — , align="center" , 1 , align="center" , 7 , align="center" , 114 , , '' Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake'' , - , "

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" b/w "Donkey Rides, A Penny, A Glass" * Released: 28 June 1968 * Label: Immediate Records , align="center" , 16 , align="center" , 37 , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , 12 , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , , , - ! rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup" , 1969 , "Mad John" b/w "The Journey" (from ''Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake)'' * Released: 1969 * Label: Immediate Records , align="center" , x , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , — , , rowspan="2" , ''Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake'' , - , " Afterglow of Your Love" b/w "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" * Released: 7 March 1969 * Label: Immediate Records , align="center" , 36 , align="center" , 95 , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , align="center" , 19 , align="center" , — , align="center" , — , , - ! scope="row" , 1975 , "Itchycoo Park" b/w " My Way of Giving" (from ''Small Faces'') * Released: 22 November 1975 * Label: Immediate Records , align="center" , 9 , align="center" , — , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , , , - ! scope="row" , 1976 , "Lazy Sunday" b/w " (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me?" (from ''Small Faces'') * Released: 19 March 1976 * Label: Immediate Records , align="center" , 39 , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , , ''Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake'' , - ! rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup" , 1977 , " Lookin' for a Love" b/w "Kayoed (By Luv)" (from ''Playmates'') * Released: 29 July 1977 * Label:

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78 in the Shade ''78 in the Shade'' is the fifth and final studio album by Small Faces, and the second during their reunion. It was released on the Atlantic label in 1978 and reissued in 2005 on Wounded Bird. The album was created during the brief reunion of ...

'' , - ! scope="row" , 1978 , "Filthy Rich" b/w "Over Too Soon" (from ''78 in the Shade'') * Released: 15 July 1978 * Label: Atlantic Records , align="center" , — , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , align="center" , x , , - ! scope="row" , 2013 , " Green Circles (stereo)" b/w "Green Circles (mono)" (from ''Small Faces'') * Released: 20 April 2013 * Label:

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Year-end rankings

Footnotes

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External links

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