SMALL FACES-TIN SOLDIER+ITCHYCOO+STEVE MARRIOTT-OZ EP68

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SMALL FACES : "TIN SOLDIER"

7" 45 EP  ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN  PRESSING 1968  

IN FOLDBACK CARD. PICTURE SLEEVE & INNER PLASTIC SLEEVE

TRACK LISTING : 

TIN SOLDIER - STEVE MARRIOTT / RONNIE LANE

TALK TO YOU - MARRIOTT / LANE

Side Two:

HERE COME THE NICE - MARRIOTT / LANE 

ITCHYCOO PARK - MARRIOTT / LANE

CATALOGUE  #  IMEP-1001 

(RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY AUSTRALIAN 45RPM EP RELEASED ON ANDREW OLDHAM'S IMMEDIATE LABEL)

RECORD  IS  IN  EXCELLENT CONDITION, HAVING BEEN PROTECTED INSIDE ORIG. PICTURE SLEEVE & PLASTIC SLEEVE FOR LAST 42 YEARS 

LABELS  EX/EX - BARELY VISIBLE SPINDLE MARK ON SIDE 2 

PICTURE SLEEVE IS IN FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION - SOME CORNER/EDGE WEAR (FEW SMALL HOLES ON SPINE);  MINOR FOXING/STAINS 

SUPERB  1960'S  /  PSYCHEDELIC  /  PROG  /  AUSTRALIAN PRESSING   /  SMALL FACES  /  STEVE MARRIOTT  /  RONNIE LANE  /  IAN McLAGAN   /  KENNY JONES  /  P. P. ARNOLD  /  ANDREW OLDHAM  /  IMMEDIATE  /   COLOUR PICTURE SLEEVE  /  45 EP  /  COLLECTABLE  IN  EXTREMELY  NICE   SHAPE  AFTER 42 YEARS

SMALL FACES

" Formed in London during 1965, this mod-influenced group initially comprised: Steve Marriott b. 30 January 1947, Bow, London, England, d. 20 April 1991; vocals/guitar), Ronnie 'Plonk' Lane (b. 1 April 1946, Plaistow, London, England; bass), Jimmy Winston (b. James Langwith, 20 April 1945, Stratford, London, England; organ) and Kenny Jones (b. 16 September 1948, Stepney, London, England; drums).

Fronted by former child actor Marriott, the group were signed to Don Arden's Contemporary Records management and production and their product was licensed to Decca. Their debut, 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It', an in-house composition/production by lan Samwell (formerly of Cliff Richard's Drifters) was a vibrant piece of Solomon Burke-influenced R&B that brought them into the UK Top 20. Within weeks of their chart entry, organist Smith was replaced by lan McLagan (b. 12 May 1945, London, England), a former member of Boz And The Boz People.

While their first release had been heavily hyped, the second, 'I Got Mine', failed to chart. Arden responded to this setback by recruiting hit songwriters Kenny Lynch and Mort Shuman, whose catchy 'Sha-La-La-La-Lee' gave the group a UK Top 3 hit.

The Marriott/Lane composed 'Hey Girl' reinforced their chart credibility, which reached its apogee with the striking, Arden produced 'All Or Nothing'. The latter was their most raucous single to date; its strident chords and impassioned vocal ensuring the disc classic status in the annals of mid-60s UK white soul.

The festive 'My Mind's Eye' brought a change of style, which coincided with disagreements with their record company. By early 1967, the group were in litigation with their manager and found themselves banned from the prestigious television programme Top Of The Pops after Marriott insulted its producer. A final two singles for Decca, 'I Can't Make It' and 'Patterns' proved unsuccessful.

Meanwhile, the group underwent a series of short term management agreements with Harold Davison, Robert Wace and Andrew Oldham.

The Rolling Stones' manager signed them to his label Immediate and this coincided with their metamorphosis into a quasi-psychedelic ensemble.

The drug influenced 'Here Comes (sic) The Nice' was followed by the experimental and slightly parodic 'Itchycoo Park'.

With their Top 10 status reaffirmed, the group returned to their blues style with the powerful 'Tin Soldier', which featured P.P. Arnold on backing vocals.

For 'Lazy Sunday' the group combined their cockney charm with an alluring paeon to hippie indolence; it was a strange combination of magnificent music hall wit and drug influenced mind expansion. Those same uneasy elements were at work on their chart-topping Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, which won several design awards for its innovative round cover in the shape of a tobacco tin.

For their final single, the group bowed out with the chaotic 'The Universal' and the posthumous hit 'Afterglow Of Your Love'.

By February 1969, Marriott decided to join Peter Frampton of the Herd in a new group, which emerged as Humble Pie.

The Small Faces then disbanded only to re-emerge as the Faces. Successful re-issues of 'Itchycoo Park' and 'Lazy Sunday' in the mid-70s persuaded  Marriott, Jones, McLagan and new boy Rick Wills to revive the Small Faces name for a series of albums, none of which were well received.

Subsequently, McLagan joined the Who, Wills teamed up with Foreigner, Jones played live with the Rolling Stones and Marriott reverted to playing small pubs in London. 

In 1989, Marriott recorded 30 Seconds To Midnight, but was unable to forge a fully successful solo career.

He perished in a fire in his Essex home in 1991.

  .... THE GUINNESS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR MUSIC 1992

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