Small Faces 'Ogdens Nut Gone Flake' Orig IMMEDIATE Lp
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THE SMALL FACES
'OGDENS NUT GONE FLAKE'
Side one:
"Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake"
"Afterglow (Of Your Love)"
"Long Agos and Worlds Apart"
"Rene"
"Song of a Baker"
"Lazy Sunday"
Side two:
"Happiness Stan"
"Rollin' Over"
"The Hungry Intruder"
"The Journey"
"Mad John"
"Happydaystoytown"
IMMEDIATE RECORDS
1968
STEREO
CAT# IMSP012
VERY RARE ORIGINAL VINYL LP
ROUND COVER,FOLD OUT SLEEVE
THE VINYL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR A 40 YEAR OLD LP,A NICE SHINE TO IT WITH A FEW LIGHT SCUFFS.
THE SLEEVE IS ALSO IN GREAT SHAPE
ONE OF THE SIDES ON THE FOLD OUT SLEEVE HAS A SMALL BIT OF TAPE HOLDING IT TOGETHER DUE TO THE DELICATE DESIGN OF THE SLEEVE,BUT THIS IS MINIMAL AND YOU CAN HARDLY TELL
ABOUT 'OGDENS NUT GONE FLAKE'
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake was a successful concept album by the English rock band Small Faces. Released on May 24, 1968 the LP became a number one hit in the UK Album Charts on June 29, where it remained for a total of six weeks.
The title and the design of the distinctive packaging was a parody of Ogdens' Nut-brown Flake, a brand of tobacco which was produced in Liverpool from 1899
The A-side is a mix of early heavy rock with "Song of a Baker"; psychedelic cockney knees-up songs "Lazy Sunday" and "Rene"; and the soul influenced ballad "Afterglow (Of Your Love)".
The B-side is based on an original fairy tale about a boy called Happiness Stan, narrated in his unique ‘Unwinese’ gobbledegook by Stanley Unwin, who picked up modern slang from the band and incorporated it into the surreal narrative.
When Stan looks up in the sky and sees only half the moon, he sets out on a quest to search for the missing half. Along the way he saves a fly from starvation, and in gratitude the insect tells him of someone who can answer his question and also tell him the philosophy of life itself. With his magic power Stan intones, "If all the flies were one fly, what a great enormous fly-follolloper that would bold," and the fly grows to gigantic proportions. Seated on the giant fly's back Stan takes a psychedelic journey to the cave of Mad John the hermit, who explains that the moon's disappearance is only temporary, and demonstrates by pointing out that Stan has spent so long on his quest that the moon is now full again. He then sings Stan a cheerful song about the meaning of life.
Due to the album's complexities, Ogdens' was never performed live, however it was performed as a whole once on the BBC's television programme Colour Me Pop on Friday June 21, 1968. Songs that featured were "Song of a Baker", "Happiness Stan", "Rollin' Over", "The Hungry Intruder", "The Journey", "Mad John" and "Happydaystoytown". Although the band mimed to recordings made earlier in the studio that afternoon their microphones were left on to capture little ad libs.
In 2000 Q magazine placed Ogden's Nut Gone Flake at number 59 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
Highest UK album chart position: 1968, Number One (for six weeks), and a total of 19 weeks on chart.
Small Faces
Which were in the studios
Hallowed by thy name
Thy music come
Thy songs be sung
On this album as they came from your heads
We give you this day our daily bread
Give us thy album in a round cover as we give thee 37/9d.,
Lead us into the record stores.
And deliver us Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
For nice is the music
The sleeve and the story
For ever and ever, Immediate
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Small Faces, Itchycoo Park
Small Faces - Song Of A Baker (Colour)
SMALL FACES - Afterglow of your love
Small Faces - Lazy Sunday
Small Faces - Rollin' Over
Small Faces - Happiness Stan
SMALL FACES - Tin Soldier (Colour)
Small Faces - Happy Days Toytown
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