Released on 24 may 1968, the lp peaked at number one on the uk album charts on 29 june, where it remained for a total of six weeks. Firstly, keep in mind that the album is weirdly mixed as it is. Small faces ogdens nut gone flake vinyl records, lp, cd. Listen free to small faces ogdens nut gone flake ogdens nut gone flake, afterglow of your love and more. Contains 12 tracks, including lazy sunday, long ago and worlds apart andogdens nut gone flake. Side two happiness stan youtube rollin over the hungry intruder youtube the journey mad john youtube happy days toy town. The small faces and ogdens nut gone flake were never americas cup o tea. Ogdens nut gone flake is pops nuttiest moment music. Dit conceptalbum werd op 24 mei 1968 uitgegeven door immediate.
Small faces ogdens nut gone flake 1968, vinyl discogs. Ogdens nut gone flake marriot, lane, mclagan instrumental. Released in 1968 the record and its design hit number one on the uk charts. Ogdens nut gone flake is the third studio album, and first concept album by the english rock band small faces. Small faces small faces were an english rock and roll band from london. I wasnt familiar with the album as a whole so when i got to side two it blew me away. It is also widely regarded as one of the first concept albums although only the second side of the original lp could be considered as such. The small faces ogdens nut gone flake 50th anniversary release. Download small faces ogdens nut gone flake 1968 2018. The group was founded in 1965 by members steve marriott, ronnie lane, kenney jones, and jimmy winston, although by 1966 winston was replaced by ian mclagan as the bands keyboardist.
Ogdens nut gone flake deluxe edition, an album by small faces on spotify. The small faces ogdens nut gone flake 1968 the small faces were a highly influential english rock band active from 1965 to 1969. Nevertheless, that article prompted me to seriously explore the small faces, and especially the weirdly named ogdens nut gone flake. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Featuring the extraordinary steve marriott and ronnie lane alongside jones and mclagan the band in a short sharp career moved from beat to mod, and psychedelia to soul leaving a legacy of. The small faces were at the heart of the swinging london scene of the late 1960s and encapsulated everything that was fast and fabulous in that great decade. Its a bit hard to say why, but some art simply doesnt translate from one culture to another. My nuts just gone flake general discussion basschat.
The small faces had already shown a surprising adaptability to psychedelia with the single itchycoo park and much of their other 1967 output, but ogdens nut gone flake pretty much ripped the envelope. Small faces ogdens nut gone flake 2012 uk deluxe edition 38track 3cd album set comprising the remastered mono and stereo versions of the classic album along with 14 previously unreleased bonus tracks including alternate mixes and early session versions. Small faces ogdens nut gone flake remastered amazon. Outside europe, all anybody remembers them for is their sole hit, itchycoo park, which was hardly representative of their psychedelic sound, much less their full musical range but in england, small faces were one of the most extraordinary and successful bands of the mid60s, serious competitors to the who and potential rivals to.
Alongside classic tracks like lazy sunday, afterglow and rollin over, it even added a conceptual twist with the story of happiness stan and the narrations of. By far the bestknown small faces lp, ogdens nut gone flake was also their most successful, enjoying a sixweek run at the top of the uk charts during june. Ogdens nut gone flake was the landmark album that the small faces had always threatened to make both a critical and commercial highpoint and one that would finally afford them the real rock credibility that had thus far slightly eluded them. Ogdens nut gone flake by small faces on amazon music. Critically acclaimed and still featuring in albumsyoumustownpolls, it is by far and away the small faces bestknown and most successful album. The music is all good and wonderful to hear on the vinyl format as well as the cd format. For small faces fans the british mod bands 1968 masterpiece a number 1 album in the uk will be the jewel in a very tasty set of 4 deluxe edition crowns released by universal in may of 2012.
With small faces brief catalogue of albums now remastered and reissued, their growth towards ogdens nut gone flake famously in a round cover like a tobacco tin and with panels that opened out can now be traced to this, their finest moment. Ogdens nut gone flake is an acknowledged masterpiece among critics and hardcore 60smusic fans, while remaining relatively unknown compared to the beatles sgt. Ogdens nut gone flake deluxe edition by small faces on. It marked the arrival of the small faces as a bona fide album band, a belated but brilliant achievement. Shop 60 records for sale for album ogdens nut gone flake by small faces on cdandlp in vinyl and cd format. Contains 12 tracks, including lazy sunday, long ago and worlds apart and ogdens nut gone flake. Check out ogdens nut gone flake deluxe edition by small faces on amazon music. The albums whole was something truly psychedelic and new at times almost childlike in. Ogdens nut gone flake deluxe edition by small faces on spotify. Ogdens nut gone flake, has been remastered and expanded to a 3 cd set to include mono and stereo versions plus the previously unreleased bbc. There was no shortage of good psychedelic albums emerging from england in 19671968, but ogdens nut gone flake is special even within their ranks. You can add or edit information about ogdens nut gone flake at.
While most british work shares enough of americas sensibility to be integrated here, every once in a while the atlantic gulf between us surfaces. Secondly, at some point in the seventies, an alternate master began to be used. By far the bestknown small faces lp, ogdens nut gone flake was also their most successful, enjoying a sixweek run at the top of the uk charts during june and july 1968. Small faces uk original ogdens nut gone flake lp a beautiful 1960s second pressing of the small faces classic album ogdens nut gone flake on the uk immediate label. Brightest selection ogdens nut gone flake cd quality. Ogdens nut gone flake, recorded in late 1967 and early 1968, and released in the summer of that year, is by far and away the small faces bestknown and most successful album. Issued on immediate records in may 1968, the album reached number one in the charts and includes lazy sunday, afterglow, song of a baker and rollin over. Ogdens nut gone flake stereo, a song by small faces. And, unlike the beatles, they were rarely mentioned in the 70s at least where i lived. Ive just bought the vinyl lp of ogdens nut gone flake on impulse. Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other top lps and contact me with any queries you may have. Ogdens was the album the small faces had been wanting to make ever since the 1960s had turned psychedelic a couple of years.
The tale of stans search for the moon might not be the albums most compelling feature though stanley unwins narration has. Ogdens nut gone flake by the small faces from their fourth album ogdens nut gone flake 1968. It was the first and title track to the 1968 concept album ogdens nut gone flake. Ogdens nut gone flake studio album by small faces 1968. There was an old man who lived in the greenwood nobody knew him or what he had done but mothers would say to their children, beware of mad john. They are considered an influential mod group in the sixties, and was extremely popular in the uk ogdens nut gone flake was small faces third record, and first concept album released on the 24th of may, 1968. The small faces ogdens nut gone flake this day in music. Peppers lonely hearts club band or the whos tommy, two concept lps that represent the era more famously. Small faces were an english rock band from london, founded in 1965. Ogdens nut gone flake is one of the classic albums of the 1960s. Ogdens nut gone flake is a historic album full of musical ingenuity and comical conceptions. Reviewed in the united kingdom on december 8, 2009. Announcing the deluxe edition reissue of one of britains greatest musical works ogdens nut gone flake. Ogdens nut gone flake bonus track version by small.
Ogdens nut gone flake even now the name makes me weak at the knees. Create an account help customer service mobile version affiliate program. Ogdens nut gone flake stereo, a song by small faces, marriott, jones, lane, mclagan on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Small faces kenney jones discusses the ogdens nut gone. Its easily identifiable, as the segue between afterglow and long agos is missing, and afterglow switches to mono and fades out at the end. Ogdens nut gone flake deluxe edition, an album by small faces on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. This features the five panel circular diecut album cover, in near mint condition there is a repaired tear in a black and white panel that is virtually. Ogdens nut gone flake is the third studio album and first concept album by the english rock band small faces.
Small faces ogdens nut gone flake1968 small faces was a british psychedelic band that formed in east london, united kingdom in 1965. It ultimately became the groups final studio album during their original incarnation, and their last album containing solely new material until. The group originally consisted of steve marriott, ronnie lane, kenney jones, and jimmy winston, with ian mclagan replacing winston as the bands keyboardist in 1966. Ogdens nut gone flake afterglow youtube long ago and worlds apart rene youtube song of a baker youtube lazy sunday youtube. Originally released in 1968 with the members of the small faces barely out of their teens, ogdens nut gone flake was groundbreaking in many ways. The band was one of the most acclaimed and influential mod groups of the 1960s, recording hit songs such as. Ogdens nut gone flake took the small faces from pop sensation to proto rockers with an ear for melody, the mods were turning into rockers its a measure of how far rock had gone by 1968 that not only would the british public embrace these cheeky chappies and their mod, psych musical lunacy but they put an album with the bizarre ramblings of stanley unwin between tracks at no. Ogdens nut gone flake release group by small faces.
Find out more about our use of this data, and also our policy on profanity find out more about our use of this data. I am afraid that i missed them almost completely in my native italy in the 60s when i wasnt even a teenager. The fourth studio album by the small faces released on may 24, 1968. In may 1968, the small faces promoted their latest album ogdens nut gone flake with a parody of the lords prayer.
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