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Making Time Review
This book fills a huge void in the Small Faces
archive. Quite simply, how good was the band live? The live tracks from
Newcastle City Hall in 1968 have been periodically reissued as part of The
Autumn Stone/In Memoriam but the screaming girls in the audience make
it very difficult to hear the band play. This recently discovered Belgian concert from
9 January 1966 shows the band in their earlier days and, arguably, at their live
peak. Furthermore, it was the first time the band had performed outside the UK.
The book, in French, tells the story of the Small
Faces and the careers of the different band members afterwards: Humble Pie,
Packet of Three, the Faces, Slim Chance, etc. However, were this book is really
different is that it includes two CDs.
The first CD is a real gem, a live
concert with some tracks that appeared on the first album Small Faces and
a number of tracks that were standards and not previously available as a Small
Faces recording. Ronnie takes the lead vocals to storm through Jessie Hill's
Ooh Poo Pa Doo much in the style of Shake. Much of the Small Faces'
live show was more like jamming on stage such as E Too D, Come on Children
or You Need Loving. The Plum Nellie section included here has
snippets of Baby Please Don't Go as well as Land of 1,000 Dances.
The second show of the day repeats some of the earlier tracks including a
reprise of Coming Home Baby. Of particular interest is a James Brown
cover and a track entitled Strange.
The second CD is a series of interviews with
Steve, Ronnie and Kenney where they discuss issues such as the Faces, Slim
Chance, You Need Loving/Whole Lotta Love and Kenney's first gigs with the
Who. There is also a recording of April Fool from the ARMS Concert for
Ronnie Lane.
Book Description
In January 1966, Jean-No l Coghe toured with The
Small Faces (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan),
rock 'n' soul band, emblem of the mod subculture. A friendship is formed between
these 19-year-olds and we follow their respective journeys, with the vagaries of
life: Steve Marriott, from Humble Pie (1969) to Packet of Three (1984); Ronnie
Lane, Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan (plus Ron Wood and Rod Stewart) with Faces
(1970). Then Ronnie Lane with Slim Chance (1973), Pete Townsend and Eric Clapton
(1977). After the temporary reunion of Small Faces (without Ronnie Lane),
Kenney Jones joins The Who (1979), then joins The Law, The Jones Gang. Ian McLagan tours
and records with The Rolling Stones, The New Barbarians, Bob Dylan,
Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, and many others, then sets up his band Bump
Band. In 1983, in support of Ronnie Lane, who has multiple sclerosis, a super
group is created: Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Ron Wood, Bill
Wyman, Charlie Watts, Kenney Jones, Steve Winwood, Joe Cocker , Chris Stainton,
Paul Rodgers, Ray Cooper, Fernando Saunders, Andy Fairweather-Low, Philips Simon,
James Hooker, Jam Hammer, on the same stage, united around Ronnie Lane. A dozen
concerts in London, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and a million
dollars raised for the cause of ARMS! united around Ronnie Lane.
Small Faces. Over time, their paths diverge,
intersect. In fact, even separated, The Small Faces never left each
other. Smalls are siblings! Fifty years later, Steve (1991), Ronnie (1997) and
Mac (2014) left. Kenney perpetuates their memory ... Our memories ... listed
throughout the pages of this book, prefaced by Bill Wyman, illustrated in part
by the mythical photos of Jean-Louis Rancurel and unpublished sound testimonies
of Jean-Noel Coghe ... Smalls ... The Real! |
Track Listing:
Disc One
- Ooh Poo Pa Doo
- You Need Loving
- Plum Nellie Medley (includes Baby Please
Don't Go and Land of 1,000 Dances)
- What'Cha Gonna Do About It
- Coming Home Baby
- E Too D
- Come on Children
- Grow Your Own
- Please Please Please
- Strange
- You Need Loving
- Coming Home Baby
- E Too D
- What'Cha Gonna Do About It
Disc Two
- Interviews with Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane
and Kenney Jones. ARMS Concert piece.
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