Label: London Records (West Germany), 820 572-2
Style: R&B, Garage Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 44:05
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 234 Mb
Small
Faces is the debut album of Small Faces, released in May 1966 by Decca
Records. It includes the hit singles "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and
"Sha-La-La-La-Lee". The album was well received by music critics and was
popular with the public, rising to number 3 on the UK album chart
remaining at the top for several weeks. It also reached number 8 in
Finland.
In 1966, Small Faces became the eleventh biggest selling artists of the year.
In
1962, Muddy Waters recorded "You Need Love", written for him by peer
Willie Dixon. "You Need Loving" is a veiled cover of "You Need Love".
Small Faces were never sued by Dixon, even though "You Need Loving" only
credits Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott as writers. Guitarist Jimmy Page
(initially of The Yardbirds and later of Led Zeppelin fame) has claimed
to have been disappointed when, after coming up with a wicked guitar
riff and requesting Robert Plant pen some lyrics, the singer returned
with those of "You Need Loving", a tune Plant, a big Small Faces fan,
had, according to Small Faces singer Steve Marriott in early '70s
Canadian rock newspaper Beetle, said he had longed to record. Thus, "You
Need Loving" became the basis for lyrics of Led Zeppelin's hit song
"Whole Lotta Love" in 1969.
Three of the tracks had been released
prior to the album. These are the two aforementioned singles, "Whatcha
Gonna Do About It" and "Sha-La-La-La-Lee", along with the track "It's
Too Late", which was issued as the B-side of "I've Got Mine", the
group's second single, released in 1965. The band's fourth single, "Hey
Girl", was released around the same time as the album; ultimately it was
not included and can instead be found on their 1967 compilation album
From the Beginning.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Faces_(1966_album))
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog.
D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The
second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the
format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
01. Shake (02:55)
02. Come On Children (04:21)
03. You Better Believe It (02:22)
04. It's Too Late (02:40)
05. One Night Stand (01:51)
06. What'cha Gonna Do About It (01:59)
07. Sorry She's Mine (02:50)
08. Own Up Time (01:49)
09. You Need Loving (04:00)
10. Don't Stop What You Are Doing (01:55)
11. E Too D (03:05)
12. Sha La La La Lee (02:56)
13. What's A-Matter Baby (02:58)
14. I've Got Mine (02:55)
15. Grow Your Own (02:20)
16. Almost Grown (03:02)
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