RARE 1968 "ROYAL SOUND DECCA THE SMALL FACES EXPLOSIVE HARD MOD Who CREATION
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ORIGINAL 1968 FIRST PRESS
"ROYAL SOUND DECCA"
the SMALL FACES
in The Beginning
\ GERMANY - (ROYAL SOUND) DECCA - ND 153
Machine Stamped MATRIX
NICE and CLEAN....Original 1968 first pressing on the old (thick platter) ROYAL SOUND DECCA label ...with clean shiny laminated cover -- the real deal!
If you like early Who, Kinks or Creation records you're gonna love this LP! Totally different from their later (and more pop oriented) Immediate recordings, this record is hard mod rock at its best, all in glorious mono. A strong outing of 7" single mixes, non-album B-sides, outtakes and works in progress - "From The Beginning" was put out a mere three weeks prior to their proper 2nd album on Immediate Records - the self-titled "Small Faces" (released 23 June 1967). Unfortunately, it seems not to be known when the outtakes were recorded but the stage favourite Baby, Don't You Do It has Jimmy Winston on lead vocals and guitar so some others may well have been recorded before October 1965, possibly the bizarre but interesting version of Runaway and the excellent Take This Hurt Off Me You've Really Got A Hold On Me. These tracks demonstrate what a fine band the Small Faces were, and what a great vocalist Steve Marriott was. Indeed one wonders why space could not be found for some of these recordings on their first album
The Small Faces split from manager Don Arden to sign with Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate label and, in retaliation, Decca and Arden rounded up the remaining recordings the group made for the label and released them as From the Beginning. Appearing just months before their Immediate debut -- entitled The Small Faces, just like their first album for Decca -- From the Beginning includes a different early version of "My Way of Giving" and "(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me," and it reprises songs that were on the 1966 Decca LP ("Sha La La La Lee," "What'cha Gonna Do About It"), moves that muddy an already confusing situation. From the Beginning opens with a burst of burgeoning psychedelia then doubles back to the group's Mod/R&B rocked-out scene -- on a track by track basis, there is a lot of wondrous material here. Like many of their peers, The Small Faces began to dabble in LSD in 1967 and their sonic horizons broadened considerably, something that is evident on "My Mind's Eye," "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," and "That Man," swirling songs that hint at the band's developing pop inclinations without abandoning their hard R&B underpinning. Other songs -- "(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me," "All or Nothing,"" "My Way of Giving"-- arrive at the midway point between the psych-pop and Mod R&B, just as the Immediate Small Faces LP would just a few weeks later, and these are nervy, energetic gems that find a nice counterpart with the pure MOD/rock songs bunched at the end. From the Beginning offers too much top-notch material to be dismissed; in fact, in many ways, it holds up quite well, enough to easily enjoy over and over...a gem from the swinging '60s
Runaway
My Mind's Eye
Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow
That Man
My Way Of Giving
Hey Girl
Tell Me Have You Ever Seen Me
Come Back And Take This Hurt Off Me
All Or Nothing
Baby Don't Do It
Plum Nellie
Sha La La La Lee
You Really Got A Hold On Me
What'cha Gonna Do About It
CONDITION: The cover: the fragile cover is in great shape for a 46 year old artifact, rated: near M- is nicely LAMINATED and has delightfully fresh original colors -- having no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated: M- TOP COPY expect play grade to be with very enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... both Royal Sound DECCA labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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