The Small Faces Here Come The Nice - The Immediate Years 1967-1969 (4-CD & 4 Vinyl Single Box)

(2014/Charly) 75 Tracks! • 4 CDs - 75 songs remastered from original tapes • 72-page hardback book, lavishly illustrated • 3 rare singles in red, white & blue vinyl • Olympic Studios 7-inch replica acetate • 64-page softcover illustrated lyric book • 5 postcards with rare photos & artwork • Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake facsimile press kit • 2 large-size reproduction posters • 2 exclusive Gered Mankowitz fine art prints In celebration of the Small Faces’ recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Charly Records are proud to present »Here Come The Nice«, a deluxe heavyweight 4 CD box set chronicling the group’s career on Andrew Loog Oldham’s pioneering Immediate Records label, curated by surviving band members Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan. A whopping 75 songs includes every hit single, A & B side released worldwide on Immediate Records plus a generous bounty of unreleased material, outtakes, early and alternate versions, live tracks and previously unheard recording sessions from Olympic, Trident and IBC Studios, all sourced and remastered from recently discovered original master and multitrack tapes. The lavish 72-page hardback book, with a heartfelt foreword by Pete Townshend and introduction by Kenney and Mac, is full of previously unseen photos and rare memorabilia, a career overview by esteemed Mojo magazine scribe Mark Paytress, copious and revealing track-by-track annotation, new testimonials from the likes of Robert Plant, Paul Weller, David Bowie, Nick Mason, Peter Frampton – and much more! The box is crammed full with exclusive extras, such as replicas of three of the rarest Small Faces EPs in colored vinyl, an impossibly rare Olympic Studios acetate, large-size repro posters, fine art prints, 64-page fully illustrated lyric booklet, collectors postcards and more, all paying testament to the enduring musical genius of the Small Faces. »Here Come The Nice« is the ultimate, indispensible tribute to Swinging London’s finest and best-loved pop heroes! What’s In The Box? Lavishly illustrated 72 page hardbound coffee table book: Introduction by Kenney & Mac plus a foreword by Pete Townshend. Over 90 classic, rare & previously unpublished photos & memorabilia. Definitive sleeve notes include new & archive interviews. Written contributions from Robert Plant, Paul Weller, David Bowie, Nick Mason, Peter Frampton, Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Paul Stanley (Kiss) & many more. Exclusive Gered Mankowitz interview on photographing 'Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake'. Track-by-track illustrated guide to every song on the box set. Lyric Booklet: 64-page fully illustrated song booklet with rare photos & memorabilia. Complete lyrics transcribed & endorsed by band members for the first time ever. Red, white and blue coloured vinyl: Three replica 7-inch EPs of the rarest Small Faces vinyl originally released in 1967: • Small Faces album sampler - Excerpts from the Small Faces LP. • Here Come The Nice 4 song French EP in picture sleeve. • Itchycoo Park 4 song French EP in picture sleeve. Replica Studio Acetate: Olympic Sound Studios one-off acetate pressing for Andrew Loog-Oldham for the song Mystery. Two large reproduction posters: Reproductions of original posters for the Tin Soldier single featuring photography by Gered Mankowitz Newcastle City Hall live concert from 1968. Press kit for Ogden’s Gone Nut Flake: Rare 6-panel Immediate Records Press Kit from 1968. Double sided postcards: Five collector’s edition postcards with rare photos of each Small Faces band member backed with memorabilia from the Immediate Records Archive. Fine art prints: Two beautiful prints provided by Gered Mankowitz from his 1967 Itchycoo Park photo sessions.

The Small Faces, unlike the Who whose mod image was their manager's creation to exploit the growirrg cult, really were mods. Formed in 1965 by Steve Marriott, born Jan. 30, 1947 (vocals, guitar); Ronnie 'Plonk' Lane, April 1, 1946 (bass); Jimmy Winston (organ) and Kenny Jones, Sept. 16, 1948 (drums), the group grew out of their mutual liking for the mods' favourite music — R&B and soul — and their first single, 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It?' (Decca), a hit in Sep-tember, 1965 took the riff from Solomon Burke's 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love'.

The Marriott—Lane follow-up, I've Got Mine', released when Ian McLagan — born May 12, 1945 — replaced Winston, flopped, but within six months they were chart regulars as 'Hey Girl', 'All Or Nothing' — their only No. 1 and probably their best record — and 'My Mind's EYe' followed each other into the Top Ten. The success of these singles — all Marriott—Lane compositions — linked the group for ever with the Top Ten, and despite a label change and less obviously 'pop' material, they couldn't stop the hits or change their image. Songs like the jokey 'Itchycoo Park' (Immediate, 1967) — their only American Top Twenty record - and 'Lazy Sunday' (Immediate, 1968), recorded for albums and released as singles against the group's wishes, only heightened the problem.


After making the brilliant Ogdens Nut Gone Flake in 1968, Marriott quit and joined Peter Frampton in Humble Pie. Lane, McLagan and Jones stuck together, turned down offers to back solo performers and eventually teamed up with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood as the Faces.