Small Faces - Ultimate Collection
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Canadian Music Store Music CD CoverArtist: Small FacesEdition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown) Format: Import CD Release Date: 2003-06-02 Music Label: Sanctuary UK Soundtracks: Music CD 1
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This is an excellent two disc set which covers their 1965-1969 run thoroughly. The mastering is superior as the instruments are clearly defined as they jump out of one's speakers. Steve Marriott was simply one of the greatest rock singers ever. Inside that small, slight, adolescent frame lay the soul and passion of a large soulful veteran of the American chitlin' circuit as he belted out his vocal parts like no other Anglo singer of his era. His vocal roots were more in soul and gospel (as opposed to older singers like Baldry, Burdon, and Jagger who channeled more R&B influences in their vocal approach). The first disc chronicles their early raw style. For a band of teenager, they played with a sophisticated interaction more like older, more experienced players. Their playing (and Marriott's singing) transformed some pretty standard soul/R&B material into something special. In particular, "You Need Loving" is a revelation the first time one hears it. Robert Plant stole several lines wholesale on Led Zepplin's "Whole Lotta Love" three years later. Additionally, any guitar player who cannot appreciate Marriott's approach to the guitar on "E to D" has no business playing rock guitar as his touch, passion, and restraint shows that Marriot was a gifted axeman who could play as savagely as the best of them without resorting to excessive guitar wanking. The second disc reveals how they expanded their palette. Ronnie Lane took more turns at the microphone and he provided a warm, folksy approach to some of the material on the second disc. Some of the tunes like "Eddie's Dreaming" show how they were not afraid to add new styles of music to their repertoire. It's too bad they did not go along with Marriott's wishes and add Peter Frampton to the lineup as (although they had already created a large significant body of work) they had the potential to become perhaps the most important band of the 1970's. This band was that talented. In summation, there are several highlights from both discs. If you like mid-60's British rock then you must have this two CD package.
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