There are a couple of clicks on Side A Track 2 . Otherwise a great sound. The labels are in great condition, but a name has been stamped on Side A label and written on Side B. The front laminated cover is in great condition, but the flaps have been re-enforced with sellotape at some point. The back cover has some writing and a faint ring mark from a mug (tea?).

VINYL: VG

LABEL: VG+

COVER: VG

Side 1

1. Shake
2. Come on children
3. You better believe it
4. It’s too late
5. One night stand
6. What’cha gonna do about it

Side 2

1. Sorry she’s mine
2. Own up
3. You need loving
4. Don’t stop what you are doing
5. E too D
6. Sha la la la lee

The Small Faces lit up the charts from 1966 to 1970. In that brief period, they made several classic recordings eg Ogden’s Nut Brown Flake, but this was their first offering. It hit Number 3 on the British album charts and also had 2 significant single successes, with ‘Sha la la la lee’ and ‘What’cha gonna do about it’. Kings of the mods, their focus on beat gave them an unusual sound in 1966, with the emphasis on R&B and soul music, eschewing the Rock and Roll and Blues mainstream sound. The Small Faces focussed on the groove with Steve Marriott’s guitar driving the songs forward (he would later be a big influence on Jimmy Page) and although this is a mixture of covers and Small Faces compositions it is quite clear the direction the band were taking. The guitar on ‘Own up’ (written by Marriott and Lane) is a mini insight to the future music Humble Pie would excel at. Mac’s organ drives ‘You need loving’ (another Marriott/Lane composition) forward brilliantly – this track was re-worked by Led Zepellin to become ‘Whole lotta love’. This is a fabulous debut album. Recommended.