Small Faces FROM THE BEGINNING

The 1997 release of FROM THE BEGINNING contains 5 additional tracks that were not contained on the original release.The Small Faces: Steve Marriott (vocals, guitar); Ian McLagen (vocals, guitar, organ); Ronnie Lane (vocals, bass); Jimmy Winston (organ); Kenney Jones (drums).Includes liner notes by John Reed.Digitally remastered by John Astley and Simon Heyworth.Another remastering of a classic piece of mid-'60s British rock & soul, and as important and enjoyable a record as, say, the Beatles' Rubber Soul or the Stones' Aftermath, even if the album itself was slapped together by Decca in an effort to undercut the band's first new release for rival Immediate Records in 1967. Steve Marriott's honest, agonized cover of the Del Shannon classic "Runaway" almost makes up for the fact that neither Otis Redding nor Marvin Gaye ever got around to applying their respective talents to this jewel of a song. That's just the opening number, and there's some stuff even better than that here. There