Product Description
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At long last, the definitive official DVD for one of the
greatest groups of the sixties (or any other decade for that
matter). Small Faces: All Or Nothing 1965-1968 features 27
complete performances filmed from 1965 to 1968 when the band was
challenging the Who, Kinks, Stones and Beatles for domination of
the charts. The DVD captures every aspect of their short but
brilliant career including early Mod/R&B classics such as
'What'cha Gonna Do About It', 'Sha La La La Lee' and 'All Or
Nothing', timeless rockers like 'Tin Soldier' and later
psychedelic masterpieces including 'Itchycoo Park', and 'Green
Circles.' Best of all is the inclusion of nine songs from the
band's masterpiece Ogden's Nut Gone Flake including 'Lazy
Sunday', 'Song Of A Baker' and the six song 'Happiness Stan'
suite. In between the performances original members Ian McLagan
and Kenney Jones talk about the songs and tell the band's history
in new interviews filmed exclusively for the DVD. Also interwoven
into the story are archival interviews with Steve Marriott and
Ronnie Lane. This DVD is one of the first four releases in the
British Invasion series and is sold individually or as part of
the British Invasion Box set along with Gerry & The Pacemakers:
It's Gonna Be All Right 1963-1965, Herman's Hermits: Listen
People 1964-1969, Dusty Springfield: Once Upon A Time 1964-1969
and an exclusive bonus disc with over 2 1/2 hours of additional
content.
Reelin' In The Years Productions, has created some of the best
loved and critically praised DVD series on the market today
including the multi-platinum selling Definitive Motown series
(Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles), the
GRAMMY-nominated American Folk Blues Festival series and the
award-winning Jazz Icons series. Now, with Metropolis Studios'
Voyage label, they are proud to give the deluxe to one
of the greatest periods ever in music--the British Invasion. Each
DVD features archival full-length television performances filmed
back when the artists were in their prime and at the height of
their careers. Interspersed between the performances, original
band members talk about each song and recount special moments in
the history of the group. In addition, each performance has been
transferred from the original master tape and includes
best-possible video and re-mastered audio. Each DVD also includes
a 24-page booklet with inful and informative essays by noted
rock historians as well as previously unseen photos and
memorabilia.
Review
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"... a welcome addition to the documentation of mid-'60s
music...this set is a giant leap forward from the usual fare,
which has tended to be thin on footage and way too long on a
short list of talking heads. Indeed, British Invasion's chief
assets are the abundance and quality of its visuals and the
ins and brevity of its commentaries (from artists and
associates-no critics)...Two thumbs up." -- SonicBoomers.com,
Gene Sculatti, March 5, 2010
"...Though best known in the U.S. as a sort of one-hit wonder
(the uncharacteristic "Itchycoo Park"), the classic lineup Small
Faces were in fact a tough little R'n'B band made up of four live
wires (singer/guitarist Steve Marriott, singer/bassist Ronnie
Lane, drummer Kenney Jones and keyboardist/current Austin
resident Ian McLagan). And while the Who may have flown the
of the red/white/and blue target, it was the Small Faces who were
the Mod movement's true band (the "small" coming from the
members' diminutive stature and "faces" being a term for a hip
Mod).
Small Faces--All or Nothing, 1965-1968 (120 mins., $19.99) offers
up a whopping 27 full performances from the band--concert and TV
footage--of songs like "Whatcha Gonna Do About It," "I Can't Make
It," "Tin Soldier," "Here Come the Nice," and "Itchycoo Park." Of
special note is the suite of performances from Ogden's Nut Gone
Flake, the band's magnum opus concept album, complete with the
nonsensical Cockney wordplay from English comedian Stanley Unwin.
The band's brief-but-stellar story is also told in contemporary
interviews with Jones, the opinionated McLagan, and original (but
short-lived) keyboardist Jimmy Winston. Marriott and Lane appear
briefly in archival interviews, although not as much as
Eyeballin' would have liked. Marriott perished in a 1991 house
fire. Lane--who suffered from multiple sclerosis--died in 1997
from pneumonia.
The most astonishing aspect is really seeing just how exciting
and energetic a performer Steve Marriott was, Muppet-like hair
bouncing to the rhythm of his chugging guitar and larynx-ripping
vocals. Unfortunately, Marriott's legacy today as a classic
rocker is far more modest than it should be.
A gorgeous booklet further recounts the band's career with photos
of rare memorabilia. Bonus features include the complete
performances without interview interruption, the last filmed
interview with Lane, and a photo gallery.
And while the Small Faces never toured the U.S.--thus limiting
their chances for success here--out of their ashes came two of
the '70s greatest boogie rock bands. Marriott recruited Peter
Frampton, Greg Ridley, and Jerry Shirley to form Humble Pie,
while the remaining Small Faces tapped singer Rod Stewart and
guitarist Ronnie Wood and morphed into the Faces. Wonder whatever
happened to those last two fellas?" -Bob Ruggiero -- Houston
Press: June 16, 2010
"Also showing blasts of inspiration are "Small Faces - All or
Nothing 1965-1968" and "Free - Forever." The former is part of
the "British Invasion" DVD series and gives an abundance of
archive interviews from the band that would eventually give birth
to Faces and Humble Pie, while the latter documents Free, which
included a pre-Bad Company Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke at their
grittiest, blues-soaked best.
Formed by singer-guitarist Steve Marriott and bassist-singer
Ronnie Lane, Small Faces could be rowdier than The Rolling Stones
on stage - "All or Nothing," "Itchykoo Park" and "Tin Soldier"
are gloriously scrappy and timeless - but the quartet's potential
fame in the U.S. was squandered by a greedy manager. The alleged
culprit, according to the testimony keyboardist Ian McLagan and
drummer Kenney Jones give on "Small Faces - All or Nothing
1965-1968," intentionally kept Small Faces away from the United
States. It was a bizarre move, being that if more money was
tossed at Small Faces, surely the manager would profit as well.
"All or Nothing" presents what must be all of the existing
footage of the band. The clips, which can be viewed in complete
form or interspersed with band interviews, range from solid TV
show appearances to blister-causing raves inside a sweaty club.
Marriott's 10-story voice - remarkably, he and the other three
members were barely more than 5 feet tall - and Lane's
ahead-of-the-curve bass playing, miraculously executed with a
pick, alone make Small Faces a required research project for the
uninitiated." -Scott Smith --
http://www.swtimes.com/features/article_58c411ee-68d0-11df-9087-001cc4c03286.html
"And what audio/visual treats these discs are! Meticulously
researched and packaged, expertly restored and annotated and
whenever possible hosted by many of the actual participants
themselves, the songs and stories flow in never less than quick,
LOUD frenzies so perfectly reminiscent of those once-Swinging
Sixties themselves...this is one British Invasion which truly
concentrates, as all such documentaries should but seldom do, on
the MUSIC." -- thecelebritycafe.com, Gary Pig Gold, March 22,
2010
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About the Actor
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Reelin' In The Years Productions, has created some of the best
loved and critically praised DVD series on the market today
including the multi-platinum selling Definitive Motown series
(Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles), the
GRAMMY-nominated American Folk Blues Festival series and the
award-winning Jazz Icons series. Now, with Metropolis Studios'
Voyage label, they are proud to give the deluxe to one
of the greatest periods ever in music--the British Invasion. Each
DVD features archival full-length television performances filmed
back when the artists were in their prime and at the height of
their careers. Interspersed between the performances, original
band members talk about each song and recount special moments in
the history of the group. In addition, each performance has been
transferred from the original master tape and includes
best-possible video and re-mastered audio. Each DVD also includes
a 24-page booklet with inful and informative essays by noted
rock historians as well as previously unseen photos and
memorabilia.
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