Steve Marriott is one of the greatest voices in rock and roll.

@pauls5096

Жыл бұрын

Truth.

@alaineid4048

Жыл бұрын

The greatest

@Senna-xi1gr

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100% 🏆🇬🇧👍🎤🎸🎼

@burrburr6816

10 ай бұрын

No way

@wabankik

6 ай бұрын

​@@pauls5096🎉😮

I walk past Ronnie Lanes old house every week and always think of him and Steve and Kenny. Ian and Jimmy too .

When Marriott developed his own style he was one of the best singers in the world!

Steve Marriott had a voice that doesn't fit the face😱 unbelievable passion and soulful ♥️

My favorite singer of all times. Underrated. Humble Pie displayed his vocal ability more than Small Faces. Liked both bands.

My favorite group of all time and I wasn’t even born until the 80’s. ☝🏻

Thanks for sharing this Great history lesson on Steve Marriot and The Faces.

Steve Marriott is the greatest and reason we have the expression blue eyed soul singer. Thanks for uploading. My favourite 60’s R&B band.

@burrburr6816

10 ай бұрын

Bull

The Small Faces were one of the great UK pop/rock bands of the late 60s. The Jam and the Sex Pistols acknowledged them as being influences.

Whenever I hear 'Itchy Coo Park' it sends me back to my childhood in the late sixties. Such a magical time and learning more about the band all these years after, is so cool. Great job, Matt!

@tats7859

Жыл бұрын

Hey Mark, right on right on right on, can't beat that sound from the drums on that song...

@neilfranklin5644

Жыл бұрын

I were in primary school when this band were active, so while not aware of everything they did at the time they did, sha la la la Lee, hear come the nice, Itchicoo park and lazy sunday afternoon, did come to my attention.

100% Brilliant. I love how the Americans got hooked into the British 60s bands.

One of the nicest people I ever met in music was Ian McClagen, when my band shared the backstage area at Fuji Rock in Japan with a version of The Faces (featuring Mick Hucknall and Glen Matlock at that time). I asked him about the phased drums on Itchycoo Park, one of my favourite sonic moments on any track, and he told me how Geoff Emerick had put it all together. When we saw him again at the airport carousel as he waved goodbye he said "Fun Or Nothing", clearly an epithet he used often. What a phrase, what a guy, I felt I had a tiny insight into what it must have been like to be in that magnificent band at that magnificent time. He passed not long after. A great loss.

@tats7859

Жыл бұрын

How did they get that sound from itchycoo Park, love that song when it came out and I'd turn up my little transistor radio...

@shadowstealer2790

Жыл бұрын

@@tats7859 It's phasing( or flanging) it happens when you try to sync two tape reels playing the same thing.

Why these guys weren't cooler and as big as The Stones is something I'll never figure out. I've always loved this band. Marriott is one of my top 3-4 singers of all time! Great video as always.

@cindycavylover123

Жыл бұрын

Because Sharon Osborne's father Don Arden was their manager

@christopher9196

Жыл бұрын

Also, they never came to America

@rhiannonrede

10 ай бұрын

Marriot was "The man"! He had it all. What a terrible loss of this man.

@luiszuluaga6575

6 ай бұрын

Their manager took them for a ride. 🤷🏻‍♂️🥲

I loved steve so special..saw the small faces play live in walthamtow london along time ago ! Im in my 70's now i must of been about 15yrs his voice and cheeky attitude a one off! So glad i was around to c them!

I can't believe that I'm 60 years old and I just figured out that Steve was in Small faces and humble pie.

One of the great bands of the era, love it. Urgh, don arden 🤦🏻‍♂️

Great to see one of my favorite bands get their due.

Great video Matt The Small Faces are definitely one of the best 60’s rock bands very soulful Steve Marriott had the greatest voice it was very tragic how he passed away.

Top shelf in my house . Love these guys for years now. If you’re ever in England try & go see The Small Fakers. Great tribute to them. 🇬🇧🏆👍

They never got their due here in America..loved every lp..even the later Atlantic lp.just cool music!! Love this channel..Thank you Matt..as always..killer job

Great v/log Matt on one of the greatest bands of the 60s. Steve Marriott was a force of nature. Their song "Tin Soldier" singing along with the great PP Arnold is one of the best music videos on KZread.

@teresahall5835

Жыл бұрын

👍Marriott and PP Arnold✊.They made the song, nobody else could have done it JUSTICE. 👏✌

Interesting band. Very quirky, very British. Ronnie Lane’s story is a book in itself…🇬🇧🎸🎧

Status quo another great band that never hit big in the U.S.A. except in small circles. I still listen to at least 1 quo song everyday. Ma kellys greasy spoon my favorite status quo album.

A great band to do a full story on sir. Steve Marriot is one of the great and unmistakable rock voices in pop history and an extremely talented individual. With Ronnie Lane and Kenney Jones you have in retrospect a "Super Group". What they would go on to do is outstanding. Looking forward to part two BIG TIME! Thanks Matt. Love your show.

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Michael!

Thank you for the story of the Small Faces. They and The Who were my all time favourite bands of that time. Both bands toured here in New Zealand in 1968 and I was lucky enough to see them play. The concert was amazing. I was 13 at the time. I also managed to get the autographs of most of both group members. Loved those times.

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

How fortunate to have actually seen them!

Another great episode. Every time I watch one I straight after dig out the records and have a blast. Can't wait for The Birds and The Action.

This was extraordinary. After the Beatles, The Small Faces was my favorite band during the period you covered. Marriot was for me the best male rock vocalist of that era.

Great to see The Fenmen and The Iveys on a concert together. Two of The Fenmen became members of The Pretty Things the wildest rock band of the 60s before the other 60s bands caught up, The Iveys became Badfinger a very tragic band as well!!! 😊

Fabulous, thanks 🙏 Small Faces were without doubt one of the best UK bands so it’s much appreciated that you’re running a two part show on them

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Nick!

Been reading All or nothing Steve's book online and wondered today what imaginary lover was like ,thanks, him and Rocky Erickson best voice s of The 60s

Steve had the greatest voice ever. As a mod the small faces were everything to me.

Excellent episode Matthew, as always! “Itchycoo Park” always gets to me, thank God Ronnie brought that in to the band!

Another fabulous video. Thanks Matt! Would love to see the transition of Steve into Humble Pie. Those first two albums are incredible. All the best!

Thank you so much for this very informative review of The Small Faces from 1965/66. I was a teenage girl at the time and I loved the Band 🤩

A highly underrated group in the US, a lot of talent in this band.

One great band , favourites Tin Solider, Itchycoo Park, Lazy Sunday Afternoon, Wham Bam, Steve Marriott one of my favourite singers of all time, good guitarist as well.

Great video! Used to collect all of their records and I understand how someone could get confused about which album is which. Their Decca album is called The Small Faces and their first Immediate album is also called The Small Faces. But to me their strength was how good they were. Even the songs used to fill up the albums were cool. Rock on!

Matt: Terry Tutor here...Once again, I am so impressed by your research (you even know how many gigs an early Marriott band had)....Looking much forward to part 2......

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Terry - stay tuned!

A fine presentation. Thanks.

Yes, Stevie was a brilliant vocalist with a very distinctive voice. Also, Paul Rodgers of Free & Bad Company. Chris Farlowe & Terry Reid Ive always loved the gutsy, raw blues singers Peace 🇬🇧👧

Fabulous Matt, and ya, one of my favorites from the era as well. As per usual, excellent research, filling in the blanks, color..... Very nice indeed. Looking forward to Part 2. Cheers!

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Steve!

very nice stuff! from the beginning rocks! like them like the who', birds from the usa', doors. thanks peace

I'm 72, this was the best band of the 60's for me, 'Whatcha gonna do about it' was dynamite, I was 14 at the time and thought I was hearing a black soul artist, at the time I thought whoever it was, sounded better than Otis Redding, who us young Mods adored. Subsequent records from this unbelievably powerful rock singer and his incredible band cemented them in my brain forever.

@popgoesthe60s52

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, James!

One of the best bands ever I think. Some of their early stuff is some of their best stuff. I first really got into them in the mid - 80’s hanging out with mods and skinheads among others in Belfast Ireland - by then the band were already legendary. Looking forward to part 2. Enjoyed this, thank you.

Thanks for that. Again, one song was the basis of my knowledge of them for years. Then when Internet came to my place I downloaded Odgen's and til now that's it. Sort of music hall. A far cry from the later Faces. I just bought Autumn Stone a couple of days ago on discogs in an effort to remedy my lack of Small Faces. It's a start.

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

I think the new songs on Autumn Stone are excellent. Too bad we didn't get one more album!

A wonderful video for an excellent band.

I'm still hooked on British invasion music. Pretty Things S.F Sorrow album is the most underrated album of the late 60s. We didn't hear any of these songs in middle America when it came out. It wasn't till parachute was released a couple of years later with moderate success did I even know of Sorrow album. Almost every song on it was great. If you haven't listened to it and u like psychedelic music from the late 60s this is a must album.

Fantastic video as always. Thank you for having the guts to present yourself as a fan as much as an historian. Your enthusiasm for this band is infectious! I’ve been listening to this band for years. They’ve never grabbed me to the same degree as The Fabs, The Stones, The Byrds, The Yardbirds, The Who, or The Kinks, but something about them makes me stick with them to continue to try to appreciate their stuff. This video helped me find where that itch that they scratch for me is. Hope to see you carry this through until the end of the Faces, but I understand if you end it with Steve’s departure

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciated the kind words, Scott - thank you!

Superb video as per usual.

Been waiting a long time for this !

They may be one of the all time greatest bands but they have the funniest name for a band I’ve ever heard. Steve Marriott was so goddamn talented and his voice is one of the best out of Rock. I learned a lot I didn’t know from this video. Ronnie lane was really talented too. Great voice and songwriting. His bass playing got really good by the time they became the faces. The whole band was phenomenal. Especially towards the end when they started doing that weird psychedelic stuff.

Great part 1, Matt. Glad you covered Steve’s early history, it’s not often mentioned. You can hear how it later flavored the band’s music. Looking forward to pt. 2!👍

They made being 16 in 65 seeing them live dancing the night away messed me up when they split, one off band 😮 xx.

Love the Small Faces. Some of the discs you called singles are actually EPs, with two songs on each side. When I was in London in 1982, a record store I went into still had the singles & EPs the Beatles had released in their early days.

I love playing Ronnie Lane’s bassline of “Stay With Me.”

There are no words for the greatness of Small Faces when rock was just a kid....no words...none.

Amazing video Matt truly love the small faces they up there in my all time favs without doubt got to meet Steve Marriott shortly before his untimely passing managed to get see them when they reformed with Steve in the 70s sadly no Ronnie who had his own health issues but got to see slim chance Ronnies band he put together after his spell with the faces who by the way were brilliant also look out for Steve’s daughter mollie Marriott she is very good in her own right another winner can’t wait for part 2 truly brilliant band and funny enough got to meet PP Arnold a couple years back who had worked with SF.. awesome stuff loved it

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, you got in some great meetings! More to come.

"Compelling" High Energy Steve Marriot's often pivotal early contributions sadly remain largely unsung. Certainly, a whole new world _came into being_ with the later formation of Humble Pie. The 1971 release of NYC Live _"Rockin' the Fillmore"_ with then 18 year old Peter Frampton, remains one of my personal Top 10 FAV Live albums of all time... with the follow-up of the 1972 studio release of _"Smokin"_ being a breakthrough nexus.👌 And of course, cherished memories of ALL of our own individual "Itchycoo Park" remain equally _pivotal_ even 55 years later.... 💋

My flat mate worked for Ron King the Small Faces booking agents, who's office was downstairs from Don Ardens. I got a call did I wont to Road Manage the Small Faces, so picked up their old van from Jimmy Winstons dads pub and gear, drove it to a used car lot, swapped the gear into a brand new Commer van and drove it to a Birmingham gig. Did a few gigs over the coming weeks and then I was told to drop Jimmy Winstone gear off at the office. Drive out to Hayes and pick up Ian McLagan, his Hammond organ and Lesley speaker that now filled the van brim full. I was a bit choked, as Jimmy and I was the same build so was in line for his hardly worn clothes. Anyway, Ian was great but skint so as I'd not eaten all day I delved into expenses and bought dinner for the both of us. My favorite was Kenny Jones and would spend off time showing him how to drive as he was a Learner then. We toured 6 days per week plus afternoon TV bookings and a Rediffusion Show that took near a week to film. So, days at the studio and a gig around London at night. We'd often meet up with the Who and went to one of their girlfriends apartment, the sound system failed so we carried our gear in. Police arrived and when told The Who and Faces were playing, they asked that two more numbers be played then to shut it down. Wow those were the days but a year of it was enough. I went back to digging tunnels.

....toured nz with them in '68, kenney used my drums.

Thanks for reminding me of my late Dad's record player, the HMV next to your left shoulder, may times I lifted the lid.

@popgoesthe60s52

Жыл бұрын

Mine still has the smell of old rubber. I love it!

After hearing The Small Faces’ You Need Lovin’ I didn’t like Led Zep’s Whole Lotta Love anymore. Looking forward to part 2!

As usual - Great episode, Matt. Welcome back!!!

I am really glad you are covering the history of this group! I had that very first album long ago. It was in mint condition too. But after moving around in life, it somehow got lost. I recall it had a red label with an ear on it "ffrr" or something. Yeah, I like the Small Faces quite a lot. It's strange, but for some reason I always thought their timeline interwined with The Who a bit more than you discuss. I guess I thought this because of Lane and Towshend's collaborations and Kenny Jones joining the band after Moon passed away. Maybe in the second part this will become clearer. Can't wait!

Once again Matt… Thank you for doing the heavy lifting, if small faces streams go up they(or whoever)should give you a little tip of the cap. The truth is… I only knew them through Itchycoo Park. But because of your presentation I am listening to them and enjoying all the stuff I hadn’t heard before. It’s good stuff. Itchycoo Park got me in trouble two Ways.. I was a nine-year-old wanna be hippie Living in the Bay Area while that era was exploding. and that was my favorite song and when I kept singing that line about getting high my mother would get mad at me. Also that was the first time we heard the phase shifting sound and tried to duplicate it by holding a hollow steel pipe to a snare drum and beating on the pipe with a drumstick. It sounded pretty close but the pipe went through the drum head and I got in trouble for that also. It was my cousin’s drum.

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Bob! I hope their streams do go up- thanks for watching!

It was a strange coincidence, as a few months ago; I had a hankering to listen to The Small Faces-which I did, and then found out it was Ronnie Lane's birthday.

Thoroughly enjoyed this ... Steve Marriot is one of the great unsung 60s front men (and the Small Faces one of the great mod bands) ... the 70s should have belonged to Steve ... the rock gods looked elsewhere ... so glad Matt you're making this series ...

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, New Jack!

Great episode! Looking forward to part 2 and hopefully someday a history of the band “Them”.

There was so much going on musically then and unless we followed a particular band we just remember the great singles. The Small Faces had a handful, still played today!

Great job Matt. I love the work you do and how thorough you are. No stone unturned. Great presentation too. Appreciate all your hard work and efforts. Love The Small Faces. Very unique in the day. Looking forward to part 2. I hope your rehab projects went smoothly.

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

Rehabs homes are still in progress and going well! Thanks for the kind words, Lance.

I saw the Small Faces in 1970 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Steve was born to be a rock star.One of the best vocalist of all times

Great vid, love the small faces, the action and the creation

Always love your videos great detail on the history

Thanks for this. As a UK fan, they're one of my top five fave bands from the Sixties. Always a little envious of my eldest sister who saw them 'live' in '65.

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

Ah to have seen them live - what an experience!

Fantastic video parts 1 and 2 really well done I thoroughly enjoyed these well done again 👍

I’ve really been looking forward to this video. Excellent as usual!

Great band and really good info. Thank you.

Really excellent Matt. Underrated band for sure.

This is a great video. Thank you

Haven't checked in, in a while but will get a good re-wind of The Small Faces, one of my favorite groups. Thanks for this, Matt.

As ever so informative. Thks

Excellent documentation on my favourite band Thanks

Great content Matt. Thank you.

Very interesting. 👍🏻

Matt, Another totally intriguing podcast. I've run out of superlatives, but this one was superlative. particularly with all the GREAT photos! Just a thrill to see so many! As an avid listener of top 40 radio in the 60s (well, there was not other r 7 r to listen to), I never heard a note of the Small Faces until 'Itchycoo Park' hit the radio waves. Leave it to US DJs to edit out a lot of the good stuff, but that first Immediate album is still a favorite.

@popgoesthe60s52

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Wylie - they have always been a fave of mine.

Outstanding review of The Small Faces...thanks!

This should really go under part two, but for a real treat don't miss the Mona Lisa Twins' recent live cover of "Lazy Sunday Afternoon".

That was cool....and I actually learned a few things....roll on Part 2!!!

Thank you for your video. Can't wait for part 2. I recommend The Decca Years Box Set if anyone who enjoys The Small Faces and can't find original vinyl.

Wasn't , Ichycoo Park their biggest hit in America? That was my favorite Small Faces song. I love the part. , It all too beautiful 🎶 it all too beautiful. 🎶 Ian , the keyboardist didn't care for the song.

Thanks for this very informative 1st part - you're so much more into the actual history of these groups than the so-called "Professor of Rock"! You're real, he comes off as silly.

Great video, Matt...looking forward to the next installment.

i always thought that Townshend was a mod the rest no but Pete understood the mod culture and the Small Faces should have been huge.POW!

One off the greatest groups ever lots better than the the tripe we have today

Thanks, Matt - can't wait for part 2!

Great job Matt. I was a big Small Faces, Kinks and The Who fan back in the 60s.

This is great, man.

One of my favourite, and most underrated, of the major bands of the decade! Until about 1973 or so, I'd only known of Itchcoo Park, but a compilation I'd found in a smaller record store included Whatcha Gonna Do About It and I was hooked. Between Steve Marriott's vocals and that feedback growling guitar solo, I knew I had to hear more from this group. All the albums and singles later, I can't think of one track I don't like. I know I'm getting ahead of you, Matt, but my icing on the Small Faces cake, includes the incredibly versatile work the band did with Rod Stewart and Steve Marriott's next group, Humble Pie. The Old Grey Whistle Test live version of Black Coffee is stunningly good. And don't forget the vocals Marriott added to The Easybeats' Gonna Have A Good Time. A thought from that last sentence. Perhaps a look at The Easybeats and their legacy might be a great subject for a future band exploration.

@popgoesthe60s52

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Fab - there are plenty of new videos on bands coming. I hope you like part 2 due out by morning (I hope!)

Welcome back! Hope things are getting a little less hectic for you. I was never into the Small Faces. Perhaps 1 or 2 songs. But lust wanted to welcome you back. I did like this history though...you haven't lost a thing. Still the best musicologist out there. Thanks!