The Small Faces / Expanded Deluxe Editions coming in May 2012
On 7 May Universal Music are to release new multi-disc deluxe editions of the four albums released by the Small Faces between 1965 and 1969.
The albums in question are Small Faces (Decca) released April 1966, From The Beginning (Decca) released June 1967, Small Faces (on Andrew Oldham’s Immediate label) released June 1967 and Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (Immediate) released June 1968.
The reissues will be 2-disc sets, except for Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake which will be three discs. Each album is newly re-mastered with both the mono and stereo versions, plus related non-album singles and alternate versions of songs, many of which are previously unreleased or released for the first time on CD.
In the case of Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake, there are separate discs for the mono and stereo formats and a third disc of previously unreleased material – early session versions, alternate USA mixes, instrumentals and the previously unreleased backing track Kamikhazi.
Each album package includes liner notes featuring new interviews with the surviving members of the Small Faces, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones.
Full track listing to come very soon.
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By Paul Sinclair
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