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First Step

The Small Faces are now into a more sophisticated and mature commerciality. The addition of Rod Stewart as vocalist and Ron Wood on lead guitar has altered the substance of their music noticeably. The three remaining Faces—Ian McLagen, organ; Ronnie Lane, bass; Kenny Jones, drums—all are v...

2007 RS: Not Rated

Autumn Stone

1969

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

1968

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Biography

The Small Faces got their name for two reasons: they were small, each under five-foot-six-inches tall, and they were "faces," as in the Who's "I'm the Face," a declaration of British Mod-era hipness. When the Small Faces first hit the British singles charts in 1965 with "Whatcha Gonna Do About It?" (recorded six weeks after the band formed), they were seen as East London's answer to West London's ...

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