The Small Faces - Here Come The Nice (2014)

In celebration of the Small Faces' recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Charly Records are proud to present »Here Come The Nice«, a deluxe heavyweight 4 CD box set chronicling the group's career on Andrew Loog Oldham's pioneering Immediate Records label, curated by surviving band members Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan.

A whopping 75 songs includes every hit single, A & B side released worldwide on Immediate Records plus a generous bounty of unreleased material, outtakes, early and alternate versions, live tracks and previously unheard recording sessions from Olympic, Trident and IBC Studios, all sourced and remastered from recently discovered original master and multitrack tapes.

The lavish 72-page hardback book, with a heartfelt foreword by Pete Townshend and introduction by Kenney and Mac, is full of previously unseen photos and rare memorabilia, a career overview by esteemed Mojo magazine scribe Mark Paytress, copious and revealing track-by-track annotation, new testimonials from the likes of Robert Plant, Paul Weller, David Bowie, Nick Mason, Peter Frampton - and much more!

The box is crammed full with exclusive extras, such as replicas of three of the rarest Small Faces EPs in colored vinyl, an impossibly rare Olympic Studios acetate, large-size repro posters, fine art prints, 64-page fully illustrated lyric booklet, collectors postcards and more, all paying testament to the enduring musical genius of the Small Faces.

CD1 - Small Faces Singles (Worldwide As Bs & EPs) 00:54:17
01. Here Come The Nice 02:57
02. Talk To You 02:06
03. (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me 02:17
04. Something I Want To Tell You 02:08
05. Get Yourself Together 02:19
06. Become Like You 01:57
07. Green Circles 02:33
08. Eddie's Dreaming (B-Side Edit) 02:44
09. Itchycoo Park 02:46
10. I'm Only Dreaming 02:23
11. Tin Soldier 03:21
12. I Feel Much Better 03:57
13. Lazy Sunday 03:04
14. Rollin' Over (Part II Of Happiness Stan) 02:15
15. Mad John (Single Version) 02:08
16. The Journey (Single Version) 02:55
17. The Universal 02:45
18. Donkey Rides, A Penny A Glass 02:49
19. Afterglow Of Your Love (Single Version) 03:23
20. Wham Bam Thank You Mam 03:28

Original Immediate single versions
Taken from original mono master tapes

CD2 - Small Faces In The Studio (Olympic, IBC & Trident Sessions - Part 1) 00:52:17
01. Shades Of Green (Mono) 00:40
02. Green Circles (Take 1 / Mono) 01:06
03. Green Circles (Take 1 Alt Mix 1 / Mono) 02:49
04. Anything (Tracking Session / Stereo) 03:48
05. Anything (Backing Track / Stereo) 03:09
06. Show Me The Way (Stripped Down Mix / Stereo) 02:13
07. Wit Art Yer (Tracking Session / Mono) 02:52
08. Wit Art Yer (Backing Track / Stereo) 02:30
09. I Can't Make It (Alt Mix / Stereo) 02:29
10. Doolally (Tracking Session / Mono) 04:11
11. What's It Called? (Overdub Session / Mono) 00:36
12. Call It Something Nice (Take 9 / Stereo) 02:06
13. Wide Eyed Girl (Take 2 / Stereo) 01:45
14. Wide Eyed Girl On The Wall (Alt Mix / Stereo) 03:30
15. Donkey Rides, A Penny A Glass (Stripped Down Mix / Stereo) 03:26
16. Red Balloon With A Blue Surprise (Take 5 / Stereo) 00:49
17. Red Balloon (Alt Mix / Stereo) 04:31
18. Saieide Mamoon (Tracking Session / Stereo) 09:36

All tracks previously unreleased versions
Taken from original studio multitrack and session master tapes

CD3 - Small Faces In The Studio (Olympic, IBC & Trident Sessions - Part 2) 00:49:47
01. Wham Bam Thank You Mam (Alt Mix / Stereo) 03:26
02. I Can't Make It (Stripped Down Mix / Stereo) 02:36
03. This Feeling Of Spring (Take 1 / Stereo) 01:46
04. All Our Yesterdays (Backing Track / Mono) 02:12
05. Talk To You (Alt Mix / Stereo) 02:24
06. Mind The Doors Please (Mono) 05:04
07. Things Are Going To Get Better (Stripped Down Mix / Stereo) 02:46
08. Mad John (Tracking Session / Stereo) 04:01
09. A Collibosher (Take 4 / Stereo) 03:33
10. Lazy Sunday Afternoon (Early Mix / Mono) 03:02
11. Jack (Backing Track / Stereo) 03:38
12. Fred (Backing Track / Stereo) 03:09
13. Red Balloon (Stripped Down Mix / Stereo) 01:35
14. Kolomodelomo (Take 1 / Stereo) 02:47
15. Donkey Rides, A Penny A Glass (Alt Mix / Stereo) 03:36
16. Jenny's Song (Take 2 / Stereo) 04:04

All tracks previously unreleased versions
Taken from original studio multitrack and session master tapes

CD4 - Alternate Small Faces (Out-takes & In-concert) 01:03:31
01. Itchycoo Park (Take 1 Stereo Mix) 02:53
02. Here Come The Nice (Take 1 Stereo Mix) 03:03
03. I'm Only Dreaming (Take 1 Stereo Mix) 02:27
04. Don't Burst My Bubble (Mono) 02:26
05. I Feel Much Better (Stereo) 03:58
06. Green Circles (Take 1 Italian Version / Mono) * 02:45
07. Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow (Alt Mix / Stereo) * 01:54
08. Piccanniny (Alt Mix / Stereo) 03:04
09. Get Yourself Together (Alt Mix / Stereo) * 02:21
10. Eddie's Dreaming (Take 2 Alt Mix / Stereo) * 02:46
11. (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me (Take 2 Alt Mix / Stereo) * 02:11
12. Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire (US Alt Mix / Mono) * 02:02
13. Afterglow Of Your Love (Alt Single Version / Mono) * 03:38
14. (If You Think You're) Groovy (Mono / The Lot - P.P. Arnold & Small Faces) 02:57
15. Me You And Us Too (Mono) 03:33
16. The Universal (Take 1 Stereo Mix) 02:47
17. Rollin' Over (Live / Stereo) 02:29
18. If I Were A Carpenter (Live / Stereo) 02:29
19. Every Little Bit Hurts (Live / Stereo) 06:12
20. All Or Nothing (Live / Stereo) 04:05
21. Tin Soldier (Live / Stereo) 03:19

All tracks rare or * previously unreleased versions
Taken from original studio and session master tapes
Live tracks recorded at Newcastle City Hall 18 November 1968
Taken from Pye Studios master tape, pitch and speed corrected