The Autumn Stone
The Autumn Stone is a posthumous retrospective double album, and the second compilation album released in the UK by Small Faces in 1969 on the Immediate label.
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| Released | 14 November 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1965-1968, London, England  | |||
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| Length | 65:59 | |||
| Label | Immediate | |||
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| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[2] |
Album profile
The double album contains most of the Small Faces' Immediate and Decca original 7" single releases, together with live recordings from a concert at Newcastle City Hall and previously unreleased material, some of which was possibly intended for the band's projected but unrealised fourth LP, 1862.
Alongside the title track, the album contained an alternate version of "Afterglow Of Your Love" (which had been released as the Small Faces' final single earlier in the year), covers of two Tim Hardin songs ("If I Were A Carpenter" and "Red Balloon") and the instrumentals "Wide Eyed Girl On The Wall" and "Collibosher" (both of which are claimed to be unfinished backing tracks by the compilers of the Here Comes The Nice box set).
The title track "The Autumn Stone" and "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" (its correct title, according to composer Steve Marriott - 'Wham Bam Thank You Man', as it was titled on the Afterglow single where the song first found release in March 1969, was apparently a label misprint) had originally been recorded on September the 11th 1968 as the a and b sides of a projected but ultimately unreleased single. This recording session proved to be the band's final studio work together aside from some session work in Paris with Peter Frampton for a Johnny Hallyday album in December.
The Autumn Stone album was released by Immediate Records founder Andrew Loog Oldham in November 1969, more than six months after the band had officially announced their break up, and three months after Steve Marriott's new band Humble Pie had released their own debut LP. In Germany, a single LP version with only the 'new' material was released under the title In Memoriam.
A 3LP/2CD 'definitive expanded deluxe edition' of the album, remastered from original sources and including extra material, is scheduled for release at a (so far unspecified) future date.
Track listing
All tracks written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane unless otherwise noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Here Come The Nice" | Steve Marriott with Ronnie Lane | 2:57 | |
| 2. | "The Autumn Stone" (+) | Marriott | 4:00 | |
| 3. | "Collibosher" (+) | Instrumental | 3:12 | |
| 4. | "All or Nothing (Live)" (+) | Marriott | 3:41 | |
| 5. | "Red Balloon" (+) | Timothy Hardin | Marriott | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Lazy Sunday" | Marriott | 3:06 | |
| Total length: | 21:08 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 7. | "Call It Something Nice" (+) | Marriott and Lane | 2:05 | |
| 8. | "I Can't Make It" | Marriott | 3:06 | |
| 9. | "Afterglow (Of Your Love)" | Marriott | 3:24 | |
| 10. | "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" | Marriott | 2:56 | |
| 11. | "The Universal" | Marriott | 2:42 | |
| Total length: | 14:13 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 12. | "Rollin' Over (Live)" (+) | Marriott | 2:31 | |
| 13. | "If I Were A Carpenter (Live)" (+) | Hardin | Marriott | 2:32 |
| 14. | "Every Little Bit Hurts (Live)" (+) | Edward Cobb | Marriott | 6:20 |
| 15. | "My Mind's Eye" | Marriott | 2:04 | |
| 16. | "Tin Soldier (Live)" (+) | Marriott | 3:21 | |
| 17. | "Just Passing" | Lane | 1:13 | |
| Total length: | 18:01 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 18. | "Itchycoo Park" | Marriott | 2:50 | |
| 19. | "Hey Girl" | Marriott | 2:18 | |
| 20. | "Wide Eyed Girl On The Wall" (+) | Instrumental | 2:47 | |
| 21. | "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" | Marriott | 1:57 | |
| 22. | "Wham Bam, Thank You Mam" | Marriott | 3:18 | |
| Total length: | 13:10 | |||
* Note: on some editions the live version of All Or Nothing is replaced with the studio version * + indicates unreleased material, some of which was possibly intended for inclusion on their projected fourth LP 1862.
In Memoriam
Immediate had originally intended to release a single album of exclusively 'new' material, with five live tracks on side one and five 'new' studio tracks on side two. This version was released in Germany as In Memoriam.
Side one
- "Rollin' Over"
- "If I Were A Carpenter"
- "Every Little Bit Hurts"
- "All or Nothing"
- "Tin Soldier"
Side two
- "Collibosher" +
- "Call It Something Nice" +
- "Red Balloon" +
- "Wide Eyed Girl On The Wall" +
- "The Autumn Stone" +
In Memoriam was reissued on vinyl in the 1980s, bolstered by the inclusion of other rarities such as 1967's "Don't Burst My Bubble". It has also since been issued on CD with the rest of the tracks from The Autumn Stone as bonus tracks.
* + Previously unreleased material (see main track listing for details).
Personnel
- Steve Marriott - vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Ronnie Lane - vocals, guitar, bass guitar
- Kenney Jones - drums
- Ian McLagan - keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, vocals
- Jimmy Winston - vocals, keyboards
References/Notes
Notes:
- Allmusic Rating link
- Frith, Simon (7 March 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (53): 46. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
References:
- Paolo Hewitt John Hellier (2004). Steve Marriott - All Too Beautiful.... Helter Skelter Publishing ISBN 1-900924-44-7.
- Paolo Hewitt/Kenney Jones (1995) small faces the young mods' forgotten story - Acid Jazz ISBN 0-9523935-0-6