ROCK-A-RAMA
EARLY FACES - THE SMALL FACES (Pride — MGM):: I had this classic disc on a hideous German pressing, but Mike Curb (who has been the subject of many recent articles considering his auteur status) did it up right and it sounds great.
EARLY FACES - THE SMALL FACES (Pride — MGM):: I had this classic disc on a hideous German pressing, but Mike Curb (who has been the subject of many recent articles considering his auteur status) did it up right and it sounds great. The Small Faces were in their Who period for this collection and they shake til they break. Steve Marriot was the heart of the group, but the same pieces don’t fit in Humble Pie, probably because now he and his two pals think of themselves as musicians, not mods who copped the rock from the rockers. “Layla” this ain’t, but then neither is Meet the Beatles.
JEANNIE - JEANNIE C. RILEY (Plantation):: Turns out Jeannie wasn’t just a one shot cutie with “Harper Valley P.T.A.” I don’t know what kinda shit she’s doin’ these days for major record companies, but this is as fine a country rock album as you’re likely to hear anywhere. “One Toke Over the Line”?
