The Definitive Collection (1999)

About this title: Calling any collection of the Small Faces (or any other Immediate Records act) "definitive" at this late date is probably grounds for a fraud action -- there are simply so many different compilations, in so many varying states of remastering from supposedly improved sources, that it's become difficult to judge one over another. This double-CD set has some virtues, including its low price and generous content -- 36 songs that contain the entire Ogden's Nut Gone Flake album. The masters appear identical to (or, at least, not notably improved over) the CEDAR-ized tracks that appeared on Charly's ... read more

Tracks:

1. All or Nothing [Marriott/Lane]
2. Here Comes the Nice [Marriott/Lane]
3. Talk to You [Lane/Marriott]
4. (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me [Marriott/Lane]
5. Something I Want to Tell You [Marriott/Lane]
6. Feeling Lonely [Lane/Marriott]
7. Things Are Going to Get Better [Marriott/Lane]
8. My Way of Giving [Marriott/Lane]
9. Green Circles [Lane/Marriott/O'Sul]
10. Become Like You [Marriott/Lane]
11. Get Yourself Together [Marriott/Lane]
12. All Our Yesterdays [Marriott/Lane]
13. Show Me the Way [Marriott/Lane]
14. Up the Wooden Hills to Bedfordshire [McLagan]
15. Itchycoo Park [Marriott/Lane]
16. I'm Only Dreaming [Marriott/Lane]
17. Tin Soldier [Marriott/Lane]
18. I Feel Much Better [Lane/Marriott/McLag]
19. Ogden's Nut Gone Flake [Jones/Lane/Marriott]
20. Afterglow (Of Your Love) [Marriott/Lane]
21. Long Agos and Worlds Apart [McLagan]
22. Rene [Marriott/Lane]
23. Song of a Baker [Marriott/Lane]
24. Lazy Sunday [Marriott/Lane]
25. Happiness Stan [Marriott/Lane]
26. Rollin' Over [Marriott/Lane]
27. The Hungry Intruder [Lane/Marriott/McLag]
28. The Journey [Jones/Lane/Marriott]
29. Mad John [Lane/Marriott]
30. Happy Days Toy Town [Jones/Lane/Marriott]
31. The Universal [Marriott/Lane]
32. Donkey Rides, a Penny, a Glass [Marriott/Lane/McLag]
33. Wham Bam Thank You Mam [Marriott/Lane]
34. Every Little Bit Hurts [Cobb]
35. Don't Burst My Bubble [Marriott/Lane]
36. The Autumn Stone [Marriott]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.