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Book SynopsisThis is about The Small Faces as a live act. The band’s trajectory; the good gigs and the not-so-good; the perception of the band through the critical eyes of fellow musicians, managers and fans. The story from their first to last live gigs.
Table of Contents1. The Starlight Club 2. The First gigs ‘Up North’ 3. Mod v Scream 4. Jimmy Winston’s Last Gigs 5. Ian McLagan and the Real ‘Lisztomania’ 6. The Pressure Grows 7. Small Faces meet The Beatles 8. Flying Ashtrays in Boston 9. Big Things in Small Packages 10. An Inspiration 11. Who Pulled the Plug? 12. Thank you and Goodnight 13. Festival of The Flower Children 14. Australia 15. Soaking Up the Sound 16. Slaves Take a Rest 17. Pent-up Energy and Aggression 18. In the Lock-up 19. Marshalls Left Behind 20. A New Type of Venue 21. Derek Wadsworth and friends 22. Tumbling Walls 23. Happy Birthday, Kenney! 24. The Magic Bus Tour 25. First Rehearsals 26. The Roundhouse 27. “They’re Just Not Listening!” 28. A Leap into the Dark 29. Small Faces on Ice 30. Drum Duets 31. Frightening the Teenyboppers 32. A Free Gig? 33. A George Michael Connection 34. The Bubbles Club and Peter Frampton 35. When the Bell Tolls - Alexandra Palace 36. Far from the Madding Crowd 37. In the Abyss Part Two Biographies and recollections of musicians from The Small Faces brass section 38. Lyn Dobson 39. Derek Wadsworth 40. Eddie Thornton 41. Harry Beckett 42. Brian Smith 43. Johnny Marshall 44. Don Fay 45. Peter Coe
