Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Received this LP Box yesterday.....had some time so I listened to the Stereo & Mono versions of the album....I still have my original copy I picked up in 1968 (Stereo)....so I remember it only in stereo....always loved the LP and Small Faces as a band....anyway I have to say I prefer the Mono version....they both sound good but I must admit the mono LP sounds best to my ears......of course music listening is a subjective subject....the box set itself is a great package....high quality....well assembled.....have not listened to LP #3 yet....I recommend this to all Small Faces fans....thought the price was reasonable.....highly recommended.....

Not realizing that Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriot were in this band, and not knowing that they wrote "Itchycoo Park" which honestly wouldn't have swayed me in favor of the purchase, I bought it anyway because of some blurb about classic british blah blah blah etc. I tend to really like music from this era, and this is right in there, except to these American ears wow is it "British"!This has totally grown on me. At first I was a little worried, as "Happiness Stan" is just weird, but "Afterglow", "Lazy Sunday" and especially "Song Of a Baker" got me hooked bad.The stereo mix is all over the place, as I must conclude that is how it originally sounded. To my ears there's a little more sonic focus of the mono version, but now after listening to both of them I really like them both. These guys could rock! I have to say I LOVE the story in the liner notes about how after going on tour with the Who, they said that the Who slaughtered them, and Marriot knew they had to step it up if they were going to leave a mark. Well they certainly did. Great, classic, perfect British Psychedelic record. Almost sorta makes me wish I was there.As far as the packaging goes, it's groovy and all, but not knowing anything about them, I would've been fine with just a regular package. Still I don't regret the purchase.I definitely won't be taking the boxed set on any long road trips. It's too nice for that.

Being born in the mid '60's, I didn't develop my taste for British Rock until the mid '70's. With that said, I quickly accumulated the back catalogues of The Kinks, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd on vinyl. Although I had heard of Small Faces, I had never heard any of their music and definitely never heard of Ogdens. Also, despite my many hours sifting through record stores, I never came across the album and being a round cover, I would certainly have remembered the experience.Anyway fast forward to 2012 and this oversight has now been corrected. All I can say is, "What a treat Ogdens is, and I am glad I missed it the first time around because I find it to be delightfully entertaining 40 plus years later. The music doesn't sound dated like some of the music from the era and it is as strong an album as compared to contemporary British releases like "Village Green Preservation Society", "Beggars Banquet", and the "White Album". Yes it is that good."As to the box set, for the money, this is a great value and much care went into this package. The mono disc actually sounds better to my ears than the stereo versions. I will say that the "hat-box-like paper tin replica" could have been thicker and a nice embossed cover as opposed to just an applied label would have been nice.To the music, as I already said, it is delightful. I do enjoy both sides, but I do find side 2 to be a little less enjoyable mostly due to the nonsensical narration, but I do give the band a thumbs up for the tale of Happiness Stan as it is cohesive and all the elements work, even the narration as it does have its own charm.

Great sounding reissue on Immediate vinyl from the UK In mono. Sound Is a bit cluttered but I'm told the original UK was no better sounding but I could be wrong because I don't have it to compare. side by side. If you like heavy trippy Psychedelia with old school UK Londoner you'll flip over this record. It's that good.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake is a historic album full of musical ingenuity and comical conceptions. Released in 1968 the record and its design hit number one on the UK charts. The music is all good and wonderful to hear on the vinyl format as well as the CD format.This record is the mono limited edition packaging. It comes basically exactly like the original with a few extras. One thing which would have been nice would be for the record itself to have come in a more protective inner-sleeve which would have protected it a bit better during shipping, yet one cannot flaw a company that remasters and recreates the original to the tee. The recording sounds amazing and the packaging is out of this world.This Small Faces album is them at their best. If you like vinyl and can afford to buy it (well worth every dime) I suggest you pick it up.

This is an outstanding album that of course every real music fan should own! Amongst my thousands of CD's and records Ogden's (along with the Small Faces first Immediate album) I listen to almost daily. I do take note of other Amazon purchasers so was suprised to find an average 2 star rating for this reissue. On reading the reviews I found that, though they made some valid points, the worst reviews were by people who had not actually purchased the item but had some issues with the latest presentation and/or price. I think it is rather sad that such a great album, and a very good reissue, should have a 2 star rating due to these reviews. I purchased the vinyl version (PLEASE NOTE MY PHOTO SHOWS THE BOX FOR THE 2018 VINYL LP BUT THE OTHER ITEMS ARE FROM THE 2012 LIMITED CD RELEASE FOR COMPARISON) and find it excellent and great value! The vinyl LP's are new half speed masters and have excellent sound quality. With half decent hi -fi euipment they sound better than 2012 CD remasters which have excellent sound themselves compared to previous reissues. Anyone with a passing knowledge of the history of the Immediate master tapes will appreciate the work that has been done to get these reissues to the level they are. The vinyl set includes the Mono and Stereo mixes plus a disc of outtakes. Yes the outtakes are available elsewhere, but not in this quality on vinyl. The vinyl are 3 high quality 180-gram vinyl beautifully finished discs in red, white and blue vinyl with facsimile 1968 Immediate labels and quality lined paper inner sleeves. Perhaps the only thing that lets the vinyl set down is the outer sleeves which are very plain with a similar design to the outer box with a photo of the original sleeve surrounded by plain white. Very plain when compared with the original. In this way the set does not quite measure up to the excellent presentation of the 2014 'Here Comes The Nice' box set or the limited edition 2012 CD reissue (pictured) which had excellent detail based on the original circular cover. On a practical level though those 'circular' reissues are harder to look after and maintain in excellent condition and no doubt are more expensive and impractical to manufacture in large numbers. The book that accompanies the CD and LP sets, while not hard cover like the 2014 box set, is on 'glossy' print on all 72 pages and contains many new photo's of the lads, the artwork and period labels. It manages to add a new dimension even to the excellent 'circular' booklet with the 2012 'limited release'. If you are lucky enough to own this 2012 release the new CD release may not seem great value. Whilst the new packaging adds a larger format book you do lose some of the 'round packaging', coasters etc. that come with the 2012 set and get the same remastering and basically the same outtakes with the addition of the odd track from the 2014 remaster. You also get a DVD of the 'Colour Me Pop' appearances which are also available on the 2009 'All Or Nothing' DVD where 20 other essential video's are also included. If you haven't got either of these items then in my opinion this 50th anniversary CD set is essential. If you have got them just get the vinyl for the excellent colored vinyl pressings and the new book. Just a further comment in relation to those other negative reviews, as previously stated I thought that the vinyl was great value when ordered from Amazon UK. However for some strange reason it was much more expensive if you ordered it from Amazon USA (import price??) whereas the CD set was expensive from Amazon UK but better value from the US. The LP set only took 4 days to deliver from dispatching in the UK to arrival in New Zealand. Excellent Service. And a final comment on the 5.1 mixes, Yes they are nice to have and I enjoy the 5.1 mixes of my Tull reissues and others. However given the lack availability of the Small Faces masters I can't see any 5.1 mixes being 'real'. More like a modern version of fake stereo. 5.1 mixes are a great novelty but I would never give a great album reissue a 1or 2 star rating because they are not available. These classics were recorded in the days of Mono and Stereo and that's how they still sound best!

This is truly a classic one-off album, and has been duly recognised as such. Of course, it is of very special interest to those of us who were teenagers or young adults in those days (1968). I think I was just 13 when my folks bought me "Lazy Sunday / Rolling Over" (the single), and though that song is ultra-poppy and commercial, it served as an introduction to Steve Marriott and his crew. With a more "mature" or "seasoned" taste now, I would say that Lazy Sunday (a chart hit) is one of the weaker songs on the album. Afterglow of your Love and Song of a Baker are better songs. However, what makes this album so special is the overall hearing from beginning to end. It works! One song rolls into the other, and on the second (vinyl) side you have that marvellous continuum, a story or "concept" interlaced with Stanley Unwin's narrative which, for you foreigners who can't be expected to know who the hell Stanley Unwin was (quite understandably) needs a little explanation: he was like no-one else on earth, and could entertain you with stories you could understand perfectly well despite his telling them in a language found in no dictionary -which had something to do with the English language but, then again, did not, if you see what I mean. The overall effect is of some curiously appetizing children's entertainment reserved for adults who secretly wish they'd never grown up.Apart from the music, the cover art -representing a tin of ± 1920's Ogden's tobacco- did a lot to sell the album; in fact it figures amongst the most famous. It's a quirky album, true, but it certainly deserves its place in the history of rock music. As for recording quality, I'll leave that to other commentators. My purchase sounds fine to me!

Brilliant album but basic release, booklet and CD the mix is the same stereo mix on the previous deluxe edition, minus the bonus tracks and mono mix. Save your money for the 3CdD plus DVD version issued later in the year

Very happy to get this on vinyl, as I still have vinyl equipment, plus facilities for CD's and Cassette Albums. It was rare enough when I was at college, and the last time I saw it, it was in a limited Round Metal Round Tin! One of my friends eldest brothers had it and got it in Canterbury when it was on sale on Limited Offer. I am nearly 59, and have been trying to (unsuccessfully) get hold of a copy. Now at last, the ambition has been fulfilled, along with my other Small Faces Vinyl LPs! Plays very well! Thanks!

I am a huge Beatles fan, I'll admit it. But I will also admit that due to their popularity, amount of output and following, there were a great many bands who are hugely under appreciated and whom, if the Beatles hadn't existed, would of perhaps become more well known. There are, in my opinion, two bands who were hugely under rated in the mid to late 1960 and whose songwriting was brilliant, one was the Bee Gees (who only really hit the big time in the 1970's) and the other being The Small Faces.I am a huge fan of The Small Faces and stumbled on them in the mid 1990s via their more popular songs such as Itchycoo Park and Lazy Sunday. When I discovered this album I was instantly hooked. There is something really great about their cheeky chappy personality. They are capable (via Steve Marriott, and Ronnie Lane (who is my musical idol) ) of writing a song so emotionally beautiful such as Afterglow of My Love to comedy songs such as Lazy Sunday and Rene, which tells it's own, very clear story, when you listen to it.I will be honest I don't fully understand the idea of a concept album, so the only way I can describe this album is a story set to music, rather like the Bee Gees epic Odessa and the Beatles Sgt Pepper.This album holds up against anything else being produced at the time, and easily betters it. I fully believe that Marriott and Lane are two songwriters who are vastly under appreciated.This album is a must have for Small Faces fan's. Perhaps not so much for the casual listener (there are plenty of brilliant Best of Albums out there).Everytime I listen to this album I hear something new. It's etherial in places, funny in others and even rocky in parts. I never tire of this album.I would highly reccommend this album it's fun and enjoyable. And very much of a time. And a time, that I wished I had been around to enjoy.