Small Faces: The Autumn Stone

 

Record Info:

 

Manufactured: Immediate
Catalogue Number: SMIM 2107/8
Released: 1969

Produced by: Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenny Lynch, Ian Samwell, Small Faces

Steve Marriott guitar/vocals (born January 30th 1947, London, died April 20th 1991)
Jimmy Winston/Ian McLagen - organ (born May 12th 1945, Hounslow)
Ronnie Lane - bass guitar/vocals (born April 1st 1946, London, died June 4th 1997)
Kenny Jones - drums (born September 16th 1948, London)
 

Originally a double-LP follow-up to Ogden's, which gathered tracks unreleased to that point (1969), some hits and some live tracks. Some (but not all) of the singles on this are mono, but "reprocessed for stereo" - some of the fake stereo panning effects (cf Sha La La La Lee) are primitive and weird.

Side 1

 

Here Come The Nice (2:59)
(Marriott/Lane) 1967

The Autumn Stone (3:57)
(Marriott) 1969

Collibosher (3:11)
(Marriott/Lane) 1969

All Or Nothing (Live) (3:00)
(Marriott/Lane) 1966

Red Balloon (4:12)
(Hardin) 1969

Lazy Sunday (3:04)
(Marriott/Lane) 1968
 

Side 2

 

Rollin' Over (live)
(Marriott/Lane) 1969

If I Were A Carpenter (live)
(Hardin)

Every Little Bit Hurts (live)
(Cobb)

My Mind's Eye (1:58)
(Marriott/Lane) 1966

Tin Soldier (3:18)
(Marriott/Lane) 1967

Just Passing (1:09)
(Marriott/Lane) 1966

 

Side 3

 

Call It Something Nice (2:02)
(Marriott/Lane) 1969

I Can't Make It (2:03)
(Marriott/Lane) 1967

Afterglow Of Your Love (3:29)
(Marriott/Lane) 1969

Sha La La La Lee (2:51)
(Shuman/Lynch) 1966

The Universal (2:39)
(Marriott/Lane) 1968
 

Side 4

 

Itchycoo Park (2:46)
(Marriott/Lane) 1967

Hey Girl (2:12)
(Marriott/Lane) 1966

Wide Eyed Girl On The Wall (2:46)
(Marriott/Lane)

What'cha Gonna Do About It (1:55)
(Samwell/Potter) 1965

Wham Bam Thank You Mam (3:17)
(Marriott/Lane) 1969
 

Record Sleeve Front

Record Sleeve Back

Record Label Side 1

Record Label Side 3

 

Record Label Side 2

Record Label Side 4

 

Inside

 

1.1 – Here Come The Nice

Here comes the nice, looking so good,
He makes me feel like no-one else could.
He knows what I want, he's got what I need,
He's always there, if I need some speed.

Here comes the nice - it's understood
Here comes the nice - he makes me feel so good.
I'd be just like him - if I only could.
You know you should.

You know you should meet the man (the man)
The man gonna help you all he can.
You don't need money, to be wise.

Here comes the nice - it's understood
Here comes the nice - he makes me feel so good.
I'd be just like him - if I only could.
You know you should.

Here comes the nice, looking so cool,
Everyone knows the nice is no fool.
He'll bring you up, and show you around.
He's always there if your feet hit the ground.

Here comes the nice - it's understood
Here comes the nice - he makes me feel so good.
I'd be just like him - if I only could.
You know you should

You know you got to try and meet the man (the man)
This man's gonna teach you all he can.
You don't need money, to open your eyes.

Here comes the nice - hah! - It’s understood
Here comes the nice - you know he makes me feel good.
I'd be just like him - if I only could.

Here comes the nice
Here comes the nice
I'd be just like him - if I only could
You know you should.

1.2 – The Autumn Stone

I was nowhere,
Till you changed my mind.
Love is sent through being good to you.

Then you were somewhere,
Somewhere hard to find,
Only what you always were, it's true.

I'm looking for an open door,
Where I can sit and play in peace and quiet.

Tomorrow changes.
Fields of green today,
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.

We were strangers.
And then you came to stay,
The sweetest spring old morning sings to me.

So now I've found a living sound,
That moves, that breathes, and then makes love to me.

1.3 – Collibosher

Instrumental

1.4 - All Or Nothing

I thought you'd listen to my reason
But now I see, you don't hear a thing
Try to make you see, how it's got to be
Yes it's all, all or nothing
Yeah yeah, All or nothing
All or nothing, for me

Things could work out just like I want them to, yeah
If I could have the other half of you, yeah
You know I would, If I only could
Yes it's yeah, all or nothing
Oh yeah, all or nothing
You'll hear my children say, all or nothing, for me

I didn't tell you no lies
So don't you sit there and cry girl
Yeah, all or nothing
Oh yeah, all or nothing
Oh yeah, all or nothing
D'you know what I mean
You got to, got to, go to keep on trying, yeah
All or nothing, mm yeah
All or nothing, to keep on working on to me
All or nothing for me, for me, for me
Come on children, yeah
All or nothing, yeah,yeah, yeah, yeah
All or nothing, I kept on singing to myself
All or nothing, yeah for me, yeah

1.5 – Red Balloon

No Lyrics Found

1.6 – Lazy Sunday

Wouldn't it be nice
To get on with me neighbours
But they make it very clear
They've got no room for ravers
They stop me from groovin',
They bang on me wall
They doing me crust in
It's no good at all

Lazy Sunday afternoon
I got no mind to worry
I close my eyes and drift away

Here we all are sittin' in a rainbow
Gore blimey hello Mrs Jones
How's old Bert's lumbago (mustn't grumble)
I'll sing you a song,
With no words and no tune
To sing in your party
While you suss-out the moon

Lazy Sunday afternoon,
I got no mind to worry
Close my eyes and drift away

Root-de-doo-de-doo
Root-de-doot-de die day
Root-de doot de dum
Root-de-doo-de-doo dee
There's no one to hear me,
There's nothing to say
And no one can stop me
From feelin' this way

Lazy Sunday afternoon
I've got no mind to worry
Close my eyes and drift away

Lazy Sunday afternoon
I've got no mind to worry
Close my eyes and drift a
Close my eyes and drift a
Close my eyes and drift away
 


2.1 – Rollin’ Over

Goodbye sunshine I'm on my way
I'll be long time gone by the break of day
Tell everyone that I'm gonna find it
There ain't nothin' gonna stop me –

Save all your lovin' till I get home
To the sweetest lovin' sunshine that I've ever known
Tell everyone that I'm gonna find it
There ain't nothin' gonna stop me –

Rollin' Over, Shak-do-way
Rollin' Over, Yeah-yeah-yeah....

2.2 – If I Were A Carpenter

No Lyrics Found

2.3 – Every Little Bit Hurts

No Lyrics Found

2.4 – My Mind’s Eye

I sit here every day
Lookin’ at the sky
Ever wondrin’ why
I dream my dreams away
And I’m livin’ for today
In my minds eye

Things are clearer than before
Showing my the way
Asking me to stay
I’ll never close the door
To all these things and more
In my minds eye

Everybody I know says I’ve changed
Laughin behind their hands I think their strange

People runnin’ everywhere
Runnin’ through my life
I couldn’t give a damn
‘Cause they’ll never see
All that I can see
With my minds eye

Na na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na
(Repeat to fade)

2.5 – Tin Soldier

I'm a little tin soldier
That wants to jump into your fire
You are a look in your eye
A dream passing by in the sky
I don't understand
All I need is treat me like a man
'cause I ain't no child
Take me like I am
I got to know that I belong to you
Do anything that you want to do
Sing any so song that you want me to sing to you

I don't need no aggravation
I just got to make you
I just got to make you my occupation
I got to know that I belong to you
Do anything that you want to do
Sing any song that you want me to sing to you

All I need is your whispered hello
Smiles melting the snow
Nothing heard
You eyes are deeper than time
Say a love that won't rhyme without words
So now I've lost my way
I need help to show me things to say
Give me your love before mine fades away
I got to know that I belong to you
Do anything that you want to do
Sing any so song that you want me to sing to you
Oh no no
I just want some reaction
Someone to give me satisfaction
All I want to do is stick with you,
'Cause I love you

2.6 – Just Passing

One and-a two and-a three and-a four and-a

This feeling of spring like the wing of a bird that is flying,
The nights they go cold as my mind does go old and I'm looked at,
Inspected, hated, accepted

The wise men they wrangle, their minds look for angles and meaning (meaning!),
But the ceiling is light as I glide through the night and I'm leaving,
Living, being, mmm - mmm - mmm
 

3.1 – Call It Something Nice

Oh can't you see, it's not me you're looking for,
I'm not the one to show you the way,
The answer is you, it was and will always be,
The answer is you, and certainly not me.

It's not this I say for wanting to hurt you,
But this I say for wanting to help,
Please see the good, and don't see the bad in me,
The good and the bad are both in yourself.

Oh, please don't grow, don't grow to depend on me,
Don't lean on me cos I might let you down.

Make (???) now, tomorrow may never be,
Make (???) now and don't turn around.
But look for the light that's so bright you cannot see,
Look for the light and don't look for me.

3.2 – I Can’t Make It

No Lyrics Found

3.3 – Afterglow Of Your Love

I'm happy just to be with you
And loving you the way I do
It's everything I need to know
Just resting in the afterglow of your...

Love
Love is all around me
Everywhere
Love has come to touch my soul
With someone who really cares
No one can deny us
People who once passed me by
Will turn their heads 'round

I'm happy just to be with you
And loving you the way I do, yeah
It's everything I need to know
Just resting in the afterglow of your mind

You
Yes you have always been here
Feeling deep inside
A feeling that I could not see
Or touch, or try to hide
My love is in and around you
I bless the day that I found you
So listen baby

I'm happy just to be with you
And loving you the way I do, yeah
It's everything I need to know
Just resting in the afterglow of your love

Love is like a voice in my head
Keeps turning 'round the things that we said

I'm happy just to be with you
And loving you the way I do, yeah
It's everything I need to know
Just resting in the afterglow of your mind

3.4 – Sha La la La Lee

Picked her up on a Friday night
Sha la la la lee, yeh
I knew everything gonna be alright
Sha la la la lee, yeh
Sha la la la lee

I asked her 'where do you wanna go?'
Sha la la la lee, yeh
Well we went someplace, I don't know
Sha la la la lee, yeh
Sha la la la lee

I held her close and I asked her if she was
Gonna be my baby
It felt so good when she answered me
Oh yeh, oh yeh
Oh yeh, oh yeh, oh yeh

She looked good and she moved so fine
Sha la la la lee, yeh
And all the guys knew she was mine
Sha la la la lee, yeh
Sha la la la lee

I held her close and I asked her again if she was
Gonna be my baby
It felt so good when she answered me
Oh yeh, oh yeh
Oh yeh, oh yeh, oh yeh

Wanna know how my story ends?
Sha la la la lee, yeh
Well we invited just a few close friends
Sha la la la lee, yeh
Sha la la la lee

Sha la la la la la lee
Sha la la la la la lee

Sha la la la la la lee
Sha la la la la la lee
Sha la la la la la lee

Sha la la la la la la la la la lee
Sha la la la la la la la la la lee
Sha la la la la la la la la la lee

Sha la la la la la lee
Sha la la la la la lee
Sha la la la la la lee

3.5 – The Universal

There's such a lot of good ways to be bad
And so many bad ways to be good
And they might rent it
I hate to tell them
'Sorry, but I haven't got the money anymore
Just for the day I thought I'd leave love alone
Hold hands with day
And if I'm so bad why don't they take me away

Just like what you hear with a shell pressed to your ear
That's the sea in the trees in the morning
And on the universal
Good morning, Steve
Well you won't believe me today
Working doesn't seem to be the perfect thing for me
So I continue to play
And if I'm so bad why don't they take me away

Well a hippy-trippy name dropper came through my door
He said, I just bumped into Mick, he told me you know where to score.
No not me friend
I mind my own and my own minds me
Well my love is at the foot of your hand
Come what may
But if June comes first, please won't you take me away
 


4.1 – Itchycoo Park

Over Bridges of Sighs
To rest my eyes in shades of green
Under Dreaming Spires
To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been

What did you do there? - I got high
What did you feel there? - Well I cried
But why the tears there? - I'll tell you why
It's all to beautiful, It's all to beautiful
It's all to beautiful, It's all to beautiful

I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Be nice and have fun in the sun

I'll tell you what I'll do - What will you do?
I'd like to go there now with you
You can miss out school - Won't that be cool
Why go to learn the words of fools?

What will we do there? - We'll get high
What will we touch there? - We'll touch the sky
But why the tears there? I'll tell you why
It's all to beautiful, It's all to beautiful
It's all to beautiful, It's all to beautiful

I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Be nice and have fun in the sun
It's all to beautiful, It's all to beautiful
It's all to beautiful, It's all to beautiful

It's all to beautiful, It's all to beautiful
.............................

4.2 – Hey Girl

Girl, hold my hand (hand)
Girl, I know you'll understand (stand)
That I've been waiting for a long long time
Think everything's gonna turn out fine

Hey! Hey! It's alright
Hey! Hey! It's alright
Hey! Hey! My my my
Hey! Hey! Yeh yeh yeh

Girl, treat me kind (kind)
And girl, I think you'll find (find)
That no-one can love you better than me
Close your eyes and I think you'll see

Hey! Hey! It's alright
Hey! Hey! My my my
Hey! Hey! Come on children
Hey! Hey! My oh my

When I think of what I've missed
It makes me laugh inside
All the girls that I ain't kissed
Just to keep my pride
Yeh yeh yeh yeh

So girl, look around (round)
And girl, see what we've found (found)
We've found something we can't fight
Don't think twice it'll be alright now

Hey! Hey! It's alright
Hey! Hey! I said my my my yeh
Hey! Hey! Yeh It's alright
Hey! (Yeh!) Hey! Yeh! It's alright
Hey! (Hey!) Hey! Hey! It's alright
Hey! (Yeh!) Hey! Yeh! It's alright
Hey! (Aw!) Hey! Ooh! It's alright
Hey! (Ooh!) Hey! Yeh! It's alright
Hey! (C'mon!) Hey! Shake your head
Hey! (Alright) Hey! I promise that
Hey! (Yeh!) Hey! Oh it's alright
Hey! (everybody) Hey! It's alright when I say
Hey! Hey! Alright, alright, alright
Hey! Hey!
.....................

4.3 – Wide Eyed Girl On The Wall

Instrumental

4.4 – Whacha Gonna Do About It

I want you to know that I love you, baby,
Want you to know that I care.
I'm so happy when you're round me
But I'm sad when you're not there.

Sing the song now!

What'cha gonna do about it? (Oh)
What'cha gonna do about it? (Tell the truth)
What'cha gonna do about it? (She's so nice)
What'cha gonna do about it?

I want you to give me your sweet, sweet kisses,
Want you to hold me tight.
I want you to come whenever I call you
And let me walk you home at night.

What'cha gonna do about it? (Yeah Yeah)
What'cha gonna do about it? (Please answer my question, baby)
What'cha gonna do about it? (She's so nice)
What'cha gonna do about it?

I want you to know that I love you baby,
I've said this before but I care,
Mmm, I'm so happy when you're round me
But I'm sad when you're not there,
Here they come again!

What'cha gonna do about it? (Oh yeah)
What'cha gonna do about it? (Cos I'll go crazy)
What'cha gonna do about it? (You're too much babe)
What'cha gonna do about it? (Oh yeah yeah)
What'cha gonna do about it? (What'cha gonna do about it right now?
What'cha gonna do about it? (Oh yeah yeah)

4.5 – Wham Bam Thank You Mam

Well she was a lady of charm
A prisoner of songs unsung
She was just a face that took
All her groovin' on his guitar
Hot cars, strange clothes, any ways your mind goes
Wham Bam, thank you mam
We'll boogie till the rooster crows
Oh yeah

We lived this way for so long
You said babe, never got it on
Oh no no no
Surprise surprise, I thought you ought to know
He chucked her out the door
Without a cent (cent, cent)
Papa said grab your share but don't give a bad smell
Wham Bam god damn the devil planks
And wants some more yeah yeah

Sha la la la Shang a dorang shang a lang lang
Shang a lang mama, Sing it mama
Say it yes yes
Close your breath and hold your eyes
Turn the corner, a surprise, and there you are
Well, Id like to know why those old freaks
While walkin' through their moves
He seeks to keep you in your stick hole
And bash away your soul...surprise
C'mon