“Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Side one of the album is a mix of early heavy rock, with "Song of a Baker";{{refn|group=note|The Song of a Baker was inspired by both a book of Sufi wisdom given to Ronnie Lane by Pete Townshend of The Who that addressed, “how hard you’ll work if you’re hungry”, and also by Lane's visits to Ibiza where a neighbour used to bake bread in his traditional Balearic bread oven.^[4]^[5]^[6]}} psychedelic cockney knees-up songs "Lazy Sunday" and "Rene", the opening instrumental title track (which resembles their second single "I've Got Mine", which was a flop in 1965), and the soul-influenced ballad "Afterglow",^[3] as it is called on the LP, but is titled "Afterglow of Your Love" on the subsequent single and some compilations.

Side two is based on an original fairy tale about a boy called Happiness Stan, narrated by Stanley Unwin in his unique "Unwinese" gobbledegook, who picked up modern slang from the band and incorporated it into the surreal narrative.^[3]

The fairy tale follows Stan in his quest to find the missing half of the moon, after seeing a half-moon in the sky one night. Along the way, he saves a fly from starvation, and in gratitude the insect tells him of someone who can answer his question and also tell him the philosophy of life itself. With magic power, Stan intones, "If all the flies were one fly, what a great enormous fly-follolloper that would bold," and the fly grows to gigantic proportions. Seated on the giant fly's back, Stan takes a psychedelic journey to the cave of Mad John the Hermit, who explains that the moon's disappearance is only temporary, and demonstrates by pointing out that Stan has spent so long on his quest that the moon is now full again. He then sings Stan a cheerful song about the meaning of life.^[3]

Because of the album's complexities, it was never performed live; it was performed as a whole once on the BBC's television programme Colour Me Pop on Friday 21 June 1968.^[3] Songs featured were "Song of a Baker", "Happiness Stan", "Rollin' Over", "The Hungry Intruder", "The Journey", "Mad John" and "Happydaystoytown". Although the band mimed to the studio recordings, their microphones were left on to capture ad libs.^[7]

Recording

The recording of Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake spanned over approximately five months, with most of its work done in the spring of 1968 at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London. The earliest recording aimed at an album release was the track "Call It Something Nice", which was recorded on 21 October 1967 at Olympic, making this the earliest session for this particular album. This track, however, did not end up on its release, later being issued for the first time on the compilation The Autumn Stone in 1969. Recording panned over through the remainder of 1967, with two known tracks started either in November or December and intended for a single but ultimately not released in this format: an original, "Rollin' Over" (initially titled "Bun in the Oven") as the A-side, and a cover, "Every Little Bit Hurts", as the B-side, written by Ed Cobb and made famous by Brenda Holloway. The latter track features Steve Marriott on piano instead of his usual guitar, and Ian McLagan on Hammond organ; it was, again, not released on the final album and did not appear until the early 1990s. The former track was worked on further into the spring of 1968, with Marriott tracking two attempts at a new lead vocal, one ending up on the mono release and one on the stereo (he duets with himself on the verses, singing both harmonies). After the group returned from their ill-fated tour of Oceania with The Who in January 1968, they started heavy recording sessions on the album, most being done through February and March. One of the only songs not recorded at Olympic Studios was the track "The Journey", recorded at Trident Studios, London in February, which reversed the roles of Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott who played guitar and bass, respectively. Sessions wrapped on 3 April (two days before the release of the "Lazy Sunday" / "Rollin' Over" single) at Olympic with the recording of "Mad John" and the out-take "A Collibosher" (which was released again on the posthumous compilation The Autumn Stone). Mixing was completed by Marriott and Lane through April and May.

Packaging

The album was originally released on vinyl in a circular novelty package of a metal replica of a giant tobacco tin, inside which was a poster created with five connected paper circles with pictures of the band members. This proved too expensive and not successful as the tins tended to roll off of shelves and it was quickly followed by a paper/card replica with a gatefold cover.^[8] Two limited-edition CD releases (including a three-disc deluxe edition in 2006 that included the original mono mix of the album on CD for the first time) went even further by packaging the disc(s) in a circular tin (as the original vinyl release had). Most CD releases use conventional packaging, superimposing the circular artwork on a square booklet.^[3]

The award-winning artwork for the album cover was done by Nick Tweddell and Pete Brown, who were art school friends of Ian Mclagan and who had also played in a band with Mclagan called The Muleskinners.^[9] Early pressings of XTC's The Big Express (1984) were similarly packaged in a round sleeve in tribute to the Small Faces album.^[10]

Controversy

To promote the album, Immediate Records issued an advertisement that parodied the Lord's Prayer. This caused an uproar in the British press, and outraged readers wrote in to voice their anger. It read:

Regarding the advert, Steve Marriott said, "We didn't know a thing about the ad until we saw it in the music papers. And frankly we got the horrors at first. We realize that it could be taken as a serious knock against religion. But on thinking it over, we don't feel it is particularly good or bad. It's just another form of advertising. We're not all that concerned about it. We're more concerned in writing our music and producing our records."^[11]

Vinyl and CD versions

The original vinyl album includes a segue between the end of "Afterglow" and the beginning of "Long Agos And Worlds Apart". Most CD editions have a different stereo mix, and use the single version of "Afterglow" without the segue. There is also a segue between "Long Agos and Worlds Apart" and "Rene", and this is retained on the CD. Some CD editions also include one or more bonus tracks.

The US Immediate vinyl LP looked the same as the British original, but was printed on flimsy paper stock. The CBS/Immediate issue was always sold in a plastic bag with a foldover snap. The sound on the US release was not as bright as the UK release or most subsequent CD issues.

In 1989, Castle Communications released a single disc commemorative "tobacco tin" version that included a 'live' version of Tin Soldier as well as several table coasters replicating the cover.

The 2006 Castle Music/Sanctuary Records 3-disc "tobacco tin" Special Edition includes fully remastered mono and stereo mixes complete with segue, plus an episode of the BBC Radio documentary series Classic Albums in which the band discuss the making of the album. A second 3-disc Deluxe Edition was released in 2012 on Charly Records, this time, overseen by surviving members Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones, and featured newly remastered mono and stereo mixes complete with segue, with the third disc full of outtakes and alternative takes, versions and mixes, including some specially mixed from newly discovered original session tapes. In countries other than the UK, however, the 2012 3-disc version was a limited edition and was replaced a year later by a two CD version with conventional packaging, and the stereo mix is omitted completely from the package.

On many reissues, the cover design still spells the title as Ogdens' , but the label and sleeve copy gives it as Ogden's.

Reception

In 2000 Q magazine placed Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake at number 59 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.^[16] The album was featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[17] Rolling Stone gave the album a positive review.^[18]

In other media

The title track was played during the debut trailer for the video game Grand Theft Auto V and was later featured on the in-game Los Santos Rock Radio station.^[19]

Track listing

Discs one and three of the deluxe edition contain the original album in stereo and mono, respectively.

Personnel

Chart positions

Explanatory notes

1. ^{{cite web | title = Official UK Album Charts | publisher = The Official UK Charts Company | url = http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_albums.php?show=2 | accessdate = 4 September 2007|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070814021224/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_albums.php?show=2 |archivedate = 14 August 2007}}
2. ^{{cite web | title = New homes plan for tobacco factory | publisher = Liverpool Daily Post | first = Tony | last = McDonough | url = http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2007/08/29/new-homes-plan-for-tobacco-factory-64375-19701261/ | accessdate = 4 September 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225823/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2007/08/29/new-homes-plan-for-tobacco-factory-64375-19701261/ |archivedate = 27 September 2007}}
3. ^¹²³⁴⁵{{cite web | title = Small Faces, Ogden's Nut Gone Flake | publisher = BBC | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/b3jw/ | accessdate = 17 August 2007}}
4. ^(10 May, 2006). The Small Faces- Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake. Uncut Magazine.
5. ^Neill, Andy (31 Mar 2011). [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cmaVCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT142 Had Me a Real Good Time: The Faces Before During and After]. Omnibus Press. p. 142. {{ISBN| 9781783236190}}
6. ^CD Reissue sleeve according to Stuck in the Psychedelic Era # 1706 (starts 2/8/17). thehermitrambles.blogspot.co.uk.
7. ^{{cite book | last = Hewitt | first = Paulo | last2 = Hellier | first2 = John | title = Steve Marriott - All Too Beautiful... | publisher = Helter Skelter | location = London | year = 2004 | isbn = 1-900924-44-7 | oclc = 56205257 | edition = 1st | pages = 171 }}
8. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zggq2hv?intc_type=promo&intc_location=news&intc_campaign=iwonderbeatles&intc_linkname=iwonder_factual_guide | title=A revolutionary idea | publisher=www.bbc.co.uk | accessdate=18 April 2015}}
9. ^Neill, Andy 'The Faces: Had Me a Real Good Time, Omnibus Press , 2011, {{ISBN|1849380732}}
10. ^{{cite magazine|title=Tunnelers of Love |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/Shindig200805.html |magazine=Shindig! |date=May 2008}}
11. ^{{cite book | last = Hewitt | first = Paulo | author2 = Jones, Kenney | title = Small Faces: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story | publisher = Acid Jazz | location = London | year = 1995 | pages = 125 | isbn = 0-9523935-0-6 | oclc = 34676493}}
12. ^Small Faces – Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ogdens-nut-gone-flake-mw0000587922|title=Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake – Small Faces|publisher=AllMusic|first=Bruce|last=Eder|accessdate=24 September 2013}}
14. ^{{cite news|title=The Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake|work=Mojo|first=Lois|last=Wilson|date=July 2006|page=120}}
15. ^{{cite web |url= |title=Records |author=Pomeroy, James |date=12 October 1968 |publisher=Rolling Stone |accessdate= }}
16. ^{{cite journal |last=Snow |first=Matt |date=February 1990|title=Ogdens Nut Gone Flake – The Reviews |journal=Q magazine|issue=41 }}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1001Albums.htm |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear – 2008 Edition|publisher=RockList.net|accessdate=8 October 2012}}
18. ^{{cite journal | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/smallfaces/albums/album/122531/review/6067661/ogdens_nut_gone_flake |title=Small Faces: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake |first=James |last=Pomeroy |date=12 October 1968 |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=RS 19 |publisher=Straight Arrow |issn=0035-791X | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313194338/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/smallfaces/albums/album/122531/review/6067661/ogdens_nut_gone_flake |archivedate=13 March 2007}}
19. ^{{Cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5855634/the-gta-v-trailer-song-is-a-1968-tune-by-small-faces|title=The GTA V Trailer Song is a 1968 Tune by The Small Faces|publisher=Kotaku|first=Stephen|last=Totilo|date=2 November 2011}}
20. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/small%20faces/ |title=The Small Faces UK chart history |work=Official Charts Company |accessdate=24 September 2013}}

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