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On This Day June 29, 1968: Small Faces' "Ogdens' Nutgone Flake" Peaks at Number One on UK Charts

6/29/2020

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On This Day June 29, 1968
Small Faces' Ogdens' Nutgone Flake album peaks at number one
​on the UK record chart where it happily remains for six weeks.
SMALL FACES - Ogdens Nut Gone Flake LP 1968 UK 1st Press
SMALL FACES - "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" LP 1968 UK, 1st Press
Small Faces' Ogdens' Nutgone Flake ​​is widely regarded as a classic album, featuring an innovative round cover, the first of its kind, designed to resemble an antique tobacco tin. The title and the design of the distinctive packaging was a parody of Ogden's Nut-brown Flake​, a brand of tobacco that was produced in Liverpool from 1899 onwards by Thomas Ogden.
Side one of their Ogdens' album is a mix of early heavy rock. 
Side two, based on an original fairy tale about a boy called Happiness Stan, is narrated by Stanley Unwin in his unique "Unwinese" gobbledegook.
Small Faces - Stanley Unwin  BBC Ogdens 1968- screenshot
Small Faces Ogdens' 1968. Image credit: Gered Mankowitz
Small Faces Ogdens' Nutgone Flake 1968. Image credit: Gered Mankowitz
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. 
You can enjoy the entire 25 minute production at
https://www.ronnielane.com/small-faces-ogdens-nut-gone-flake-album-1968.html
Happy 52nd summer to Small Faces' album Ogden's Nutgone Flake!
Team Ronnie Lane
P.S. We even found Ogdens' on 8-track tape!
Small Faces Ogdens Nutgone Flake 1973 US Re-release 8-track- front
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