OK, so it isn't Sunday, and while the sun shines brightly & I'm dead tired at nine in the morning, it's far from looking to be a lazy day here, which is sortof a shame, but ok too; ooh, mustn't grumble.
I was having one of those mornings where even old favourite tracks don't quite hit the spot, I still know they're fine as can be, but somehow they don't fit the mood, lift me up, and get the spirit soaring. This did though, so even though I've posted it before, I hope you enjoy the splendid 60's Englishness of The Small Faces.
Sit in a Rainbow, close your eyes, & drift away - Cor blimey
♫ Lazy Sunday - The Small Faces
7" single (1968 on Immediate Records)
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note the ring a ding typerwritery & churchy sounds - does every good record have bells on?, sometimes I do think so.
Oh, what the hell, understandably one's fingers find more sparkly gems, so here's just one more - crank it up & tell me you ain't wearing a big smile - I surely am.
♫ Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces
7" single (1967 on Immediate Records)
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Maybe music's like a good meal sometimes - you need to start with something to whet the appetite, get the aural & mental juices flowing, and perhaps Lazy Sunday did just that, because now I turn to other things & find that they are equally, if differently joyous. Here's a lovely cover version by the Polish band, Silver Rocket.
♫ Space Oddity - Silver Rocket
Tesla (2008)
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I was having one of those mornings where even old favourite tracks don't quite hit the spot, I still know they're fine as can be, but somehow they don't fit the mood, lift me up, and get the spirit soaring. This did though, so even though I've posted it before, I hope you enjoy the splendid 60's Englishness of The Small Faces.
Sit in a Rainbow, close your eyes, & drift away - Cor blimey
♫ Lazy Sunday - The Small Faces
7" single (1968 on Immediate Records)
buy
note the ring a ding typerwritery & churchy sounds - does every good record have bells on?, sometimes I do think so.
Oh, what the hell, understandably one's fingers find more sparkly gems, so here's just one more - crank it up & tell me you ain't wearing a big smile - I surely am.
♫ Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces
7" single (1967 on Immediate Records)
buy
Maybe music's like a good meal sometimes - you need to start with something to whet the appetite, get the aural & mental juices flowing, and perhaps Lazy Sunday did just that, because now I turn to other things & find that they are equally, if differently joyous. Here's a lovely cover version by the Polish band, Silver Rocket.
♫ Space Oddity - Silver Rocket
Tesla (2008)
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What a great sleeve for the 45 version of "Lazy Sunday", and one I haven't seen previously. And what a fantastic group, of course.
ReplyDeleteib - Yes it's a lovely bit of work, sleeve and record both.
ReplyDeleteit's all too beautiful... they all come out to coo about.. :)
ReplyDeleteI like both, & esp, itchycoo park, tired you.
Can't complain about a sunny day & dry grass, though... someday any day this June we may have one goodness forbid perhaps even two...
how lovely if you could post one of those as well.
Haa well I'm off for my protein powder and smoothy ;•D ..
thank you. xx