Song of the Day: Small Faces - Long Agos and Worlds Apart

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake is often in the fringes of "best albums of all time" lists, despite the fact that it wasn't very popular in the US.  But its influence can be heard in many excellent UK bands, from Blur to Supergrass to Field Music.  It's very much a part of the psychedelic scene that brought us Sgt. Pepper, and in this track, you can hear instruments panning from one side to the other, handclaps, and some phenomenal drumming. 

Song of the Day: Faces - Stay with Me

Remember when Rod Stewart was cool?  Yeah, I don't either.  But put on any Faces album, particularly A Nod Is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse, and you'll realize that once upon a time, before he had to ask if you thought he was sexy, he was a badass. This is probably the best-known Faces song, and for good reason - it's one of their best songs.  You can hear the Stones (this was released during their epic Beggars-to-Exile run and includes guitar by Ron Wood, who later joined the Stones), the drunken revelry of the Replacements and a how-to manual for the Black Crowes here.  Excellent, underrated stuff, probably somewhat tarnished to many by Rod Stewart's latter day transgressions.

Stay With Me - Faces