Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake

A 1968 concept album from one of the UK’s most idiosyncratic sixties rock outfits, The Small Faces. You get majestic psychedelic Hammond-rock instrumentals, raw, soul-rock ballads like “Afterglow” and proto-heavy metal like “Song Of A Baker.” Then in complete contrast, they include tracks that rock writer Bob Stanley called “cosmic music-hall,” such as “Rene,” which begins as a Victorian music hall-style romp before morphing into a heavy rocking freakout, a trick repeated on their well-known cockney anthem “Lazy Sunday.” A joyous, free and fascinating musical snapshot of late ’60s UK rock music.