Autumn Girl

The Autumn Stone was the only double LP in the history of Immediate Records, and it came out as the company was entering its death throes, a desperate effort to cash in on the library of tapes of the Small Faces. When lead singer Steve Marriott quit in the waning days of 1968, the group had been midway into recording a new album that would have been its third for the label and a follow-up to 1968's popular Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. Left high and dry by Marriott's departure, and with an uncertain future ahead for the group, the company elected to release the first anthology of the Small Faces' work. The result was The Autumn Stone, a mix of hit singles (going all the way back to their Decca Records years, with "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and "All or Nothing") and up through their final 45, "The Universal," plus three songs recorded live at Newcastle Town Hall in early 1968…

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This 17-song compilation would probably rate a little higher based on quality and content, if only it hadn't been supplanted by numerous other reissues in the two decades since its original release. The music is first-rate, covering the highlights of the Beau Brummels' history with Autumn Records prior to the latter's failure and subsequent acquisition by Warner Bros. in late 1966; there's no question that the band was at its best during this period, and along with excellent songs we get very good sound as well. The annotation and accompanying explanation for the purpose of Autumn in San Francisco is a little vague, but the songs are so enjoyable that one isn't likely to dwell on (or even need) a reason for immersing oneself in the material at hand - from the gentle folk-rock strains to the harder garage rock textures that run through "In Good Time," it's all some of the best rock & roll of its time…