Product Details

• Actors: Small Faces, Steve Marriott, Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones
• Directors: David Peck
• Format: Dolby, NTSC, Digital Sound
• Language: English
• Subtitles: French, German, Spanish, Portuguese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Voyage Digital Media
• DVD Release Date: March 30, 2010
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0034BBB2S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,797 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

SonicBoomers.com, Gene Sculatti, March 5, 2010

"... a welcome addition to the documentation of mid-'60s music...this set is a giant leap forward from the usual fare, which has tended to be thin on footage and way too long on a short list of talking heads. Indeed, British Invasion's chief assets are the abundance and quality of its visuals and the insights and brevity of its commentaries (from artists and associates-no critics)...Two thumbs up."

Product Description

At long last, the definitive official DVD for one of the greatest groups of the sixties (or any other decade for that matter). Small Faces: All Or Nothing 1965-1968 features 27 complete performances filmed from 1965 to 1968 when the band was challenging the Who, Kinks, Stones and Beatles for domination of the charts. The DVD captures every aspect of their short but brilliant career including early Mod/R&B classics such as 'What'cha Gonna Do About It', 'Sha La La La Lee' and 'All Or Nothing', timeless rockers like 'Tin Soldier' and later psychedelic masterpieces including 'Itchycoo Park', and 'Green Circles.' Best of all is the inclusion of nine songs from the band's masterpiece Ogden's Nut Gone Flake including 'Lazy Sunday', 'Song Of A Baker' and the six song 'Happiness Stan' suite. In between the performances original members Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones talk about the songs and tell the band's history in new interviews filmed exclusively for the DVD. Also interwoven into the story are archival interviews with Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. This DVD is one of the first four releases in the British Invasion series and is sold individually or as part of the British Invasion Box set along with Gerry & The Pacemakers: It's Gonna Be All Right 1963-1965, Herman's Hermits: Listen People 1964-1969, Dusty Springfield: Once Upon A Time 1964-1969 and an exclusive bonus disc with over 2 1/2 hours of additional content.

Reelin' In The Years Productions, has created some of the best loved and critically praised DVD series on the market today including the multi-platinum selling Definitive Motown series (Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles), the GRAMMY-nominated American Folk Blues Festival series and the award-winning Jazz Icons series. Now, with Metropolis Studios' Voyage label, they are proud to give the deluxe treatment to one of the greatest periods ever in music--the British Invasion. Each DVD features archival full-length television performances filmed back when the artists were in their prime and at the height of their careers. Interspersed between the performances, original band members talk about each song and recount special moments in the history of the group. In addition, each performance has been transferred from the original master tape and includes best-possible video and re-mastered audio. Each DVD also includes a 24-page booklet with insightful and informative essays by noted rock historians as well as previously unseen photos and memorabilia.

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Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant!, March 24, 2010

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Peter Huitson (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: British Invasion: Small Faces - All or Nothing, 1965-1968 (DVD)

This DVD is absolutely brilliant! Really, you need know no more - just go out and buy it - you will not be disappointed!

If you want to know more - it is how all music reviews of a band should be made. Band members are interviewed and provide fascinating insights into how the band was formed, how the music was written and the message behind the songs. Interspersed, are full clips of the songs themselves - all their hits plus the Ogden's songs in colour (the other clips are in black and white). The beauty here is that if you do not want to listen to the interviews between the songs, you can just select "play songs" and you will get the song clips playing one after another - the best of both worlds. There are also extra interviews, including a touching one with Ronnie Lane some time prior to his untimely death.

So, as I said, get your copy now and join the many "in the know" who have had endless pleasure from watching this DVD. (It is one of a series of four [Gerry & The Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits and Dusty Springfield being the other 3] - lets hope there are lots more to come). This company "does it right".

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great DVD of the wonderful Small Faces, March 16, 2010

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bass boy "music fan" (Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: British Invasion: Small Faces - All or Nothing, 1965-1968 (DVD)

This is a keeper and it probably includes most of the video footage of Small Faces. Loved the archived interviews with Steve Marriott (1984 and 1985) and the shots of Ronnie Lane during his last video'd interview in 1988 (one year before I met him at a Rolling Stones' concert). I almost forgot how much Lane sang lead vocals in this band, particularly in the color footage. The contemporary interviews with Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones were great, too. I laughed out loud when McLagan talks about how they were as good as The Who live, probably around 1965 or 1966 - he's probably right. McLagan says that by the time Small Faces toured with The Who in Australia - I think it was around 1967 - Small Faces were past their live-performance peak, and were overshadowed onstage by The Who. I had always heard that Marriott didn't want to tour the U.S. when he was in Small Faces because he lacked confidence in his guitar playing, but McLagan talks about how a manager in England selfishly kept the band away from the U.S. Marriott must have lacked some confidence (it's silly, he was great on guitar) because he wanted to bring in Peter Frampton as a second guitarist, which McLagan, Lane and Jones quickly vetoed.
It's a great DVD that also allows the viewer to watch the live and mimed footage without the interspersed interviews.
We need to see more of these on other deserving bands like Mott the Hoople, Free, Faces and early Bad Company.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Led Zeppelin fans need to hear this!, March 24, 2010

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Michael W. Freeman "cyderman" (coatsburg, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: British Invasion: Small Faces - All or Nothing, 1965-1968 (DVD)

A GREAT DVD!!! An evocative watch for me, I was born in 1951 and lived in London during the reign of the Faces, for me there were them & the Stones, the Beatles and the Who were pale, middle of the road & safe compared to the boys! Only the Kinks were as adventurous, and you could argue they burnt out quickly too.

Who else could produce Ogden's Nut Gone Flake and belt out soul like this? Take risks like these and have so much fun doing it? They say if you remember it you weren't there, thank god this reminds me.

If you buy one DVD this year, buy this and hear where "Whole Lotta Love came from.