Kenney Jones, legendary drummer of The Faces, Small Faces & The Who, joins us to talk vinyl, the records of his career, recording with Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, John Bonham PLUS the upcoming plans for The Faces & a limited vinyl pressing of a recently surfaced 1966 Small Faces gig.
Topics include:
- Interview startup
- The Small Faces 1966 recordings that just surfaced
- Led Zeppelin were influenced by early Small Faces
- Growing up in a house with 3 records
- Kenney originally wanted to play the Banjo
- The story of Kenney playing drums
- How did Kenney get records in his youth
- Pat Meehan / Don Arden discovering the Small Faces
- Negotiating with Don Arden / Carnaby Street
- Purchasing handfuls of records to make a single chart
- What was Don Arden like to work with?
- Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake record package
- Immediate Records going bust
- What happened to the Ogden’s master tapes
- Kenny is re-recording Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake
- Location of the other master tapes
- Rare recordings and outtakes were sourced from stored tapes & acetates
- Kenney has loads of tapes to release on Nice Records
- The EU copyright laws
- Kenney’s single “Ready or Not”
- Kenney’s unreleased single with Paul McCartney
- Recording with Wings, John Bonham in the ‘Rockestra’
- The story of The Rolling Stones “It’s Only Rock & Roll” session
- New recordings / upcoming record & tour from The Faces
- The night before Keith Moon died
- The Who wasn’t sure they would continue after Keith
- Were there demos for "Face Dances" that Keith recorded before he died?
- The connection between Kenney & John Entwistle
- How did he compare between playing with John Entwistle and Ronnie Lane?
- Does Kenney still listen to records?
- Interview wrap up
Nice Records - Small Faces 1966 vinyl
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If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related