Editing Small Faces (section)

===Reunion: 1975–78===
Following the breakup of the Faces in 1975, the original Small Faces line-up reformed briefly to film videos miming to the reissued "Itchycoo Park" which hit the charts again.<ref name="ianmclagan">{{cite web|url=http://www.ianmclagan.com/sf/reunions.htm|title=Small Faces Talk to You: The Story of the Small Faces in their own Words – Reunions|publisher=Ian McLagan Official Site|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041019235857/http://www.ianmclagan.com/sf/reunions.htm|archive-date=19 October 2004|access-date=2011-01-29}}</ref><ref name="billboard1">{{cite magazine|title=Small Faces Feted With Debut Album Reissue|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73052/small-faces-feted-with-debut-album-reissue|access-date=2011-03-03}}</ref> The group tried recording together again but Lane left after the first rehearsal due to an argument.<ref name="ianmclagan"/> Unknown to the others, he was just beginning to show the symptoms of [[multiple sclerosis]], and his behaviour was misinterpreted by Marriott and the others as a drunken tantrum.<ref name="ianmclagan"/>

Nevertheless, McLagan, Jones and Marriott decided to stay together as Small Faces, recruiting ex-[[Roxy Music]] bassist [[Rick Wills]] to take Lane's place.<ref name="ianmclagan"/> This iteration of Small Faces recorded two albums, ''[[Playmates album|Playmates]]'' (1977) and ''[[78 in the shade|78 in the Shade]]'' (1978), released on [[Atlantic Records]].<ref name="ianmclagan"/> Guitarist [[Jimmy McCulloch]] also briefly joined this line-up after leaving [[Wings (band)|Wings]].<ref name="rollingstone"/> When McCulloch phoned [[Paul McCartney]], who had found him increasingly difficult to work with, to announce he was joining Marriott, McCartney reportedly said "I was a little put out at first, but, well, what can you say to that?"<ref>{{cite book|author=Carlin|page=[https://archive.org/details/paulmccartneylif00carl/page/248 248]|year=2009|title=Paul McCartney: A Life|url=https://archive.org/details/paulmccartneylif00carl|url-access=registration|quote=McCartney Jimmy McCulloch faces.|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]}}</ref> McCulloch's tenure with the band lasted only for a few months in late 1977. He recorded only one album with the group, ''78 in the Shade'' .<ref name="allmusic11">{{cite web|title=78 in the Shade|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r18278/review|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=2011-03-03}}</ref><ref name="JM">{{cite web|title=Jimmy McCulloch|publisher=ReoCities|url=http://www.reocities.com/sunsetstrip/Palladium/2214/jmccu_b.htm|access-date=2011-03-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715173557/http://www.reocities.com/sunsetstrip/Palladium/2214/jmccu_b.htm|archive-date=15 July 2011}}</ref>

The reunion albums were both critical and commercial failures. Small Faces broke up again in 1978.<ref name="enotes">{{cite web|title=Humble Pie Biography|publisher=[[eNotes]]|url=http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/humble-pie-biography|access-date=2011-04-01}}</ref>