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==== "Here Come the Nice" and eponymous second album (1967) ==== {{Main|Here Come the Nice|Small Faces (1967 album)}} They were almost straight away offered a deal with the newly established [[Immediate Records|Immediate]] label, formed by ex-[[Rolling Stones]] manager [[Andrew Loog Oldham]].<ref name="allmusic" /> Given a virtual open account at [[Olympic Studios]] in [[Barnes, London]], the band progressed rapidly, working closely with engineer [[Glyn Johns]].<ref name="ianmclagan3">{{cite web|title=Small Faces Talk to You: The Story of the Small Faces in their own Words β Small Faces as Musicians|publisher=Ian McLagan Official Site|url=http://www.ianmclagan.com/sf/musicians.htm|access-date=2011-02-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206130808/http://www.ianmclagan.com/sf/musicians.htm|archive-date=6 February 2011}}</ref> Their first Immediate single was the daring "[[Here Come the Nice]]", which was clearly influenced by their drug use, and managed to escape censorship despite the fact that it openly referred to the dealer who sold drugs.<ref>{{cite book|author=Muise|page=92|year=2002|title=Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer & Trower: their lives and music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JI4LHXgz7YEC&q=%22Here+Come+the+Nice%22+Small+Faces&pg=PA92|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780634029561}}</ref> A second self-titled album, ''[[Small Faces (Immediate)|Small Faces]]'', followed, which, if not a major seller, was very highly regarded by other musicians and would exert a strong influence on a number of bands both at home and abroad.<ref name="bbc3" /> Three weeks before, their old label, Decca, released the album ''[[From the Beginning (Small Faces album)|From The Beginning]]'', combining old hits with a number of previously unreleased recordings.<ref name="allmusic5">{{cite web|title=From The Beginning Review|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r18281/review|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=2011-02-02}}</ref> It included earlier versions of songs they re-recorded for Immediate, including "[[My Way of Giving#Small Faces version|My Way of Giving]]", which they had demoed for [[Chris Farlowe]], and "[[(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me?]]", which they had given to [[Apostolic Intervention]].<ref name="allmusic6">{{cite web|title=Apostolic Intervention Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p385473/biography|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=2011-02-04}}</ref><ref name="makingtime3">{{cite web|title=Immediate Mod Box Set|publisher=Making Time β Guide to British Music of the 1960s|url=http://www.makingtime.co.uk/cdrev32005.html|access-date=2011-02-04}}</ref> The album also featured their stage favourite "[[Baby Don't You Do It]]", featuring Jimmy Winston on lead vocals and guitar.<ref name="makingtime3"/>
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