Ep339: Kenney Jones - The Who, The Faces, Small Faces & more

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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