One of the classic Small Faces singles "All or Nothing" was the only Small Faces song that Little Murders ever covered. We looked at some of their others but in 1980 the Small faces were in vogue with our peers and quite a few bands were doing their songs. Anyway I don't think you can cover more than one of a bands songs in a set. Although thinking I could come anywhere near to Steve Marriot's soulful voice means I must have been dreaming. But our Mod audience liked it and playing the song was always memorable.
Mainly it makes me think of the great Easter Mod Weekend of 1981 when all the Sydney Mods came down in the Magic Bus and invaded Melbourne. On the Thursday night before Good Friday we were playing the Jump Club and one moment we were sitting in a quiet venue with maybe 30 punters when suddenly over a 100 Mods came through the door and the place went mad. Stage invasions the lot.
2 days later we had the big Mod night at the Crystal Ballroom with us and the Sets and Division Four and The Moodists. A sea of Mods dancing to All or Nothing.
The whole weekend was like Brighton in 1966 with the town alive with Mods on scooter runs, in cafes and at Luna Park nursing hangovers while still trying to ride the amusements. And despite a fire bombing when some hoons decided to throw a petrol bomb at the scooters lined up outside Macy's and some spirited arguments between Mods on the last night, a great time was really had by all and for a certain few the weekend is truly legendary. You can read a lot more about it in the book "Stark Raving Mod"
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