Ogdens 50th & A Quick One with Kenney Jones
Kenney Jones, is a member of a very elite club. He spent 10 years with The Who, six years with The Faces, and along with Ronnie Lane, was a founder member of the Small Faces. Regarded by many as the ultimate Mod band, their third studio album, Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake, was a ground-breaking LP when first released in 1968. And for several reasons too. The first issues of the album came in a circular metal sleeve, which replicated a giant-sized (12in) version of Ogden’s Nut-Brown Flake – a tobacco brand that had been produced in the northwest of England since the late 19th century.
Inside, as well as the record itself, was a
