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Episode 159: “Itchycoo Park”, by the Small Faces

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Itchy Koopar's Troubles With the Who

The Herd's last single of 1967 was one of their best. Itchy Koopar could make number one in Australia, but the group hadn't been playing live much recently and found it difficult to replicate their records on stage. Mariette decided he had a solution: get Peter Frampton in as a fifth member. He was great on guitar and had stage presence, obviously that would fix their problems. But the other band members absolutely refused to get Frampton in. The Who were out there peak as a live act at this point - they couldn't have been greater. They started working on material for their new album. One of the tracks that they were working on was written by

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