Rock and roll at its lustiest and most shambolic—that was Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood’s Faces with drummer Kenny Jones and the late-greats Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan on bass and keyboards, respectively. Oddly enough, The Faces never made it into the RSD stakes, so this release is even more magical. The Replacements of their time sound as if they’re ducking for apples in a barrel of bourbon on ferocious rockers such as “Oh Lord, I’m Browned Off,” a raging “I Know I’m Losing You,” and the weird stumblebum takes of McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed,” Robert Johnson’s “Love in Vain,” and Bobby Womack’s “It’s All Over Now.” Plus, the whole in-the-red mess is crammed onto one 140-gram Orange Crush vinyl LP.
A new double LP Faces title featuring a previously-unreleased performance from John Peel’s Sunday Concert. The show, recorded on May 13th, 1971 and broadcast May 23rd, featured the classic Faces line-up of Rod Stewart on vocals, Ron Wood on guitar/vocals, Ronnie Lane and bass/vocals, Ian McLagan on keyboards/ vocals and Kenney Jones on drums.
Tracks 1-4 from Sounds Of The Seventies, recorded April 20th, 1970, broadcast May 3rd, 1971
Exclusive stereo versions
Side 1
1. HAD ME A REAL GOOD TIME (BBC Stereo Session) [5:04]
(Steve Harley/Ronnie Lane/Ron Wood)
2. LOVE IN VAIN (BBC Stereo Session) [6:50]
(Robert Johnson)
3. OH LORD I’M BROWNED OFF (BBC Stereo Session) [4:32]
(Kenney Jones/Ronnie Lane/Ian McLagan/Ron Wood)
4. MAYBE I’M AMAZED (BBC Stereo Session) [5:13]
(Paul McCartney)
*Tracks 1-4 from Sounds Of The Seventies, recorded April 20, 1970, broadcast May 3, 1971
Exclusive stereo versions
Side 2
1. IT’S ALL OVER NOW (BBC Live Version) [5:32]
(Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack)
From John Peel’s Sunday Concert, recorded May 13, 1971, broadcast May 23, 1971
2. TOO MUCH WOMAN (FOR A HENPECKED MAN)/STREET FIGHTING MAN (BBC Live Version) [6:41]
(Ike Turner)/(Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
From Sounds For Saturday: The Music Of The Faces (BBC TV), recorded October 26, 1971, broadcast April 1, 1972
3. TWISTIN’ THE NIGHT AWAY (BBC Live Version) [4:58]
(Sam Cooke)
From In Concert, recorded March 29, 1973, broadcast April 21, 1973
4. (I KNOW) I’M LOSING YOU (BBC Live Version) [6:27]
(Norman Whitfield/Cornelius Grant/Eddie Holland)
From In Concert, recorded February 8, 1973, not originally broadcast”
Limited Edition of 8,000 copies on 1-LP 140-gram Orange Crush vinyl
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