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Faces / At The BBC – Complete Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973

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Rhino are to release Faces At The BBC: Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973 a new 8CD+blu-ray box set of the Faces‘ BBC concerts and surviving studio sessions.

Much of this new collection is previously unreleased. Many of the band’s BBC recordings were thought lost but have been recovered from the Faces’ own archives and private collections (only one BBC session of three songs remains missing).

The eight CDs include a massive 88 tracks and explores the era which included four Faces studio albums (First Step, Long Player, A Nod Is As Good As A Wink…To A Blind Horse…, and Ooh La La) as well as several solo albums that Rod Stewart recorded with most of the band (Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story, Never A Dull Moment, and Smiler). 

Amongst the many rarities is a stereo mix of the May 13, 1971, Paris Cinema concert, which was only broadcast in mono, and a February 1973 show that was never aired due to the BBC’s concerns over the band’s on-stage banter with the rowdy audience (!). All audio has been remastered with the full participation of band members Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones.

The Blu-ray includes newly restored footage of the Faces’ April 1972 appearance on Sounds for Saturday (check out ‘Stay With Me’, below).

This large format set comes with a 48-page booklet with new commentary from surviving band members and archival quotes from Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan, and BBC broadcaster John Peel, the latter of whom was very important, as the band acknowledge:

Rod Stewart says, “If it wasn’t for John Peel, the Faces would never have broken through”. Ronnie Wood concurs, “He gave the Faces our first break” as does Kenney Jones: “John Peel helped the Faces so much in England, in the press and on his show.” 

It is therefore appropriate that John Peel’s Christmas Carol Concert rounds out the collection. Originally broadcast on Boxing Day 1970, this unique holiday performance features Stewart singing “Away In A Manger” and a Christmas carol medley sung by a choir that includes the Faces, their roadies, John Peel, Marc Bolan of T-Rex, and others. 

​Faces At The BBC: Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973 will be released on 6 September 2024, via Rhino.

Tracklisting

Faces / At the BBC

At The BBC Faces / 8CD+Blu-ray box set

    • CD 1
      John Peel’s Sunday Concert (Broadcast July 5, 1970)
      1. “You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want To Discuss It)” *
      2. “Wicked Messenger” *
      3. “Devotion” *
      4. “It’s All Over Now” *
      5. “I Feel So Good” *
      John Peel’s Sunday Concert (Broadcast November 29, 1970)
      1. “Country Comfort”
      2. “You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want To Discuss It)”
      3. “Too Much Woman (For A Henpecked Man) / Street Fighting Man”
      4. “Maybe I’m Amazed”
      5. “Around The Plynth / Country Honk / Gasoline Alley”
      * previously unreleased
    • CD 2
      John Peel’s Sunday Concert (Broadcast May 23, 1971)
      1. “You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want To Discuss It)” *
      2. “Cut Across Shorty”
      3. “Love In Vain”
      4. “Bad ’n’ Ruin” *
      5. “It’s All Over Now” *
      6. “Had Me A Real Good Time” *
      7. “(I Know) I’m Losing You” *
      8. “I Feel So Good” *
      * previously unreleased
    • CD 3
      Sounds For Saturday (Broadcast April 1, 1972)
      1. “Three Button Hand Me Down” *
      2. “Maybe I’m Amazed”
      3. “Too Much Woman (For A Henpecked Man) / Street Fighting Man” *
      4. “Miss Judy’s Farm”
      5. “Love In Vain” *
      6. “Stay With Me”
      7. “(I Know) I’m Losing You”
      * previously unreleased
    • CD 4
      John Peel’s Sunday Concert (Broadcast February 26, 1972)
      1. Intro / “You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want To Discuss It)” *
      2. “Three Button Hand Me Down” *
      3. “Miss Judy’s Farm” *
      4. “Memphis, Tennessee” *
      5. “Give Me The Moonlight” *
      6. “Too Bad” *
      7. “Last Orders Please” *
      8. “Devotion” *
      9. “That’s All You Need / Country Honk / Gasoline Alley” *
      10. “(I Know) I’m Losing You” *
      11. “Stay With Me” *
      12. “Had Me A Real Good Time” *
      13. “Underneath The Arches” *
      14. “Every Picture Tells A Story” *
      * previously unreleased
    • CD 5
      In Concert (Recorded February 8, 1973) not originally broadcast
      1. “Silicone Grown” *
      2. “Cindy Incidentally” *
      3. “Angel” *
      4. “Memphis, Tennessee” *
      5. “True Blue” *
      6. “I’d Rather Go Blind” *
      7. “You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want To Discuss It)” *
      8. “Twistin’ The Night Away” *
      9. “It’s All Over Now” *
      10. “Miss Judy’s Farm” *
      11. “Maybe I’m Amazed” *
      12. “Three Button Hand Me Down” *
      13. “(I Know) I’m Losing You” *
      * previously unreleased
    • CD 6
      In Concert (Broadcast April 21, 1973)
      1. “Silicone Grown” *
      2. “Cindy Incidentally” *
      3. “Memphis, Tennessee” *
      4. “If I’m On The Late Side” *
      5. “My Fault” *
      6. “The Stealer”
      7. “Borstal Boys”
      8. “Angel”
      9. “Stay With Me”
      10. “True Blue”
      11. “Twistin’ The Night Away” *
      12. “Miss Judy’s Farm”
      13. “Jealous Guy”
      14. “Too Bad”
      * previously unreleased
    • CD 7
      Top Gear (Broadcast March 28, 1970)
      1. “Wicked Messenger” *
      2. “Devotion”
      3. “Shake, Shudder, Shiver”
      4. “Pineapple And The Monkey” *
      5. Dave Lee Travis (Broadcast March 15, 1970)
      6. “Three Button Hand Me Down” *
      7. “Flying”
      8. “Wicked Messenger” *
      9. Top Gear (Broadcast September 19, 1970)
      10. “Had Me A Real Good Time” *
      11. “Around The Plyth / Gasoline Alley”
      12. “Country Comfort” *
      Top Gear: John Peel’s Christmas Carol Concert (Broadcast December 26, 1970)
      1. “Away In A Manger” – Rod Stewart *
      2. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Good King Wenceslas / Silent Night / O Come All Ye Faithful” – Faces & Choir *
      * previously unreleased
    • CD 8
      Sounds Of The Seventies (Broadcast May 3, 1971)
      1. “Had Me A Real Good Time” *
      2. “Love In Vain” *
      3. “Oh Lord I’m Browned Off” *
      4. “Maybe I’m Amazed” *
      5. Top Gear (Broadcast October 6, 1971)
      6. “Stay With Me”
      7. “Miss Judy’s Farm”
      8. “Maggie May”
      * previously unreleased
    • Blu-ray
      Sounds For Saturday (Broadcast April 1, 1972)
      1. “Three Button Hand Me Down” *
      2. “Maybe I’m Amazed”*
      3. “Too Much Woman (For A Henpecked Man / Street Fighting Man” *
      4. “Miss Judy’s Farm”*
      5. “Love In Vain” *
      6. “Stay With Me”*
      7. “(I Know) I’m Losing You”*
      * previously unreleased

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