#faces at the BBC - complete BBC concert & session recordings 1970-1973

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Faces - “Three Button Hand Me Down” (Live, April 1, 1972)

Faces knew how to tighten up when the BBC came calling.

The bluesy swagger of “Three Button Hand Me Down” is surprisingly together as it follows “Stay with Me” from the infamously sloppy band’s forthcoming (Sept. 6) Faces at the BBC - Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973.

Recorded April 1, 1972, for “Live on Sounds for Saturday,” it finds the band sailing smoothly on Ronnie Lane’s thumping bass; the backgrounds are tuneful; Ronnie Wood’s guitar work is taut; and the band executes a false ending flawlessly.

While these elements are shocking, Rod Stewart’s near-perfect performance at the mic is not.

Grade card: Faces - “Three Button Hand Me Down” (Live - 4/1/72) - A

8/19/24

[longliverockback]

Faces at the BBC Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973 2024 Rhino ————————————————— Tracks CD One: John Peel’s Sunday Concert (Broadcast July 5, 1970) 01. You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want to Discuss It) 02. Wicked Messenger 03. Devotion 04. It’s All over Now 05. I Feel So Good John Peel’s Sunday Concert (Broadcast November 29, 1970) 06. Country Comfort 07. You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want To Discuss It) 08. Too Much Woman (for a Henpecked Man) • Street Fighting Man 09. Maybe I’m Amazed 10. Around the Plynth • Country Honk • Gasoline Alley

Tracks CD Two: John Peel’s Sunday Concert (Broadcast May 23, 1971) 01. You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want to Discuss It) 02. Cut Across Shorty 03. Love in Vain 04. Bad ’n’ Ruin 05. It’s All over Now 06. Had Me a Real Good Time 07. (I Know) I’m Losing You 08. I Feel So Good

Tracks CD Three: Sounds For Saturday (Broadcast April 1, 1972) 01. Three Button Hand Me Down 02. Maybe I’m Amazed 03. Too Much Woman (for a Henpecked Man) • Street Fighting Man 04. Miss Judy’s Farm 05. Love in Vain 06 . Stay with Me 07. (I Know) I’m Losing You

Tracks CD Four: John Peel’s Sunday Concert (Broadcast February 26, 1972) 01. Intro • You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want to Discuss It) 02. Three Button Hand Me Down 03. Miss Judy’s Farm 04. Memphis, Tennessee 05. Give Me the Moonlight 06. Too Bad 07. Last Orders Please 08. Devotion 09. 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

Tracks CD Five: In Concert (February 8, 1973) 01. Silicone Grown 02. Cindy Incidentally 03. Angel 04. Memphis, Tennessee 05. True Blue 06. I’d Rather Go Blind 07. You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want to Discuss It) 08. Twistin’ the Night Away 09. 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

Tracks CD Six: In Concert (Broadcast April 21, 1973) 01. Silicone Grown 02. Cindy Incidentally 03. Memphis, Tennessee 04. If I’m on the Late Side 05. My Fault 06. The Stealer 07. Borstal Boys 08. Angel 09. Stay with Me 10. True Blue 11. Twistin’ the Night Away 12. Miss Judy’s Farm 13. Jealous Guy 14. Too Bad

Tracks CD Seven: Top Gear (Broadcast March 28, 1970) 01. Wicked Messenger 02. Devotion 03. Shake, Shudder, Shiver 04. Pineapple and the Monkey (Broadcast March 15, 1970) 05. Dave Lee Travis 06. Three Button Hand Me Down 07. Flying 08. Wicked Messenger Top Gear (Broadcast September 19, 1970) 09. Had Me a Real Good Time 10. Around the Plyth • Gasoline Alley 11. Country Comfort Top Gear: John Peel’s Christmas Carol Concert (Broadcast December 26, 1970) 12. Away in a Manger – Rod Stewart 13. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen • Good King Wenceslas • Silent Night • O Come All Ye Faithful

Tracks CD Eight: Sounds of the Seventies (Broadcast May 3, 1971) 01. Had Me a Real Good Time 02. Love in Vain 03 . Oh Lord I’m Browned Off 04. Maybe I’m Amazed Top Gear (Broadcast October 6, 1971) 05. Stay with Me 06. Miss Judy’s Farm 07. Maggie May

Tracks Blu-ray Sounds for Saturday (Broadcast April 1, 1972) 01. Three Button Hand Me Down 02. Maybe I’m Amazed 03. Too Much Woman (for a Henpecked Man) • Street Fighting Man 04. Miss Judy’s Farm 05. Love in Vain 06. Stay with Me 07. (I Know) I’m Losing You —————————————————

Kenney Jones

Ronnie Lane

Ian McLahan

Rod Stewart

Ron Wood

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Feature LP / Faces at The BBC - Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973 (2024) / 7pm ET / 10-2-24

Faces At The BBC / Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973Released September 6, 2024 A comprehensive boxed set compiling all of the group’s BBC concerts and surviving studio sessions. This new collection – much of it previously unreleased – has been remastered with the full participation of band members Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones. John Peel’s Sunday Concert (Broadcast…

[julio-viernes]

“Faces at the BBC – Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973”, caja de ocho CDs y un Blu-ray con todas las grabaciones para la British Broadcasting Corporation que se conservan del grupo. Más de 80 temas, la mayoría de los cuales inéditos. 

Los contenidos sonoros de la box set, que saldrá a la venta el 6 de septiembre, han sido remasterizados con la participación de los miembros de Faces, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood y Kenney Jones. Desgraciadamente, los otros dos miembros originales de la banda murieron, el bajista Ronnie Laine en 1997 y el teclista Ian McLagan en 2014.

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Faces: Faces at the BBC: Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973

Complete is the operative word for describing the sprawling set of (mostly) previously unreleased live material known as Faces at the BBC: Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973.

The 85-song, seven-and-one-half hour package captures the Faces at various levels of sobriety ranging from a raucous and sloppy Feb. 8, 1973, appearance so ribald the stodgy BBC wouldn’t air it, to an airtight, Oct. 6, 1971, performance that preserves Faces in their best light.

Sound quality is also an issue on these thought-lost recordings, making a slimmed-down set - or at least a listener-curated mix tape - a must, something made more necessary by five versions each of “(I Know) I’m Losing You” and “Stay with Me,” four takes on Paul McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed;” multiple iterations of Chuck Berry’s “Memphis, Tennessee” and the Rolling Stones’ “Street Fighting Man,” which Ronnie Wood is still playing in 2024; and an inordinate number of Kenney Jones drum solos.

Thankfully, the release-everything attitude behind Faces at the BBC means stage announcements and banter are left intact and such oddities as an electric, but quite raggedy, “Gasoline Alley;” Rod Stewart singing “Away in a Manger” during a Christmas special; and a rambunctious singalong of “Banana Boat (Day-O)” are preserved for posterity. It’s a must-have collection for those who need everything Stewart, Jones, guitarist Wood, bassist Ronnie Lane and keyboardist Ian McLagan did under the Faces banner.

The rest of us are left to pick out the gems from the spoils - there are plenty of both.

Grade card: Faces: Faces at the BBC: Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973 - B-

12/17/24

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Faces - “Stay with Me” (Live, April 1, 1972)

Rod Stewart could’ve been talking to Rita. But the smart money would bet Stewart was commanding his fellow Faces during the intro to “Stay with Me” when he shouted:

“Slow down! Deep and dirty!”

The band relented and this previously unreleased version recorded April 1, 1972, on “Live on Sounds For Saturday” heralds the Sept. 6 arrival of Faces at the BBC - Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973.

Recorded in front of a studio audience, this “Stay with Me” is everything Stewart dreamed of and features a lyrical change as he sings:

I don’t mean to tell ya/that you look like a fella … let’s go upstairs and read my tarot cards

Often sloppy, Faces are so tight on this recording, the listener might think they’d been injected with Botox. Whatever happened pre-show, it benefitted the music.

Grade card: Faces - “Stay with Me” (Live - 4/1/72) - A

7/29/24