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1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything... [p] 180 gram, 33 rpm, Box Set, Remastered
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1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything... Bonus Tracks, Box Set, Remastered
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1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything... Bonus Tracks, Box Set, Paper/Cardboard Sleeve, Remastered
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This box set collects the four studio albums recorded by the legendary British Rock group Faces, remastered and expanded with previously unissued bonus tracks and also including a fifth CD full of bonus material like B-sides, rarities, etc.
Faces were formed in 1969 by members of the iconic Pop / Rock band Small Faces, following the departure of their lead singer / vocalist Steve Marriott, who left to form the supergroup Humble Pie. The remaining musicians: keyboardist Ian McLagan, bassist Ronnie Lane and drummer Kenney Jones were joined by guitarist Ronnie Wood and vocalist Rod Stewart, both ex-members of Jeff Beck's group. The new quintet lineup dropped the "Small" part of the group's name and became Faces, one of the most successful British Rock acts in the first part of the 1970.
Faces released four studio albums: the debut "The First Step" in 1970 (which in the US was released still under the Small Faces moniker), the second album "Long Player" in 1971, the third album "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink…To A Blind Horse" in 1971 and finally the fourth album "Ooh La La" in 1973. An ill-fated live album followed before Faces finally disbanded in 1975.
In many respects Faces were the epitome of British Rock. They had everything that a great Rock group needed: superb musicianship, sublime songwriting, charismatic and powerful lead singer, years of experience and tons of talent. All those are apparent while listening to the albums in this box set, especially from a retrospective viewpoint. The debut album is still full of the Small Faces idiosyncrasies, but the later albums present a new crystallized identity of a group that has its own voice. The fact that Faces used almost exclusively their own original material is also remarkable. And of course they were paying a tribute to the British Blues, with their music being completely soaked in it.
Another strange observation that struck me while listening to these albums is how similar this music is to the music Humble Pie played more or less in parallel. Perhaps Marriott's departure was indeed premature and Small Faces might have developed into an environment he might have been comfortable with. In any case we can't turn the wheels of change back and after all we were lucky to enjoy both of these sublime groups.
The music in this box set is evidence of how great the music of the Golden Decade was, consistently strengthened with every reissue of music recorded at that time. The dichotomy between this music and the travesty we call music that is being produced today is simply devastating.
This box set is an essential capsule of British Rock history, which should not be missed in any serious music collection. Absolute honey to my ears!
Faces were formed in 1969 by members of the iconic Pop / Rock band Small Faces, following the departure of their lead singer / vocalist Steve Marriott, who left to form the supergroup Humble Pie. The remaining musicians: keyboardist Ian McLagan, bassist Ronnie Lane and drummer Kenney Jones were joined by guitarist Ronnie Wood and vocalist Rod Stewart, both ex-members of Jeff Beck's group. The new quintet lineup dropped the "Small" part of the group's name and became Faces, one of the most successful British Rock acts in the first part of the 1970.
Faces released four studio albums: the debut "The First Step" in 1970 (which in the US was released still under the Small Faces moniker), the second album "Long Player" in 1971, the third album "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink…To A Blind Horse" in 1971 and finally the fourth album "Ooh La La" in 1973. An ill-fated live album followed before Faces finally disbanded in 1975.
In many respects Faces were the epitome of British Rock. They had everything that a great Rock group needed: superb musicianship, sublime songwriting, charismatic and powerful lead singer, years of experience and tons of talent. All those are apparent while listening to the albums in this box set, especially from a retrospective viewpoint. The debut album is still full of the Small Faces idiosyncrasies, but the later albums present a new crystallized identity of a group that has its own voice. The fact that Faces used almost exclusively their own original material is also remarkable. And of course they were paying a tribute to the British Blues, with their music being completely soaked in it.
Another strange observation that struck me while listening to these albums is how similar this music is to the music Humble Pie played more or less in parallel. Perhaps Marriott's departure was indeed premature and Small Faces might have developed into an environment he might have been comfortable with. In any case we can't turn the wheels of change back and after all we were lucky to enjoy both of these sublime groups.
The music in this box set is evidence of how great the music of the Golden Decade was, consistently strengthened with every reissue of music recorded at that time. The dichotomy between this music and the travesty we call music that is being produced today is simply devastating.
This box set is an essential capsule of British Rock history, which should not be missed in any serious music collection. Absolute honey to my ears!
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R2 550009 CD (2015)
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