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Four Faces studio albums with Ronnie Lane, 1970-1973
Faces - The First Step 1970, album front cover
Faces - First Step 1970
Face - Long Player 1971, album front cover
Faces - Long Player 1971
Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse 1971, album front cover
Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse 1971
Faces - Ooh La La 1973, album front cover
Faces - Ooh La La 1973

1970  Faces - First Step
First Step is the debut album by the British group Faces, released in early 1970. The album was released only a few months after the Faces had formed from the ashes of the Small Faces (from which Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan hailed) and The Jeff Beck Group (from which Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood hailed.) The album is credited to the Small Faces on all North American issues and reissues,[1] while record labels for initial vinyl printings give the title as The First Step.[2]
Faces - The First Step 1970, album front cover
Faces - The First Step 1970, album front cover
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1970  Faces - First Step
Released: March 21 , 1970
Recorded: August 1969 – January 1970 at De Lane Lea Studios, London
Length: 47:13
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: Faces
1970  Faces - First Step
Length: ​47:13​
​All lead vocals by Rod Stewart except where indicated
Side One
  1. "Wicked Messenger" (Bob Dylan) - 4:05
  2. "Devotion" (Ronnie Lane) - 4:54 (lead vocals: Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane)
  3. "Shake, Shudder, Shiver" (Lane, Ronnie Wood) - 3:14 (lead vocals: Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane)(duet)
  4. "Stone" (Lane) - 5:38 (lead vocals: Ronnie Lane)
  5. "Around The Plynth" (Rod Stewart, Wood) - 5:56
Side Two
  1. "Flying" (Lane, Stewart, Wood) - 4:15
  2. "Pineapple and the Monkey" (instrumental) (Wood) - 4:23
  3. "Nobody Knows" (Lane, Wood) - 4:05 (lead vocals: Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane)(duet) - 4:03
  4. "Looking Out the Window" (instrumental) (Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan) - 4:59
  5. "Three Button Hand Me Down" (McLagan, Stewart) - 5:44
2015 Reissue bonus tracks
  1. 2015 Reissue bonus tracks
  2. "Behind The Sun" (Jones, Lane, McLagan, Stewart, Wood)
  3. "Mona: The Blues" (instrumental) (Lane, Wood)
  4. "Shake, Shudder, Shiver" [BBC Session] (Lane, Wood)(lead vocals: Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane)(duet)
  5. "Flying" [Take 3] (Lane, Stewart, Wood)
  6. "Nobody Knows" [Take 2] (Lane, Wood)
  7. The 2015 reissue replicates the US edition of the LP, containing minor edits not present on the UK original, most noticeably the omission of Stewart shouting "That's yer lot!" at the end of "Around the Plynth".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Step_(Faces_album)
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1971  Faces - Long Player
Long Player is the second album by the British rock group Faces, released in February 1971. Among the highlights are a soulful live cover version of Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed", the wistful ballads "Richmond" and "Sweet Lady Mary", the rollicking party tune "Had Me a Real Good Time", and uptempo saloon bar rocker "Bad 'n' Ruin". Two tracks, "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "I Feel So Good", were recorded live at the Fillmore East, New York on November 10, 1970.
Face - Long Player 1971, album front cover
Faces - Long Player 1971, album front cover
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Released: February, 1971
Recorded: September 1970-January 1971 at Morgan Sound Studios, London and with The Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Unit, 
Live tracks recorded November 10, 1970, at Fillmore East, NYC
Length: 45:16
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: Faces
1971  Faces - Long Player
Length: 45:16
​All lead vocals by Rod Stewart except where indicated
Side One
  1. "Bad 'n' Ruin" (Ian McLagan, Rod Stewart) - 5:24
  2. "Tell Everyone" (Ronnie Lane) - 4:18
  3. "Sweet Lady Mary" (Lane, Stewart, Ronnie Wood) - 5:49
  4. "Richmond" (Lane) - 3:04 (lead singer: Ronnie Lane)
  5. "Maybe I'm Amazed" [Live at Fillmore East, New York 11/10/70] (Paul McCartney) - 5:35
(lead singers: Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane)
Side Two
  1. "Had Me a Real Good Time" (Lane, Stewart, Wood) - 5:51
  2. "On the Beach" (Lane, Wood) - 4:15 (lead singers: Ronnie Lane and Ron Wood)
  3. "I Feel So Good" [Live at Fillmore East, New York 11/10/70] (Big Bill Broonzy) - 8:49
  4. "Jerusalem" (instrumental) (Hubert Parry, William Blake - arr. Wood; erroneously credited as traditional) - 1:52
2015 Reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Whole Lotta Woman" (Marvin Rainwater)
  2. "Tell Everyone" [Take 1] (Lane) (lead singer: Ronnie Lane)
  3. "Sham-Mozzal" [embryonic instrumental version of "Had Me A Real Good Time"] (Jones, Lane, McLagan, Wood)
  4. "Too Much Woman (For A Henpecked Man)" [Live at Fillmore East, New York 11/10/70] (Ike Turner)
  5. "Love In Vain" [Live at Fillmore East, New York 11/10/70] (Robert Johnson)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Player_(album)
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1971  Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse
A Nod's As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse is the third album by British rock group Faces, and their second album of 1971. Bolstered somewhat by lead singer Rod Stewart's recent solo success with "Maggie May", it was their most successful album worldwide, peaking at No. 6 in the US,[2] and reaching No. 2 in the UK. It also contains their biggest US hit, the swaggering "Stay with Me" (No. 6 in the UK, No. 17 in the US), and the album itself would be certified gold by the RIAA in 1972.[3]
Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse 1971, album front cover
Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse 1971, album front cover
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1971  Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink...
​To A Blind Horse
​Released: November 17, 1971[1]
Recorded: March–September 1971 at Olympic Studios, London
Length: 36:28
Label: Warner Bros.
Producers: Faces and Glyn Johns
1971  Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink...
​To A Blind Horse

Length: 36:28
​All tracks written by Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood unless noted.
Side One
​1."Miss Judy's Farm" Rod Stewart 3:42
2."You're So Rude"
  • Ronnie Lane
  • Ian McLagan
Ronnie Lane3:46
3."Love Lives Here"
  • Lane
  • Stewart
  • Wood
Stewart3:09
4."Last Orders Please"LaneLane2:38
5."Stay with Me" Stewart (with Lane and Wood backing) 4:38
Side Two
​​1."Debris"LaneLane (with Stewart on harmony vocal)4:39
2."Memphis"Chuck BerryStewart5:31
3."Too Bad" Stewart (with Lane, McLagan and Wood backing)3:16
4."That's All You Need" Stewart5:05
2015 Reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Miss Judy's Farm" [BBC Session] (Stewart, Wood)
  2. "Stay With Me" [BBC Session] (Stewart, Wood)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nod_Is_As_Good_As_a_Wink..._to_a_Blind_Horse
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 1973  Faces - Ooh La La
Ooh La La is the fourth and final studio album by the English rock band Faces, released in March 1973. It reached number one in the UK album chart in the week of April 28, 1973. On August 28, 2015, the album was reissued in remastered form on vinyl, and remastered and expanded on CD as part of the box set (along with the rest of the Faces catalogue of studio recordings) 1970–1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything....
Faces - Ooh La La 1973, album front cover
Faces - Ooh La La 1973, album front cover
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 1973  Faces - Ooh La La
​Released: March 1973
Recorded: September 1972 – January 1973
Studio: Olympic Studios, London
Length: 30:22
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: Glyn Johns
 1973  Faces - Ooh La La
​Length: 30:22
Lead vocals by Rod Stewart except where noted.
Side One
  1. "Silicone Grown" (Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood) – 3:05
  2. "Cindy Incidentally" (Ian McLagan, Stewart, Wood) – 2:37
  3. "Flags and Banners" (Ronnie Lane, Stewart) – 2:00 (lead singer: Ronnie Lane)
  4. "My Fault" (McLagan, Stewart, Wood) – 3:05 (lead singers: Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood)
  5. "Borstal Boys" (McLagan, Stewart, Wood) – 2:52
Side Two
  1. "Fly in the Ointment" (instrumental) (Kenney Jones, Lane, McLagan, Wood) – 3:49
  2. "If I'm on the Late Side" (Lane, Stewart) – 2:36
  3. "Glad and Sorry" (Lane) – 3:04 (lead singers: Ronnie Lane, Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan)
  4. "Just Another Honky" (Lane) – 3:32
  5. "Ooh La La" (Lane, Wood) – 3:30 (lead singer: Ronnie Wood)
​2015 reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Cindy Incidentally" [BBC Session] (McLagan, Stewart, Wood)
  2. "Borstal Boys" [rehearsal] (McLagan, Stewart, Wood)
  3. "Silicone Grown" [rehearsal] (Stewart, Wood)
  4. "Glad and Sorry" [rehearsal] (Lane)
  5. "Jealous Guy" [live at Reading Festival, Reading, UK, 25 August 1973, with Tetsu Yamauchi on bass] (John Lennon)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooh_La_La_(Faces_album)
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Other Singles

​Faces - BBC Stereo Pop Special Albums

Faces And Led Zeppelin BBC Stereo Pop Special 1 And 2 Album 1971
​Each disc has Led Zeppelin on one side and the Faces on the other.
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Faces And Led Zeppelin BBC Stereo Pop Special 1 And 2 Album 1971
Led Zeppelin concert was recorded April 1, 1971.
Faces concert was recorded May 13, 1971
Recorded at: Paris Theatre, London​
1st release: July 1971
2nd release: October 1972
Label: BBC Transcription Services

2xLP
Length: (Discogs)
Side 1: 29:23; Side 2: 28:52; Total Length: 58:15
Side 3: 27:00; Side 4: 26.10; Total Length: 53:10
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Faces and Rory Gallagher BBC Stereo Pop Special 11 Album 1972
Faces and Rory Gallagher recorded separately in the winter of 1972 at The Paris Theatre in London, UK
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Faces and Rory Gallagher BBC Stereo Pop Special 11 Album 1972
Faces: Live At The Paris Theatre, London, UK February 17, 1972
First broadcast February 26, 1972

Rory Gallagher: Live At The Paris Theatre, London, UK January 13, 1972​
Label: BBC Transcription Services
​LP
Released: unknown at this time
​Length: Side 1: 26:43; Side 2: 27:18; total length: 54:01 (Discogs)
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Faces and Rory Gallagher - BBC Stereo Pop Special 11 Album (1972)  
Recorded live at the Paris Theatre, London, UK February 8, 1973
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Faces and Rory Gallagher - BBC Stereo Pop Special 11 Album (1972)  
​Recorded live at the Paris Theatre, London, UK February 8, 1973
Released: March 1973
Label: BBC Transcription Services
LP
Length: Side 1: 29:07; Side 2: 28:42; total length: 57:49 min (Discogs)
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Faces Album Discography beyond mid-1973
​http://www.the-faces.com/discogravy.htm

The group regularly toured Britain, Europe and the United States from 1970 to 1975, and were among the top-grossing live acts in that period. Among their most successful songs were "Had Me a Real Good Time", their breakthrough UK hit "Stay with Me", "Cindy Incidentally" and "Pool Hall Richard".
​​As Rod Stewart's solo career became more successful than that of the group, the band became overshadowed by their lead singer.[3] A disillusioned Ronnie Lane left the band in 1973;[3] one reason given later for his departure was frustration over not having more opportunities to sing lead vocals.[8]
Lane's role as bassist was taken over by Tetsu Yamauchi (who had replaced Andy Fraser in Free). ​
Released just months before Lane left the band, the Faces' final studio album was Ooh La La.[3]
1974, the following year, a live album was released, entitled Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners; it was criticised by reviewers for being poorly recorded and thought out.[9] It featured selections from their late 1973 tour, the first featuring Yamauchi.[9][10] They recorded a few tracks for another studio album, but had lost enthusiasm and their final release as a group was the late 1974 UK Top 20 hit "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything".
​In 1975 Wood began working with the Rolling Stones, which brought differences between Stewart and the others to a head, and after a troubled fall US tour (with Jesse Ed Davis on rhythm guitar), in December the band announced that they were splitting.
Ronnie Lane - Post Faces
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The members have had varied post-band careers. Wood joined the Rolling Stones as a full member, Lane formed Slim Chance and had a modest solo career that ended prematurely when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and he also worked on an album with Who guitarist Pete Townshend, Rough Mix.[11] 
Jones joined the Who after the death of Keith Moon;[12] McLagan stated in a 2004 interview that Townshend also asked him to join the Who, but he had already promised Keith Richards that he would tour as a Rolling Stones sideman. McLagan moved to the United States, where he formed Ian McLagan & the Bump Band.[13] Tetsu Yamauchi returned to his native Japan, where he recorded and toured as a jazz musician and Stewart's solo career was extremely successful.
There was also a Small Faces reunion in the late 1970s (without Ronnie Lane) that resulted in two albums
In 1981 Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott collaborated on the album The Legendary Majik Mijits.[14]
Faces reformed for the encore of Rod Stewart's Wembley Stadium concert in 1986. Ronnie Lane, by then suffering from multiple sclerosis, was on stage to sing in his wheelchair, but was unable to play bass; Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones filled in for him.
The same line-up reunited once more (minus Lane) in 1993 when Rod Stewart was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award at the Brit Awards. Ronnie Lane made his final concert appearance in 1992 at a Ronnie Wood show with Ian McLagan on keyboards.
Ronnie Lane passed away in 1997.
​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faces_(band)
https://www.discogs.com/artist/289040-Faces-3?filter_anv=0&subtype=Albums&type=Releases
http://www.the-faces.com/discogravy.htm
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