FACES Long Player 1971 UK WARNER BROTHERS (WS) 1st PRESS - MINT
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Mar 9, 2017
Sold Date
Feb 27, 2017
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FACES Long Player 1971 UK WARNER BROTHERS (WS) 1st PRESS - MINT
FACESLong Player
UK WARNER BROTHERS (WS 3011) FIRST PRESSING (May 1971)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - PLAYS LIKE-NEW
PRESSED WITH THE CUSTOM ART DECO BLUE/SILVER WB LABELS
MATRIX: WS 3011 A1 / WS 3011 B1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: J/1 and J/1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL OVERSIZED STITCHED "E JAY DAY GROUP " PRINTED COVER
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND “FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING” PRINTED IN BLUE
On their second album Long Player, the Faces truly gel -- which isn't quite the same thing as having the band straighten up and fly right because in many ways this is album is even more ragged than their debut, with tracks that sound like they were recorded through a shoebox thrown up against a couple of haphazardly placed live cuts. But if the album seems pieced together from a few different sources, the band itself all seems to be coming from the same place, turning into a ferocious rock & roll band who, on their best day, could wrestle the title of greatest rock & roll band away from the Stones. Certainly, the sheer force of the nine-minute jam on Big Bill Broonzy's "I Feel So Good" proves that, but what's more remarkable is how the band are dovetailing as songwriters, complementing and collaborating with very different styles, to the extent that it's hard to tell who wrote what; indeed, the ragged, heartbroken "Tell Everyone" sounds like a Stewart original, but it comes from the pen of Ronnie Lane. The key is that Stewart, Lane and Ron Wood (Ian McLagan only co-write "Bad 'N' Ruin") are all coming from the same place, all celebrating a rock & roll that's ordinary in subject but not in sound. Take "Bad 'N' Ruin," the tale of a ne'er do well returning home with his tail between his legs, after the city didn't treat him well. It has its counterpart in "Had Me a Real Good Time," where a reveller insists that he has to leave, concluding that he was glad to come but also glad to get home. These are songs that celebrate home, from family to the neighborhood, and that big heart beats strong in the ballads, too, from the aching "Sweet Lady Mary" to the extraordinary reworking of Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed," which soars in ways Macca's exceptional original never did. Then, there's there humour -- the ramshackle "On the Beach," the throwaway lines from Rod on "Had Me a Real Good Time" -- which give this a warm, cheerful heart that helps make Long Player a record as big, messy, and wonderful as life itself
Rod Stewart vocals
Ronnie Lane bass, acoustic guitar, percussion and vocals
Ronnie Wood lead, slide, acoustic and pedal steel guitars, backing vocals
Ian McLagan piano, organ and keyboards
Kenney Jones drums and percussion
Bobby Keys tenor saxophone on "Had Me a Real Good Time"
Harry Beckett trumpet on "Had Me a Real Good Time"
Side 1:
Bad 'N' Ruin (5:30)
Tell Everyone (4:22)
Sweet Lady Mary (5:30)
Richmond (3:05)
Maybe I'm Amazed (5:35)
Side 2:
Had Me A Real Good Time (5:50)
On The Beach (4:15)
I Feel So Good (8:50)
Jerusalem (1:55)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just one or two light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays beautifully with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+
Apart from a some loose stitching in the top corner and a nick on the opening edge the cover is clean and fresh - a fine example
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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791 (GS 7.0.6 (791))
