Faces (1973 WLP Promo Vinyl LP Playtested BS 2665 Poster 1st Pressing) Ooh-La-La

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Faces (1973 White Label Promo Vinyl LP Playtested BS 2665 Poster 1st Press) Ooh-La-La

WHITE LABEL PROMO - 1ST PRESSING (USA)

TOP LOADER UNIPAK GATEFOLD JACKET

Die-Cut, Fully Functional Pull-Down Face Design Element On Front Cover

VPI MACHINE CLEANED & PLAYTESTED

ORIGINAL 30”x20” POSTER

Band/Artist: Faces

Album Title: Ooh-La-La

Featuring: Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan, Kenny Jones, Neemoi "Speedy" Aquaye

Producer: Glyn Johns

Catalogue#: BS 2665

Run-Out Grooves:

Side 1 – BS 2665 40314-1A

Side 2 – BS 2665 – 40315 – 1B

UPC#: no bar code

Year/Record Company: 1973 Warner Bros.

1 LP – Stereo - 12 inch vinyl record - 33 1/3

This is the authentic release & not a pirated, bootlegged or copied version. This white label promo 1st pressing LP record album with poster comes from my personal collection & has been VPI machine cleaned & playtested. It is stored under temperature & humidity regulated, smoke and pet free conditions.

LP Condition: very good+

Shine: almost all

Scratches: several feather

Label Wear: very light (completely readable, very light staining on side 1 label – see photo)

Labels: see photos

Spindle Hole Wear: very light

LP Sound: excellent (no skips or hang-ups, no missing audio)

Surface Noise: minimal

Jacket Condition: very good (animated, die cut, fully functional pull-down face on front cover, gatefold, completely readable – see photos)

Shrink Wrap: none

Wear To Seams: very light (no skips, no tape)

Back Ring Wear: minimal

Front Ring Wear: minimal

Ink or pencil marks: name in ink upper left corner on back of jacket (see photo)

Water Stains: none

Drill Holes: none

Saw Cuts: none

Stamps/Stickers: large promo sticker on front, upper left of jacket (see photo)

Sleeve: original record company sleeve, light wear, no splits; a new anti-static sleeve is also included

Cover: Jim Ladwig of AGI (front), Tom Wright (back)

Extras: original 10” x 10”, six panel, black and white lyric/photo poster, 30”x20” unfolded, poster by Jak Kilby; minimal wear

Ooh La La is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Faces, released in March 1973. It reached number one in the UK Albums Chart in the week of 28 April 1973. This is the last album before the Faces reunited in 2021 to record a new record together.

The cover of the Ooh La La album is designed around a stylised photograph of "Gastone", a stage character of 1920s Italian comedian Ettore Petrolini. The original LP's art deco-inspired cover was constructed in such a way that when the lever inside the mouth of the jacket was pressed down, a concealed die-cut design element would descend that made Gastone's eyes appear to discolour and move to the side, and his jaw would appear to drop into a leering smile. The back cover also featured art deco-inspired design elements, and detailed song information and album credits alongside tinted individual photographic portraits of the band members. The original gatefold sleeve's inner design depicted a large stylized photomontage of the band in typical 'laddish' pose, admiring the charms of a Can-can dancer (referencing the lyric of the title track). The album cover was designed by Jim Ladwig. (source: Wikipedia)

SIDE 1

Silicone Grown 3:05

Cindy Incidentally 2:37

Flags And Banners 2:00

My Fault 3:05

Borstal Boys 2:52

SIDE 2

Fly In The Ointment 3:49

If I’m On The Late Side 2:36

Glad And Sorry 3:04

Just Another Honky 3:32

Ooh La La 3:30

Faces are an English rock band formed in 1969 by members of Small Faces after lead singer/guitarist Steve Marriott left that group to form Humble Pie. The remaining Small Faces—Ian McLagan (keyboards), Ronnie Lane (bass guitar, vocals), and Kenney Jones (drums and percussion)—were joined by Ronnie Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (lead vocals), both from the Jeff Beck Group, and the new line-up was renamed Faces.

The band had a unique arrangement, as Rod Stewart had signed a separate solo recording contract with the Mercury label shortly before joining the group, who were signed to Warner's. Band members often contributed to Stewart's solo albums as contract players, and Faces live shows of the period would feature as much of Stewart's solo material as that of the band, which later fuelled tensions amongst them when they began to effectively be viewed as Stewart's 'backing band'. The group lacked a single main songwriter as from the beginning each member would work in tandem to offer songs for each of their albums (Stewart and Wood most often wrote together as a duo, as did Lane and Wood, while Lane would usually contribute at least one solo composition per album). While Stewart was the primary lead singer, both Lane and Wood would also sing lead vocals on several tracks (Lane usually sang lead on his own solo compositions). Their first two albums, First Step (1970) and Long Player (1971), lacked a hit single, but their third album, 1971's A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse, bolstered by the success of Stewart's solo work, became a worldwide hit, peaking at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and number 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and spawning the band's first hit single, "Stay with Me".

Tensions in the band came to a head during the recording of their fourth (and final) studio album, 1973's Ooh La La. Ronnie Lane, who was a founder member of Small Faces, left over his diminished role in the band in 1973, and was replaced by Tetsu Yamauchi on bass. The band continued to tour throughout 1974 and 1975, releasing a live album, Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners, in 1974 that was jointly credited to Rod Stewart/Faces. Ronnie Wood also began to drift from the group over this period, releasing two solo albums of his own, and appearing as a guest musician on two Rolling Stones albums and joining them on tour in 1975. He was briefly replaced by Jesse Ed Davis on guitars before the band broke up at the end of 1975.

A greatest hits collection, Snakes and Ladders / The Best of Faces, appeared in 1976, and additional retrospective albums would appear over the subsequent decades. Stewart would continue his successful solo career, while Ronnie Wood would formally join the Rolling Stones as a permanent member in 1975. Kenney Jones joined The Who as a replacement for the deceased Keith Moon in 1978. Ian McLagan would go on to work as a session and touring musician with a number of acts (including his own bands) throughout the 1970s until his death in 2014, while Ronnie Lane's activities in the music business (which included 1977's critically-lauded Rough Mix collaboration with Pete Townshend) were severely curtailed by 1980 due to the onset of multiple sclerosis which forced his eventual retirement by the early 1990s.

The original Small Faces would have a reunion during the mid to late 1970s with Marriott, Jones, and McLagan joined by Rick Wills on bass guitar, as Lane withdrew early due to his illness. A number of partial reunions of the Faces were rumored throughout the 2000s, with various one-off performances involving surviving members occurring. In 2010-2011 a brief reunion tour occurred with Mick Hucknall and Glen Matlock on vocals and bass respectively. In 2021, Jones, Stewart, and Wood reunited to record a new record.

Faces and Small Faces were jointly inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Stewart was scheduled to perform with the rest of the band, but was unable to do so at the last minute due to illness; he was replaced by Hucknall. (source: Wikipedia)

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