FACES
- Vinyl
LIVE AT THE MARQUEE
LABEL: |
R&B82 |
SOURCE: |
Side 1, Tracks 1-5 WDR Swing In Marquee Club, London 7 December 1970 (bc 15 Jan.1971), Side 2: Tracks 1-3 WDR Swing In Marquee Club, London 7 Dec.1970, Track 4: Dave Lee Travis show 10 March.1970 (bc 15 March), Tracks 5-9: BBC Top Gear Carol Concert 8 Dec.1970 (bc 26 Dec.) |
FORMAT: |
1 LP |
RUNNING TIME: |
19.51/21.05 |
SOUND/SOURCE: |
Soundboard Mono |
PACKAGING: |
Single sleeve cover |
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SOUND 10 / PACKAGING 10
/ PERFORMANCE 9
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TRACK LIST: |
Side 1: 1. Introduction,
2. Devotion, 3. You’re My Girl, 4. Flying, 5. You’re My Girl, 6. Too Much Woman
(For A Hen Pecked Man).
Side 2: 1. Maybe
I’m Amazed, 2. Gasoline Alley, 3. Around The Plynth, 4. Wicked Messenger, 5. Away
In A Manger, 6. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, 7. Good King Wenceslas, 8. O Come All
Ye Faithfull, 9. Silent Night.
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REVIEW: |
This release
presents recordings from the Faces 1970 Marquee gig, coming from a German tv
broadcast plus interesting bonus tracks, it is perplexing though the fact that
at the end of Around the Plynth suddenly the recording turns into stereo, it
can be heard a nice separation when the audience starts clapping. Anyway, after
the last three tracks on Side 2 there is Wicked Messenger that comes from what
is called the first radio session the band did in the studio at the David Lee
Travis show, although the day before they appeared at Top Gear on BBC1 in
concert from the Paris Cinema; next comes John Peel Christmas Concert from
December 1970, this being a one off show never attempted before or after, that had
recordings of five traditional carols, in a melange that featured all Faces
members plus keyboards player David Bedford from Kevin Ayers and the Whole
World, Ivor Cutler, Bridget St.John, Pete Buckland (Faces road manager), Sonja Kristina
from Curved Air, Mike Ratledge and Robert Wyatt from Soft Machine. This is an excellent
recording with clear sound and a nice cover which could really appeal to Faces
collectors. This is another grey area product, which presents material that has
to have these characteristics: having been broadcasted by radio or tv, being over
50 years old and of course having never been released officially. The lack of
proper releases from the record companies feeds collectors appetites and labels
like R&B are quick in meeting such needs by releasing these that may well
become collectors’ releases, since are not pressed in very consistent quantities.
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