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Yes, it is finally going to see the light of day.....
From Billboard
Faces Recalled On Rhino Box
The four-disc box set "Faces: Five Guys Walk Into a Bar..." will gather a wealth of material from the short-lived but influential U.K. rock act the Faces. Due May 25 from Rhino, the collection showcases the six-year career of a band known as much for its excess as it was for its music.
"I don't remember too many gigs," singer Rod Stewart remembers in the set's liner notes. "Still, we were never so drunk we couldn't play. It was an air of merriment."
When Small Faces singer Steve Marriott exited the band in 1969, organist/piano player Ian McLagan, drummer Kenney Jones and bassist Ronnie Lane decided to continue on. They recruited Stewart and guitarist Ron Wood from the Jeff Beck Group and changed their name to the Faces.
"Five Guys Walk Into a Bar..." includes material from the band's four studio albums, recorded between 1969 and 1973, as well as plenty of rarities. Among the treats are previously unreleased covers of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy," Free's "The Stealer," Luther Ingram's "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" and Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed," sourced from album recording sessions and BBC television and radio appearances.
The collection also boasts alternate takes of many tracks and outtakes, as well as captured tomfoolery in the studio and hotel room recordings the band made while on the road. Liner notes written by Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke include interviews with all of the band's surviving members. McLagan also contributes anecdotes from the band's heyday, as well as memories of Lane, who lost his fight with multiple sclerosis in 1997.
"He was a rascal and charmer," McLagan writes. "And he always seemed to get away with it. And though he never rated himself highly, he was simply the most melodic and subtly inventive bass player I've ever heard... A lot of people don't know who he is anymore, but he shines throughout here."
Lane exited the band following the recording of 1973's "Oh La La," opting for a solo career that remained active through the 1970s. The rest of the band threw in the towel after a tour the following year. Stewart continued in earnest with the solo career that began to take off in 1971, while Wood would go on to join the Rolling Stones. Jones served as the drummer in the early '80s incarnation of the Who, following the death of Keith Moon.
McLagan played with everyone from the Stones and Buddy Guy to Bonnie Raitt and Billy Bragg. Last year, he appeared on Ryan Adams' "Love Is Hell" EPs (Lost Highway) and Robert Earl Keen's "Farm Fresh Onions" (Audium) and released the solo album "Rise and Shine" (Gaff Music).
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