Small Faces vs. Faces

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He's not wrong, clearly

I sometimes wonder how things would have turned out if Small Faces hadn't split up at the end of the '60s. Now that would have caused a hell of an alternate timeline. Obviously, by the time they reformed in the mid '70s, they were a shadow of what they once were, with Ronnie Lane not participating and Steve Marriott being a massive coke fiend by that point, but its tempting to think they could have a much more heavier band after Ogden's. It's possible they would have done away with the rinky-dink music hallisms of 'Lazy Sunday' and went more down the route of 'Tin Soldier' or 'Wham Bam, Thank You Mam'. But also: if Small Faces hadn't broken up at the end of the '60s, would Rod have still ended up being a massively successful solo singer? Would Ronnie Wood still have made it into the Stones? Would Jimmy McCullough still have ended up quitting Wings (since he quit that band to join the reformed Small Faces)... hell, would he still be alive even? It's hard to say, but it's fun to speculate and ponder on, I guess!

The problem is, was that the Small Faces were a hard rockin' pop band, and the faces were a rock band. Which was fine, but when the Small Faces reformed, what *was* the faces tried to put the pop back in the bottle..

If only the Small Faces had stayed around 6 months longet to finish that last album w/ "Autumn Stone" and "Wham Bam" and so on, that would have been one to go out on.

Then they could have gone on to do The Faces, Humble Pie, and such-like..

It's possible they would have done away with the rinky-dink music hallisms of 'Lazy Sunday' and went more down the route of 'Tin Soldier' or 'Wham Bam, Thank You Mam'.

I dunno, that's pretty much what Humble Pie ended up doing, along with the pastoralism of "The Autumn Stone." Town and Country is closer to a 70s Small Faces record than any Faces record (not that I prefer Pie to the Faces, just that Pie seemed to be picking up where the Small Faces left off moreso than the Faces were).

This Small Faces box is coming out in January.

Faces, Faces ARE rock.

The best band,

tylerw has uploaded this fabulous 1970 show (when they were still known as the Small Faces in the US).

Looking forward to listening to that! Tyler comes thru again.

it is radical!

they are playing the breakdown of "i'm losin you" on classic rawk radio right now, i am feelin it

Kenney Jones was so underrated.

Post-Mac's death, I worked my way through revisting the SF catalogue and The Faces' box in the car changer, and have come to the conclusion that the joint works are the most underrated in the Classic Rock canon. After some initial shakiness on Decca, they lock in with "All or Nothing", and cruise from strength to strength with minimal slippage pretty much until Rod leaves. The final singles are surprisingly good.

recent faces box is killer - the rarities disc is a treat and the bonus tracks on the album are well-chosen (and don't seem to crossover with the stuff on the box set). remastered sound is stellar too. recommended!

the stuff on the *other* box set, i should say

My favourite Faces track is probably "Dishevellement Blues", probbaly because it came free with the very first NME I bought.