The Faces - BBC Sessions, Volume 7: In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, Britain, 4-1-1973

Over the past couple of months, I've posted a bunch of albums containing the performances the Faces did for the BBC. This is the seventh, and unfortunately, the last. But at least it ends on a high note, with a complete live concert in pretty good sound quality.

This concert took place one month after the band released their last album, "Ooh La La." So it's not surprising the set list was significantly different from the last time the band played a concert for the BBC fourteen months earlier. Four of the songs came from "Ooh La La," plus two more from Rod Stewart's 1972 album "Never a Dull Moment." Plus they did songs they never put out on record, such as "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon and "The Stealer" by Free.

In terms of sound quality, this is good, but not great. Though I'll point out these BBC recordings are pretty much as good as it gets in terms of live Faces recordings. Three of the performances were included on the band's box set "Five Guys Walk into a Bar..." ("The Stealer," "Angel," and "Miss Judy's Farm"). So I used those versions. But in my opinion those don't really sound different from all the rest.

Like most of the band's previous appearances for the BBC, this was hosted by famous BBC DJ John Peel. That's not too surprising considering that he once said, "The Faces were my all-time favorite live band." However, his appearance here is very minimal, with just a comment or two that can be heard.

There are three extra songs at the end that don't come from the main concert. This is because the band first recorded a concert for the BBC on February 8, 1973, but then decided they didn't like their performance. They asked the BBC not to broadcast it, and instead made plans to do it again. That repeat is this main show, on April 1, 1973, at the same location. Personally, I don't see why they didn't like the show, since their performance sounded fine to me. The full unbroadcast show is out there on bootlegs in equally good sound quality. I've chosen not to include it here since the set list is very similar to this show, and the band preferred this one. But I did include three of the songs from that earlier show that were different. One of those, "I Don't Want to Discuss It," plus the banter right before it, was used as a bonus track for the "Ooh La La" album, so I've used that version here.

The main concert is 56 minutes long, no doubt because the BBC show was an hour long. But with the three extra songs at the end, this album is an hour and 11 minutes long.

01 Silicone Grown (Faces)
02 Cindy Incidentally (Faces)
03 Memphis, Tennessee (Faces)
04 If I'm on the Late Side (Faces)
05 talk (Faces)
06 My Fault (Faces)
07 talk (Faces)
08 The Stealer (Faces)
09 talk (Faces)
10 Borstal Boys (Faces)
11 Angel (Faces)
12 Stay with Me (Faces)
13 talk (Faces)
14 True Blue (Faces)
15 Twistin' the Night Away (Faces)
16 talk (Faces)
17 Miss Judy's Farm (Faces)
18 talk (Faces)
19 Jealous Guy (Faces)
20 talk (Faces)
21 Too Bad (Faces)
22 I'd Rather Go Blind (Faces)
23 talk (Faces)
24 I Don't Want to Discuss It (Faces)
25 talk (Faces)
26 It's All Over Now (Faces)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15292867/TFacs_1973_BBSessionsVolum7InConcrtBBPrisTheatreLondnBritain__4-1-1973_atse.zip.html

The album cover features a photo of the band playing on the British TV show "Top of the Pops" in February 1973. Sorry the drummer Kenney Jones didn't get included.