Wednesday, May 5, 2021

The Faces - Shake, Shudder, Shiver - Non-Album Tracks (1969-1970)

This is the first album I've posted by the Faces. There will be many more to come. I have four stray tracks albums (this being one of them), and seven BBC albums. If you don't know already, the Faces morphed out of the Small Faces. Key singer and songwriter Ronnie Lane remained, but the main lead singer and songwriter Steve Marriott was replaced by Rod Stewart. From 1970 to 1975, Stewart essentially had two musical careers going on at once, as a solo artist and as a member of the Faces. But during those years, all of his concerts were done solely with the Faces.

Before I continue, I just want to point out that, yes, I know that technically the band is known as "Faces," not "the Faces." But I'm sorry, I can't do that because it doesn't sound right to me. In the same way, the Eagles will always be the Eagles (and not the technically correct "Eagles." If you start a band and you name it the plural of a noun, expect people to put a "the" there.

Anyway, the Faces have lots of stray tracks. I'm using the rule of not including any versions from Rod Stewart or Ronnie Lane solo albums. But if the Faces did a different version of one of those songs in concert or at the BBC or something like that, I would use that.

The first three songs here are studio rehearsals done back in 1969, while the band was working on their first album. Unfortunately, even though these come from the band's official box set "Five Guys Walk into a Bar..." the sound quality isn't great. In particular, the lead vocals are low in the mix. I felt obliged to include them, since they are stray tracks. Happily, the sound improves for the rest of the album.

Most of the remaining songs are B-sides or bonus tracks. One song, "Blues Deluxe (Gambler's Blues)" is unreleased. It's a song Stewart used to sing with the Jeff Beck Group. That one, plus the last two, were recorded in concert.

In my opinion, this album has it's moments, but it's not great. I feel the band was finding itself, and would soon get much better. 

01 I Feel So Good (Faces)
02 Shake, Shudder, Shiver (Faces)
03 Evil (Faces)
04 Behind the Sun (Faces)
05 Rear Wheel Skid [Instrumental] (Faces)
07 Blues Deluxe [Gambler's Blues] (Faces)
08 Love in Vain (Faces)
09 Too Much Woman [For a Henpecked Man] (Faces)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15116246/TFacs_1969-1970_ShkeShudderShiver_atse.zip.html

The cover art photo was taken in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in May, 1970.

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9 comments:

  1. JobeMay 5, 2021 at 6:15 AM

    Thanks. Will be waiting for the others. If Zippy will let me in

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    1. PaulMay 5, 2021 at 12:22 PM

      If you're having trouble with Zippyshare, remember I share everything through SoulseekQT too. This album is already being shared that way.

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  2. williMay 6, 2021 at 4:39 AM

    And once again - the TOR Browser also solves your Zippyshare problem.

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  3. LonChesMay 10, 2021 at 9:31 AM

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  4. grifftrainMay 16, 2021 at 7:13 AM

    Thanks for posting. I love the Faces and RodStewart (pre 77 or so for Rod).
    Your blog has become one of my very favorites. I love the albums you but together and also the detailed articles you write about your albums

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  7. JayhawkAugust 22, 2021 at 9:54 AM

    Great album! There's no track number 6, though ;)

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  8. Michael StoreyMay 10, 2023 at 2:09 AM

    Great album. And thank you for all the time and thought you put into your albums.

    One suggestion for this album... you might want to add the single version of Had Me A Real Good Time - it's quite different from the Long Player version.

    This recording appears only on the single and the original pressing of the Snakes and Ladders compilation - all later releases just use an edit of the version on Long Player.

    Info here -
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_Ladders_/_The_Best_of_Faces

    Listen to it here -
    youtube.com/watch?v=uX3iFqIiLGo&ab_channel=WBM%2FMusic

    Cheers!

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