Personally, I think Stewart was at his creative best in the 1960s and 1970s. But it can't be denied that he kept going strong all through the 1980s, racking up hit after hit. He would eventually sell over 120 million records worldwide. So this is another unreleased BBC concert. In 1986, he released the studio album "Every Beat of My Heart." It wasn't a particularly big seller, but it contained a couple of hits, like just about all his 1980s albums.
I have one very, very big disappointment about this album though: it appears to be the full concert, but the encore wasn't included. Normally, that wouldn't have mattered much, except it so happens this encore was the one time all the members of Faces reunited on stage! The Faces were Stewart's main band in the first half of the 1970s, but they broke up for good in 1975. The encore to this show was really the only time all the members of the Faces reunited. This was mainly due to the increasing health problems of band member Ronnie Lane. Already by this time, his multiple sclerosis condition was so poor that he had to be in a wheelchair for the encore here. Although Lane sang, he could no longer play bass guitar, so Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones played bass for him.
It is known the Faces performed four songs for the encore: "(I Know) I'm Losing You," "Twistin' the Night Away," "Stay with Me," and "We'll Meet Again." I'm guessing the BBC didn't broadcast this due to some legal issue. Perhaps one or more of the other Faces were signed to a different record company, and wouldn't give permission? Anyway, I can't even find an audience bootleg of the encore. If anyone has something like that, please let me know so I can add it in.
The Faces, minus Lane, reunited again to play a few songs for the Brit Awards in 1993. After that, there were some partial reunions, including a tour in 2010 and 2011 that didn't include Stewart. Keyboardist Ian McLagan died in 2014, so occasional reunions since then have been that much more incomplete.
The lead vocals were rather low in the mix for this concert, so I fixed that for all the songs using the UVR5 audio editing program.
This album is an hour and 30 minutes long.
01 Hot Legs (Rod Stewart)
02 Tonight's the Night [Gonna Be Alright] (Rod Stewart)
03 talk (Rod Stewart)
04 Passion (Rod Stewart)
05 talk (Rod Stewart)
06 Some Guys Have All the Luck (Rod Stewart)
07 talk (Rod Stewart)
08 Tonight I'm Yours [Don't Hurt Me] (Rod Stewart)
09 talk (Rod Stewart)
10 I Don't Want to Talk about It (Rod Stewart)
11 talk (Rod Stewart)
12 You're in My Heart [The Final Acclaim] (Rod Stewart)
13 Young Turks (Rod Stewart)
14 talk (Rod Stewart)
15 Infatuation (Rod Stewart)
16 [Sittin' On] The Dock of the Bay (Rod Stewart)
17 talk (Rod Stewart)
18 Every Beat of My Heart (Rod Stewart)
19 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy (Rod Stewart)
20 talk (Rod Stewart)
21 You Wear It Well (Rod Stewart)
22 Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
23 talk (Rod Stewart)
24 Baby Jane (Rod Stewart)
25 Sailing (Rod Stewart)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/82V4nDcg
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https://bestfile.io/en/HRZie9HbZS2HA9K/file
The cover photo is of Stewart performing at Wembley Stadium in July 1986, but it's from July 15th instead of July 6th.
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