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Faces: Early Steps
by Doug Collette
Released somewhat under the radar in the fall of 2025, Early Steps is the missing link in the chain of archiving projects within the vault of the now-defunct British band Faces. Its content discovered by late band member Ian McLagan while researching the essential box set Five Guys Walk Into A Bar (Rhino, 2004), this compendium joins the anthology Stay With Me (Rhino, 2012), the collection of full-length albums (plus a disc of outtakes, rarities, ...
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by Doug Collette
Something of a miniature cross between the 4CD hardbound set, Five Guys Walk Into a Bar (Rhino, 2004) and the five-disc box You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (1970-1975) (Rhino, 2015), this double disc package contains official album recordings, (in recently remastered form), singles and live cuts that, combined with a passionate, insightful essay by David Fricke, accurately reaffirms the infectious impact of a band that, while they were together, seemed alternately a sidebar and a full-fledged chapter ...
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