Faces’ Lost 1970 – 1973 BBC Sessions Discovered For New Box Set

Exciting news for Faces fans today as the highly influential but short-lived rock band announced Faces At The BBC — Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973, due out September 6 via Rhino. The once lost collection of recordings and film is previewed with previously unreleased audio of the classic “Stay With Me” along with the performance video.

Faces At The BBC was remastered with the full participation of surviving band members Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones. Further, the once thought lost collection, much of it previously unreleased, was unearthed from the Faces’ own archives and private collections (only one three-song BBC session remains missing).

Making the collection even more remarkable is that Faces almost never made it on to BBC programming, dismissed as not “serious” enough. Renowned late BBC 1 Radio disc jockey and journalist John Peel — who was one of the first DJs to spin psychedelic and prog-rock on British radio — thought otherwise.

“If it wasn’t for John Peel, the Faces would never have broken through,” Rod Stewart stated with Ronnie Wood adding, “He gave the Faces our first break.”

Faces At The BBC boasts live renditions of favorites such as “Bad ’n’ Ruin,” “Had Me A Real Good Time,” “Miss Judy’s Farm,” “Too Bad” and “Stay With Me” along with songs from Stewart’s solo catalog including “(I Know) I’m Losing You” and “Maggie May.”

The hardback set comes with a 48-page booklet with new notes from surviving band members and archival quotes from late members Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan along with John Peel. The booklet also includes previously unseen photos and more.

Preview Faces At The BBC with an April 1, 1972 performance of “Stay With Me” on the program Sounds For Saturday below:

Head here to preorder Faces At The BBC and check out the full trackilst.