Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners

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Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners

Live album by The Faces
Released	1974
Recorded	October 1973
Genre	Rock
Length	49:48
Label	Mercury
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The Faces chronology
Ooh La La (1973)	Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners	Snakes And Ladders / The Best of Faces (1976)

Coast To Coast: Overtures and Beginnings was a December 1973 live effort by the British group The Faces, recorded with Tetsu Yamauchi on bass, replacing departed member Ronnie Lane, who had left soon after the release of Ooh La La, fed up at The Faces increasingly being presented as Rod Stewart's backing group.

The album presents only three tracks from the previous albums by The Faces, while presenting six from Stewart's solo releases. The two tracks that had seen the light of day on neither were covers of "I Wish It Would Rain", first made famous by The Temptations and "Jealous Guy", first made famous by John Lennon.

Long out of print in The United States, it is only currently available as an import from Japan. Many agree that the album could have been much better. The Faces would disband within a year and a half of the album's release.

[edit] Track listing

"It's All Over Now" (B. Womack-S. Womack)
"Cut Across Shorty" (W. Walker-M. Wilkin)
"Too Bad" (R. Stewart-R. Wood) / "Every Picture Tells A Story" (R. Stewart-R. Wood)
"Angel" (J. Hendrix)
"Stay With Me" (R. Stewart-R. Wood)
"I Wish It Would Rain" (R. Penzabene-B. Strong-N. Whitfield)
"I'd Rather Go Blind" (B. Foster-E. Jordan)
"Borstal Boys" (I. McLagan-R. Stewart-R. Wood) / "Amazing Grace" (Traditional, arr. D. Throat)
"Jealous Guy" (J. Lennon)