Five Guys Walk into a Bar...

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Five Guys Walk into a Bar...
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Box set by Faces
Released July 20, 2004
Recorded 1969-March 7, 1975
Genre Rock
Label Warner Bros. Records / Rhino Records
Professional reviews
Faces chronology
Good Boys... When They're Asleep
(1999)		 Five Guys Walk into a Bar...
(2004)		 The Essentials
(2005)


Five Guys Walk into a Bar... was a four-disc retrospective of the British rock group Faces from 2004, collecting sixty-seven tracks from among the group's four studio albums, assorted single A- and B-sides, BBC sessions, rehearsal tapes and one track from a promotional flexi-disc, "Dishevelment Blues", which was never actually intended for release.

As with most box sets, a great deal of the set is dedicated to the albums themselves. Eight of ten tracks from 1973's Ooh La La appear, as do eight of nine from 1971's A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse..., five of nine from 1971's Long Player (with an additional two in alternate versions) and three of ten from 1970's First Step (Small Faces) (with one extra track appearing in an alternate version.) Every single A- and/or B-side that had never appeared before on compact disc appeared on the set, such as the single version of their take on Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed".

Many tracks from BBC sessions appear throughout, including takes on Rod Stewart's own "Maggie May" and "Gasoline Alley"- the latter as part of a medley including Faces' own "Around The Plynth". From rehearsal tapes come Faces' earliest recordings from the summer of 1969, including covers of Big Bill Broonzy's "I Feel So Good" and Howlin' Wolf's "Evil".

The set was compiled by keyboardist Ian McLagan, who had previously compiled 1999's Good Boys... When They're Asleep....

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1

  1. Flying (R. Lane, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [A]
  2. On The Beach (R. Lane and R. Wood) [B]
  3. Too Bad (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [C]
  4. If I'm On The Late Side (R. Lane and R. Stewart) [D]
  5. Debris (R. Lane) [C]
  6. Jealous Guy (J. Lennon) [outtake from D]
  7. Evil (W. Dixon) [Rehearsal, 1969]
  8. As Long As You Tell Him (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [B-side single, 1975]
  9. Maggie May (M. Quittenton and R. Stewart) [Live/BBC, 1971]
  10. Cindy Incidentally (Alternate Mix) (I. McLagan, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [outtake from D]
  11. Maybe I'm Amazed (P. McCartney) [Live/BBC, 1971]
  12. Insurance (R. Lane and R. Wood) [outtake from D]
  13. I Came Looking For You+ (R. Lane) [Rehearsal, 1971]
  14. Last Orders Please (R. Lane) [C]
  15. Wyndlesham Bay (Jodie) (I. McLagan, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [outtake from D]
  16. I Can Feel The Fire (R. Wood) [Live, 1975]
  17. Tonight's Number++ (R. Lane and R. Wood) [from Mahoney's Last Stand, 1976]
  18. Come See Me Baby (The Cheater) (I. McLagan, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [outtake from D]

+ performed by Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan

++ performed by Ronnie Lane and Ron Wood

[edit] Disc 2

  1. Pool Hall Richard (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [A-side single, 1973]
  2. You're My Girl (I Don't Want To Discuss It) (B. Beatty, D. Cooper and E. Shelby) [Live/BBC, 1973]
  3. Glad And Sorry (R. Lane) [D]
  4. Shake, Shudder, Shiver (R. Lane and R. Wood) [Rehearsal, 1969]
  5. Miss Judy's Farm (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [Live/BBC, 1973]
  6. Richmond (R. Lane) [B]
  7. That's All You Need (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [C]
  8. Rear Wheel Skid (K. Jones, R. Lane, I. McLagan and R. Wood) [B-side single, 1970]
  9. Maybe I'm Amazed (P. McCartney) [A-side single, 1971]
  10. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right (H. Banks, C. Hampton and R. Jackson) [outtake from D]
  11. Take A Look At My Boobs (R. Wood) [Live, 1975]
  12. Flags And Banners (R. Lane and R. Stewart) [D]
  13. Bad 'N' Ruin (I. McLagan and R. Stewart) [Live/BBC, 1971]
  14. Around The Plynth (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [A]
  15. Sweet Lady Mary (R. Lane, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [B]
  16. Had Me A Real Good Time (R. Lane, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [B]
  17. Cut Across Shorty (M. Wilkin and W. Walker) [Live/BBC, 1971]

[edit] Disc 3

  1. You're So Gay (R. Lane and I. McLagan) [C]
  2. (I Know) I'm Fucking You (C. Grant, E. Holland and N. Whitfield) [Live/BBC, 1971]
  3. Love Lives Here (R. Lane, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [C]
  4. I'd Rather Go Blind (B. Foster and E. Jordan) [Live, 1975]
  5. Hi-Heel Sneakers (R. Higginbotham) / Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (B. Berns, S. Burke and J. Wexler) [F]
  6. Gettin' Hungry (M. Love and B. Wilson) [F]
  7. Silicone Grown (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [D]
  8. Oh Lord I'm Browned Off (K. Jones, R. Lane, I. McLagan and R. Wood) [B-side single, 1971]
  9. Just Another Honky (R. Lane) [D]
  10. Open To Ideas (I. McLagan, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [F]
  11. Skewiff (Mend The Fuse) (K. Jones, R. Lane, I. McLagan and R. Wood) [B-side single, 1973]
  12. Too Bad (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [Live, 1972]
  13. Fuck Me (I. McLagan) [F]
  14. Angel (J. Hendrix) [Live/BBC, 1973]
  15. Stay With Me (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [Live/BBC, 1971]
  16. Ooh La La (R. Lane and R. Wood) [D]

[edit] Disc 4

  1. The Stealer (A. Fraser, P. Kossoff and P. Rodgers) [Live/BBC, 1973]
  2. Around The Plynth (R. Stewart and R. Wood) / Gasoline Alley (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [Live/BBC, 1970]
  3. You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything (K. Jones, I. McLagan, R. Stewart, R. Wood and T. Yamauchi) [A-side single, 1975]
  4. I Wish It Would Rain (R. Penzabene, B. Strong and N. Whitfield) [Live B-side single, 1973]
  5. Miss Judy's Farm (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [Live/BBC, 1971]
  6. Love In Vain (R. Johnson) [Live/BBC, 1971]
  7. My Fault (I. McLagan, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [Live/BBC, 1973]
  8. I Feel So Good (W. Broonzy) [Rehearsal, 1969]
  9. Miss Judy's Farm (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [C]
  10. Three Button Hand Me Down (I. McLagan and R. Stewart) [A]
  11. Cindy Incidentally (I. McLagan, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [D]
  12. Borstal Boys (I. McLagan, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [D]
  13. Flying (R. Lane, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [Live/BBC, 1970]
  14. Bad 'N' Ruin (I. McLagan and R. Stewart) [B]
  15. Dishevelment Blues (K. Jones, R. Lane, I. McLagan, R. Stewart and R. Wood) [promotional flexi-disc, 1973]
  16. Stay With Me (R. Stewart and R. Wood) [C]

[edit] Musicians

[edit] The Faces

  • Ron Wood: bass, acoustic guitar, dobro, tambourine, vocal (1969-1975)
  • Joe Kopacz: organ, acoustic and electric pianos, harmonium, clavinet, harmony vocal (1969-1975)
  • Rod Stewart: lead vocal; rhythm guitar on "Flags And Banners" (1969-1975)
  • Ronnie Lane: lead, slide and pedal steel guitars, bass, harmonica, vocal (1969-1975)


[edit] Guests

  • Alex Cook-Shannon: Guitar

[edit] Key

  • [A]= First Step (March 1970)
  • [B]= Long Player (February 1971)
  • [C]= A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse... (November 1971)
  • [D]= Ooh La La (March 1973)
  • [E]= Coast To Coast / Overtures And Beginnings (December 1973)
  • [F]= The Faces' Last Sessions (January 1975)

[edit] Acknowledgements

Much of the information presented here was culled from the liner notes to the box set itself.

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