Rod Stewart and The Faces
In concert 1970
Mostly stereo MX recordings and high quality audience recordings

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CD 1

01 You're My Girl
02 I Want To Be Loved
03 Maybe I'm Amazed
04 Country Comforts
05 Flying
06 Cut Across Shorty
07 Plynth/An Old Raincoat/Gasoline Alley/Plynth
08 It's All Over Now
09 Feel So Good

Tracks 1-9 from Miami 2nd November 1970

10 Devotion - Boston 26-28 March 1970
11 Pineapple and Monkey - San Francisco 7-10 May 1970
12 Honky Tonk Women - Santa Monica 30Oct70
13 Love in Vain - Santa Monica 30Oct70


CD 2

01 Three Button Hand Me Down
02 Wicked Messenger
03 Devotion
04 Maybe I'm Amazed
05 Flying
06 Feels So Good
07 Around The Plynth
08 Blues Deluxe

Tracks 1-8 from San Francisco 9 May 1970

09 Shake Shudder Shiver - Boston 26-28 March 1970
10 Evil - Boston 26-28 March 1970
11 Nobody Knows - Boston 26-28 March 1970
12 Had Me a Real Good Time - Santa Monica 30Oct70
13 Low Down and Dirty - Santa Monica 30Oct70


May aim here was to collect the best quality performances from the 1970 shows by The Faces.

Sound quality was important, as while there are some great audience recordings from this time,
the mixing desk recordings and high quality audience recordings (for example San Francisco
9 May 1970) I've worked with here put those mostly firmly in the shade.

For those who need to know the details I have described the work I carried out: both Miami and Boston
1970 had Rod's voice firmly in the right channel, and through trial and error I found a way to correct
that convincingly (have a listen to the sample of the end results).

The live Faces material I have heard in the last few days has astounded me so much, I can't help but
join the chorus of calls for Rod to perform with them again...if you know Rod, or know someone who does,
for all the difference it could make please try to see he gets to read this, my thoughts on the matter :

A plea to Rod

When you joined The Small Faces
you stepped into some large shoes
you filled them well, very well
and made the band even bigger news

I have enjoyed your musical
contributions throughout your career
I'm not sure what holds you back
from re-uniting, could be pride, could be fear?

To join the band once more,
the band that helped make your name
would be a worthy and honourable move -
not one of shame.

To strut once more
and play damn loud
Would do you, the band
and the world proud.

Think about it Rod, please consider
rocking with the boys one more time
I know, and they know you could do it
sing your heart out and enthrall just like in your prime.

When playing with The Faces, you were part
of one of the finest bands to grace the stage
Performing with them to an excited crowd
you'd put to shame guys half, hell, a third of your age!

I really hope that you'll treat us all
by doing the right thing
You can show the young ones how it's done
Come on Rod, let's hear you and The Faces sing!



Miami 1970 process

- 9 db due to overloading.

Duplicated channels, cutting second right channel in place of left channel, to
re-apportion vocal to centre - crude, but it worked.
The grind of the guitars and the bass that was lost a little was amply made up
for the greater clarity and far more sensible placement of the vocal...I write as
someone who actually *likes* the early Beatles stereo mixes as opposed to the mono mixes.
However the vocal in this mix and the Boston recording was not only in the right channel
but 'to the right of the right channel' and just made such an odd listening experience
that doing this made a lot of sense to me.

Slight bass reduction to 'de-clutter' the overloaded sound carried out (high pass filter 45)

Slight treble reduction to mask clipping effects (low pass filter 8250)

Balance shifted to right a little due to instrumental dominance of left channel


San Francisco 9 May 1970 process

sound de-cluttered slightly (high pass filter 55)
Devotion onwards -2db, minus

Boston 1970 process

Duplicated channels, cutting second right channel in place of left channel, to
re-apportion vocal to centre - crude, but it worked.

Left channel excessive treble reduced (low pass filter 6000)
Bass (+5) + further treble reduction both channels (low pass filter 6484) for tr 2 onwards
due to fluctuating levels
Then further left channel reduction (low pass filter 5000) througout


'Widening' process used on the Santa Monica 30th October tracks +
Pineapple and Monkey from San Francisco 7-10 May 1970

The process I use in Audacity to widen the sound usually consists of the following -

-9db decrease (as the mixing and combining needs space)
double up the tracks, add .01 sec delay to one of the channels, split channels and mix either side (balance achieved through trial and error)
Combine above doubled up track with untouched track with the latter at a higher level. The above mixing while giving a nice widening effect I am more than aware can sometimes sound artificial to some, and I have found combining it with the untouched file means a balance is achieved between the raw sound of the original and the mixed version. In this case I then put the resulting files through mda_image at 90% width. I did do a couple of different versions before track splitting as this was the best of the three I reviewed.
Studios used - and I'm sure still do - used to resort to all sorts of double tracking and compression effects and the bottom line is this method I found by trial and error sounds good to me and others. Those who do not approve or find it does not sound good to them - no-one is forcing you to download this.
Voila...I listen to live recordings in headphones for the most part, and many people listen in headphones / earphones these days.
This may sound better to many like that, and I am aware that through conventional speakers this sort of mix / re-work may or may not sound as good as an untouched version. It's very subjective, and very much down to individual preference.
Where I don't provide samples the downloader who is unsure about this can simply pick one or two tracks to ascertain how good this is, just as I do.



I am keen to hear more Faces live / session material...seems there is enough for a whole box set of BBC
material! :)

See the list below of the sessions I saw listed on the Steve Hoffman site.

Broadcast March 15 1970, Dave Lee Travis Sunday show, broadcast 10 am-noon, recorded March 10 1970 at Camden Theatre, London

Three Button Hand Me Down
Flying
Wicked Messenger

Broadcast 28 March 1970, Top Gear, Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland

Wicked Messenger
Devotion
Pineapple and the Monkey
Shake Shudder Shiver

* Broadcast 1 September 1970, Mike Harding Show, recorded August 27 1970 at Aeolian Hall, Studio 2

All Over Now
Three Button
Around The Plynth

Broadcast 19 September 1970, Top Gear, recorded 15 September 1970 at Paris Theatre

Had Me A Real Good Time
Around The Plynth
Country Comforts

Broadcast 5 May 1971, Bob Harris Sounds of the Seventies, recorded 20 April 71 at Paris Theatre

Had Me A Real Good Time
Love In Vain
Browned Off
Maybe I�m Amazed

* John Peel show 6 October 1971, recorded September 28 1971 at Maida Vale Studio 4

Stay With Me
Miss Judy�s Farm
Maggie May

Also this download I've seen on a blog -

The Faces - 1972 - Radio 1 Sessions
(FM broacast FLAC)

Rebroadcast on Alan (Fluff) Freeman's Saturday Rock Show

Lineage:
Radio 1 FM>Marantz ST320L Tuner>Aiwa or Teac cassette rec>cassette masters>Wave capture, track markers & burned to cdr using Magix audio cleaner>Accuraterip to flac level 8.

Live 1972
01 - That's All You Need/Honky Tonk Woman/Gasoline Alley/That's All You Need
02 - (I Know I'm) Losing You
03 - Stay With Me
04 - Had Me A Real Good Time/Every Picture Tells A Story

Alan Freeman with song titles Studio Session:
05 - 3 Button Hand Me Down
06 - Wicked Messenger
07 - Had Me A Real Good Time
08 - Maybe I'm Amazed
09 - Cindy Incidentally
10 - My Fault
11 - Borstal Boys
12 - Browned Off
13 - Love In Vain
Alan Freeman with song titles