Rod Stewart - The Studio Albums 1975-2001 (14 CD, 2013/FLAC)

 

The Faces discography [1970-1975] (FLAC)

 When Steve Marriott left the Small Faces in 1969, the three remaining members brought in guitarist Ron Wood and lead singer Rod Stewart to complete the lineup and changed their name to the Faces, which was only appropriate since the group now only slightly resembled the mod-pop group of the past. Instead, the Faces were a rough, sloppy rock & roll band, able to pound out a rocker like "Had Me a Real Good Time," a blues ballad like "Tell Everyone," or a folk number like "Richmond" all in one album. Stewart, already becoming a star in his own right, let himself go wild with the Faces, tearing through covers and originals with abandon. While his voice didn't have the power of Stewart, bassist Ronnie Lane's songs were equally as impressive and eclectic. Wood's rhythm guitar had a warm, fat tone that was as influential and driving as Keith Richards' style.

Notorious for their hard-partying, boozy tours and ragged concerts, the Faces lived the rock & roll lifestyle to the extreme. When Stewart's solo career became more successful than the Faces, the band slowly became subservient to his personality; after their final studio album, Ooh La La, in 1973, Lane left the band. After a tour in 1974, the band called it quits. Wood joined the Rolling Stones, drummer Kenny Jones eventually became part of the Who, and keyboardist Ian McLagan became a sought-after supporting musician; Stewart became a superstar, although he never matched the simple charm of the Faces.

While they were together, the Faces never sold that many records and were never considered as important as the Stones, yet their music has proven extremely influential over the years. Many punk rockers in the late '70s learned how to play their instruments by listening to Faces records; in the '80s and '90s, guitar rock bands from the Replacements to the Black Crowes took their cue from the Faces as much as the Stones. Their reckless, loose, and joyous spirit stayed alive in much of the best rock & roll of the subsequent decades.

Lane was diganosed with multiple sclerosis in the 1970s but continued to work. He relocated to Austin, Texas in the 1980s and worked until the disease claimed his life in 1997.

MacLagan also relocated to Austin, where he became an integral part of the city's vibrant music scene. In addition to leading his own group, the Bump Band, he collaborated with musicians--well known and obscure--in recording sessions and on the stage. He suffered a stroke on December 2, 2014, and passed away a day later.

1970. Faces - The First Step (1993)

1971. Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse (1993)

1971. Faces - Long Player (1993)

1973. Faces - Ooh La La (1993)

1975. Faces - Snakes And Ladders. The Best Of Faces (1990)

2004. Faces - Five Guys Walk Into A Bar (4 CD)

2015. Faces - 1970-1975 You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything (5 CD)

Superstars in Concert (Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones and more) [1973, DVDRIP video]

 

Throughout ten years, the documentary Peter Clifton registered perfomances of some of the greatest names of world pop rock. From 1964 to 1973, lots groups went to London, such as The Rolling Stones, Animals, Cream, Blind Faith, Pink Floyd and Faces, and some of the greatest soloists like Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding; also poets of their times like Cat Stevens and Donovan, and others that would be even more famous like Joe Cocker and Tina Turner. You have all this and lot more, in this historical DVD, a document that will be essential for the lovers of pure rock.

Rod Stewart - Storyteller - The Complete Anthology: 1964-1990 [4 CD, 2009/FLAC]

 

Storyteller - The Complete Anthology: 1964-1990, is a 4-disc compilation by Rod Stewart . Five of the tracks had never before been released.

Storyteller spans the whole of Rod’s career beginning with the 1964 release of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" and ending with "Downtown Train", a new song for 1989. It was designed for release in the US and contains four discs each covering a different period somewhat chronologically. Disc One spans 1964–1971 and includes " Can I Get a Witness?" recorded while Rod was with Steampacket and which had never before been released. Disc Two spans 1971–1976. Disc Three spans 1975–1981 and includes "To Love Somebody" featuring Booker T. & the M.G.'s. In the liner notes Rod recalls that this version was recorded shortly before Al Jackson, Jr. was killed. Disc Four spans 1981–1989 and includes never before released versions of "I Don't Want to Talk About It" and "This Old Heart of Mine". Originally released in an LP-sized box package, it was re-released on 17 November 2009 in a more compact boxed configuration.

 

Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe -The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings [3 CD, 2002/FLAC]

 

Anyone who thinks Rod Stewart is a disco/AOR singer should listen to this. The music on this boxset is raw and honest rock with a country-rock/folkrock feel.  The remastering is very well done and this really is the complete Rod Stewart Mercury Anthology which covers the periode 1969-1974.

 

 


 

Cactus/The New Cactus Band discography [1970-1973/FLAC]

 

Cactus is an American hard rock supergroup, formed in 1970.

Cactus was initially conceived as early as late 1969 by the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice with guitarist Jeff Beck and singer Rod Stewart (also from the already dissolved Jeff Beck Group). However, Beck had an automobile accident and was out of the music scene for over a year and Stewart joined Ronnie Wood in Faces.

Early 1970 Appice and Bogert brought in blues guitarist Jim McCarty from Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels and The Buddy Miles Express, and singer Rusty Day (born Russell Edward Davidson) from Amboy Dukes.
This line-up managed three albums (Cactus, One Way...Or Another and Restrictions) before intraband troubles led to McCarty quitting at the end of 1971. Shortly afterwards Day was fired from the group. The fourth and last Cactus album ('Ot 'N' Sweaty) featured original rhythm section Bogert and Appice joined by Werner Fritzschings on guitar, Duane Hitchings on keyboards and Peter French (ex-Leaf Hound and Atomic Rooster) on vocals.

VA - The Many Faces Of Rod Stewart (3 CD, 2017/FLAC)

 2017 triple CD collection celebrating the music of Sir Rod Stewart, one of rock's most distinctive vocalists. Disc One focuses on Rod's early pre-fame career and includes studio recordings and demos. Disc Two features original versions of songs that inspired Rod, many of which he later covered. Disc Three includes covers of some of Rod's biggest hits by modern Rock artists like Steve Overland (FM), Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann's Earth Band), Paul Di'Anno (Iron Maiden) and others.