A Nod Is As Good As a Wink...to a Blind Horse by The Faces 1971

So while I'm talking about the Small Faces why not mention the great band they turned into. The Faces featuring Rod Stewart. Of course, it was all wrapped up in the success of Rod Stewart and his Every PictureTells a Story / Maggie May double but there was also something more with The. Faces. You couldn't help but get involved in their good-time rock stance. The stories of bars on the side of the stage, the soccer balls kicked into the crowd. The videos of the band on Top of The Pops when they just looked like they were having a great time all the time.

I saw Rod at the Myer Music Bowl ( if only for the last 10 minutes-though I heard the whole thing) and when we got inside the gates it really was like entering a party. No, it wasn't the Faces but it was a joy to watch. But it felt like I was seeing the Faces.

For a while there it was the thing to when bands appeared at the Myer Music Bowl. Sit outside the fence for most of the set digging the sound and then as security abandoned their posts stream in to see the last few songs. ELO was another one like that.
The idea of the Faces is sometimes more than the actual output. I loved their records while not liking some of the things they did. It just feels good to have their records. Saying that is far and wide the best of their albums. Crammed with great songs.
On my second show ever when all we did is mime to songs, the opening song was Stay With Me from this album. Despite the successful debut a few months earlier of Flashco this one was terrible and what was fun once didn't need to be repeated. So we had to break up the band. And it wasn't even a band.