Out Now – Faces’ Ooh La La (Rhino High Fidelity)
This week’s big news is the release of Faces’ Ooh La La (Rhino High Fidelity) featuring sleeve notes that are an interview that Rob Caiger conducted with Kenney Jones and Glyn Johns– As Faces fans will know that is quite an exclusive!
A unique pure analogue cut from the original Olympic Studio stereo master tapes by Kevin Gray. Pressed On 180-Gram Heavyweight Vinyl at Optimal. Heavyweight glossy gatefold “tip-on jacket. Features an exclusive, illustrated 4-panel insert featuring new interview with producer Glyn Johns and Faces‘ Kenney Jones.
Limited Numbered Edition Of 5,000
Exclusive To Rhino.com
Faces reached another creative high watermark with Ooh La La. Dropping March 1973 and produced by Glyn Johns at Olympic Studios in London, it would be the final proper album recorded by the powerhouse lineup of Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane, and Kenney Jones. After bowing at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, its influence has only grown over the years. The title track “Ooh La La” famously soundtracked the end of the Wes Anderson classic Rushmore, while “Glad and Sorry” appeared in Blow. Looking back on the record, American Songwriter raved, “To their credit, Faces rose to the occasion at just the right time with their strongest set of songs.”
The liner notes for Ooh La La boast a highly rare and utterly fascinating conversation between Glyn Johns and Kenney Jones, including commentary by reissue producer Rob Caiger. Their discussion spans everything from how Johns recorded the drummer with just “one overhead mic plus one on the side” to the incredible musical union at the heart of the group, as the producer proclaims, “The thing about the Faces was they were a band! There was no leader. They were all equal.” Most importantly, they paint the picture of “an incredibly good time had by all” during the creation of this LP.
To order your copy in the UK go to https://shop.thisisdig.com/gb/dig/ooh-la-la-high-fidelity-series-1lp/0603497820139.html
Germany https://shop.thisisdig.com/de/dig/ooh-la-la-high-fidelity-series-1lp/0603497820139.html
France https://shop.thisisdig.com/fr/dig/ooh-la-la-high-fidelity-series-1lp/0603497820139.html
Faces – Ooh La La
Side A
1. Silicone Grown
2. Cindy Incidentally
3. Flags and Banners
4. My Fault
5. Borstal Boys
Side B
1. Fly in the Ointment
2. If I’m on the Late Side
3. Glad and Sorry
4. Just Another Honky
5. Ooh La La
Uncut
Kenney, Mac and Ronnie are also featured in this months Uncut magazine out today
For Kenney Jones, reclaiming the Small Faces legacy has been a lengthy battle, doggedly pursuing unpaid royalties and restoring the management of this beloved group’s back catalogue. “I don’t think any band’s been treated worse than the Small Faces,” Jones’s former bandmate Ian McLagan ruefully told Uncut in 2014. Jones’s achievements, then, are nothing short of heroic – as this month’s cover story attests. Nominally a celebration of the posthumous – and now radically expanded – The Autumn Stone album, our cover story explores the band’s tumultuous 1968, discovering along the way tantalising new insights into the music they made in their final year together. “It’s amazing how many songs we did in such a short space of time,” says Jones. “ And how much we’ve touched people. Did I think it was going to last? It never entered my mind. But here we are, 60 years later, still talking about it.”
Print editions of this month’s issue also come with an exclusive Small Faces CD featuring a slew of rare mixes, alternate takes and live cuts. Everything a young mod could possibly ask for, in other words.
Family Time
This week started with a cute Mothers day message for Penny from Alastair
Later on Rod and Penny enjoyed a night out together at swanky private members club Oswald’s in London’s Mayfair.
Through the week Rod took the family on a trip to the South of France
And Renee has her own front cover as she featured on the front of the latest issue of New Zealand ‘s Fashion Quarterly Magazine
Rod on TV
Covers in the Piano Room at the BBC will air on BBC TWO on Saturday April 5th
A selection of stripped-back performances by artists who have appeared in the Radio 2 Piano Room. Highlights include Jessie Ware with her own version of Cher’s 1998 hit Believe, rap star Stormzy giving a tender rendition of Oleta Adams’ 1991 soul classic Get Here, Pink’s cover of Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O’Connor and Coldplay with the Proclaimers’ anthem Sunshine on Leith. Other artists include Ed Sheeran, Clean Bandit, Joy Crookes, James Blunt, Emeli Sandé, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, Belinda Carlisle, Sugababes, Raye, Suzanne Vega, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Bono and the Edge, Alison Moyet, Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, Kiefer Sutherland, Michael Bublé, Anastacia, and Jools Holland and Rod Stewart.
Covers in the Piano Room at the BBC airs on BBC Two HD at 10:40 PM, Saturday 5 April.
Ooh La La Fan Badges
Charlie still has a few Faces Ooh La La fan badges for the Faces fans among you, but they are going fast
Back in 1973 a promo badge for the Faces Ooh La La album launch was given away by Warners it was based on the cover of the album that was designed by Jim Ladwig, around a stylised photograph of “Gastone” a stage character of 1920s Italian comedian Ettore Petrolini.
These badges are very rare and rarely found anywhere
So Faces fan Charlie has replicated around 20 of these fan badges for himself and a few mates, He is offering the ones that are left to fellow Faces fans on a first come first served basis, If interested, the price is £15 plus postage, UK-1st class £2.60-2nd class £1.55 Europe £3.25 Rest of The World £4.20
PayPal payment only, and strictly limited to one per person..
If you would like one please pay direct to Charlie via Friends and family, NOTHING in comments box, so he gets no fees, leave the comments box blank or no transaction.
(Just Like) Buddy Holly
Ronnie Wood’s new art print is now ready to pre order
Featuring the hugely influential Rock n’ Roll pioneer Buddy Holly the print will be released on 4th April, 2025 and profits from the sale of this print edition will benefit The Teenage Cancer Trust
Each print is hand signed by Ronnie Wood and is numbered out of a limited edition of 295 prints
What’s On
Any fans in the Chester area can catch the brilliant Blind Horse in May
Reimagining the music of The Small Faces, Faces, Ronnie Lane and early Rod Stewart
Drawing inspiration from the feel and groove of the 1960s and 70s Blind Horse has managed to recreate the best in British rock and pop music; that of The Small Faces, Faces, Ronnie and Rod!
Come with us to revisit the sounds and mood of Mod culture, the irreverence and hedonism of 70s musical performance and the whimsy and warmth of Ronnie Lane’s unique brand of folk rock.
Get your tickets now
https://alexanderslive.seetickets.com/…/alexand…/3193227
Fan Voting
Vote for Rod Stewart’s former saxophonist Katja Rieckermann! By Martin Heidt
Rod fans all over the world, now it’s your turn! A major competition is currently underway in the USA for musicians who can win a performance at the legendary Wango Tango Festival on 10 May at Huntington City Beach. Among the musicians who have applied to perform this year is Katja Rieckermann, who played saxophone in Rod Stewart’s band from 2001 to 2015.
The Wango Tango Festival, which offers audiences a mix of many different musical genres, is always held on a single day in May or June each year and is organised by Los Angeles radio station KIIS FM. The venues vary, and the festival has already been held at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles or the Staples Centre.
The birth of Wango Tango was on 13 June 1998 at the Edison International Field of Anaheim, where Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Will Smith, Tom Jones and Olivia Newton-John, among others, performed on stage.
The list of artists over the years reads like a who’s who of the music scene: Britney Spears, Aerosmith, Bee Gees, Pink, Celine Dion, Kiss, Sting, Jennifer Lopze, Shakira, Taylor Swift – they have all performed at Wango Tango, some of them several times.
This year’s artist line-up includes Gwen Stefani, David Guetta and Meghan Trainor. The winners of the fan voting will perform in the festival’s opening programme on the Main Stage and really get the audience going before the big stars take to the stage.
So, vote as often as you can and enable Katja to be part of this big event in May. Voting runs until 6 April. Click on the button below to go directly to the voting.
Link to vote: https://thenextmusicstar.com/the-next-music-star-2025/competitor/katja-rieckermann-band?fbclid=IwY2xjawJV2lBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeTK6hC-Px_6V5Kz5puSMZIz9AoRAXw3S0tePLqyNa5ijB2269VORuIJng_aem_-xOV_Co3KKI0eWW-V0m2Sw
And finally…
Rod and John Lydon are the victims of the latest sketch by Comedy Impressionist Stevie Riks
Stevie’s impressions have a big following and he has impersonated Rod before in one of his popular Gary Barlow sketches he is a musician in his own right and was a member of The Rockin Berries (1995 – 2000) – He has also had a No11 song on the Charts – and won New Faces in 1988
Maybe don’t watch if you are easily offended and look at this brilliant shot of Rod by Sherry Rebecca Parton instead, although we are sure Rod will see the funny side…John maybe not!
And unless I’m on the Late Side, I will see you next week..