Faces – Had Me A Real Good Time

As I’ve already documented, I’m a huge fan of the Faces, and absolutely the only thing wrong with them is that they made so few records. Official studio albums – there are but four. (A chunk of the early Rod Stewart solo works could be considered Faces records, there’s so much contribution from the rest of the band.) There is only one official album documenting this group’s incredible live presence, Coast to Coast. I have a number of digital bootlegs of other live performances that demonstrate their amazing power, but none of those have had official releases that I’m aware of. So I was thrilled when this release was announced, and thrilled to hear how it sounded.

It’s not typical of me to wait in line for anything, but the November Record Store Day in 2023 found me standing in line at Forever Changes hoping to snag this release, and I did get lucky. If I had a complaint about this record, it’s that there wasn’t enough of it. I had to wait for the next RSD for that.