The Faces 1970 12 07 The Marquee Club, London, UK

The Faces
The Marquee Club
London, England
December 7, 1970
Devotion 0:25
You’re My Girl 6:20
Flying 11:35
Too Much Woman 15:30
Maybe I’m Amazed 20:00
Going Home 24:05

[@labangs65]

The warmth of Rod Stewart's voice, the soulfulness of Mac's keyboard. Rawness of Woody's guitar, and the excellent rhythm section of Lane and Jones. What's not to love? Definitely one of my favorite bands!

[@FrazerJones71]

Those complaining about the poor camera work and the slightly shambolic performance must have never ever gone to a Faces gig. Those of us seeing the Faces back in the 70's never expected note perfect performances, or high levels of professionalism, seeing the Faces was like going down the pub with your mates, things could often get out of hand and silly but you always had a good time,

[@hammer44head]

You're talking to people who have no clue what technology was like before they were born and dont want to know. They think everything was smartphone and digital quality, they got no idea what a bootleg record was like or a VHS after about 10 views was like if it even still worked at all. Screw em let em whine.

[@thomashermann2785]

Live Faces were always a rock and roll treat

[@Lasher500]

Too right. The Faces were gloriously sloppy and I loved it.

[@glennsmith1353]

Faces live was a privilege, good bad or indifferent! Out of this world , seat of the pants good time band the likes we will never see again

[@davecrowson448]

This is probably the best Faces footage I’ve ever seen! At least in the quality of the footage and sound. But they sound great here, if you ask me

[@TheHeeksy]

So grateful that this exists

[@paulhoughton5164]

I forgot just how good rods voice was back in the early 70’s. He was “the “ voice back then and the faces live were just amazing. Loose yes but full of soul and emotion. And Ronnie lane is such an under appreciated British talent . Quite the package

[@mikeshannon1452]

As good as he was, he never came close to being as good as his predecessor Steve Marriott

[@paulhoughton5164]

@@mikeshannon1452 Good point. Sadly over looked as a giant amongst rock vocalists

[@cravinbob]

"Ronnie lane is such an under appreciated British talent" ? you just under appreciated him. how many times do i have to see someones comment say this about a rocker?

[@glennsmith1353]

Stevie was just amazing but Rod was up there with him , both so soulful, the Faces were blessed with the two best rock vocalists in Uk history , not a completion , Marriott power unbelievable, Stewart soul sr one to none

[@glennsmith1353]

Should have said , this is not a competition, Marriott power second to none , Stewart soulfulness’s second to none

[@celioferreira1973]

This is wonderful. Fantastic. Today, like yesterday, The Faces was a supergroup.

[@bobbycollins6783]

Saw the Faces a lot of times. Whenever I could. It was always a party even when they started playing larger venues. For me one of the best bands live I've seen. "A nods as good as a wink to a blind horse" Great album. Rod was always destined to be a superstar. But Ronnie Lane was the heart & soul of the Faces.

[@maxheadroom7687]

yeah saw them in Brighton Top Rank very Early on and as you say Ronnie lane was the heart of the band..just loved their rawness and the way they connected with us all!

[@matt200matt]

Wonderful I'm bit bloody jealous, to be honest

[@renberg199]

Truly the meaning of PRICELESS ! A 53 year old Gem. Always loved Woody’s guitar sound with The Faces. So thankful that I have lived my 67 years to be a first hand witness to such amazing music. RIP Mac & Ronnie Lane. Thanks for posting this. You’re never to old to Rock & Roll ! 🎸☮️&💟

[@julenepegher6999]

Hear Hear, Sir, 65 here and so blessed I was able to witness this music also! Rock on.

[@carolconner9216]

Gasoline Alley! Can only imagine what it must have been like to be in the Marquee that night! Thx so much for this vintage jewel!

[@bgierat]

It’s live spontaneous music. Just enjoy it. This is how it used to be done! Pure authenticity.

[@FernandoMarques666]

The greatest r&b and rock'n'roll band ever seen on earth!! Lane , Woodsy, Mac, Kenny & the Sod!, The man who wasted his incomparable talent ... Faces is everything, forever!

[@cognoscenticycles4351]

Wow. The energy coming off that stage was unreal. The lads knew how to put on a show. So glad this footage survived.

[@scoonman]

And here we are 53 years later, and a couple of these guys are still selling out stadiums and arenas

[@davidholiday4494]

i used to love them so much...still do really...saw them in calif. in 1971..nice to see this earlier clip.

[@splinterlife1969]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@walterrichmond6251]

Saw the Faces at the Hollywood Palladium in 1972. If you went to concerts at the Palladium in the early ‘70s you know it was crowd up directly to the stage and you were 10 feet from the group. That’s how it was for me that night with The Faces. Indescribable show. Loud, raucous, great music. Been to many concerts, but that was the ultimate.

[@robblackwell1618]

Sure enjoyed this. I was 7 at the time. Historical footage.. Rod's vocals are just like none other..And great musicianship..

[@jiwbink]

IN THIS PERFORMANCE, ROD IS LESS THAN A MONTH FROM 26 YRS OLD AND SOME 54 YEARS LATER,STILL SINGING & PERFORMING. GRANTED THE PERFORMANCES THE SOUND ARE NOT LIKE THEY WERE,BUT WHO AMONG US ARE? ITS EASY TO SEE WHY HES LEGENDARY! NEVERMIND SOME ESTIMATED $300 M NET WORTH!! MAKES ME SAD FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT HEAR!

[@hamdurham7339]

Thank you!

[@julenepegher6999]

Absolutely fantastic 👏 love and miss those Faces!

[@dannybenair]

Early tours were so great!!

[@yes_head]

Very cool. Any Marquee live footage from back in the day is a piece of rock history. Thanks for the upload!

[@steviec67]

Dam those boys can rock , Ronnie Lane god bless ‘em is laying it down 🔥

[@Eitner100]

Glad I was growing up in those original days when singers could sing, musicians could play real instruments and performed naturally. The entire show had to do with Music!

[@metislamestiza3708]

what a find - thanks for posting this. i was born in the sixties, and my Mom had all of Rod's albums, she was crazy about him! his voice was so soulful and riveting in his youth. i never cared much for his 90's and 80's work, but his earliest stuff for me was my bread and butter.

[@georgemoore7231]

What an amazing performance. Sadly, this kind of organic musical performance is really missing from today’s music scene.

[@chriskroll4166]

There is a band out now The Struts . If you like this type of earthy music then check them out. 😁

[@aerotuc]

Everything is missing ,incl normal thought processes

[@btrevelyan]

Nah mate. It really isn’t. Seek and ye shall find.

[@erickjason9092]

Prepare yourself to be called clueless, a hater, and , worst of all,........a boomer.

[@Sweptundertherug]

Go find yourself a funky bar that play live bands....✌🍻

[@avantegarde365]

This is my desert island band , voice always reminds of my Aunt Maggie Mayer, who bought me my first Faces blues album . Recently Rod Stewart performed w/E Clapton, B Gibbons, and Trucks.

[@garethmillard7005]

This is a performance filmed at the Marquee in Wardour St (sadly no more) it then.moved for a year so to a site in Charing Cross Rd which is now a Wetherspoons pub

[@user-rk4zm3nb5f]

When Rod was a rocker.

[@kevinmetcalfe7126]

For a time an equal to Mick Jagger, or even better. Stones were taking off again in 1969 -1970 with Mick Taylor.

[@lifesforliving4929]

Was 16 in 1970, brilliant band, this brings back fantastic memories of the music and my finally being free to leave home and start to live my life - freedom! I've just read Ronnie Wood's biography ' Woody' in it he gives interesting insight into the Small Faces and Faces.

[@daskitten1]

These guys are clearly in love with one another, (I mean that in the purest sense of the word) & it really enhances their performance.

[@ramblerdave1339]

Finally, after all these years, get to see a live performance of Around the Plynth, again, although criminally abbreviated, leaving out much of Ron Wood's innovative slide work, especially the intro, and finale. That was always the high point of their live shows, back in the day, for me. Nothing matched the way the sound of his guitar, when going back and forth from speaker to speaker, and around the venue! ❤😊

[@sbaxsbax3810]

Around the Plynth is a tune I still love on wax and turntable. These guys all had, and still have decades of wonderful careers. Thanks a million for the up load.

[@01Keltics]

They were an amazing blues band. Ronnie's bass playing held it all together.

[@written12]

Yeah, but it was blues really tempered by R’n’B, a little gospel even.

[@hannchris2762]

What an amazing band the faces were

[@michaelsmith9226]

Incredible performance! I’ve always had so much respect for these guys! Thanks for posting

[@rosacarlino4113]

Amazing performance I love it!

[@chrisames2795]

What a groove That ts really beautiful things to see these artists explore and discover the infinite talent they could conjure as a group I can hear a little Steve Marriot in Rods rasp.

[@MsAhmebah2000]

Love seeing history of groups playing early gigs at Marquee Club

[@TheBelroyal]

Saw them at Warwick, they were awesome

[@martshankleman]

Oh the memories are flooding back. Caught them in Croydon pub around this time . They were a wonderful breath of fresh air. Their on stage camaraderie caught on film. Well done the camera crew!!

[@ephrimvael]

What an absolute gem!!🌠

[@CarlLv]

Great video

[@jessewolf7649]

Hung out with my boys and him for an hour at the Philly City Line Marriott in the summer of ‘72. Great Guy!

[@user-kd4tz5xo9b]

I love it..they were a great band!❤💯❤️

[@slnsuz]

My absolute favorite

[@Boiing008]

Loving this, thanks for sharing it 🎉❤

[@anthonyizzard5983]

Raw rock n roll luv it

[@terrykrall]

This is about 18 months into The Faces. Such great stuff! Brothers.

[@deneng0259]

RIP the grate Ronny Lane

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

Gawd, I loved this. Thank you George for sharing this amazing, historical footage. The Faces were brilliant, as were Humble Pie, and the mother band Small Faces.

[@thomashermann2785]

And the Jeff Beck Group

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

@@thomashermann2785 Yes, totally agree...

[@erwinroman4217]

What a voice.

[@laurettabratti6638]

What an amazing performance! So happy to have seen this. I never would have guessed the Marquee looked like this,.

[@bendavies2129]

Great capture of that era. Pint glasses included

[@rdyfhi]

Excellent...

[@analogemma]

I think this is my favorite show of theirs

[@user-mm4yt9qz6x]

Ace..!

[@VideoByPatrick]

Raw FACES ! Never seen this energy before !

[@BeatPoet67]

The drugs were good back in the day. Just saying!

[@darthcheney7447]

Holy shit. What a great sound.

[@horizonpathxx]

So awesome to see that first, and very unique, Zemaitis electric bass in action before it disappeared. It now sits under my friend’s bed as a forgotten piece of history that is barely known if not for rare videos like this. Thank you.

[@toddwestfall5457]

Thank you for posting this early, pre-Maggie Mae, show.

[@drj602]

Thankfully 😅.

[@chriswills9437]

For a short time the best RnR band in the world I reckon. Nice shirt Kenney! Thanks for posting this glorious piece of history.

[@chriswills9437]

@sydmccreath4554 Its very sad, allegedly when reunion shows contracts were being argued over in 2007-10, and before Ian died, they continually fell apart over a person wanting his 50% cut. The other 3 members were expected to share 50%. A bass player (for RonnieL) would be on wages. So we never got those Faces shows, but a few with Mick Hucknall and Glen Matlock. I had a ticket for a Hucknall show which was cancelled due to ´´logistics´´.

[@grahamsymes8762]

Yeah, in spite of being a nob of ye first order, a 'certain person was the best raspy voiced vocalist of the time. Many many tried and died.

[@user-df1ih5yz7q]

That Puts.the.rock.n.the.roll.baby

[@TooLooze]

Thank you!!

[@MrMjp58]

Amazing footage. A great line-up. I always worried for Rod’s vocal cords!

[@keijotoivonen3988]

Gooooöd!

[@frankryan782]

Rod is still a legend

[@TheLoneHoover]

Ronnie Lane's got some cracking back crowns . Fabulous footage .

[@tomcoryell]

Methinks Rod spent some time listening to Otis Redding!

[@davidconnor5136]

And Sam Cooke

[@davidglow3]

1970s everything so casual and ad hoc.. Fantastic

[@doggystaves]

Amazing band! Cheers for uploading this!

[@millyjames7891]

RIP Ronnie Lane

[@johnenglish929]

I saw him in a restaurant in Fulham one Sunday lunchtime by which time he was quite ill and could hardly walk unaided. Such a sad sight.

[@millyjames7891]

He used to live in my area (rural mid Wales) and there were events put on in the town hall for MS on his behalf. Cruel end. A couple I know, a guitarist/singer and a violinist respectively, played Annie at their wedding reception in tribute. Beautiful.@@johnenglish929

[@laurentlinglois6070]

Faces le meilleur des groupes BLUES.ROCK an 2023 avec des musiciens fantastiques

[@johndrx165]

Amazing! Rod is wasted, but perfect!

[@laurapearson3370]

How great they covered Maybe I'm Amazed after it had just been released by Macca

[@amoruzz]

👍👍

[@daskitten1]

Wow! Fabulous! I love when Ronnie Lane cops bassline from James Brown's "Licking Stick" @ 10:00 Keep on posting, thx!

[@geraldocesarrodrigues8285]

Essa apresentação é do ano 1.970. Roni Wood nem imaginava que 5 depois ele estaria como guitarrista dos Rolling Stones. Nem ele imaginava isso.

[@jaykay6387]

That boy can sing, no doubt.

[@user-zu6qt8em3x]

О Марки клуб сам Род Стюарт те времена вернулись к нам из 1970 года хотя бы вот на эти 27 минут благослави Боже

[@cynthiamarston2208]

He got overly commercialized. Rod was so special….then they did marketing.

[@popogast]

They played their asses off.

[@paulfrench4831]

Gem

[@patrickcrowther9195]

Rod Stewart was unbelievable back then. Only Paul Rodgers matched him.

[@mikeshannon1452]

Not even Steve Marriott?

[@vinceiddon4853]

A proper gem, love seeing a band with the freedom to party on stage. A little work on synching the audio to video would have made it even better.

[@us-Bahn]

Crazy voice nothing like it

[@Germinalx]

Imagine being hammered at work.

[@splinterlife1969]

Oh yes I imagine it every day lol

[@neworiginal9902]

When they were on it they were untouchable... Comparatively speaking this was, by and large, a night off...

[@dentonfabrics]

This is awesome! Rod, Ronny, and Woodsy is like 75% of a R&R Mt Rushmore. The playback is perfect.

[@teresapuppo1388]

Strepitosi Faces❤❤❤❤❤

[@tylerthompson1842]

These are the awkward traditional days where you still hear the audience calling out Small Faces numbers “Tin Soldier!” lol

[@timothygrayson]

A band with astronomical talent and the genesis of musical achievement that cannot be corrupted or lessened by trash talk from Sideway pimps.

[@djtdlaw]

They were tight enough to be this loose.

[@laurentlinglois6070]

Guitae RON super piano baterie tout est super

[@josejanini7504]

😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@peterbadore1338]

My favorite Faces album is their first, ironically entitled "Small Faces". Seeing a performance from this time is fantastic, in spite of the bad video synchronization. I'll take it nevertheless.

[@stevenmurphy9225]

Was their first album not called "first step" ?

[@01blaval]

”A Nod Is As Good As a Wink…to a Blind Horse” My fav…

[@peterbadore1338]

@@stevenmurphy9225 You're right - I should have written "mislabeled".

[@scrabble58]

@sydmccreath4554 Small Faces first album was called "Small Faces, released in 1966... Faces first album was called First Step and was released in 1970

[@Draefend]

@@scrabble58 The album cover of certain releases of First Step has "Small Faces" on it, this is where the confusion is coming from

[@jamesmoskal5482]

Ronnie Lanes silver fillings as well,makes me self conscious

[@user-bk7dw2gu3q]

🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@richardjones186]

This was back when Ronnie had a "sound", long before Jagger/Richards castrated him.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

"ROD THE MOD"

[@rs500gsoat]

The sound is awesome but the camera work is hilarious. I really don’t need to get intimate with Rod Stewart’s nose hairs.

[@drj602]

It’s always the same* *See: The Cream Farewell Concert”

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

Also with the lovely rare film of Small Faces live at the Marquee. Camera gets RIGHT in the face of Steve Marriott. Love the look on his face before he simply takes a step back away....

[@drj602]

@@cindyfalstrom7231 I think these film dudes took it on a more aggressive approach (“So you wanna get in my face huh??”) a strange phenomenon ! (And one that very completely sucked)

[@Self-Actualized_Healing]

Flying 11:35