''With Their New Face On'' is the fourth studio album by the

Spencer Davis Group The Spencer Davis Group were a British band formed in Birmingham in 1963 by Spencer Davis (guitar), brothers Steve Winwood (keyboards, guitar) and Muff Winwood (bass guitar), and Pete York (drums). Their best known songs include the UK numbe ...

, the first to be released after the departure of

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(to form the group

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), and his brother

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. The album was released in 1968 in both the UK and the U.S. on the

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label.

Background

The new lineup of the band included existing members Davis and drummer Pete York, plus Eddie Hardin on vocals and keyboards and singer/guitarist Phil Sawyer. Hardin had been part of a band called A Wild Uncertainty. Sawyer had played in

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and

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. The album did not sell as well as those from the Winwood era, failing to chart in the UK and America. However both singles from the album, "Time Seller" and "Mr. Second Class", charted on the UK charts at number 30 and number 35 respectively and were featured heavily on

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show. Sawyer would leave the band afterwards, replaced by

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. York would leave the band in 1969. The album reflected a shift in musical style, expanding the band's pop/R&B roots to include the popular psychedelia of the time, along with

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elements. "Don't Want You No More" would be covered by

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on their self-titled 1969 debut album. The song had been released first as b-side to the 1967 "Time Seller" single and re-recorded for this album.

Track listing

All tracks written by

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and

Eddie Hardin Eddie Hardin (19 February 1949 – 22 July 2015) was an English rock pianist and singer-songwriter. Born Edward Harding, he was best known for his associations with the Spencer Davis Group, Axis Point, and Hardin & York. Hardin, along with the ...

except where noted.

Side one

#"With His New Face On" - 3:20 #"Mr. Second Class" - 3:16 #"Alec in Transit Land" (Spencer Davis, Eddie Hardin, Kirk Duncan, Pete York) - 6:50 #"Sanity Inspector" - 3:04 #"Feel Your Way" - 2:59

Side two

"Morning Sun" (Davis, Hardin, Kirk Duncan, Nicky James) - 3:19 #"Moonshine" (Davis, Hardin, York) - 2:41 #"Don't Want You No More" - 3:16 #"Time Seller" - 2:53 #"Stop Me, I'm Falling" - 3:30

Personnel

Phil Sawyer Philip Sawyer (born 8 March 1947,Strong, Martin C. (2002) ''The Great Rock Discography'', Canongate, , p. 265 London) is an English musician who was a member of the Spencer Davis Group in the 1960s and later recorded under the alias Beautiful Wor ...

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lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

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(track 4) and co-lead vocals (track 9) *

– lead guitar, lead vocals (track 8) *

–

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, lead vocals (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9, 10) *

–

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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

* Charlie McCracken – bass, backing vocals *

Pete York Peter York (born 15 August 1942 in Redcar, Yorkshire, England) is a British rock drummer who has been performing since the 1960s. Biography Born in Redcar, he attended the Nottingham High School and learnt to play the trumpet and snare drum ...

–

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References

External links

* {{Authority control 1968 albums The Spencer Davis Group albums United Artists Records albums