''Long Player'' is the second album by the British rock group

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, released in February 1971. Among the highlights are a live cover version of

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", the ballads "Richmond" and "Sweet Lady Mary", the party tune "Had Me a Real Good Time", and uptempo saloon bar rocker "Bad 'n' Ruin". Two tracks, "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "I Feel So Good", were recorded live at the

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, New York on 10 November 1970.

Background

A unique early mix of "Had Me a Real Good Time" appeared as a single ahead of the LP in November 1970, backed with the non-album instrumental "Rear Wheel Skid". While the latter track was eventually compiled to CD with the release of the '' Five Guys Walk into a Bar...'' box set of 2004, the different early mix of the A-side remains confined to the single and early vinyl editions of ''

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" also appeared as the A-side of a standalone single release in the USA just ahead of the album itself. This track and it's non-LP instrumental B-side "Oh Lord, I'm Browned Off" were rarities among Faces collectors until they were both compiled on the ''Five Guys Walk into a Bar...'' box set. Also recorded during this period was the band's cover of

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" which later appeared on lead singer Rod Stewart's solo album ''

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'' rather than on a Faces release. The band's performance on the track was acknowledged with a 'thank-you' from Stewart in the LP's liner notes. The track was then released as a single credited to Rod Stewart and the Faces, but only in the USA. This practice led to increased murmurings of discontent in some quarters that Stewart's management was keeping the best Faces studio performances for Stewart's solo projects, to the detriment of the band as a unit.

Legacy

On 28 August 2015, ''Long Player'' was reissued in a remastered and expanded form, including two previously unreleased outtakes, "Whole Lotta Woman" and "Sham-Mozzal" (the latter actually being an early instrumental prototype of "Had Me a Real Good Time"). Two more live tracks from the Fillmore East show were also included. The reissue used the U.S. cover artwork. It was also released at the same time in the above form as part of the complete recordings box set ''1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything''. The album's companion singles (aside from the unique mix of "Had Me a Real Good Time" as detailed above) were included in the box set on an exclusive CD of rarities.

Track listing

Side one #"Bad 'n' Ruin" (

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, Rod Stewart) - 5:30 #"Tell Everyone" (

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) - 4:22 #"Sweet Lady Mary" (Lane, Stewart,

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) - 5:40 #"Richmond" (Lane) - 3:05 (lead vocals: Ronnie Lane) #"

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) - 5:35 (co-lead vocals: Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane) Side two #"Had Me a Real Good Time" (Lane, Stewart, Wood) - 5:50 #"On the Beach" (Lane, Wood) - 4:15 (lead vocals: Ronnie Lane and Ron Wood) #"I Feel So Good" ive at Fillmore East, New York 11/10/70(

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) Note: Sweet Lady Mary incorrectly listed as 5:30 on record sleeve.

Charts

Personnel

Track numbering refers to CD and digital releases of the album. * Rod Stewart - lead vocals *

- bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocal racks 4 & 7, first verse/harmony on track 5*

- lead, slide, acoustic and pedal steel guitars, backing vocals, co-lead vocal rack 7*

- piano, organ and keyboards, backing vocals *

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- drums and percussion *

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- tenor saxophone on "Had Me a Real Good Time" *

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- trumpet on "Had Me a Real Good Time" *

- production

Other information

Track numbering refers to CD and digital releases of the album. *Tracks 1 and 2 recorded with the

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. Engineered by

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. *Tracks 3, 4, 6 and 9 recorded at Morgan Sound Studios, London. Engineered by Mike Bobak. *Tracks 5 and 8 recorded live at Bill Graham's

, New York. Engineered by Dave Palmer. *Track 7 recorded with Revox spare room unit. Engineer unknown. The album sleeve was originally a stitched-together facsimile of bootleg records as well as the old style 78 RPM singles, with the record label showing. The album was reissued in the mid 1970s as part of the double album 'Two Originals of The Faces' with record one being 'First Step'. Notes of dates for the live tracks use the US dating system - songs were performed and recorded on 10 November 1970.

References

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