The shimmering lead single “You Better You Bet” showed that Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle hadn’t missed a beat in a new decade. While many missed Moon’s explosive and unpredictable touch, interest remained high and the album (produced by Bill Szymczyk ) peaked at No. It’s due on Drop 1, June 12th, from Geffen Records in a limited edition of 6,500 copies.įace Dances was the first of two Who studio albums recorded with drummer Kenney Jones following the 1978 death of Keith Moon. This year, the band celebrates 40 years of 1981’s Face Dances with another double-disc, expanded presentation. Four 12 x 12 art prints are also included within the jacket famously designed by Peter Blake.įor Record Store Day 2020, The Who expanded their 1974 rarities collection Odds and Sods for a 2-LP, 25-song deluxe presentation. LP 1 will be pressed on blue vinyl and LP 2 on yellow. The album was remastered and cut at half speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road. Side Four has a quartet of live performances of Face Dances songs as recorded for Rockpalast in 1981. These encompass the previously-issued outtakes “I Like Nightmares,” “It’s in You,” and “Somebody Saved Me” as well as the previously-unreleased “Dance It Away” and a take of “Don’t Let Go the Coat” with Townshend rather than Roger Daltrey on lead vocals. The first LP in the RSD reissue is the original album with its nine tracks including “You Better You Bet” and “Don’t Let Go the Coat.” The second LP, cheekily entitled Face Dances Part 3 as Pete Townshend recorded Part 2 for his solo album “ All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes”, has another nine tracks beginning with a clutch of Session Rough Mixes. This 2-LP presentation expands the original 1981 album which was the band’s first with drummer Kenney Jones following the 1978 death of Keith Moon. “When I say ‘I love you,’ you say ‘You better!’” There’s a lot to love on the RSD expansion of The Who’s “Face Dances”.
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