📰When the Faces Get Together It’s Like… – Feature: Feb. 1973
- Faces
- Feb 17, 1973
- 2 min read
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A lively Record Mirror profile in which Ron Wood reflects on the Faces’ chemistry, chaos, and creative spark.
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A spirited interview with Ron Wood capturing the Faces’ combustible energy — a band whose sessions, shows, and friendships were equal parts brilliance and bedlam.
📰 Key Highlights
• One‑page feature in Record Mirror, February 17, 1973
• Written by Val Mabbs
• Includes large performance photos of Ron Wood and the Faces
• Discusses band dynamics, touring, and creative process
• Offers insight into Wood’s role as both guitarist and glue within the group
📰 Overview
This Record Mirror feature presents Ron Wood as the beating heart of the Faces — a musician whose humour, instinct, and grit help hold together one of rock’s most famously unruly bands. Val Mabbs’ interview captures the group’s combustible chemistry and Wood’s grounded perspective on their music and mayhem.
📰 Source Details
Publication / Venue: Record Mirror
Date: February 17, 1973
Issue / Format: One‑page feature
Provenance Notes: Part of Record Mirror’s weekly artist‑profile series.
📰 The Story
Val Mabbs frames the Faces as a band that ignites the moment they’re in a room together — “lighting the banger’s blue touch paper.” Ron Wood leans into the metaphor, describing the group’s sessions as unpredictable, explosive, and always on the edge of something brilliant.
Wood speaks candidly about:
• the band’s instinct‑driven approach to playing
• the way ideas spark from chaos
• the camaraderie that keeps them moving forward
• the tension between looseness and professionalism
• their evolving live show and future plans
The accompanying photos reinforce the narrative: Wood mid‑riff, guitar slung low, and the Faces in full stage swagger. The article positions him as both a creative engine and a stabilising force — the player who thrives in the madness but also understands how to shape it into music.
The page closes with a promotional advert for the Bee Gees’ Royal Festival Hall concert, grounding the feature in the broader musical landscape of early 1973.
📰 Visual Archive
“When the Faces Get Together It’s Like…” feature, Record Mirror, February 17, 1973.
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📰 Closing Notes
This feature captures the Faces at their most combustible — a band fuelled by instinct, humour, and raw electricity, with Ron Wood at the centre of the spark.
📰 Sources
• Record Mirror, February 17, 1973
• Faces touring and press chronology
• Contemporary interviews with Ron Wood
📝 Copyright Notice
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