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Daniel's Collection

The Faces   08/25/1972

The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA
Source JF Archive Series Vol. 18 via JEMS

Recording gear: unknown

JEMS 2018 Transfer: JF first-gen mono reel > Otari 5050mkII azimuth-adjusted transfer > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity 2.0 16/44 capture > iZotope RX and Ozone 6.0 > Audacity > TLH > FLAC
Checksums 01 Introduction.flac:f9f0039700949792a60c0646ec042512
02 I Know I'm Losing You.flac:1e8f748170d76eedafa3f25cbe182f80
03 Miss Judy's Farm.flac:9a5ee3a3d620f75994a0447705c00f10
04 Memphis.flac:99d687903b9fc884a08c2d42428fcc98
05 Maggie May.flac:615c01cbd7ac14ca444debafc54d295d
06 Stay With Me.flac:99e087bd863e82e2c7e49ffa03bcf6c5
07 Angel.flac:235c890bfb0a54fee6d3441221e374b8
08 Too Bad.flac:46e91dc763709f5382e72e05d1827f98
09 I Would Rather Go Blind.flac:7e4378fa372b52b081c6dfe9c02f609b
10 That's All You Need.flac:411d4434e3c93b541b3d2dc79179c892
11 Gasoline Alley.flac:a9d5e0daf08f5d55907465feb13f16c9
12 True Blue-That's All You Need.flac:cc9f74bc3fe028c444c7635663a000c2
13 Maybe I'm Amazed.flac:40abb9ed1d758d5a7b73fdae859cf87d
14 Twistin' The Night Away.flac:3aa3ba79349fe3ca1cf8ca5e6febbe33
15 One Last Sweet Cheerio.flac:34be4cfd2d670d3c225099b43bcef7d9
16 I Feel So Good.flac:47710d9fee4b8f09d06a58e4f9c39cb3

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1f78cb3383a499fa33e0f2faf01e35be *04 Memphis.flac
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Media
Notes JF was also an active local tape trader at the time and this release comes from one of the many trades he made in the early ’70s. It is an upgrade (to our ears) of the well-known recording of the Faces at Hollywood Bowl in the summer of 1972.

The show circulates in at least two versions: one is a rip from a Midnight Dream bootleg CD; the second was posted on DIME by Lucifer Burns in 2010 as “unknown low gen” from the “Per-Erik collection.” The former is quite low-fi; the latter is better and sharper but has a lot of tape hiss.

This new transfer, from JF’s vintage reel-to-reel, offers the clearest and fullest sounding version yet, with less native hiss (no noise reduction was used on the transfer). I suspect it is at least two generations closer to the master than the Lucifer Burns/Per-Erik source.

And for a 1972 audience tape it is very listenable and sounds like it was recorded close to the PA. Ron Wood’s guitar really leaps out in spots and Rod Stewart’s stage patter is both charming and easy to understand. It also lacks a lot of the cuts found on many tapes of this era. Amazing on some level that at this point, when Rod introduces “Maggie May,” the audience doesn’t know it yet.

Proper finishing on this one is courtesy of frogster, who continues to help keep the JEMS Archive flowing.

Our heartfelt thanks goes to JF, who reached out on DIME (you could be next!) and offered us his archive, which had been sitting in boxes, 6000 miles away from where he lives today, for 20+ years. Like so many early tapers, he had great stories to tell and the memories flooded back as we sorted through tapes. We are pleased to be able to bring his work to all of you. Please let him know through your comments that you are, too.

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Trades Allowed Yes
Owned by Daniel · Last Updated Feb 13, 2026