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Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners

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Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners
Live album by
Rod Stewart/Faces
Released10 January 1974[1]
Recorded17 October 1973 at Anaheim Arena (Anaheim, CA)
GenreRock & roll, boogie rock, blues-rock
Length49:48
LabelMercury (U.S. LP version, SRM 1-697)
Warner Bros. (U.S. cassettes/cartridges, M8/M5-2752)
ProducerFaces
Rod Stewart/Faces chronology
Ooh La La
(1973) 		Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners
(1974) 		Snakes And Ladders / The Best of Faces
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideC−[3]

Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners is a 1974 live album credited to Rod Stewart/Faces.[1] Stewart's practice was not giving concerts as a solo act at the time, but rather appearing jointly with the Faces, thus the dual crediting.[citation needed]

History

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The album presents only three songs from the previous albums by the Faces, while presenting six from Stewart's solo releases. Two previously unreleased songs were a cover of "I Wish It Would Rain", originally recorded by The Temptations,and John Lennon's "Jealous Guy".

The performance was recorded with new Faces bassist Tetsu Yamauchi, replacing Ronnie Lane, who had left soon after the release of Ooh La La, fed up at the group increasingly being presented as Stewart's backing band. Coast to Coast was recorded live on 17 October 1973 at the Anaheim Convention Center and was mixed at Island Studios in London.[4]

In an unusual arrangement, LP versions of the album were issued in the United States by Mercury Records (which at the time issued Stewart's solo albums), while cassette and 8-track configurations were issued by Warner Bros. Records,[1] the Faces' former label—and with whom Stewart would sign as a solo artist following the Faces' demise.

The cassette and 8-track versions also include an extra track - (I Know) I'm Losing You (Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr., Cornelius Grant).

The back cover photo is actually the Old Boston Garden taken on May 2, 1973.[citation needed]

Long out of print in the United States, Coast to Coast is only available as an import from Japan. The Faces would disband within a year and a half of the album's release.[citation needed]

The crowd noise that plays behind the opening of David Bowie's Diamond Dogs was taken from the opening track It's All Over Now. Rod Stweart can be heard saying "Hey" on the Bowie track. [5]

Reception

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In The Pittsburgh Press, critic Pete Bishop termed the album "50 disappointingly dull minutes" during which "nothing really excites."[6]

Track listing

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Side one

  1. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) - 4:38
  2. "Cut Across Shorty" (Wayne Walker, Marijohn Wilkin) - 3:45
  3. "Too Bad" / "Every Picture Tells a Story" (Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood) - 7:34
  4. "Angel" (Jimi Hendrix) - 4:28
  5. "Stay With Me" (Stewart, Wood) - 4:50

Side two

  1. "I Wish It Would Rain" (Roger Penzabene, Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) - 4:20
  2. "I'd Rather Go Blind" (Billy Foster, Ellington Jordan) - 5:55
  3. "Borstal Boys" (Ian McLagan, Stewart, Wood) / "Amazing Grace" (Traditional, arr. D. Throat) - 9:52
  4. "Jealous Guy" (John Lennon) - 4:25

Charts

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Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) 38[7]

Personnel

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gray, John (1992). Rod Stewart: The Visual Documentary. London: Omnibus Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-7119-2906-8.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners (LP). Rod Stewart/Faces. Mercury Records. 1973. p. (Inner sleeve).{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/diamond-dogs-david-bowie-song-story/ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Bishop, Pete (6 January 1974). "'Overtures' an Album for Diehards Only". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 107. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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