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The original issue of the album came with a large poster. The poster included the lyrics for the album, as well as close-up images of pills and pharmaceutical capsules, and polaroid photos (apparently taken on tour) of band and crew members reveling with naked groupies in hotel rooms. Within weeks of
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On 28 August 2015, the album was reissued in a remastered and expanded form, with the bonus tracks being two songs from a previously unreleased BBC session. The new vinyl reissue even replicated the poster included with the first-pressing vinyl release.
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release, the record company re-issued the album without the poster, turning original copies with the poster into collectors' items overnight.
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The album features two original ballads and a cover of
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Index


Studio album
Faces
Olympic Studios
London
Label
Warner Bros.
Producer
Glyn Johns
Faces
Long Player
Ooh La La
Faces
Rod Stewart
Maggie May
Stay with Me
certified gold
RIAA
Chuck Berry
Memphis Tennessee
Ronnie Lane
Ian McLagan
B-side
Stay With Me
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
AllMusic
Rolling Stone
The Village Voice
Rod Stewart
Ronnie Wood

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