purchase [ I'm Losing You]
JDavid's latest post got me thinking: the STE* posts were mostly (Steve***) based. So... what about the *** STE variation. As in Rod STE****.
Being of a certain age, I confess that I wore out the (vinyl) grooves on my legally-purchased copy (there really weren't (m)any other options back then) of the "Every Picture Tells A Story" album - Stewart's best ever? Methinks that '70, '71 and '72 were likely Rod's best years. Every Picture (in the very middle of these years) is likely the best: it includes the songs you know: Maggie May, Reason to Believe and Mandolin Wind.
Stewart's eclectic/convoluted past includes stints in The Jeff Beck Group, followed by the Small Faces, followed by the Faces. In fact, at the time of Every Picture, Stewart was still maintaining a connection to The Faces, and they appear on <I'm Losing You> - one of the better of several solid tracks on the album. It's not the tightest production - pieces of the timing are slightly off, but what matters much, much more is the feeling put into the work: one of their best IMHO: Ronnie Lane & Ronnie Wood! And there's Kenny Jones (later of Who fame) on the drums here as well. Whew! if you make it to the end of the clip - out of breath!
