First Step

First Step is the debut studio album by the English rock band Faces, released on 27 March 1970 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was released only a few months after Faces had formed from the ashes of Small Faces and The Jeff Beck Group. The album is credited to the Small Faces on all North American issues and reissues, while record labels for initial vinyl printings give the title as The First Step. The album cover shows Ronnie Wood holding a copy of Geoffrey Sisley's seminal guitar tutorial First Step: How to Play the Guitar Plectrum Style. While the album was recorded after the group's official formation and signing to Warner Bros. Records in the autumn of 1969, the band members had been rehearsing, performing and recording together in various combinations since May of that year. At 46:22, First Step is the Faces' longest original release. Many modern critics view it was promising yet sprawling and unfocused---their least cohesive album. It is also the most evenly shared of their records in terms of songwriting, with each member receiving at least one composer credit, in contrast to the growing prominence of Stewart and Wood's partnership on later releases. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_S...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)