Following the Small Faces break-up in 1969, initiated by Steve Marriott's decision to team up with Peter Frampton in Humble Pie, Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane and Kenney Jones joined forces with former Jeff Beck Group duo Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood to form Faces.
Perhaps surprisingly, given the history and pedigree of the musicians involved, Faces were not an immediate success, the band's debut album, 1970's First Step failed to break into either the UK Top 40, and peaked at number 119 on the US charts, but aided by Stewart's solo success, the group's third album, 1971's A Nod's as Good as a Wink... To a Blind Horse, was a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
