The New Faces - Shake Up The Party (1969)

The New Faces was a British vocal trio that regularly appeared on British TV in the 1960's and 1970's, and was founded by Charles McKay in Glasgow in 1961, along with Barry Greenway and Marie Gordon-Price. In the 60's they appeared regularly on the TV show 'The Saturday Crowd', and they released a number of singles in the UK on the Pye and Decca record labels. Barry Greenway and Marie Gordon-Price married in the early 1970's and left the group, while McKay found replacements and continued with various line-ups, appearing on various TV shows throughout the rest of the 70's. With the band consisting of McKay, Sue Morgan and Ian Grant, they recorded two singles on the Ember label before changing their name to Mahogany, and under this name they entered the Thames TV series 'Opportunity Knocks' in 1976. A re-recorded version of a New Faces Ember single 'Where Would I Find Another You?' was issued under their new name, followed by one on DJM Records in 1977. They then reverted back to The New Faces brand and toured the US east coast, before one last change of personnel, with Judy Raye and Paul Bennett replacing Morgan and Grant. They disbanded in 1991, when Charles McKay retired to spend more time with his family, but in their long career they recorded a number of excellent tracks, and although they might have veered towards the middle of the road in the late 60's, their early work features some fine folk and pop recordings. The b-side to their 1968 single 'Someday' might in fact be familiar to you already, as 'Biscuit Coloured Overcoat' featured of the mysterious 'Rainbow Skies' cassette that I posted a couple of years ago. This albums collects together everything that the band recorded between 1965 and 1969, and for an outfit that languished in relative obscurity for most of their career there's some really great stuff on here. 

Track listing

01 So Small (single 1965)
02 Blue Mist (b-side of 'So Small')
03 Never Gonna Love Again (single 1965)
04 You'll Be Too Late (b-side of 'Never Gonna Love Again')
05 Like A Man (single 1966)
06 Shake Up The Party (Myra) (b-side of 'Like A Man')
07 Lace Covered Window (single 1967)
08 The Life That I Lead (b-side of 'Lace Covered Window')
09 We Can Get There By Candlelight (single 1968)
10 The Yellow Road (b-side of 'We Can Get There By Candlelight')
11 If You Love Me (single 1968)
12 The Road And The Miles To Dundee (b-side of 'If You Love Me')
13 Someday (single 1968)
14 Biscuit Coloured Overcoat (b-side of 'Someday')
15 Grandfather Dugan (single 1969)
16 Carnival Day (b-side of 'Grandfather Dugan')
17 Happy The Heart That I Own (single 1969)
18 There Is An Island In The Sun (b-side of 'Happy The Heart That I Own')
19 Come And See The Roses Bloom (single 1969)
20 Danny Boy (b-side of 'Come And See The Roses Bloom')