CAN I FACE TOMMORROW
WITH THE NEWS YOU BRING ME
As Safe as Yesterday Is
is the debut
studio album
by English
rock band
released in
August 1969.
The band had been formed
by singer/guitarists
and
The album features a
blend of
heavy blues,
crushing rock,
pastoral folk,
and
post-mod
pop music.
It peaked at
number 32
in the
UK Albums Chart.
Background
While the group,
featuring
Steve Marriott
(former front man of The Small Faces)
and
Peter Frampton
(former front man of The Herd),
had technically
formed in January 1969,
Marriott's final touring
commitments
to his former band
followed by
legal wrangles with
Frampton's
old management
had delayed
any album releases
until August,
during which time
the band rehearsed
and recorded
enough material
to fill at least
three albums.
Songs
Marriott contributed
six songs to the album,
one co-written
with Frampton,
who also contributed
two solo efforts.
The opening track is
a cover version of
Steppenwolf's
"Desperation".
The track
"Growing Closer"
was written by
ex–Small Faces
keyboardist
Ian McLagan,
who rehearsed with
Humble Pie
early on,
before deciding
to regroup with
Small Faces bandmates
Kenney Jones
and
Ronnie Lane
as
The Faces,
joined by newcomers
Rod Stewart
and
Ron Wood.
The single-only track
"Wrist Job"
the UK B-side of
"Natural Born Bugie"
is a reworking/completion
of an
unnamed backing track
that Marriott
originally wrote for
the Small Faces,
which was provisionally titled
"The Pig's Trotters"
by either the staff at
Immediate Records
or by future
Small Faces archivists.
It is thought to be
one of the last tracks
Marriott recorded with
the Small Faces
before leaving them
in early 1969,
and if finished it
may have been intended
for the band's
abandoned fourth album.
This original version
of the track was
not officially released
until it appeared on
the Small Faces'
first complete
Immediate recordings box set
in 1995.
Humble Pie's
finished version
of the track,
now complete
with lyrics,
had long been
rumored to
prominently feature
The Small Faces
keyboardist
Ian McLagan.
In truth however,
while McLagan
is indeed known
to have rehearsed
with the new group
at least once
while considering his
post-Small Faces options,
the distinctive keyboard part
on the
Humble Pie recording
is performed by
Marriott himself.
TRACK LIST
Desperation
Stick Shift
Buttermilk Boy
Growing Closer
As Safe As Yesterday Is
Bang!
Alabama '69
I'll Go Alone
A Nifty Little Number Like You
What You Will
Greg's Song [*]
Heartbeat [*]
For Your Love
[Live] [*]
Natural Born Bugie
(A Side, 1969) [*]
Wrist Job
(single B-side,1969) [*]
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