Richard Hamilton was the cover designer of The Beatles' White Album and its iconic poster insert, and for his painting 'Swingeing London 67 (f)' which depicted Mick Jagger and art dealer Robert Fraser in handcuffs following their arrest on drug charges. Hamilton was one of the first British Pop artists renowned for his painting and collage work. The late Richard Hamilton, RA (1922-2011) did a portrait of Pete Townshend for the cover of Face Dances. In 1973, his painting 'The Badminton Game' was exhibited at the ICA Summer Exhibition and was subsequently acquired by the Tate. David Inshaw was a member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists along with Peter Blake and Jann Howarth and Graham and Annie Ovenden in the 1970s. ĭavid Inshaw painted a portrait of Roger Daltrey which features on the cover of Face Dances. Kitaj (1932-2007) was a Jewish American from Chagrin Falls, Ohio but made his home in England for many years and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1991 – the first American to do so since John Singer Sargent in the 1890s. Kitaj did a charcoal portrait on Ingres paper of John Entwistle. Kenney Jones was painted by Peter Blake, Joe Tilson, Patrick Procktor and David Tindle. Roger Daltrey was painted by Mike Andrews, Allen Jones, David Inshaw and David Hockney. Photographer Gavin Cochrane took a reference photo of each of the four members of the band (Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle and Kenney Jones ) which the 16 artists used to paint on 6" x 6" canvases the portraits of each member of the band for the front cover of Face Dances. Kitaj, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Caulfield, David Inshaw, Mike Andrews, Joe Tilson, Patrick Procktor, David Tindle and Blake himself. Artists include Tom Phillips, Richard Hamilton, Allen Jones, David Hockney, Clive Barker, R. The album cover features 16 paintings of the band members by 16 British painters, who were commissioned by Peter Blake, designer of the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pete Townshend, who forced the Who to call it quits a year after the release of Face Dances, explained why he needed the band to end: SOUNDCUE (:28 OC. We asked Jones how he would like to be remembered for his work with the Who: SOUNDCUE (:10 OC. In addition, there are four 12-by-12 fine art prints included in the package with four portraits on each print."įace Dances marked the first of two albums to feature drummer Kenney Jones anchoring the band. LP 1 is on blue heavyweight vinyl with colored labels and LP 2 is on yellow heavyweight vinyl with colored labels. The second disc features alternate versions of Face Dances tracks and outtakes, along with four of the album's songs performed on March 28th, 1981 live in Essen, Germany.Īccording to : "The album cover features the original Peter Blake design front and back.
The album was remastered and cut at half speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road.
"LP 2," entitled "Face Dances Part 3" - with a nod to the 1982 Pete Townshend solo hit "Face Dances, Part 2" - has another nine tracks. "LP 1" is the original album with its nine tracks. On June 12th, the Who will release an expanded 40th anniversary edition of their 1981 Face Dances collection for Record Store Day.
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