12/14/2009

The Jeff Beck Group




Released four months before the group's disbanding, it famously boasted that it wasn't anything original, but is nonetheless a fine example of British blues-rock. Featuring five original numbers composed by various combinations of the band members, rounded out with two radically reworked cover versions of Elvis Presley hits, the album continued the second chapter of Beck's career as a musician (the first being the days before his solo career began).

The album features Presley's "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock", a heavy blues rock tune called "Spanish Boots", a piano instrumental called "Girl from Mill Valley", "Plynth (Water down the Drain)", "Hangman" and a sizzling power trio instrumental called "Rice Pudding" which concludes the album.

The album ends abruptly with "Rice Pudding" breaking off in mid-stream. This was a unique novelty of this album.

Tracklist:

1. All Shook Up
2. Spanish Boots
3. Girl from Mill Valley
4. Jailhouse Rock
5. Plynth (Water Down the Drain)
6. Hangman's Knee
7. Rice Pudding
8. Sweet Little Angel [Live][#]
9. Throw Down a Line [#]
10. All Shook Up [#] [Early Version]
11. Jailhouse Rock [#] [Early Version]

Personnel

* Jeff Beck- guitars
* Ronnie Wood- bass
* Nicky Hopkins- piano and organ
* Tony Newman- drums
* Rod Stewart- vocals

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