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 With Bonus Tracks Galore! August 19, 2008
Alan Burridge (Poole,, Dorset. United Kingdom)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The woman in our local corner shop often has her Rod Stewart T-shirts on.
br /"Have you got the Jeff Beck albums yet?" I ask.
br /She smiles benignly as if to say; "Idiot! What would my Roddy be doing on a Jeff Beck album, I do wish he'd stop asking me that!"
br /Jeff Beck's first album after leaving The Yardbirds, and after enjoying (?) 2 or 3 chart singles on which HE took the lead vocals this album was an absolute blessing to hear; this was what we expected from a band fronted by him! And yes, regardless of my disbelieveing corner shop lady, her Roddy sings on all the original album tracks, and makes an especially fine job on every one of them, and would surprise quite a few of those disbeliever's in the process with 'Ol Man River' for starters.
br /And as if the first 10 tracks were not enough for a more than satisfying first album from The Jeff Beck Group, here we have 8 bonus tracks consisting of B-sides, mono mixes, AND Jeff's 3 chart singles in 'Hi-Ho Silver Lining,' 'Tallyman' and the totally instrumental 'Love Is Blue.'
br /We must be grateful that we had TWO albums from this band before Rod and Ron Wood split to join up with The Faces, but it was their destiny as much as it was Jeff Beck's to do his jazz-rock thing; though for most of his fans, his blues is far more to our taste and it's where he belongs.
Classic hard rock June 20, 2005
Stephen Rogers (Totnes, Devon, England)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
Jeff Beck is inventive, fluid and more than a little odd, Rod Stewart is relaxed and sounds great, Ronnie Wood is an excellent bassist (surprise, surprise) and Mick Waller sounds like Mitch Mitchell's long-lost twin. It's an old, old album now and the production is rough and varies from track to track, but this is a great classic album. As you may have read somewhere, there is quite a similarity between it and Led Zeppelin I, although the latter has a drama and grandeur that Beck's more ragged mob can't match (well, nor could even Zep themselves). But you should have this album if you want to own all the original blueprints of the hard/heavy rock world. It ranks alongside Black Sabbath's first, Deep Purple In Rock, Cream's Wheels of Fire and Are You Experienced? in that nobody really influenced these guys. They were out front ploughing a new furrow.
Wow! Wow! and wow! again... June 26, 2005
mitchgibbo (England)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
The re-release of this lost classic has me frothing at the mouth. Featuring a young (24 year old) Jeff Beck, a then relatively unknown Rod Stewart,a future Rolling Stone in the form of Ronnie Wood this album set the blue print for others to follow, most noteably the mighty Led Zeppelin.brBeck shows on this that he is capable of turning his hand to anything, from blues, folk and jazz to out and out psychedelia and on the way produces a record that would soon become a masterclass in musicianship.brCobbled together to "record some of the rubbish we'd been playing live", Beck and cohorts recorded one of the most influential albums of the era, possibly of all time, and the beauty of it is that although rapidly approaching 40 years old, this album remains immensely listenable, with Beck showing a wonderful mastery of his instrument and Rod the Mod reveling in the role as the best white blues singer around.brTruly a stunning album
What an album August 9, 2005
Rune Larsen (Bergen, Norway)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Well, well, well. I have read a lot about this album, but despite the fact that I am a big JB fan I have never own the album until now. And what a waste of time. brThe album is even better than expected, and even the sound quality is rather good despite the age of the recordings. All the musicians does a brilliant job, not strange most of them went on to become rather famous.brI wonder how fare this group could have gone if the work on this album have been continued. If you listen to early Led Zeppelin the similarity is obvious.brI can only give this album, including the bonus tracks, my very very best recommendations.
The Real Truth Is Out In The Open March 5, 2009
Arthur Daley (LONDON)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great stuff from Rod`s old sidekick Mr Beck. Mix a bit of The Faces with the Early Jam and you have a lethal combination.
br /Great songs like Dont Mess With Donna and Lazy Sunday are the standout tracks.
br /This is a brilliant album and I wish Rod Stewart would team up with Jeff Beck again.
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