The Best of Jeff Beck [EMI]

by Jeff Beck Group, Jeff Beck

Overview

While Cream and Led Zeppelin are considered the top bands to have emerged from the British blues explosion of the 1960s, there is another outfit that gets overlooked, and that was the original Jeff Beck Group. Featuring the great Mr. Beck on guitar, the group also included a pair of talented chaps who unfortunately went on to do little else -- singer Rod Stewart and bassist Ronnie Wood (yes folks, this writer's tongue is planted firmly in his cheek). The group only issued a pair of albums (albeit mucho classics), 1968's Truth and 1969's Beck-Ola, before imploding right before a prime spot at the Woodstock festival (which probably would have broken the band commercially). And these aforementioned two titles serve as the basis for the 16-track collection The Best Of. Numerous subsequent hard rock bands have nicked a thing or two from this Beck era, and after hearing such great tracks as "You Shook Me," "Shapes of Things," "I Ain't Superstitious," "Spanish Boots," and "Jailhouse Rock," you'll understand why. Hindsight is always 20/20, but it's too bad that the original Jeff Beck Group didn't stick it out just a little longer. They sure had the sound, the look, and the tunes, as exemplified on The Best Of. ~ Greg Prato

Product Details

Release Date:	07/08/2008
Label:	Emd Int'l
UPC:	5099922725424

Tracks

1. Hi-Ho Silver Lining
2. Beck's Bolero
3. Greensleeves
4. You Shook Me
5. Tallyman
6. Rock My Plimsoul
7. Jailhouse Rock
8. Shapes of Things
9. All Shook Up
10. I Ain't Superstitious
11. Plynth (Water Down the Drain)
12. Love Is Blue
13. Morning Dew
14. Spanish Boots
15. Rice Pudding
16. I've Been Drinking

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jeff Beck   Primary Artist,Vocals
Rod Stewart   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Jeff Beck Group   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Tony Newman   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Paul Samwell-Smith   Composer
Bonnie Dobson   Composer
Jimmy Page   Composer
Chris Dreja   Composer
Keith Relf   Composer
J. Rod   Composer
J.B. Lenoir   Composer
Laurence Weiss   Composer
Larry Weiss   Composer
Graham Gouldman   Composer
Elvis Presley   Composer
Doris Tauber   Composer
Samwell   Composer
Jeff Beck   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Hopkins   Composer
Rod Stewart   Arranger,Composer,Performer
Scott English   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Ron Wood   Composer
Pierre Cour   Composer
Jim McCarty   Composer
Nicky Hopkins   Composer
Mickie Most   Producer
Mike Stoller   Composer
P. Smith   Composer
Tim Rose   Composer
A. Popp   Composer
Stewart   Arranger,Composer
Andre Popp   Composer
Ken Scott   Engineer
Otis Blackwell   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
B. Dobson   Composer
L. Weise   Composer
Newan   Composer
P. Cour   Composer
R. Jeffrey   Composer
S. English   Composer
T. Rose   Composer
Bryan Blackburn   Composer
Steve Woof   Project Manager
Chris Peyton   Design
Gerald Mahlowe   Liner Notes
P. Linard   Design,Artwork
Jeffrey Rod   Arranger,Composer
Mike Stone   Engineer