JEFF BECK & ROD STEWART Beck Ola EPIC LP PE 26478 OOP + REMASTERED 150 GRAM SET

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If the Jeff Beck Group's 1968 debut, "Truth" is the blueprint for Led Zeppelin's debut as well as much of what we might call hard rock or metal through the '70s (Van Halen, etc) and beyond, "Beck-Ola," the 1969 followup is savage, malevelont, and chaotic, albeit less accessable. Certainly the more calculating Jimmy Page never put out anything quite so raw, in every sense of the word. The edgy quality makes it no surprise that the amazing lineup - Beck, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart, Nicky Hopkins, and in place of Mick Waller, drummer Tony Newman - broke up three months after its completion.
Beck has switched to a '54 Stratocaster, and "Beck-Ola" suggests Led Zeppelin having a showdown with the Stooges circa "Funhouse." Wood and Stewart wrote most of the material, and it is here that Stewart's songwriting voice (his humor especially) is first evident (check "Spanish Boots"). 

In the same vein as TRUTH, albeit minus quieter moments like "Ol' Man River", "Morning Dew" and "Greensleeves", BECK-OLA is a rip-roaring, nearly perfect hard rock follow up. Once again, Stewart's signature vocal style steals much of the show, as he is simply amazing on every track in which he appears.

Energetic covers of "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock" (the latter with some particularly superb piano) stand alongside some of Beck's finest original hard rockers "Spanish Boots" and "Plynth", with riffs that would have made Zeppelin proud.

The ever-present Zep connection continues with the epic closing cut "Rice Pudding", anchored by its larger-than-life riff and multi-layered, shifting guitar solos (especially the soaring slide segment). BECK-OLA was to be his last consistent work for six years, until the arrival of the very different BLOW BY BLOW. This album is highly recommended to fans of Beck, Stewart, the early metal/Zep sound and hard rock in general.

 Track Listings

7. Rice Pudding

 THE 150 GRAM REMASTERED VERSION - Now available on pristine high-definition vinyl, sourced from the original analog UK master. Featuring Rod Stewart on vocals!

Jeff Beck, as visionary a guitarist, in his own way, as Jimi Hendrix, certainly heads anyone's list of most exciting rock'n'roll fretboard whizzes ever. Beck made his name as the second of three hall of fame stringbenders for the equally legendary Yardbirds (following in the shoes of Eric Clapton and preceding the pre-Zep Jimmy Page).

Known for his blistering leads and the wild chances he took as one of the first axemen to widely employ feedback during a solo, Beck hit the ground running when he left the Yardbirds in 1967 and would cut a pair of solo albums that didn't miss a beat from the greatness of his previous work.

A year after Truth, Jeff Beck returned with the even thicker sound of Beck-Ola, an album that was so heavy you could use it for a refrigerator door. The original personnel of the Jeff Beck Group was only enhanced by the terrific keyboard work of storied session man supreme, Nicky Hopkins. Like its predecessor, Beck-Ola made you feel like you'd just been run over by an eight-wheeled streetsweeper - but you liked it!

Rod Stewart on vocals, Ron Wood on bass, Nicky Hopkins on keyboards and Tony Newman on drums, Beck delivers some of the most mind-blowing fretwork of his career. This new Sundazed vinyl edition, mastered from the original U.K. stereo analog tapes, includes complete orginal cover art and is pressed on pristine high-definition vinyl.

Features:

• Rod Stewart, vocals

• Complete original cover art

• High-Definition Vinyl

• Sourced from original analog UK master

Musicians:

Rod Stewart, vocals

Ron Wood, bass, guitar

PIano, Nicky Hopkins

Drums, Tony Newman

Guitar, Jeff Beck

Selections:

1. All Shook Up

2. Spanish Boots

3. Girl From Mill Valley

4. Jailhouse Rock

5. Plynth (Water Down The Drain)

6. The Hangman's Knee

7. Rice Pudding

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