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Artist: Jeff Beck With Rod Stewart
Label: EMI Europe Generic
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 14903

Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

UPC: 724385359521
EAN: 0724385359521
ASIN: B000006X4S

Release Date: May 21, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Tracks:

  • Hi-Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck, English, Scott
  • Beck's Bolero - Jeff Beck, Page, Jimmy
  • Greensleeves - Jeff Beck, Traditional
  • You Shook Me - Jeff Beck, Dixon, Willie
  • Tallyman - Jeff Beck, Gouldman, Graham
  • Rock My Plimsoul - Jeff Beck, Jeffrey, Rod
  • Jailhouse Rock - Jeff Beck, Leiber, Jerry
  • Shapes of Things - Jeff Beck, Dreja, Chris
  • All Shook Up - Jeff Beck, Blackwell, Otis
  • I Ain't Superstitious - Jeff Beck, Dixon, Willie
  • Plynth (Water Down the Drain) - Jeff Beck, Hopkins, Nicky [1]
  • Love Is Blue - Jeff Beck, Blackburn, Bryan
  • Morning Dew - Jeff Beck, Dobson, Bonnie
  • Spanish Boots - Jeff Beck, Stewart, Rod
  • Rice Pudding - Jeff Beck, Beck, Jeff
  • I've Been Drinking - Jeff Beck, Mercer, Johnny

Similar Items:

  • The Best of Beck
  • Truth
  • Blow by Blow
  • Beck-Ola
  • Live In Gdansk (2 CD/2 DVD)

Editorial Reviews:

Album Description
Limited edition Japanese pressing of this Best Of album features 14 total tracks. EMI. 2005.

Album Details
Selection of his Greatest Hits featuring Rod Stewart. 16 Tracks Including Hi-Ho Silver Lining, Beck's Bolero, Love is Blue and Many More.


Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Some of Beck's Finest Recordings!   June 4, 2005
Morten Vindberg
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This compilation contains the best tracks from the first two Jeff Beck Group albums from 1968 and 1969. Moreover there are some great singles only tracks from the same period.

Beck's first album "Truth" is possibly his greatest and most consistent release. 7 of the tracks come from that album. "Beck's Bolero" is in all but name the Yardbirds, in the same line-up that did "Happening 10 Years Time Ago" and the "Blow Up" performance. Beck's version of Willie Dixon's "You Shook Me" sounds a lot like early Led Zeppelin; even Rod Stewart sounds like Robert Plant. Other highlights from that album is the re-recording of "Shapes of Things", which has been slowed down a little making it an ever greater song.

Their second album "Beck Ola" is represented by 5 tracks. The album is not nearly as strong as "Truth" - the material weaker, some songs go on for too long and Stewart's vocals can be a little overstrung at times. Best track from that album is "Plynth".

Among the single tracks "Tallyman" is a great mod/pop-art piece sounding like Creation or the Who. Written by Graham Gouldman. Another hit-single was "Hi Ho Silver Lining" - a commercial song featuring a very unorthodox guitar-solo from Beck. Sounding quite a lot like the Yardbirds.

The CD is very recommendable for fans of the Yardbirds - though the re-release of "Truth" with bonus-tracks may be an even more satisfying investment.



4 out of 5 stars It Rocks My Plimsoul For Sure   July 4, 2002
G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful

Super compilation featuring some awesome Jeff Beck guitar licks. The man displays great power and creative touches on his guitar. Sometimes loud and sometimes soft but always good.

And of course there are some awesome contributions by Rod Stewart, Mick Waller, Ron Wood, and Nicky Hopkins. The version of Jailhouse Rock is just mind blowing. What lightning fast fingers on the keyboards by Mr. Hopkins. I've Been Drinking is another highlight with some excellent vocals by Rod set to a nice gospel backing. The guitar solo just sends shivers down my spine. Rock My Plimsoul has a great tone and Love Is Blue features some nice color on the guitar tones.

This is a near five star compilation. A few tracks are a bit overdone most notably All Shook Up is totally unrecognizable from the original. Its done too heavy handed. Spanish Boots also suffers a similar fate and Rice Pudding goes on a bit too long. However, out of sixteen tracks about ten or twelve are clearly Grade A.


5 out of 5 stars Great!   December 31, 2000
BJ (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This CD was excellent. It covered Jeff's work in this era more so than Beckology did. What Beckology didnt have, this did. Great best of CD.


5 out of 5 stars Gemm!   March 23, 2000
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

Gemm! Nice compilation of the *best* Jeff Beck group. If you are rock & blues guitar fan you must own this CD.

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