Jeff Beck Group
Rough and Ready Reel Masters
Island Studios
London, England
1971
Studio Recording
MP3 320kps
Cover Art Included
01 Got The Feeling
02 Got The Feeling
03 Got The Feeling
04 Truth (Situation)
05 New Song (I’ve Been Used)
06 Heads (Short Business)
07 July 13th
08 Got The Feeling
09 Situation
10 Short Business
11 I’ve Been Used
12 Truth
13 New Song
14 Heads
15 July 13th
16 Heads
17 Raynes Park Blues
18 Truth
19 New Song
total running time: 1hr 19mn 36sc
Jeff Beck guitar
Clive Chaman bass
Max Middleton keyboards
Cozy Powell drums
Bob Tench vocals
I'm not sure if Alex Ligertwood actually sings on any of these recordings. He was the original vocalist for the revamped Jeff Beck Group, and helped write the album.
Nice sounding set of outtakes from the first album by this line-up of the Jeff Beck Group. This line-up would last only 2 years and two albums. The band announced their break-up shortly after completing their second album stating "The fusion of the musical styles of the various members has been successful within the terms of individual musicians, but they didn't feel it had led to the creation of a new musical style with the strength they had originally sought." IMHO they put out 2 great LP's that are still in heavy rotation on my stereo.
from wikipedia
In early April and still signed to RAK, Jeff Beck reformed The Jeff Beck Group group with keyboardist Max Middleton, drummer Cozy Powell and bassist Clive Chaman and vocalist Alex Ligertwood. Later in April that year the new band began recording sessions at Island Studios, London. They worked on songs by Beck and focused on Situation, which had lyrics by Ligertwood. Other songs such as Morning Dew were given attention, with the help of producer Jimmy Miller, who had worked with Traffic and with The Rolling Stones. During May 1971, after a week of recording sessions, Beck left RAK and signed a new record deal with CBS. Epic, a subsidiary of CBS, was assigned to release Beck's work, and having heard the Island studio tapes were not happy with the vocals. During May, Beck started looking for a new vocalist. In late May, after hearing Bobby Tench perform with his band Gass, he employed him as vocalist for the band. Tench was given only a few weeks to write new lyrics and add his vocals to the album, before mixing resumed on tracks previously recorded by Beck and the other band members. During early July 1971 the band returned to Island Studios to finish the album and Beck took over as producer. Rough and Ready was released in UK on 25 October 1971 with the US release following during February 1972, a sixteen day promotional tour in USA followed and the album eventually reached #46 in the album charts.
On November 25, 1971 Stephen Davis wrote in Rolling Stone magazine; "A surprisingly, fine piece of work from a man who wasn't really expected to come back. Beck is back, and in pretty good shape too." Rough and Ready album review. On 25 November 1971 Roy Carr from The New Musical Express wrote, "The album falls into that trap whereby the performance far exceeds the material. Beck hasn't lost any of his fire as he rips off solo after solo with flashy confidence"
About the single "Got the feeling", Derek Johnson wrote in the New Musical Express; "An excellent disc combining a strong commercial element with an altogether more progressive approach"
