Jeff Beck- (R.I.P.) 'With a Little Help From His Friends'

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"Beck's Bolero" is a rock instrumental recorded by English guitarist Jeff Beck in 1966. It is Beck's first solo recording and has been described as "one of the great rock instrumentals, epic in scope, harmonically and rhythmically ambitious yet infused with primal energy".[1] "Beck's Bolero" features a prominent melody with multiple guitar parts propelled by a rhythm inspired by Ravel's Boléro.

The recording session brought together a group of musicians, including Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, John Paul Jones, and Nicky Hopkins, who later agreed that the line up was a first attempt at what became Led Zeppelin. The recording session for "Beck's Bolero" was conceived of as a side project for Jeff Beck while he was a member of the Yardbirds.[3] "It was decided that it would be a good idea for me to record some of my own stuff ... partly to stop me moaning about the Yardbirds", Beck recalled.[4] Also, the Yardbirds' management was encouraging individual band members to bring attention to the band through success in solo projects.[5] Studio time was booked for May 1966 at the IBC Studios in London.[3] To prepare for the session, Beck called on long-time friend and studio guitarist Jimmy Page, who had recommended Beck as Eric Clapton's replacement in the Yardbirds, to work up some ideas for songs to record.

ON HIS FIRST day recording with the late George Martin, Jeff Beck sensed what the Beatles producer — who died March 8th at age 90 — could bring to his music. With his three-piece band, Beck laid down a version of Stevie Wonder’s “Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers” that left him indifferent. “I didn’t think we were laying down much of interest, but then we went to lunch break and heard the quality of the sound,” Beck recalls. “I thought, ‘This sounds like we’re playing in the room — it’s clear and fabulous.’ That first album was a joy.”

That record, Blow by Blow, would turn out to be a milestone for Beck and Martin. Beck’s first all-instrumental record, it revived his stalled career, hitting Number Four on the pop chart in 1975, and it was also one of the high points of Martin’s studio adventures after the Beatles. “To work with someone of that caliber … he gave me a career,” Beck says now. “Without him, who knows what would have happened.”
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