In retrospective it was a real supergroup. Jeff Beck just out of Yardbirds, Ron Wood on base and Rod Stewart as lead vocal. One of those albums where you can hear white blues getting so heavy it's borderline hard rock. IMO it's the first of that new genre. There's earlier stuff from groups like Kinks and Yardbirds and US bands Iron Butterfly and Blue Cheer, but maybe with exception of the latter nothing as elaborately rough. Recorded a few months before "Led Zeppelin I" and predating "Deep Purple In Rock" and Black Sabbath debute with a year or so. The mono is a big strong mix, clear and dynamic, and at least partly better the stereo. There are lots of differences between the formats - will sort thet out later - but the biggest is the "Becks Bolero" mono having about 20 seconds of guitar howl at the end, not appearing on the stereo. Early US on Epic (BN 26413). First UK with label as shown here, laminated flip/back cover and EMI ad inner. (JÄBÄ*)(YMÖ*)
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