1957-1968 1969-1970 1971-1973 1974-1975
1957
570000A 1957: CANDY
BISON SKIFFLE GROUP. Yiewsley, Marlborough
Cinema
or Uxbridge, Regal Cinema.
RW’s
first live appearance with his brother Ted’s group. Unverified.
- Gambling
Man (
- Puttin’ On
The Style (N. Cazden)
Line-up:
RW (washboard)/Ted Wood, and others.
Note:
They played in an intermission between two Tommy Steele-movies.
1962
620000A 1962: RON
WOOD AND TONY MUNROE. Ruislip, Manor Secondary School
Note:
RW and Tony Munroe sang tenor and baritone duets for some time
and
won the second prize in a local choir singing competition with
- We
Be The King’s Men Hale And Hearty ( ) 620000B 1962: RON
WOOD AND TONY MUNROE. Ruislip, local talent contest
- St.
Louis Woman ( ) -unverified
+
unverified Every Brothers-song
Note:
Later RW played guitar and sang together with his neighbourhood
friend
Tony Munroe (who also played guitar and sang). Together they
had
some sort of Everly Brothers stint going on.
1963
630000A 1963: THE
RHYTHM AND BLUES BOHEMIANS. Rehearsals in West
Drayton,
Ronnie Wood’s parents’ home
Line-up:
RW (gtr, bvoc)/Tony Munroe (gtr, bvoc)/Kim Gardner (bass)/
Robin
Scrimshaw (voc, harm)/Bob Langham (dr)/Terry Black (p) 630000B 1963: THE
RHYTHM AND BLUES BOHEMIANS. Rehearsals at Yiewsley,
Community
Centre (on Wednesdays)
Line-up:
see 630000A. 630000C 1963: THE RHYTHM AND BLUES BOHEMIANS. Rehearsals
at Yiewsley,
Rainbow
Record Shop (on Sundays)
Line-up:
see 630000A. 630000D 1963: THE RHYTHM AND BLUES BOHEMIANS. Yiewsley,
Community
Centre
Line-up:
see 630000A. 630000D 1963: THE THUNDERBIRDS. Yiewsley, Rainbow
Record Shop (rehearsals)
Line-up:
RW (gtr, bvoc, harm)/Tony Munroe (gtr, bvoc)/Kim Gardner (bass)/
Ali
MacKenzie (voc)/Bob Langham (dr) 630000E 1963: THE THUNDERBIRDS. Yiewsley, Community
Centre (on Saturdays) Line-up:
see 630000D.
1964
Note: All entries are from the Birds, unless otherwise noted.
640000A early
1964: THE THUNDERBIRDS. West Drayton, Community Center,
"The
Nest" (once a week on Saturday nights)
Line-up:
RW (gtr, bvoc)/Tony Munroe (gtr, bvoc)/Ali McKenzie (voc, harm)/
Kim
Gardner (bass)/Bob Langham (dr)
Note:
Their set included songs of The Rolling Stones, Beatles, Chuck Berry,
Bo
Diddley, Howlin’ Wolf and Motown-stuff, among others:
- Need
Your Lovin’ (Marvin Gaye/Clarence Paul)
- Needle
In A Haystack (William Stevenson/Norman Whitfield)
- Too
Much Monkey Business (Chuck Berry)
- Maybelline (Chuck
Berry)
- Talkin’ ‘Bout
You (Chuck Berry)
- St.
Louis Woman (James Oden) 640000B 1964: THE YARDBIRDS. Richmond,
Crawdaddy Club, Athlethic Ground
-
RW plays set with The Yardbirds for Keith Relf who was ill.
Line-up:
RW (harm)/Eric Clapton (gtr)/Paul Samwell-Smith (bass)/
Chris
Dreja (gtr)/Jim McCarty (dr) Spring: THE THUNDERBIRDS. Tour Of The Midlands
of England.
Line-up:
see 640000A. Incl. gigs in:
640400A: Spring: Birmingham,
640400B: Spring: Coventry,
640400C: Spring: Wolverhampton, 640400D: Spring: THE BIRDS. Uxbridge, "Blues
Festival"
Note:
Last gig with Bob Langham on drums. 640500A May: THE BIRDS. "May
Fayre", Townmead School (two shows)
Line-up:
RW (gtr, bvoc)/Tony Munroe (gtr, bvoc)/Ali McKenzie (voc, harm)/
Kim
Gardner (bass)/Pete McDaniels (dr) 640601A 1st June: THE BIRDS. Reading,
The Cavern 640600A June: THE BIRDS. Unidentified studio in or around
London. Recording of
a
demo.
- You’re
On My Mind I (Ron Wood)
Line-up:
see 640500A.
Note:
This demo wasn’t released before Summer 1997! 640600B June (?): THE
BIRDS. Unidentified studio in or around London.
Recording
of a demo.
- You
Don’t Love Me I (Ellas McDaniel)
Line-up:
see 640500A.
Note:
This demo wasn’t released before Summer 1997! 640000C June onwards: THE
BIRDS. British gigs.
Note:
The Birds got semi-professional and played in and around of London’s
club
circuit and even went on tours which among other places even
brought
them to South Wales. Among other venues they played:
-
London Eel Pie Island, Clubhouse
-
Windsor, The Cavern (Fridays)
-
Reading, The Cavern
-
Hounslow, The Zambeze 640800A August: Southhall, Community Centre 640800B August
onwards: London, 100 Club (every Monday) 640907A 7th September: Bristol,
Corn Exchange
641015A 15th October: Hendon, Old Welsh Harp
641016A 16th October: Windsor, Cavern Club
641017A 17th October: Stamford, Lansbury Club
641018A 18th October: Southall, Community Centre
641019A 19th October: London, 100 Club
641020A 20th October: Bristol, Corn Exchange
641021A 21th October: St. Albans, Market Hall 641100A November: THE
BIRDS.
7" single
(Decca F 12031). Producer: Franklyn Boyd. Recorded in London,
at
Decca Studios.
A: You’re
On My Mind II (Ron Wood)
B: You
Don’t Love Me II (Ellas McDaniel)
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Tony Munroe (gtr)/Ali McKenzie (voc + harm)/
Kim
Gardner (bass)/Pete McDaniels (dr) 641200A late 1964: THE BIRDS. UK
TV (ARTV) ‘Ready, Steady, Win’, Wembley
Television
Studios. Incl.
- You’re
On My Mind (Ron Wood)
Line-up:
see 641100A.
1965
Note: All entries (unless noted otherwise) are from The Birds.
In 1965 The Birds
were playing among others:
- London, Marquee Jazz Club
- Watford, Trade Hall
- Leicester, Il Rondo
- Manchester, The Oasis
- Bristol, Corn Exchange
- Newcastle,
- Brighton, The Aquarium
- Cornwall,
- Nottingham, The Boathouse
+ elsewhere in the UK
Their set included among others:
- God Only Knows (Tony Asher/Brian Wilson)
- Fire ( )
- It’s All Right (Curtis Mayfield)
- One Night (Dave Bartholomew/Pearl King)
- Here Today (Tony Asher/Brian Wilson)
- Talking About My Baby (Curtis Mayfield) 650301A 1st
March: London, Ealing Jazz Club
650308A 8th March: London, Ealing Jazz Club
650315A 15th March: London, Ealing Jazz Club
650322A 22nd March: London, Ealing Jazz Club
650328A 28th March: London, Ealing Jazz Club 650400A April: THE
BIRDS.
7" single
(Decca F 12140). Producer: Franklyn Boyd.
A: Leaving
Here (Eddie Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland)
B: Next
In Line (Ron Wood)
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Tony Munroe (gtr)/Ali McKenzie (voc, harm)/
Kim
Gardner (bass)/Pete McDaniels (dr) 650600A June: THE BIRDS. UK TV
(ABC) ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’,
Birmingham.
Incl.
- Leaving
Here (Eddie Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland)
Line-up:
see 650400A.
Note:
The infamous telecast with the musicians lowered down on wires
and
the drummer landing on his drumkit.! 650000A 1965: THE GODS. UK
Army Base, some dark gym.
-
RW substitutes for MT.
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Ken Hensley (keyb, voc)/John Glascock (bass,
voc)/Lee
Kerslake or Brian Glascock (dr) 651000A October: THE BIRDS.
7" single
(Decca F 12257). Producer: Franklyn Boyd.
A: No
Good Without You Baby (William Stevenson)
B: How
Can It Be (Ron Wood)
Line-up:
see 650400A. October: Gigs in Great Britain, incl.:
651000B October: Lincoln, Cleethorpes
651000C October: Blackpool, West Pier
651000D October: Salisbury
Note:
They also played in Scotland. 651207A 7th December: Berkeley, Assembly
Hall
1966
Note: All entries unless noted otherwise) are from The Birds.
660112A 12th
January: THE BIRDS. Unidentified studio in or around London.
- That’s
All I Need You For (Ron Wood/Tony Munroe)
- You
Shouldn’t Do That (Ron Wood)
- unknown
third track (Ron Wood)
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Tony Munroe (gtr)/Ali McKenzie (voc, harm)/
Kim
Gardner (bass)/Pete McDaniels (dr)
Note: You
Shouldn’t Do That was re-written by RW in Spring 1974
as Money
Money. 660114A 14th January: THE BIRDS. Twickenham, Shepperton
Studios. Shooting for
the
movie ‘The Deadly Bees’. Director: Freddie
Francis. Incl. performance of:
- That’s
All I Need You For (Ron Wood/Tony Munroe)
Line-up:
see above 660318A 18th March: THE BIRDS. London, Pye Studios. Incl.
- What
Hit Me (Ron Wood/Tony Munroe)
+
probably more
Note:
Recordings for their unreleased fourth Decca-single.
Line-up:
660112A. 660605A 5th June: THE BIRDS. London, Stigwood Studios.
- Say
Those Magic Words (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)
Line-up:
see 650620A. 660611A 11th June: THE BIRDS. Brighton, Cadillac
Club 660615A 15th June: THE BIRDS. London, Stigwood Studios.
- Daddy
Daddy I (Ron Wood/Tony Munroe) -7“ version
- Daddy
Daddy II (Ron Wood/Tony Munroe) -alternate version
Line-up:
see 650620A.
Note:
The alternate version wasn’t released before Summer 1997. 660620A 20th
June: THE BIRDS. London, Stigwood Studios.
- The
Doll Who Said No (Polnareff)
- NSU (Jack
Bruce)
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Tony Munroe (gtr)/Ali McKenzie (voc)/Kim Gardner
(bass)/ Pete
McDaniels (dr)
Note:
Recordings for their unreleased first Reaction-single under working
title ‘Good
Times’ which is the English translation of a French song.
The
single was sheduled for the 29th July, but never saw the light of day. 660816A 16th
August: ROD STEWART/P.P. ARNOLD. London, I.B.C.
Studios.
Producer: Mick Jagger.
- Come
Home Baby (Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil)
- Working
In The Coalmine (Allen Toussiant) -unconfirmed
Line-up:
Ron Wood (bass; unsure)/Keith Richards (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/
P.P.
Arnold (voc)/Keith Emerson (keyb)/Micky Waller (dr)
Note: Come
Home Baby wasn’t released before 1975, when it
appeared
on an obscure sampler (see 750000B). 660900A September: THE BIRDS BIRDS.
7" single
(Reaction 591 005).
A: Say
Those Magic Words (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)
B: Daddy
Daddy (RW/Tony Munroe)
Note:
Same line-up as The Birds (see 650500A). This short-living namechange
was
a suggestion by Robert Stigwood (director of Reaction in those days).
Around
the time of the single-release The Birds Birds fired Tony Munroe. 661017A 17th
October: THE BIRDS. Unidentified studio in London. Incl.
- Pretend (
)
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Ali McKenzie (voc)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Pete McDaniels (dr) 661200A December: THE
BIRDS. London, Regent Sound Studio. Incl.
- Granny
Rides Again (Ron Wood)
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Ali McKenzie (voc)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Clem Cattini (dr) 661200B late
1966: THE ARTBIRDS. Rehearsals in or around London.
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Art Wood (voc)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Jon Lord (org)/
John ‘Twink’ Adler
(dr) 661200C late 1966: SANTA BARBERA MACHINE HEAD. Unidentified
studio in
or
around London. Incl.
- Porcupine
Juice (Jon Lord/Gus Dudgeon)
- Albert (Jon
Lord/Gus Dudgeon)
- Rubber
Monkey (Jon Lord/Gus Dudgeon)
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Jon Lord (org)/John ‘Twink’ Adler (dr)
1967
All entries,unless noted otherwise, are from The Jeff Beck Group
670100A January: THE
JEFF BECK GROUP. London, Goodge Street. Rehearsals.
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jet Harris (bass)/
Viv
Prince (dr) 670100B January: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. Sutton, Jeff Beck’s
house. Rehearsals.
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Kim Gardner (bass)/
Viv
Prince (dr) 670200A February: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. London, Studio
19
More
rehearsals and maybe first recordings.
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Roger Cook (dr) 670303A 3rd
March: London, Astoria, Finsbury Park (1st show)
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Roger Cook (dr) 670303B 3rd
March: London, Astoria, Finsbury Park (2nd show)
Line-up:
see 670303A. 670307A 7th March: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. UK radio (BBC) ‘Saturday
Club’,
London,
Playhouse Theatre. Host: Brian Matthew.
- Let
Me Love You (Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck)
- Stone
Crazy (Buddy Guy)
- I
Ain’t Superstitious (Willie Dixon)
- Hi
Ho Silver Lining (Scott English/Lawrence Weiss)
- I’m
Losing You (Norman Whitfield/Eddie Holland/Cornelius Grant)
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Roger Cook (dr)
Note:
Broadcast on the 18th March. 670310A 10th March: THE JEFF BECK GROUP.
7" single
(Columbia DB 8151). Producer: Mickie Most. Recorded in London
at
De Lane Lea Studios, probably in February
A: Hi
Ho Silver Lining (Scott English/Lawrence Weiss)
B: Beck’s
Bolero (Jimmy Page)
Line-up
A: RW (bass; unsure)/Jeff Beck (gtr + voc)/John Paul Jones (p,
orchestra
arrangements)/Clem Cattani (dr)/Mickie Most (bvoc)
Line-up
B: RW (gtr; unsure)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Jimmy Page (gtr)John Paul
Jones
(bass)/Keith Moon (dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p) 670300A mid-March: THE JEFF
BECK GROUP. In or around London. Rehearsals.
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Micky Waller (dr)
Note:
Micky Waller left in late March (but returned in mid-October) 670300B late
March: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. In or around London. Rehearsals.
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Coombes (dr) 670411A 11th
April: London, The Marquee
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Dave Ambrose (bass)/
Rod
Coombes (dr) 7th - 31st May: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. England tour.
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Aynsley Dunbar (dr) 670507A 7th
May: Meacham, Public Hall
670510A 10th May: Nottingham, Britannia
670512A 12th May: High Wycombe, Town Hall
670515A 15th May: Ealing, Feathers
670516A 16th May: Bristol, Corn Exchange
670519A 19th May: Selkirk, Victoria Hall
670520A 20th May: Carlisle, Market Hall
670525A 25th May: Liverpool, University
670527A 27th May: Bognor, Shoreline
670528A 28th May: Stockport, Tabernacle
670531A 31st May: Norwich, Oxford Cellar
670702A 2nd July: London, Saville Theatre 670704A 4th July: THE
JEFF BECK GROUP. UK radio (BBC) ‘Saturday Club’,
London,
Playhouse Theatre. Host: Brian Matthew.
- Rock
My Plimsoul (Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart)
- Think
I’m Gonna Leave This Morning ( )
- Tallyman (Graham
Gouldman)
- Ice
Cold Heart ( ) -title unsure
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Aynsley Dunbar (dr)
Note:
Broadcast on the 8th July. Ice Cold Heart could stem from a different
BBC-session.
670507A 7th July: THE JEFF BECK GROUP.
7" single
(Columbia DB 8359). Producer: Mickie Most. Recorded in
June
at De Lane Lea Recording Studios, London.
A: Tallyman (Graham
Gouldman) -Jeff Beck on lead vocals
B: Rock
My Plimsoul I (Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart) -Rod Stewart on lead vocals
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Aynsley Dunbar (dr) 670813A 13th August: Windsor,
Royal Windsor Racecourse, ‘7th International
Jazz
And Blues Festival’.
(Some
Kind Of Wonderful-Can I Get A Witness/I Can’t Hold Out/
Think
I’m Gonna Leave This Morning/Rock My Plimsoul/Hi Ho
Silver
Lining) 19th August - 23rd December: Constant touring of England.
Line-up:
as above, from mid-October onwards: Micky Waller on drums 670819A 19th
August: Dunstable,
670820A 20th August: Guildford,
670824A 24th August: Worthing,
670826A 26th August: Folkestone
670828A 28th August: Woburn, Abbey Festival
670902A 2nd September: Manchester,
670903A 3rd September: Stockport,
670905A 5th September: Malvern,
670908A 8th September: Rugby,
670909A 9th September: Lowestoft,
670915A 15th September: Nottingham,
670916A 16th September: Bracknell,
670917A 17th September: Chertsey,
670922A 22nd September: Hartlepool,
670925A 25th September: London, Edmonton 670926A 26th September: London,
The Marquee
(Stone
Crazy/I Can’t Hold Out/Let Me Love You/I Ain’t Superstitious/
I
Think I’ll Be Leaving This Morning/Rock My Plimsoul/Jeff’s Boogie/
Wee
Wee Baby/I’m Losing You/Oh, Pretty Woman) 670929A 29th September:
Dartford,
670929B 29th September: London, Chalk Farm Roundhouse
670930A 30th September: Hinckley, 671003A 3rd October: THE CRAZY
WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN. UK radio
(BBC) ‘Top
Gear’, London, Aeolian Hall, Studio 2. Host: Bernie Andrews.
- Witch
Doctor ( )
- Prelude
- Nightmare (Arthur Brown)
- Devil’s
Trip ( )
- I
Put A Spell On You (Jalacy Hawkins)
- Time (Arthur
Brown)
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Arthur Brown (voc)/Vincent Crane (org)/Drachen Theaker (dr)
Note:
Broadcast on the 8th October.
RW
claims he played on Arthur Brown’s big hit Fire, but it is not
clear
if he plays on the studio version or on the BBC version which
was
recorded in London at BBC’s Studio 1 on the 8th April 1968. 671006A 6th
October: Swansea,
671007A 7th October: Leeds, 671009A 9th October: THE JEFF BECK
GROUP. UK radio (BBC) ‘David
Symonds’,
London, Paris Cinema. Host: David Symonds.
- Rock
My Plimsoul (Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck)
- Let
Me Love You (Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck)
- Walking
By The Railings (The Jeff Beck Group) -instrumental Jam
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Aynsley Dunbar (dr)
Note:
Broadcast song by song on the 16th, 19th and 20th October respectively. 671013A 13th
October: Ghent, Belgium,
671014A 14th October: Reading,
671015A 15th October: Guildford,
671021A 21st October: Southampton,
671026A 26th October: London, The Speakeasy
671027A 27th October: Tamworth,
671029A 29th October: Kirklevington,
671030A 30th October: Coventry, 671101A 1st November: THE JEFF
BECK GROUP. UK radio (BBC) ‘Top Gear’,
London,
Maida Vale Studio #4. Hosts: Phil Drummond and John Peel.
- I
Ain’t Superstitious (Willie Dixon)
- Beck’s
Bolero (Jimmy Page)
- Loving
You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Stevie Wonder/Ivy Hunter)
- You’ll
Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart (Burt Bacharach/David)
- You
Shook Me (Willie Dixon/J.B. Lenoir)
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Micky Waller (dr)
Note:
Broadcast on the 5th November. 671103A 3rd November: Poole,
671104A 4th November: Exeter,
671110A 10th November: Nottingham,
671111A 11th November: Matlock,
671116A 16th November: Newcastle,
671118A 18th November: Coventry,
671115A 25th November: Haverfordwest,
671130A 30th November: Salisbury,
671201A 1st December: Cardiff,
671202A 2nd December: Romsey, 671205A 5th + 7th December: THE
JEFF BECK GROUP. London, EMI Studios.
Producer:
Mickie Most. Recording session. Incl.
- I’ve
Been Drinking (Tauber/Johnny Mercer)
+
maybe more
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Micky Waller (dr)/
Nicky
Hopkins (p)/Madeline Bell (bvoc)
Note:
According to rumours John Entwistle and Keith Moon also attended
the
sessions. 671208A 8th December: Birmingham,
671209A 9th December: Kingston,
671211A 11th December: Slough,
671212A 12th December: London, The Marquee
671214A 14th December: Sussex, University
671215A 15th December: Walthamstow,
671216A 16th December: Dereham,
671223A 23rd December: Oxford, 670000A 1967: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. UK
TV ( ) ‘Easybeat’.
1968
Note: All tourdates are from the The Jeff Beck Group, unless noted otherwise.
680100A January: THE
CREATION. London, Olympic Sound Studios. Producer:
Shel
Talmy. Sound engineer: (probably) Glyn Johns. Incl.
- For
All That I Am I (Friedland/Kahan) -single-version
- For
All That I Am II (Friedland/Kahan) -alternate stereo version
- The
Girls Are Naked (Kenneth Pickett/Kim Gardner/Jack Jones)
- Mercy
Mercy Mercy (Larry Williams/Johnny Watson/Zawinul)
- Midway
Down I (John Wonderling/Los Shapiro) -single-version
- Midway
Down II (John Wonderling/Los Shapiro) -alternate stereo version
- Uncle
Bert (RW/Kenneth Pickett/Kim Gardner/Jack Jones)
Note:
According to new sources, RW does not play on the song Bonney
Moroney
(= misnamed Bony Moronie). The alternate versions weren’t
released
before 1998.
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Kenneth Pickett (voc)/Jack Jones (dr) 680127A 27th
January: Norwich,
680203A 3rd February: Egham, 680205A 5th February: THE JEFF
BECK GROUP. London, EMI Studios.
Producer:
Mickie Most. Recording session for upcoming Truth-LP.
Note:
Continued on the 20th March, 14.-16th May and 25th May. 680209A 9th February:
Nottingham, 680210A 10th February: THE JEFF BECK GROUP.
7" single
(Columbia DB 8359). Producer: Mickie Most.
[A: Love
Is Blue (L’Amour Est Bleu)(André Popp/Cour/Brian Blackburn)]
B: I’ve
Been Drinking (Tauber/Johnny Mercer)
Line-up
side B: RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Micky
Waller
(dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)/Madeline Bell (bvoc) 680217A 17th February: London,
Hammersmith Odeon 680300A March: ROD STEWART.
7" single
(Immediate IM 060). Producer: Mike D’Abo.
[A: Little
Miss Understood (Mike D’Abo)]
B: So
Much To Say (Mike D’Abo/Rod Stewart)
Line-up
side B: RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Mike D’Abo (p)
Note:
unconfirmed. April: THE CREATION. Tour of Germany, Holland and Spain.
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Kenneth Pickett (voc)/Jack Jones (dr)
Note:
Ronnie was unhappy with the Jeff Beck Group and also joined The
Creation
some time in December 1967 or January 1968. He left them
again
in May after the two final gigs in London and Nottingham. It is
possible,
that he missed some of the Jeff Beck Group dates listed here!
(He
was temporarily replaced by Junior Wood). It is also possible that RW
didn’t
play the Spanish dates with The Creation (where he was replaced by
someone
called Digger). 680302A 2nd March: Manchester,
680303A 3rd March: Rotterdam, Holland
680308A 8th March: Dartford,
680309A 9th March: London, Mill Hill
680309B 9th March: London, Covent Garden
680315A 15th March: Oswestry,
680316A 16th March: Chesham,
680317A 17th March: Grantham, 680320A 20th March: THE JEFF BECK
GROUP. London, EMI Studios.
Producer:
Mickie Most. Recording session for Truth. 680322A 22nd March: Walthamstow,
680323A 23rd March: Bletchley,
680324A 24th March: Nottingham,
680330A 30th March: Wolverhampton, 680400A April: THE CREATION.
7" single
(Polydor 56246). Producer: Shel Talmy. Sound engineer: (probably)
Glyn
Johns. Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in January.
A: Midway
Down (John Wonderling/Los Shapiro)
B: The
Girls Are Naked (Kenneth Pickett/Kim Gardner/Jack Jones)
Line-up:
see 680100A. 680401A 1st April: Cleethorpes,
680404A 4th April: Llanelly,
680405A 5th April: Bicester,
680407A 7th April: Bexley,
680408A 8th April: Bath,
680409A 9th April: London, The Marquee
680411A 11th April: Worthing, 680400B mid-April: THE JEFF BECK
GROUP. Swiss TV (SRG), Zurich.
-
unknown TV appearance 15th April - 5th May: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. European
tour.
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Micky Waller (dr)/
Nicky
Hopkins (p) 680415A 15th April: Chur, Switzerland,
680416A 16th April: Lucerne, Switzerland,
680417A 17th April: St. Gallen, Switzerland,
680420A 20th April: Copenhagen, Denmark,
680420B 20th April: Trelleborg, Sweden,
680421A 21st April: Copenhagen, Denmark,
680421B 21st April: Roskilde, Denmark,
680424A 24th April: Gothenburg, Sweden,
680425A 25th April: Uddevalla, Sweden,
680425B 25th April: Stockholm, Sweden,
680426A 26th April: Ionkoping, Sweden,
680427A 27th April: Kristinehamm, Sweden,
680428A 28th April: Copenhagen, Denmark,
680504A 4th May: Paris, France,
680505A 5th May: Paris, France,
680510A 10th May: Dartford,
680511A 11th May: Bradford,
680512A 12th May: Kirklevington, 680514A 14th-16th May + 25th May: THE
JEFF BECK GROUP. London,
EMI
Studios. Recording session for upcoming Truth-album. Producer:
Mickie
Most. Sound engineer: Ken Scott. Recording sessions for ‘Truth’.
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Micky Waller (dr)/
Nicky
Hopkins (p) 680518A 18th May: Weston-Super-Mare, late May: THE CREATION. Tour
of Germany and Holland
Line-up:
RW (gtr)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Kenneth Pickett (voc)/Jack Jones (dr) 680602A 2nd
June: Coventry, 680600A early June: THE CREATION. London, John Lewis’s
Store Theatre
680600B early June: THE CREATION. Nottingham,
Note:
Last RW-gigs with The Creation. 680607A 7th June: London, The Manor House 14th
June - 4th August: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. US tour.
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Micky Waller (dr)/
Nicky
Hopkins (p) 680614A 14th June: New York, Fillmore East
680615A 15th June: New York, Fillmore East
(You
Shook Me-Let Me Love You/Telephone Blues/Jeff’s Boogie/Sweet
Little
Angel/Shapes Of Things/Hi Ho Silver Lining/Beck’s Bolero/Rock My
Plimsoul/Oh,
Pretty Woman/Morning Dew/Rice Pudding/The Sun Is Shining/
I
Ain’t Superstitious) 680616A 16th June: Staten Island, Reality
Home Rehabilitation Center, benefit-concert
Note:
With special guest Jimi Hendrix (gtr) jamming with The Jeff Beck Group. 680617A 17th
(?) June: New York City, Scene Club, ‘Daytop Music Festival’
Note:
With special guest Jimi Hendrix (gtr) jamming with The Jeff Beck Group. 680618A 18th
June: New York, Fillmore East
680619A 19th June: New York, Fillmore East
680620A 20th June: New York, Fillmore East
680621A 21st June: New York, Fillmore East 680622A 22nd June: New
York, Fillmore East
(Sweet
Little Angel/You Shook Me/Let Me Love You/Jeff’s Boogie/
The
Sun Is Shining)
Note:
Soundboard recording was made. 680626A 26th June: Boston, Tea Party
680627A 27th June: Boston, Tea Party
680628A 28th June: Boston, Tea Party
680629A 29th June: Boston, Tea Party 680700A Summer: THE CREATION.
7" single
(Hit-ton HT 300 210 -Germany). Producer: Shel Talmy. Sound
engineer:
(probably) Glyn Johns. Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in January.
[A: Bony
Moronie (Larry Williams) -under title ‘Bonney Moroney’]
B: Mercy
Mercy Mercy (Larry Williams/Johnny Watson/Zawinul)
Line-up:
see 680100A. 680705A 5th July: Detroit, Dearborn University
680706A 6th July: Detroit, Dearborn University
680707A 7th July: Ann Arbor,
680709A 9th July: Cleveland,
680710A 10th July: Cleveland,
680711A 11th July: Cleveland,
680712A 12th July: Houston,
680713A 13th July: Houston,
680717A 17th July: Dallas,
680719A 19th July: San Francisco, Fillmore West 680720A 20th July:
San Francisco, Fillmore West
(Beck’s
Bolero/You Shook Me/Let Me Love You/The Sun Is Shining/
Jeff’s
Boogie/Shapes Of Things/Rock My Plimsoul)
Note:
This gig could also stem from Fillmore East, 20th June. 680721A 21st July:
San Francisco, Fillmore West
680723A 23rd July: San Francisco, Fillmore West
680724A 24th July: San Francisco, Fillmore West
680725A 25th July: San Francisco, Fillmore West 680726A 26th July:
Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium
680727A 27th July: Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium
one
of both gigs incl.:
(You
Shook Me-Let Me Love You/The Sun Is Shining/Instrumental/
Shapes
Of Things/Jeff’s Boogie/Blues De Luxe/I Ain’t Superstitious/
Wee
Wee Baby/Rock My Plimsoul/The Sun Is Shining/Rock My Plimsoul)
Note:
A tape with these recordings circulates among collectors as
Los
Angeles 24th July, so it could also be from San Francisco. 680800A August: THE
JEFF BECK GROUP.
LP ‘Truth’ (Columbia
SCX 6293). Producer: Mickie Most. Sound
engineer:
Ken Scott. Incl.:
- Shapes
Of Things (Paul Samwell-Smith/Keith Relf/Jim McCarty)
- Let
Me Love You (Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck)
- Morning
Dew (Tim Rose/B. Dobson) -Nicky Hopkins on piano
- You
Shook Me (Willie Dixon/J.B. Lenoir)
- Greensleeves (Trad.
arr.: Jeff Beck)
- Rock
My Plimsoul II (Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart)
- Beck’s
Bolero (Jimmy Page)
- Blues
De Luxe (Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck) -Nicky Hopkins on piano
- I
Ain’t Superstitious (Willie Dixon)
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Micky Waller (dr) 680802A 2nd
August: Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium
680803A 3rd August: Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium 680804A 4th
August: Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium
(You
Shook Me-Let Me Love You/Morning Dew/Jeff’s Boogie/
Blues
De Luxe/Hi Ho Silver Lining/Beck’s Bolero/Rock My Plimsoul/
Shapes
Of Things/Instrumental) 680810A 10th August: Sunbury, Kempton
Park Racecourse 680906A 6th September: London, The Manor House
680914A 14th September: Norwich, 680917A 17th September: THE
JEFF BECK GROUP. UK radio (BBC) ‘Top
Gear’,
London, 201 Piccadilly, Studio #1. Host: John Peel.
-You
Shook Me (Willie Dixon/J.B. Lenoir)
-Shapes
Of Things (Paul Samwell-Smith/Keith Relf/Jim McCarty)
- Sweet
Little Angel (Hudson Whittaker)
- Rice
Puding (Ron Wood/Jeff Beck/Nicky Hopkins/Rod Stewart)
-Jeff’s
Boogie (Jeff Beck)
-Rock
My Plimsoul (Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck)
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Tony Newman (dr)
Note:
Broadcast on the 29th September (with exception of Rock
My
Plimsoul which was broadcast on the 3rd November). 680918A 18th
September: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. Unidentified studio in or
around
London. Producer: Mickie Most. Recording session. 680900A late Summer or
early Autumn: THE CREATION.
7" single
(Hit-ton HT 300 235 -Germany). Producer: Shel Talmy. Sound
engineer:
(probably) Glyn Johns. Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in January.
A: For
All That I Am (Friedland/Kahan)
B: Uncle
Bert (RW/Kenneth Pickett/Kim Gardner/Jack Jones)
Line-up:
see 680400A.
Note:
Glyn Johns had his hand in the production of Uncle Bert. 30th September -
5th October: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. Scandinavian Tour.
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Micky Waller (dr)/
Nicky
Hopkins (p) 680930A 30th September: Stockholm, Sweden,
681001A lst October: Stockholm, Sweden,
681002A 2nd October: Stockholm, Sweden,
681003A 3rd October: Stockholm, Sweden,
681004A 4th October: Jonkoping, Sweden,
681005A 5th October: Copenhagen, Denmark, 11th October - 8th December:
THE JEFF BECK GROUP. 2nd US tour.
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Micky Waller (dr)/
Nicky
Hopkins (p) 681011A 11th October: Chicago,
681012A 12th October: Alma,
681013A 13th October: Cleveland,
681018A 18th October: New York, Fillmore East 681018B 18th or 19th
October: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. US TV ( ) ‘Welcome To
Fillmore
East’, New York.
- Shapes
Of Things (Paul Samwell-Smith/Keith Relf/Jim McCarty)
Note:
Telecast of a live performance at Fillmore East with overdubbed music
of
the studioversion. Broadcast at a later date. 681019A 19th October: New
York, Fillmore East
681020A 20th October: Alexandra, 681022A 22nd October: Boston,
Tea Party
(You
Shook Me/Let Me Love You/Jeff’s Boogie/Blues De Luxe/
Rock
My Plimsoul/Shapes Of Things/Rice Pudding/Sweet Little Angel/
I
Ain’t Superstitious/Wee Wee Baby) 681023A 23rd October: Boston,
Tea Party
681024A 24th October: Boston, Tea Party
681030A 30th October: Toronto, Canada,
681101A 1st November: Detroit, Grande Ballroom
681102A 2nd November: Detroit, Grande Ballroom 681103A 3rd November:
Detroit, Grande Ballroom
(Shapes
Of Things/You Shook Me-Let Me Love You/Blues De Luxe/
Jeff’s
Boogie/Rock My Plimsoul/A Natural Woman/Rice Pudding/
Sweet
Little Angel/I Ain’t Superstitious) 681108A 8th November:
Houston,
681109A 9th November: Dallas,
681110A 10th November: Oklahoma City,
681115A 15th November: Miami,
681116A 16th November: Miami,
681122A 22nd November: Cleveland,
681123A 23rd November: Cleveland,
681127A 27th November: Seattle,
681129A 29th November: Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium 681130A 30th
November, Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium
(Shapes
Of Things/Rock My Plimsoul/Morning Dew/Rice Pudding/
Rock
My Plimsoul) 681100A November: KEITH WEST. Unidentified
studio and producer. Incl.:
- The
Visit (Keith West)
- She (Keith
West) -with unknown string section
Line-up:
RW (bass)/Keith West (voc)/Steve Howe (gtr)/Nicky
Hopkins
(p)/Aynsley Dunbar (dr)
Note:
These songs weren’t released before June 1995! 681205A 5th December:
San Francisco, Fillmore West
681206A 6th December: San Francisco, Fillmore West 681207A 7th
December: San Francisco, Fillmore West
(All
Shook Up/The Sun Is Shining/Rice Pudding/Morning Dew/
Jeff’s
Boogie/Blues De Luxe/I Ain’t Superstitious/Wee Wee Baby/
Rock
My Plimsoul) 681208A 8th December: San Francisco, Fillmore West
681221A 21st December: Middle Earth Club, The Roundhouse, London
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