Note: All tourdates are from the The Jeff Beck Group, except if noted otherwise.
680100A January: THE CREATION. London,
probably IBC Studios. Producer: Shel Talmy.
Sound engineer: Glyn Johns. Incl.
- For All That I Am I (Stephen Friedland/Paul Kahan) -single-version
- For All That I Am II (Stephen Friedland/Paul Kahan) -alternate stereo
version
- The Girls Are Naked (Kenneth Pickett/Kim Gardner/Jack Jones)
- Mercy Mercy Mercy (Larry Williams/Johnny Watson/Joseph 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)
Line-up: RW (gtr)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Kenneth Pickett (voc)/Jack Jones
(dr)
Notes: According to new sources, RW does not play on the song 'Bonney
Moroney' (a misnamed version of Johnny 'Guitar' Watson's 'Bony
Moronie').
'Uncle Bert' was probably produced by Glyn Johns.
The alternate versions weren’t released before 1998 on the CD’s 'The
Complete Collection Vol. 1 - Making Time’ (Retroactive RECD 9002) &
‘The Complete Collection Vol. 2 - Biff Bang Pow!’ Retroactive RECD
9003). For more info, see 981013A/B.
680127A 27th January: Norwich, England,
680203A 3rd February: Egham, England,
680209A 9th February: Nottingham, England, Britannia Rowing
Club
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: Drinking Again (Doris Tauber/Johnny Mercer) -under title 'I’ve Been
Drinking'
Line-up side B: RW (bass; unsure)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Jeff Beck (gtr;
maybe
bass)/Micky Waller (dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)/Madeline Bell (bvoc)
680217A 17th February: London, Hammersmith Odeon
680220A 20th February: London, Marquee Club
680300A March: ROD STEWART.
7" single (Immediate IM 060). Producer: Mike D’Abo. Recorded in 1967 at
Olympic Studios, London.
A: Little Miss Understood (Mike D’Abo)
B: So Much To Say (Mike D’Abo/Rod Stewart)
Musicians: RW (bass)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Mike D’Abo (p)/Micky Waller (dr)
Note: Also an alternate take of 'Little Miss Understood' is existing
and was
released on the compilation Rod Stewart & The Faces’ (Springboard
Records SPB 4030) in 1975.
680302A 2nd March: Manchester, England,
University
680303A 3rd March: Rotterdam, Holland
680308A 8th March: Dartford, England,
680309A 9th March: London, Mill Hill
680309B 9th March: London, Covent Garden , Middle Earth Club
680315A 15th March: Oswestry, Wales, Plaza Ballroom
680316A 16th March: Chesham, England, Co-op Hall
680317A 17th March: Grantham, England, Cat Ballou
680320A 20th March: THE JEFF BECK GROUP.
London, EMI Studios. Producer:
Mickie Most. Demo- or recording-session for the upcoming album 'Truth'.
Incl.
-
Shapes Of Things (Paul Samwell-Smith/Keith Relf/Jim McCarty) -unverified
Note:
Around this time RW left the Jeff Beck Group join The Creation on a
tour through Spain and Germany. He re-joined in June.
late March/early April (?): THE CREATION. Tour
of
Spain and Germany.
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 Woods). It is very possible that
RW
didn’t play the Spanish dates with The Creation (where he was replaced
by
someone called Digger).
680400A April: THE CREATION.
7" single (Polydor 56246). Producer: Shel Talmy. Sound engineer: Glyn
Johns.
Recorded at IBC Studios, London in January.
A: Midway Down (John Wonderling/Los Shapiro)
B: The Girls Are Naked (Kenneth Pickett/Kim Gardner/Jack Jones)
Line-up: see 680100A.
680408A 8th April: THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR
BROWN. UK radio
(BBC) ‘Top Gear’, London, Picadilly, Studio 1. Host: Bernie Andrews.
- Child Of My Kingdom (Arthur Brown/Vincent Crane)
- Come And Buy (Arthur Brown/Vincent Crane)
- Fire (Arthur Brown/Vincent Crane/Peter Kerr/Michael Finesilver)
- I Put A Spell On You (Jalacy Hawkins)
Line-up: RW (bass)/Arthur Brown (voc)/Vincent Crane (org)/Drachen
Theaker (dr)
Note: Broadcast on the 28th April.
'Fire' was first released in September 1991 on the BBC-compilation
'Before
The Fall' (see 910900B). 'Come And Buy ' was released in February 2010
(see 100222A).
680514A 14th - 16th May & 25th - 26th May: THE
JEFF BECK GROUP. London, EMI Studios.
Recording session for upcoming 'Truth'-album. Producer: Mickie Most.
Sound engineer: Ken Scott.
Line-up: RW (bass; not on the 25th May)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart
(voc)/
Micky Waller (dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)
late May: THE CREATION. Tour of Germany and
Holland.
Line-up: RW (gtr)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Kenneth Pickett (voc)/Jack Jones
(dr)
680600A early June: THE CREATION. Nottingham,
England,
680600B early June: THE CREATION. London, John Lewis’s
Store Theatre
Note: Last two RW-gigs with The Creation.
680600C Spring: THE CREATION. German TV, Hamburg.
- Painter Man (Kenneth
Pickett/Eddie Phillips) -playback
Line-up: RW (gtr)/Kim
Gardner (bass)/Kenneth Pickett (voc)/Jack Jones (dr)
680607A 7th June: London, The Manor House, ‘Bluesville ‘68’ (maybe with RW)
14th June - 3rd August: THE JEFF BECK GROUP. 1st
US tour.
Line-up: RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc; gtr on Beck’s
Bolero)/
Micky Waller (dr)/Nicky Hopkins
(p)
680614A 14th June: New York City, Fillmore East
(1st show)
680614B 14th June: New York City, Fillmore East (2nd show)
680615A 15th June: New York City, Fillmore East (1st show)
680615B 15th June: New York City, Fillmore East (2nd show)
680616A 16th June: Daytop Village, Staten
Island,
New York, Reality Home Rehabilitation
Center, ‘Daytop
Under The Stars’-festival
Note: Benefit-concert
with special guest Jimi Hendrix (gtr, voc) jamming with
The Jeff Beck Group. The set included apart from some jams:
- Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix) -unverified
680618A 18th June: New York City, The Scene
Note: With special guests Jimi
Hendrix (gtr) and Eric Clapton (gtr) jamming
with The Jeff Beck Group.
680619A 19th June: New York City, The Scene
680620A 20th June: New York City, The Scene
680621A 21st June: New York City, The Scene
680622A 22nd June: New York City, New York, The
Scene
Note: With special guest Jimi Hendrix (gtr) jamming with them each
night!
680626A 26th June: Boston, Massachusetts, Tea
Party
680627A 27th June: Boston, Massachusetts, Tea
Party
680628A 28th June: Boston, Massachusetts, Tea Party
680629A 29th June: Boston, Massachusetts, Tea Party
680700A Summer: THE CREATION.
7" single (Hit-ton HT 300 210 -Germany). Producer: Shel Talmy. Sound
engineer:
Glyn Johns. Recorded
at IBC Studios, London in January.
[A: Bony Moronie
(Larry Williams) -under title ‘Bonney Moroney’]
B: Mercy Mercy Mercy (Larry
Williams/Johnny Watson/Joseph Zawinul)
Line-up: see 680100A.
680701A 1st July: Detroit, Michigan, Grande
Ballroom
680702A 2nd July: Detroit, Michigan, Grande Ballroom
680703A 3rd July: Detroit, Michigan, Grande Ballroom
680705A 5th July: Detroit, Michigan, Dearborn University
680706A 6th July: Detroit, Michigan, Dearborn University
680707A 7th July: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 5th Dimension Club
680709A 9th July: Cleveland, Ohio, La Cave
680710A 10th July: Cleveland, Ohio, La Cave
680711A 11th July: Cleveland, Ohio, La Cave
680712A 12th July: Houston, Texas, The Catacombs
680713A 13th July: Houston, Texas, The Catacombs
680717A 17th July: Dallas, Texas, LuAnne’s
(Let Me Love You/I Can't
Hold Out/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)
680719A 19th July: San Francisco, California, Fillmore West
680720A 20th July: San Francisco, California,
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 the Fillmore East, in June.
680721A 21st July: San Francisco,
California, Fillmore West
680723A 23rd July: San Francisco, California, Fillmore
West
680724A 24th July: San Francisco,
California, Fillmore West, incl.
(You Shook Me-Let Me Love You/Morning Dew/Jeff’s Boogie/Sweet
Little Angel/Hi Ho Silver Lining/The Sun Is Shining)
Note: Soundboard recording was made (origin of setlist unsure, could
also
come from New York City 22.6.68).
680725A 25th July: San Francisco, California, Fillmore West
680726A 26th July: Los Angeles, California, Shrine
Exposition Hall
(You Shook Me-Let Me Love You/Morning
Dew/Jeff’s Boogie/Band introduction/
Sweet Little Angel/Hi Ho Silver
Lining/Beck’s Bolero/Rock My Plimsoul/
Shapes Of Things/Rice Pudding/unidentified
blues/I Ain't Superstitious)
680727A 27th July: Los Angeles, California, Shrine
Exposition Hall
(You Shook Me-Let Me Love
You/Morning Dew/Jeff’s Boogie/Sweet Little
Angel/Hi Ho Silver
Lining/Beck’s Bolero/Rock My Plimsoul/Shapes Of
Things/Rice Pudding/Band
introduction/unidentified blues)
680729A 29th July: THE JEFF BECK GROUP.
LP ‘Truth’ (Epic PE 26413, -USA). 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/Bonnie Dobson) -Nicky Hopkins on piano,
unidentified player on bagpipes
- You
Shook Me (Willie Dixon/J.B. Lenoir) -probably Nicky Hopkins on piano,
John Paul Jones on organ
- Rock My Plimsoul
(Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart) -alternate album take
- 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)
Note: The album was not released in
Great Britain (on Columbia SCX 6293)
until the 4th October.
680802A 2nd August: Los Angeles, California,
Shrine Exposition Hall
680803A 3rd August: Los Angeles, California, Shrine Exposition
Hall
680810A 10th August: Sunbury, England, Kempton
Park Racecourse, ‘8th National Jazz &
Blues Festival’
Note: With special guest Nicky Hopkins on piano.
680906A 6th September: London, The Manor House,
‘Bluesville ‘68’
680914A 14th September: Norwich, England,
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:
Glyn Johns. Recorded at IBC Studios, London in January.
A: For All That I Am (Stephen Friedland/Paul 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)
680930A 30th September: Stockholm, Sweden,
681001A 1st October: Stockholm, Sweden,
681002A 2nd October: Stockholm, Sweden,
681003A 3rd October: Stockholm, Sweden,
681004A 4th October: Jonkoping, Sweden, Rigoletto
681005A 5th October: Copenhagen, Denmark, Brondby Popclub
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, from 18th October onwards)
681011A 11th October: Chicago, Illinois,
Electric
Theatre
681012A 12th October: Alma, Michigan, College
681013A 13th October: Mentor (near Cleveland), Ohio, Hullaballoo
(1st show)
681013B 13th October: Mentor (near Cleveland), Ohio, Hullaballoo
(2nd show)
681018A 18th October: New York City, Fillmore East (1st show)
681018B 18th October: New York City, Fillmore East (2nd show)
681018C 18th or 19th October: THE JEFF BECK
GROUP. US TV ( ) ‘Welcome To
Fillmore East’, New York City.
- 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 on a later date.
681019A 19th October: New York City, Fillmore
East (1st show)
681019B 19th October: New York City, Fillmore East (2nd show)
681020A 20th October: Alexandria, Virginia, Arena, Roller
Rink
681022A 22nd October: Boston, Massachusetts, 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, Massachusetts, Tea
Party
(Talk To
Me Baby/Jeff’s Boogie/Blues De Luxe/Rock My Plimsoul/A Natural
Man/Shapes Of
Things/Rice Pudding/I Ain’t Superstitious)
681024A 24th October: Boston, Massachusetts, Tea Party
(You Shook Me/Morning Dew/Sweet
Little Angel/Rock My Plimsoul/A Natural
Man/Shapes Of Things/Beck's
Bolero/Rice Pudding/Instrumental improvisation)
681025A 25th October: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Electric
Factory
681026A 26th October: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Electric
Factory
681030A 30th October: Toronto, Canada, Rock Pile
681031A 31st October: New York City, Fillmore
East
Note: Benefit gig for the
children in Biafra.
681100A November: VARIOUS ARTISTS.
Compilation-LP 'Blues Anytime Volume 3' (Immediate IMLP 019). Incl.
three
tracks recorded by short living band Santa Barbera Machine Head in late
1966:
- Porcupine Juice (Jon Lord/Gus Dudgeon) -by
Santa Barbera Machine
Head
- Albert (Jon Lord/Gus Dudgeon) -by Santa Barbera
Machine Head
- Rubber Monkey (Jon Lord/Gus Dudgeon) -by Santa Barbera Machine Head
Line-up: RW (gtr)/Kim Gardner (bass)/Jon Lord (org)/John ‘Twink’ Alder
(dr)
681101A 1st November: Detroit, Michigan, Grande
Ballroom
681102A 2nd November: Detroit, Michigan, Grande Ballroom
681103A 3rd November: Detroit, Michigan, 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, Texas, Music Hall
681109A 9th November: Dallas, Texas, Southern Methodist
University, McFarlin Auditorium
681110A 10th November: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
681115A 15th November: Miami, Florida,
Thee
Image
Note: With special guest Jimmy Page (gtr) on one or more songs.
681116A 16th November: Miami, Florida,
Thee
Image
(Let Me Love You/I Can't Hold Out/Jeff's Boogie/Band introduction/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 Shinig/I Ain't
Superstitious)
681119A 19th November: JEFF BECK GROUP.
New York City, Mirasound Studios.
Producer: ?. Incl.
- Sweet Little Angel (Hudson Whittaker)
Line-up: RW (bass)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Micky Waller (dr)/
Nicky Hopkins (p)
Note: Released
in May 2004 as bonus-track on a 'Beck-Ola'-re-release.
681122A 22nd November: Cleveland, Ohio, The Grand
681123A 23rd November: Cleveland, Ohio, The Grand
681127A 27th November: Seattle, Washington, Eagles
Auditorium
681129A 29th November: Los Angeles, Califormia, Shrine
Exposition Hall
681130A 30th November, Los Angeles, California,
Shrine Exposition Hall
(Becks Bolero/You Shook Me/Let Me Love You/unknown blues/Jeff's Boogie/
Shapes Of Things/Rock My Plimsoul/Morning Dew/Rice Pudding/I Ain't
Superstitious)
681205A 5th December: San Francisco, California,
Fillmore West
681206A 6th December: San Francisco, California, Fillmore West
681207A 7th December: San Francisco, California,
Fillmore West
(You Shook Me/The Sun Is Shining/Rice Pudding/Shapes Of Things/
Jeff’s Boogie/Blues De Luxe/I Ain’t Superstitious/Wee Wee Baby/
Rock My Plimsoul)
681208A 8th December: San Francisco, California, Fillmore West
681221A 21st December: London, The Roundhouse, Middle Earth Club
681200A December (?): KEITH WEST.
Probably
London, unidentified studio. Producer: Keith
West. Incl.:
- The Visit (Keith West) -RW on bass
- She (Keith West) -RW on bass, with unknown string section
+ On A Saturday (Keith West) -produced by Mark Wirtz, maybe with RW on
bass
+ The Kid Was A Killer (Keith West) -produced by Mark Wirtz, maybe with
RW
on bass
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 on the CD ‘Excerpts
From…Groups And Sessions 1965 - 1974’, see
950600A.
The bass playing on the two songs in question were credited to RW in the
liner notes of the album 'Tomorrow Feat. Keith West' (1999).