Beck-Ola

Beck-Ola (Cosa Nostra) was the second full-length LP by Jeff Beck and his backing group, released in 1969. It was released in the U.S. on Epic and in the U.K. on EMI/Columbia. Beck-Ola is also released on CD by Sony in the US in 2006 and the original release date of the cd was 2004 in the UK by EMI. All the songs are remastered and there are added 4 bonus tracks. Released four months before the group's disbanding, it famously boasted that it wasn... more

Beck-Ola (Cosa Nostra) was the second full-length LP by Jeff Beck and his backing group, released in 1969. It was released in the U.S. on Epic and in the U.K. on EMI/Columbia. Beck-Ola is also released on CD by Sony in the US in 2006 and the original release date of the cd was 2004 in the UK by EMI. All the songs are remastered and there are added 4 bonus tracks. Released four months before the group's disbanding, it famously boasted that it wasn't anything original, but is nonetheless a fine example of British blues-rock. Featuring five original numbers composed by various combinations of the band members, rounded out with two radically reworked cover versions of Elvis Presley hits, the album continued the second chapter of Beck's career as a musician (the first being the days before his solo career began). The album features Presley's "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock", a heavy blues rock tune called "Spanish Boots", a piano instrumental called "Girl from Mill Valley", "Plynth ... less