Jeff Beck Group (Rod Stewart) - Plynth-water down the drain

[Dougdenslowe]

I Agree!!!!!!!!

[Dougdenslowe]

Rod and Jeff if they could have stuck it out a little longer,they would have got the success they both deserved.I'm talking Huge,like Zeppelin!!!!!!

[HarrisonPaniszczyn]

Kinda funny how when Jeff left the Yardbirds, he got Rod Stewart, and when Jimmy reformed the Yardbirds, he got Robert Plant. Think about if those 2 were switched around, Rod in Zeppelin, and Plant in the Jeff Beck Group. Lmfao

[iade38]

the birth of hard rock

[wildgirl484]

there is no other singer like rod stewart.. when im down and put on his songs and hear his voice he makes me feel better for some reason .. from the time i was 13 to now and im 35 and will always love his music ....

[DRJVancouver]

MY POSTING IS MUCH MORE COMPLETE, ORIGINALLY FILMED BY SWEDISH TV....MINE ALSO HAS MICKY MOST THE PRODUCER GIVING JEFF BECK SHIT FOR NOT SHOWING UP FOR A SESSION, AND THEY ARE WAY BEHIND....PLUS ROD GIVING INPUT ....so there

[duteros]

Saw them in 67 or 68 at the Kinetic Theater in Chicago. I believe a band unknown at the time opened up for them.... Peter Greene, Danny Kirwan, and Jeremy Spencer, fronting a blues band with Mick Fleetwood on drums - Fleetwood Mac. But that show the Jeff Beck Group put on was the only thing I witnessed that came close to seeing Hendrix (saw him 3 times). It was jaw dropping.

[GrowcottPeter]

always loved this track but does anyone know why it's titled Plynth??? Water Down The Drain I understand but Plynth????

[Amhlair]

Rod Stewart when he was good.

[Cachibym]

Yes, I saw this ensemble at the Windsor festival in 1967. I would like to think that I knew at the time I was witnessing music history, but I didn't. I sure as hell know now how lucky I was!

[owen0515]

This is "EPIC" and extremely "RARE"!!! Great post, where did you find this?

[KaizoeOcshtau]

@owen0515 This is taken from a Swedish music show called Pick Up Plock. They only showed music from the end of the 50's to the 70's.

If I remember right, this show aired for one season back in 98 or 99.

Where SVT got their hands on this is a good question.

[fidomusic]

I saw them do this at The Marquee in 1969. Mickey Waller on drums, Ron Wood on bass, Stewart on vocals and Beck on guitar. Bloody brilliant.

[diamondsammy12]

Good golly, Miss Molly, turned me onto this... what an EXCELLENT tune...!!!

[TUCKERZONE]

AWESOME

[prunelogic]

this is fantastic.. this track is one of the greatest rock moments in my life - I used to go to a record/hi fi club and I clearly remember putting this on - everyone sat in seats like at a cinema and we "checked out the stereo" - the opening riff "mrs mills" everyone's faces dropping ..what's he doing ... then the riff kicked in .. I can't tell you of the joy when that moment kicked in ..the final recorded version of this track must be played LOUD.. bless who ever put this up...

[BBEVROCK]

Nice one for putting this vid up man ! Its rare and sweet and great to watch and people who knock it dont know shit and it does not matter whats missing or how long it is ,Its a studio mix :)

[stanthology]

Hunks of the guitar track is missing . If you listen to "Beck-Ola" you will have a special treat, when you hear the missing stuff!

[jackemlyn062]

Jesus Christ this is awesome!!!!!!!

[chippy783]

it's overdubbing

[EulalieWeissberg282]

Grab the audio from this video at thetunify doht cohm.

[djglowell]

Beck-Ola and Plynth water down the drain one of my favorites LPs and songs, all time. Saw this band back in 69 right after Nikki Hopkins was kicked out The rocked the Commodore Ballroom in Lowell, MA. Rod dod one of his screams and shot the house PA so Beck did about a 30minute solo around Rice Pudding.

[williamilburn]

Wood, Beck and Stewart had more talent than any other band. amazing song, faces around the plynth isn't as good but, other amazing songs anyway

[shangandtweety]

1969, The greatest year in rock history & Beck-Ola one of the best from that year. An extremely heavy lp not as refined & polished as the previous years Truth but in my opinion better. The band just wailed & Stewart was at his vocal peak. Check out the instrumental Rice Pudding from this album...Incredible! One of my top 10 favorite albums of all time along with Let it Bleed, Beggars Banquet, Are You Experienced, Abbey Road, Zep 2, Second Winter, Cream Goodbye etc...

[UncleVinty]

@shangandtweety '71 was a pretty good year for releases as well!

The first three Beck group albums are awesome!

[ReneeNme]

This is the shit good people !!!

[sweatypalms77]

HOT!

[RFizzard]

such a good band! Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck, and Ronnie Wood

[nelsano3]

This is amazing!!!! I can see why it didnt work out for them though, Jeffs guitar playing is way too prominant, theres no space for Rods voice or monumental ego. Jeff was always meant to be makin instrumental music i reckon...

[partofthepuzzle]

Fillmore East then had 3 bands every night. 1st set by the 7th Sons. Then a visionary masterpiece: The Grateful Dead playing extended music from Anthem of The Sun. Finally the dramatic moment. Would Beck still have IT, in a scene dominated by Hendrix and Clapton? Stewart was so nervous (!) that he sang off stage 'till Beck dragged him out! It was a freaking atomic music bomb that blew us all to a new level, a statement of raw and sublime expression. Part of me is still in that 4th row seat ;-).

[partofthepuzzle]

I was fortunate to have had 4th row center seat for the US debut of the Jeff Beck Group @ the Fillmore East in June '68 I had been a total Beck & Yardbirds fan but Beck was in a car accident right after leaving the group and was out of the scene for almost a year. The only thing I 'd heard was the Beck's Bolero/Silver Lining single and Bolero really got me wound up for this show. Everyone was buzzing with anticipation to see what Beck do. (continued)...

[partofthepuzzle]

Wow, what a find! Getting to see even just a couple of minutes of when this timeless music was being made in the studio is priceless! And Plynth was such a monster track that doesn't get much attention anymore, so it's great to see it in action. I does seem like that take was used on the record. Of course it was common to assemble a final vocal track by as a composite of several takes. We can only hope that if there's any more footage from these sessions that it will get released! Thanks!!!!!!

[ScottEmmonsMusic]

How cool an alternate take or mix where Jeff's solo id barely audible. A Behind The Scenes!

[Mambold]

Wow. That was great!

[swollenpickle09]

What tape machine is that on this video?

[iamandrewssoul]

nice, ta

[timmy47]

rod kinda sounds like the singer from humble pie.

[WestLAGuy]

How great to see this listing: When this album came out I was in Japan in the military as a dj on the Far East Network in Tokyo. Rod Stewart had such great phrasing and with Beck they just kicked ass. We weren't supposed to play any music not supplied by Armed Forces Radio, but my buddy George Day and I played the hell out of this album right from the start with this cut and also "Ain't Superstitious" -- a killer track getting most of the plays.

[jeffygpictures]

j'aime beaucoup ce morceau et tout l'album "beck ola " , jeff et rod forment une équipe formidable

[garbidz]

Jeff worked on the guitar fills after this take. Beck-Ola is a serious rock album. The era changed. Heavy began.

It came with operating instructions: to be played LOUD!

[1111mjon]

Could that be Nicky Hopkins on piano?

Sounds like his licks!

[bfish89ryuhayabusa]

@1111mjon By this point, Nicky was officially in the band.

[theswitch6]

Greatest Intro Ever!

[ledzeppelin78x]

Fantastic!! Five gold Stars

[ScotRanger1960]

Pity the lip-synch is out.

[joedoumbe]

great stuff. Rod looks like my Dad!

[MemphisBlueAgain]

Are you sure he isn't?

[bentpolski]

This was some band. Few people realize what a great bass player Ron Wood was.

[brianmcsweeney]

@bentpolski ya the bass he plays on jailhouse rock is brilliant

[Jim47ww]

This was always my favourite from the album. Great to see it, thanks!

[searunrd1]

Brilliant.

[incaseyou2006]

i think it was early 1969, because Zepellin came out with 2 albums in 69 and re-did a blues song beck did...

[DecoPage666]

@incaseyou2006 wrong boy, the Zeppelin version was based in the original. only based, obviously, Page made it a Prog Blues masterpiece in Led I.

[incaseyou2006]

this is cool...

[soutltank]

iTunes? OK, the best will go to this, but your asking for rating...less is more...

Jeff and Rod making history of music - great upload!

[19Axel66]

fu**ckin' brilliant... R'n'R

[Manowar4life1234]

What year was this in?

[hazor777]

1970, I believe....

[BrianCulticeMusic]

couldnt be... rod stewart had left by then

[hazor777]

Whatever,.........like anyone gives a shit anyway......

[GeneralTrousers]

Smoke on the water, and fire in the sky ... Deep Purple got some splainin to do.

x

[clayphish]

So does Black Crows

[GeeLVee]

Stewart was so damn good at this point in hos career!

[sisterdiggins]

This was a BRILLIANT record!!!

Thanks for posting this.

[jrak]

this is awesome

[TO3A11]

Yeah, to replace one frontmen, Steve Mar-

iott, Small Faces needed 2 mega stars!!!?

[RedStarHaifa]

I would give it 10 stars and the moon...The duo Beck/Stewart were just something out of this world! You just can't resist this voice and this guitar!

[catfiche]

I don't know how anybody can give this any less than five stars, no matter what you do or don't hear in the mix. This video is history in the making, simply amazing. Sure, I'd like to see Jeff shredding, but seeing this much is very cool.

[cam123cha]

rod was always sexy

[yourdickisfunky]

rod stewart looks so fucking cool

[FyodorMDostoyevsky]

This is a question and a rating... Where is the lead guitar track?? Is this an alternate version of the song? Are you missing a channel of stereo or...?

Anybody who likes this song, please search out the album version... it's much better. Jeff absolutely rocks the leads, but you don't hear it on this version.

I will rate this a 1 out of 5. I love the song, but I love to hear the guitar too. The original version of the song, I give 6 out of 5.

[panzerschnott]

What you see here is a recording session. Rod is laying down the final vocal track heard on the album. This is not the finished product. If you listen to Beck-Ola, you'll hear layers of guitars, sometimes three leads playing at the same time. Clapton, Page, and Hendrix were also doing the same thing at the time. It probably took hours to finish this tune.

[Geepsterr]

Yeah it appears that is what is going on though I question if the vocal was actually being performed as the video was shot or is this a rough mix with staged vocal. This is certainly the very same vocal take as on the album . There is in addition to the main chordal guitar, at least one lead guitar track pulled back in this mix which COULD BE one of many mixed loud enough to hear or the others are yet to be laid to tape.

[bucknorm]

This is before Rod was "Sexy"

[spacepatrolman]

Right ,do ya think im sexy [ mick jaeger said he was the sexiest singer ] ted nugent showed up at a drum clinic in a music store that carmine appice was doing and he said you have been playing with that wimp rod stewart now make those drums sound like thunder like the vanilla fudge[ ritchie blackmores favorite group ] .

[abrahamlincoln0900]

The riff reminds me of Humble Pie's "sweet peace and time".Wonder which came first?

[jcghooker]

Plynth came first.

[mixxmexx]

Soo cool - turn back time!

[yuzufilm]

So cooooool!!!

[kickstar1]

Wow. Hard to believe Rod Stewart was once cool as hell.

[Gregorypeckory]

Impossible to believe actually. Trying to explain how great Beck is to someone unfamiliar with him becomes very difficult once you admit he was in a band with Rod Stewart. If fame was contingent on talent, Beck would be as famous as Brittany Spears, while she and Rod Stewart would be unknown.

[kickstar1]

I get your point but he had some serious talent going as well. Too bad the talent went to the cheese factory.

[abrahamlincoln0900]

It all started with the goofy ass outfits during the Faces yrs,then it had to be "rod and the faces" then simply "rod stewart".Soon after came "do ya think im sexy" and eighties cheese pop,and that was all she wrote for Rod's street cred.

[allrequiredfields]

Bullshit. "Talent" is not simply a matter of technical prowess - Yes, Beck is fucking amazing and criminally underrated but To dog Stewart like that is truly ignorant. He's got a great voice, he's got taste and he can entertain.

[rrdrums110]

Bad ass group and best rok singer all time except for Steve marriott sometimes

[sisterdiggins]

GREAT piece of history!!

Yeeeah!!

[alberthurt1]

ROCK¡¡¡

[GSH1010]

We had 10th row seats to see the perform this entire album and truth at the Fillmore East Amazing. Procol Harum opened and John Mayall introduced Laurel Canyon Blues with Mick Taylor.

I think it was the last tour of the Jeff Beck group with Hot Rod. Jeff and Rod stood at the edge of stage at opposite ends battling for the audience's attention. The had everyone on the edge of their seats.

Awesome!

[bobgure]

@GSH1010 I'm very jealous! Those are the shows that one never,ever forgets.

For me it was Zep at Carnegie hall.

I'm still in shock.

:-))

[kkellybass]

Beck with Rod the mod on vox was by far the best stuff Beck ever did, and ther coolest stuff Rod ever saing. Too bad Beck was such a moody introvert. Cuz who knows how many cool albums the Jeff Beck group w Rod could put out.

[panzerschnott]

Wow, a film of a recording session in progress. You don't hear Jeff's lead guitar because it hasn't been recorded yet. Guess what, I listen to Beck-Ola every day on my way to work!

[mrhosehose]

One addictive album - When I listen to a Led Zep album I get about 2 tracks in, then swap it for Beck-Ola - everytime - just more exciting and interesting, also makes me feel like I'm in a western saloon with that honky tonk piano of Nicky Hopkins

[panzerschnott]

Yes, Nicky Hopkins sure contributed, great stuff. Hey, look! Somebody gave me a thumbs down. Ha! Ha! Ha! I guess I should be listening to Barney's Greatest Hits instead? " I Love You, You Love Me, We're a Happy Family..."

[huancog]

It's April 1969... but it's amazing; you can see that Mickie Most just hates Rod Stewart

[buddybuchanan]

Why did Mickie Most hate Rod?

[huancog]

Most wanted Beck to be a conventional pop singer and Beck wanted Stewart to sing on the singles(like " Hi-Ho Silver Lining"). You can read about these things in the "Truth" and "Beck-Ola" reissues.

[tallcoolslovak]

Most was an ass. Just wanted to get the product out, could care less about perfection.

[marchini87]

Which year was this?

[HiHo44]

Ampex 440B analog tape recorder. NICE!

[pantherpawed]

Mine too!

[BuckeyeInNC]

was this from the album with the giant greeen apple on the cover???

[catlady4justice]

Doesent get much better than this.....

Wage Peace

[girpo]

Rod Stewart was the best Rock singer ever!

Simply untouchable! Oh except for maybe Steve Marriott...haha!!

[bobgure]

@girpo No question or debate.

[jimihendrixofdrums]

smokin! beck gave rod his fuckin career... hot legs EH!

[goldenvenus]

The ensemble playing in the breaks show a strong group cohesion. Shades of jazz rock perhaps.

[9mej]

i have the joint record that this song is on becola and truth i tell you what the jeff beck group are something else fantastic 10 out of 10

[keyboardwhiz]

Yeah. Truth has been one of my favorite albums of all time. I remember when it came out, I loved it way beyond Led Zepplin's first. Nobody in rock had a piano player like Nicky Hopkins. Jeff Beck was great for Rod Stewart . Brought out the best in him.

[9mej]

i could not agree to any other comment youve got that right they where a group that stood out from the crowd and gave fantastic levels of power

[thehumanbeast777]

rod and jeff were hot together

[mrhosehose]

and with Ron as well. This is friggin gold dust - the only footage I've seen of any of the first Jeff Beck Group performing where the sound matches the images

[Stratosphoria]

The only problem is that you can't hear the guitar. "Truth" is in my CD player right now, and there's a whole lot more guitar on this cut. Too bad.

[mrhosehose]

Tis a shame - still good footage though - I wonder if anyone has the rest of this film - apparently it was part of a Dutch documentary

[margento101]

great footage. nice, nice

[BlistardPussy]

Is this video/DVD available to buy? Would love to have it!

[ViganXel]

hmmm.. i may can sell it :D but... idk how :D

[MrAlMilman]

TONY NEWMAN ON DRUMS!

[ViganXel]

Thanks Everyone..... for your Ratings and for your Comments xD I Would like to meet you all :D

[bendobrin]

fantastic footage. the jeff beck group with rod stewart was a 'killer' outfit. never saw this vid before. thanks for posting it,

[swisseyedcow]

The rock'n'roll indeed!!!

[bloxwichman]

the greatest rock singer of my time. ROD STEWART.

[HumptyKing]

Oh yes

Faces getting back together is great...

But the Group of the Beck together again...OHHHHHHHHHHHH :)

[FreakKitchen94]

hard rock!!!

[bluesyplatedude454]

Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, And Nickie Hopkins Wrote The Song

[ViganXel]

ty everyone.... Watch it and... vote With 5/5!!!

[70sMusicFanatic]

Does anyone know who wrote the lyrics?

Also, gotta love Beck's sound on this. That hard, driving guitar is way ahead of its time!

However, for me, I like the way Rod sings it on the Faces version. I know the tempo and sound of is very different, but that's how I likes it :-)

[zackydude96]

the day heavy metal was invented!!

[jcghooker]

good, good, good, geoffrey

[fgiggs]

What a Great Clip!! ... thanks :)

[bopmanfromspace]

I recently picked up the newly remastered BECK-OLA cd with the added tracks (Very Good!) The liner notes state that Jeff admitted that his intentions with this band was to blow everyone else off the stage. I think he succeeded.

[ViganXel]

hey vote with 5 STAR and let's make this video the best ;)

[DRGasMoney]

someone says rock n roll right at the end?

[Famas1980]

Damn,this is rare and hot and heavy!

[bopmanfromspace]

Interesting 1969 recording session. Main body of tune was probably already recorded as an instrumental and Rod is later adding his vocals, perhaps. In the background you can faintly hear Jeff's guitar screaming, but it was a rejected track. After some more attempts, Jeff's final guitar tracks sounded much better.