In the hall of the Mountain King/Bolero - SRC

From their second LP 'Milestones'. A version of Grieg's classic and Bolero (albeit via Jeff Beck's B side to 'Hi Ho Silver Lining').

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• SRC
• psychedelic
• Sixties

[mikekorz]

This is very Metal and Goth and prefigures Keith Emerson, Nice and ELP...

[hawkmoon03111951]

No, this came out in 1969. The Nice's first LP came out in 1967. I used to see them at the Marquee regularly through 1968.

[vegasdaddy17]

Excellent G...Really like this...

[hawkmoon03111951]

Have you heard The Who's version of Mountain King? Interesting comparison. The Bolero is a direct pinch from Jeff Beck.

[grandeballroom1968]

@anablic Now those were the days when you could walk into the door of the Grande or Eastown, even the Westside Six, and pay $2 & see all the Greatest of the rock & roll movement of the 60's; all those smoke filled air nights, witnessing what only but a few out of the population of millions got to see, & generations after dream of seeing. Did you get to make the Hollween Rock Festival at Olympic Stadium on 10-31-68; SRC was kicking ass that night, MC5 the night before recording live at Grande.WOW

[bendbadgersteve]

Strange days. Had the MILESTONES album. Lived in Wisconsin. SRC was a big influence throughout the upper midwest. Lot of immensely cool bands from that area in the late sixties.

[Ditzygirl11]

I saw them in Detroit way back when and they were way ahead of their time.

Milestones is a great set of tunes.

[crstewart1951]

SRC was one of the premier Detroit Bands of the 60's. It's just too bad that the rest of the country never really got to hear much of their music.

[OdysseyLoungeA2]

@grandeballroom1968 Happy to see you mention the WESTSIDE SIX, folks usually forget--But don't forget The (Infamous) ODYSSEY in Ann Arbor or the Eastside's Red Carpet, not to mention The Rock 'Roll (Funny) Farm on Michigan Avenue. Us Detroiters are a very lucky bunch when it comes to the music scene in the Motor and its environs...

[roscoe1260]

scott richards case

[kingoma61]

The second track is a note-for-note cover of "Beck's Bolero" by Jeff Beck, recorded in 1966 with Jimmy Page on rhythm guitar,Keith Moon on drums, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and John Paul Jones on bass. The instrumental was first released in 1967 by Jeff Beck as a B side on EMI Columbia in the UK. This is NOT Maurice Ravel's Bolero but Jeff Beck's Bolero. They are totally different. The SRC version even includes Keith Moon's scream in the break when he knocked over the mic.

[RoCkStarMentAliTy171]

loved this src album and when heard this by them, thought, WOW ! they all went there way. ahead of there time. in fact,,the vyn  album was stole from me due to it,s intense content.

[peterfrymaster]

SRC played my highschool in Windsor - Milestones was pretty big with a certain crowd who appreciated acid rock - it was great! 

[CuyahogaMustang]

I heard this tune for hter first time today on a college radio

while driving home from the Rock-n-Rol Hall Of Fame ..

But my qiestion is , Why have I not heard this awesome

track before ? I mean it's from 1969 . Was this a big hit ?

[michelesaintthomas]

I remember hearing this for the very first time after dropping a hit of white lightening. Damn, was I in for one beautifully colourful flight, of an exciting night of fright!