RayL wrote:Here's Micky Most, Jeff's record producer talking about 'the hit that Jeff hated' (from Micky's interview for the radio programme The Record producers in 1980)
" Jeff Beck's roots were probably in R&B because he'd been with The Yardbirds. We had an association with The Yardbirds and Jeff said 'I can't work with them any more (he was always falling out with them), and 'I wanna be a pop star"
"I said 'I've got a pop song called Hi Ho SIlver Lining. Can you sing? He said 'Not very well'. None of the rest could sing so we went in the studio and recorded it."
"A bit of fun and the record became a bit of a legend record. You go to a disco and everyone wants Hi Ho SIlver Lining
(cue the record with the reverse guitar intro)
Ray,
I still have my original (1967 / 1968) Columbia singles:
Hi-Ho Silver Lining /
Beck's Bolero [instrumental]
Tallyman /
Rock my Plimsoul and
Love is Blue /
I've Been DrinkingPlus all the Yardbirds singles that featured Jeff:
Heart Full of Soul /
Steeled Blues [instrumental]
Evil-Hearted You /
Still I'm SadShapes Of Things /
Mister, You're a Better Man Than IOver Under Sideways Down /
Jeff's Boogie [instrumental]
Happenings Ten years Time Ago /
Psycho Daisies (Jeff sings lead on this one)
AND the rare EP "Five Yardbirds":
My Girl Sloopy [the whole of Side 1]
I'm Not Talking" /
I Ain't Done WrongAnd of course, the 1966 LP "The Yardbirds" (better known as "Roger The Engineer", which is a label and not an instruction).
Thank you for reminding me of them all.