Rough and Ready (album)

Rough and Ready
Studio album by The Jeff Beck Group
Released	October 1971
Genre	Rock
Label	Epic
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
The Jeff Beck Group chronology
Beck-Ola (Cosa Nostra) (1969) Rough and Ready (1971) Jeff Beck Group (1972)

Rough and Ready is the third album by The Jeff Beck Group and the first of two by the second incarnation (the first-period group, featuring Rod Stewart and Ron Wood having disbanded in mid-1969). Released in 1971, it featured more of a Jazz, Soul and R&B edge to counter Beck's always admirable lead guitar. Of note is the fact that Beck contributed more tracks here than he had ever before, or ever would again. This album is also the first time keyboardist Max Middleton, who would be featured on Beck's jazz-rock outings of the mid-'70s, is heard.

Track listing

1. "I Got the Feeling" (J. Beck) – 4:46
2. "Situation" (J. Beck) – 5:26
3. "Short Business" (J. Beck) – 2:34
4. "Max's Tune" (Raynes Park Blues) (M. Middleton) – 8:24
5. "I've Been Used" (J. Beck) – 3:40
6. "New Ways / Train Train" (J. Beck) – 5:52
7. "Jody" (J. Beck-B. Short) – 6:06

Personnel

• Bob Tench: vocals and guitar
• Jeff Beck: guitars, bass and production
• Max Middleton: piano and keyboards
• Clive Chaman: bass
• Cozy Powell: drums