Beck's Bolero

"Beck's Bolero" is a short, rock-based instrumental piece heavily influenced by Maurice Ravel's Boléro, recorded in May 1966 by Jeff Beck with Jimmy Page (then a prolific session musician) on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Keith Moon on drums. Beck had been the lead guitarist with the Yardbirds, whose management was encouraging the individual band members to bring attention to the band through success in solo projects. The song wasn't released until March 24, 1967 (April 3 in the U.S.), though, by which time Beck was gone from the Yardbirds—and it was only the B-side of the Beck single "Hi Ho Silver Lining". (The single charted at Number 14 on the UK charts, 123 in the U.S.) In early pressings of the UK 45, Columbia DB 8151, the title was listed on the label as "Bolero" and the songwriting credit listed Jeff Beck as the composer. "Beck's Bolero" was released in 1968 on the album Truth.