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“The first heavy metal riff ever written – and I wrote it!”: How Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page created a groundbreaking song

Of all the millions of songs that have been written since the dawn of time, only one can claim to have laid the foundations for what would become Led Zeppelin. Beck’s Bolero was recorded in 1966 as ...
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Jeff Beck and former Beatles producer George Martin made a jazz-fusion classic that's getting a new look

Despite some chart success with his acts, Beck suffered from a lack of original material, musical direction and his own volatile behavior. By 1974, he was solo once again, but he ...