Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Up above my head
2. Good morning little schoolgirl
3. I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town
4. Bright lights big city
5. Ain't that lovin' you baby
6. Don't you tell nobody
7. Just like I treat you
8. Moppers blues
9. Keep your hands off her
10. Bright lights big city (live)
11. The day will come (demo)
12. Why does it go on? (demo)
13. Can I get a witness
14. Baby take me
15. Oh baby don't you do it
16. Lord remember me

Disc 2:

1. Shake
2. I just got some (demo)
3. I could feel the whole world round underneath me
4. Little missunderstood
5. Come home baby
6. Stone crazy
7. Little missunderstood
8. So much to say
9. In a broken dream
10. The Blues
11. Cloud nine
12. Shock treatment
13. Diamond Joe
14. Engine 4444
15. Shake [Demo Version]
16. I Just Got Some [Demo Version]
17. I Could Feel the Whole World Turn Around Underneath Me - Peter Green, Rod Stewart
18. Little Miss Understood [Demo Version]
19. Come Home Baby - P.P. Arnold, , Keith Emerson, Keith Richards, Rod Stewart
20. Stone Crazy
21. Little Miss Understood
22. So Much to Say
23. In a Broken Dream
24. Blues
25. Cloud Nine
26. Shock Treatment
27. Diamond Joe - Rod Stewart, Art Wood, Ron Wood
28. Engine 4444 - Rod Stewart, Art Wood, Ron Wood

Disc 3:

1. Rod Stewart CD-Rom featuring the complete David Wedgbury photo session.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #338749 in Music
• Released on: 2000-02-18
• Number of discs: 3
• Formats: Box set, Enhanced, Import

Amazon.co.uk Review
An essential supplement to the career spanning Storyteller box set, 1964-1969 is a collection of singles, demos and live tracks from Rod The Mod's pre-Faces era. Early cover versions of R&B staples "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town", "Bright Lights Big City" and "Can I Get A Witness" are alive with the vibrancy and excitement of an exceptional stylist discovering his new found calling, having just jacked in what was quite a dead end job as a grave digger. Though his collaborations with The Jeff Beck Band are excluded, Stewart is well supported by Long John Baldry, Peter Green and even a moonlighting Keith Richards. The full range of his talent comes to bear on disc two on the awesome and harrowing "In A Broken Dream" and the remarkably libidinous thrall of "I Could Feel The Whole World Turn Round", both performances that rank with his best of his later work. --Gavin Martin

Customer Reviews

This is Rod in his early years, mostly before he was famous
The songs on this album feature Rod before his voice mellowed and have pure energy. When life was hard and fame yet to be found.
Long John Baldry does seem to feature in many of these songs and the blues is definitely a major influence.
There is none of the modern mixes that groups use to create music these days, this music was created in the clubs and when originally written and recorded was sung with feeling by the artist, these songs are originals, not written for a brief moment of glory at number one at the top of the charts, but for the live performance in clubs, complete with the rough edges.
This may not have the energy of the Faces and some of Rod classics, but there is no mistaking his voice singing the blues.
This album also contains some early "live" Rod Stewart" and a few demo cut for good measure.
Disc 2 starts by increases the tempo and moves on towards The Rod Stewart Album, but also features some of Rods classic ballot types.
Shake may have been an early prelude to Twisting the Night Away, you just want to start tapping and shake, that's what this music is about joining in and moving, its not the kind of music to sit still to.
The next song sums up the type of music on this double album, I Just Got (to have) Some.
A Little Misunderstood is a classic Rod ballot, this album even has two versions and the words could be so appropriate for today. The demo version shows just what Rod can do with his voice, while the later version have a little more depth and is more complete, but its nice to have both copies on this disc.
Come Home Baby seems to involve most of those who would become famous a few years on, this was not a stage managed Band but a group of people interested in producing songs for the time. What would have happened if Mick Jagger had remained only a producer?
Also on this album is a record by a less known band Python Lee Jackon, led sung by Rod Steward, this is Rods vocals at its best, but you may want to turn up the volume to get the guitar verses Rods voice the best effect. The feeling in this record just gets right through to you, - drinking wine, feeling fine, in a broken dream.
So much to say is Rod almost doing an early unplugged album, like a lot of this album the basic line up just basic good instrumentalists and Rod singing. No flash videos here to have to worry about.
Shock treatment is correct, this is very different, but it may grow on you.
The last two tracks on this disc(2) have the vibrancy and lead naturally on to the Rod Steward Album and Gasoline Alley.
A few of the tracks on this album have already been classed a Rod Steward classics and can be found the first CD of the Rod Stewart Storyteller boxed set.

This set even includes some early pictures of Rod in the box. Bands like Steam packet may have fallen by the wayside, but names like Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Keith Richard and Mick Jagger have left there mark on the world of pop music.