''No Introduction Necessary'' is a "super session" studio album. Initially it was conceived as debut album by Keith De Groot (aka Gerry Temple), a new singer discovered by producer Reg Tracey. It featured

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and

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on guitars,

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on bass,

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on keyboards, Chris Hughes on saxophone and

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on drums. The sessions took place at Olympic Studios in London. Nine songs had been completed when neither Lee nor Sullivan were going to be able to take part in next booked session. Tracey called Jimmy Page (who had already worked on Beck's Bolero with Jones and Hopkins) for the last round of recordings. Page's participation likely took place in either September or December 1967 during breaks from touring with the Yardbirds. Eventually Tracey decided that De Groot had been sidelined by the talent of session musicians. The album did little sales and soon was deleted. There were many reissues in different countries under different titles, some of them with alternative track order and/or bonus tracks: *''Super Rock'' ( French and

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LP, 1975) *''Everything I Do Is Wrong'' (1993) *''Voodoo Blues'' (1995) *''Todo Lo Que Hago Está Mal'' (

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, 1996) *''Lovin' Up a Storm'' (1996, 2000) *''Playin' Up a Storm'' (2011) *''Who Rocks It Better?'' (2012) The album consists mostly of

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s of songs by

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, Buddy Holly and other rock & roll artists of the era as well as several original cuts composed by Keith De Groot and Nicky Hopkins.

Track listing

2002 Purple Pyramid bonus tracks

The following tracks are from another album featuring Jimmy Page and Nicky Hopkins –

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2012 "Who Rocks It Better?" track listing

Tracks were reordered on this vinyl edition with bonus CD. Tracks 1 to 6 (side A of vinyl) feature Jimmy Page, and tracks 7 to 14 (side B of vinyl) feature Albert Lee and Big Jim Sullivan on guitar.

Personnel

– bass *

– drums *

and

–

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

s on "Lovin' Up a Storm", "Boll Weevil", "Livin' Lovin' Wreck", "One Long Kiss", "Down the Line", "Breathless", "Rave On" and "Everyday" * Jimmy Page – guitar on "Everything I Do Is Wrong", "Think It Over", "Dixie Fried", "Fabulous", "Lonely Weekend" and "Burn Up" *

–

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

*Keith David De Groot –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

*Chris Hughes –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

;Technical *

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–

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*Reg Tracey – producer *Alan A. Freeman – executive producer *Nigel Molden – coordinator For bonus tracks 15–20 see ''

References

{{Authority control 1968 albums Rock albums by American artists Rock albums by British artists Jimmy Page albums Purple Pyramid Records albums

Track listing

2002 Purple Pyramid bonus tracks

2012 "Who Rocks It Better?" track listing

Personnel

See also

References