Beck's Record Club was recently started up on his website. The basic idea is that he gets together with some friends and records a cover version of an entire album in one day. The tracks are then released one by one on his website. It's an interesting idea, and I was delighted to see that the first album chosen was The Velvet Underground and Nico, one of my all time favourites. Collaborators on the day were Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, Brian Lebarton, Bram Inscore, Yo, Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Holmes, and Thorunn Magnusdottir.
Here's what the man himself had to say about the project - "It was something we used to do for fun, myself and a few friends. We used to just get together and record an album or a few songs in a day. And then it evolved into this idea of doing an album in a day. You spend so many months and years in the studio, and you see the clock ticking and so much time spent on the minutiae of technical things. And I just thought it'd be fun to do something extremely fast and get that rush of something that had some energy, something that you weren't tired of when you finished it. So we just started doing it."
The results are fantastic. Posted below are a few of my favourites. Follow the link to his website for more.
Beck's Record Club - Femme Fatale
Beck's Record Club - Run Run Run
Beck's Record Club - All Tomorrow's Parties
Website: Beck's Record Club
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