No Pro Tools. No Auto-Tune. Maybe a click track, but definitely no computerized studio wizardry. It was an honest and pure record — an organic collection in which rock, blues, country and folk all coexisted without conflict — back in a magical era when an authentic artist actually could get away with creating that sort of concoction. Not only did Rod Stewart “get away with it,” Every Picture Tells a Story, his third solo effort, proved to be a massive, platinum-selling #1 smash when it arrived worldwide 50 years ago this week (5.28.71) via Mercury Records. After spending a couple of years developing his unique stylistic brand in a few blues-based British bands during the early and mid-’60s, Stewart achieved global recognition fronting the legendary Jeff Beck Group on the celebrated slabs, ...