The Best Of Jeff Beck

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Beck wasn’t only pushing the boundaries of what he could do as a player in The Yardbirds, but was revolutionising what the band did in the studio, manipulating his instrument beyond almost all recognition. As the third instrumental album, 'There and Back' seems more meandering than melodic; as if Jeff knew he wanted to add to the jazz-fusion zeitgeist but was unsure how. The cd was classed as used but is in perfect condition, so thank you yee-ith for great service, excellent product and good value.

Apart from a sizzling instrumental version of "High Heeled Sneakers," less devoted listeners will find 'Frankie's House' as captivating as most other incidental film music.Rather than being involved in writing material for the album, Beck left that to his band while he concentrated on interpreting what they presented to him. I have loved Jeff Beck's guitar work since my teens (mid 60's) when he was with the 'Yardbirds', absolutely fantastic. But whether he's piercing such a rhythmic wall, rearranging the blues on the live "Blast From the East," or floating over an ambient soundscape on "Angel (Footsteps)," it's the same old Beck, with his stinging and sustained single-note melodies, his harmonics, his contrasting tones, his drive. For jazzier edges and funkier grooves, Jeff employed the likes of keyboardist Max Middleton and singer Bob Tench in an effort to shed the heavy metal image and make not only a more accessible sound, but a greater platform of freedom for Jeff to get closer to that sound he was restlessly pursuing; there are moments of this when the group ventures into extended, funk-inflected, reflective jazzy instrumental sections. The Jeff Beck Group rehaul a couple of Elvis Presley standards: "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock" and collaboratively written band lyrics with guitar and piano improvisations over the top of them.

You Know What I Mean” opened up with a funky rhythm that exploded as keyboardist Max Middleton, bassist Phil Chenn and drummer Richard Bailey took flight, with searing guitar lines that were just as important because Jeff Beck made them memorable to the average listener, and jazz and rock music would never be quite the same. The great debut of the Jeff Beck Group, this album, which many rock historians regard as more important in developing the huge blues rock industry soon to follow than its primary comparison to Led Zeppelin. And the man who played "Greensleeves" straight on Truth in 1968 is the same one who is faithful to the Irish air "Declan" here. Jeff Beck made his mark with the landmark album Truth, an album that was every bit as great as Led Zeppelin in its heaviness, and acoustic breaks as well. Songs like “The Revolution Will Be Televised” and “Oil” rock with the power of any metal band and Jeff Beck seems to be especially charged up on this set of ultra contemporary songs that would delight NIN fans as well as Beck fans who continue to marvel at his incredible range of style.

It's a perfect album to compare the band in two totally different periods, although in both the guitar is the absolute protagonist, (in the case of Beck his ‘54 Esquire with several pieces changed, making it the first great Frankenstein guitar of rock), but I think you can say that Beck, this time, comes out ahead. Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp attempt to recapture their youth by tearing through some oldies on 2022's '18', digging out warhorses by the Beach Boys, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, the Everly Brothers, the Velvet Underground, and John Lennon to form the bulk of their 13-track collaboration. s 'Loud Hailer', Jeff Beck's final solo album, sees the man revisit his heavy blues rock sensibilities as closely as he was willing to; not so much reveling in the psychedelic skronk of the Yardbirds or the heavy stomp of the Jeff Beck Group but favoring an arena-ready rock that places an emphasis on such old-fashioned values as chops and social consciousness.

First of all, there's the band playing on Beck's first solo single, which was recorded while he was still in the Yardbirds: Keith Moon on drums, John Paul Jones on bass and Jimmy Page, who wrote the song, on 12-string guitar.As is clear, Jeff Beck is primarily a brilliant instrumentalist, so it is only natural that his best solo work is instrumental. Unfortunately, the heaviness and modernised production begins to induce more fatigue into its listeners rather than awe, especially as this one clocks back up to a near hour in length. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.