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Jeff Beck - Original Album Classics (2 Box Sets 10CD) (2008 - 2010)
Year: 2008 - 2010 | EAC Rip | Flac (image +. Cue + Log) | Covers | Tracks: 89 | Size: 3.06 Gb
Genre: Blues Rock, Hard Rock

Allmusic / Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
While he was as innovative as Jimmy Page, as tasteful as Eric Clapton, and nearly as visionary as Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck never achieved the same commercial success as any of those contemporaries, primarily because of the haphazard way he approached his career. After Rod Stewart left the Jeff Beck Group in 1971, Beck never worked with a charismatic lead singer who could have helped sell his music to a wide audience. Furthermore, he was simply too idiosyncratic, moving from heavy metal to jazz fusion within a blink of an eye. As his career progressed, he became more fascinated by automobiles than guitars, releasing only one album during the course of the '90s. All the while, Beck retained the respect of fellow guitarists, who found his reclusiveness all the more alluring. Beck began his musical career following a short stint at London's Wimbledon Art College. He earned a reputation by supporting Lord Sutch, which helped him land the job as the Yardbirds' lead guitarist following the departure of Eric Clapton. Beck stayed with the Yardbirds for nearly two years, leaving in late 1966 with the pretense that he was retiring from music. He returned several months later with "Love Is Blue," a single he played poorly because he detested the song. Later in 1967, he formed the Jeff Beck Group with vocalist Rod Stewart, bassist Ron Wood, and drummer Aynsley Dunbar, who was quickly replaced by Mickey Waller; keyboardist Nicky Hopkins joined in early 1968. With their crushingly loud reworkings of blues songs and vocal and guitar interplay, the Jeff Beck Group established the template for heavy metal. Neither of the band's records, Truth (1968) or Beck-Ola (a 1969 album that was recorded with new drummer Tony Newman), was particularly successful, and the bandmembers tended to fight regularly, especially on their frequent tours of the U.S. In 1970, Stewart and Wood left to join the Faces, and Beck broke up the group. Beck had intended to form a power trio with Vanilla Fudge members Carmine Appice (drums) and Tim Bogert (bass), but those plans were derailed when he suffered a serious car crash in 1970. By the time he recuperated in 1971, Bogart and Appice were playing in Cactus, so the guitarist formed a new version of the Jeff Beck Group. Featuring keyboardist Max Middleton, drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Clive Chaman, and vocalist Bobby Tench, the new band recorded Rough and Ready (1971) and Jeff Beck Group (1972). Neither album attracted much attention. Cactus dissolved in late 1972, and Beck, Bogert, and Appice formed a power trio the following year. The group's lone studio album -- a live record was released in Japan but never in the U.K. or U.S. - was widely panned due to its plodding arrangements and weak vocals, and the group disbanded the following year. For about 18 months, Beck remained quiet, re-emerging in 1975 with Blow by Blow. Produced by George Martin, Blow by Blow was an all-instrumental jazz fusion album that received strong reviews. Beck collaborated with Jan Hammer, a former keyboardist for Mahavishnu Orchestra, for 1976's Wired, and supported the album with a co-headlining tour with Hammer's band. The tour was documented on the 1977 album Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group - Live. After the Hammer tour, Beck retired to his estate outside of London and remained quiet for three years. He returned in 1980 with There and Back, which featured contributions from Hammer. Following the tour for There and Back, Beck retired again, returning five years later with the slick, Nile Rodgers-produced Flash. A pop/rock album recorded with a variety of vocalists, Flash featured Beck's only hit single, the Stewart-sung "People Get Ready," and also boasted "Escape," which won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental. During 1987, he played lead guitar on Mick Jagger's second solo album, Primitive Cool. There was another long wait between Flash and 1989's Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas. Though the album sold only moderately well, Guitar Shop received uniformly strong reviews and won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental. Beck supported the album with a tour, this time co-headlining with guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Again, Beck entered semi-retirement upon the completion of the tour. In 1992, Beck played lead guitar on Roger Waters' comeback album, Amused to Death. A year later, he released Crazy Legs, a tribute to Gene Vincent and his lead guitarist, Cliff Gallup, which was recorded with Big Town Playboys. Beck remained quiet after the album's release prior to resurfacing in 1999 with Who Else! You Had It Coming followed in 2001 and his 14th release, Jeff, was issued on Epic two years later. An excellent live set, Performing This Week: Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, was released in 2008 by Eagle Records. Emotion & Commotion, Beck's first new studio album in seven years, appeared in the spring of 2010. It was greeted by considerable acclaim, including winning two Grammy Awards in 2011 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Appropriately, Beck released a live album called Live and Exclusive from the Grammy Museum in the fall of 2010, followed by Rock & Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul), a salute to Beck's hero featuring vocals by Imelda May.

CD1 - 1971 - Rough & Ready - 2008:

01. Got The Feeling
02. Situation
03. Short Business
04. Max's Tune
05. I've Been Used
06. New Ways / Train Train
07. Jody

CD2 - 1972 - Jeff Beck Group - 2008:

01. Ice Cream Cakes
02. Glad All Over
03. Tonight til Be Staying Here With You
04. Sugar Cane
05. I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You
06. Going Down
07. I Got To Have A Song
08. Highways
09. Definitely Maybe

CD3 - 1975 - Blow By Blow - 2008:

01. You Know What I Mean
02. She's A Woman
03. Constipated Duck
04. Air Blower
05. Scatterbrain
06. Cause We've Ended As Lovers
07. Thelonius
08. Freeway Jam
09. Diamond Dust

CD4 - 1976 - Wired - 2008:

01. Led Boots
02. Come Dancing
03. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
04. Head For Backstage Pass
05. Blue Wind
06. Sophie
07. Play With Me
08. Love Is Green

CD5 - 1977 - Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group Live - 2008:

01. Freeway Jam
02. Earth (Still Our Only Home)
03. She's A Woman
04. Full Moon Boogie
05. Darkness / Earth In Search Of A Sun
06. Scatterbrain
07. Blue Wind

CD6 - 1980 - There And Back - 2010:

01. Star Cycle
02. Too Much To Lose
03. You Never Know
04. The Pump
05. El Веckо
06. The Golden Road
07. Space Boogie
08. The Final Peace

CD7 - 1985 - Flash - 2010:

01. Ambitious
02. Gets Us All In The End
03. Escape
04. People Get Ready
05. Stop, Look And Listen
06. Get Workin'
07. Ecstasy
08. Night After Night
09. You Know, We Know

Bonus Tracks:

10. Nighthawks
11. Back On The Streets

CD8 - 1989 - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop - 2010:

01. Guitar Shop
02. Savoy
03. Behind The Veil
04. Big Block
05. Where Were You
06. Stand On It
07. A Day In The House
08. Two Rivers
09. Sling Shot

CD9 - 1999 - Who Else! - 2010:

01. What Mama Said
02. Psycho Sam
03. Brush With The Blues
04. Blast From The East
05. Space For The Papa
06. Angel (Footsteps)
07. THX138
08. Hip-Notica
09. Even Odds
10. Declan
11. Another Place

CD10 - 2001 - You Had It Coming - 2010:

01. Earthquake
02. Roy's Toy
03. Dirty Mind
04. Rollin' And Tumblin'
05. Nadia
06. Loose Cannon
07. Rosebud
08. Left Hook
09. Blackbird
10. Suspension

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