Jeff Beck recommendations?

[moro]

Ok, I think it's time I addressed an obvious and gaping hole in my CD collection. I don't have any Jeff Beck albums. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Could someone recommend a few good ones to start with?

Thanks.

[Drsracing]

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blow by blow is something you should have on you 24-7

Beck-Ola is another Great one too

[Fishblister]

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I think the whole catalog is must-have, but the 3 disc set Beckology seems like a good primer to me. Yardbirds, Fusion, and Flash in one package! But then I worship the guy.

[dinkyjacksonman]

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Guitar Shop is a very good album.

[VitaminG]

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Guitar Shop is a very good album.

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2nd that!

[hippietim]

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Wired is awesome

also go to http://www.jeffbeckbootlegs.com for a live disc at BB King's club (it's not a bootleg btw)

[Newc]

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Someone explain to me why Blow By Blow is so important. I have it. I hate it. What am I missing?
I'm not a "guitar Nazi" - I listen to Glenn Miller, Loreena McKennitt, and tons of other stuff that doesn't feature one meedly or a single chug, so someone please explain to me what it is about Blow By Blow that is supposed to be so "definitive" or "essential" regarding Jeff Beck specifically.

[Drsracing]

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Cause We Ended As Lovers- Nuff' Said

[moro]

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Cool, thanks for the recommendations, everyone.

I just looked up "People Get Ready," which I think is phenomenal, but people seem to hate the album it's on (Flash). Should I avoid it?

[Drsracing]

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No, get that too

People get ready, and I ain't superstitious are 2 songs I play every day, Beck rocks

[kmanick]

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Well, I'm older than a lot of the guys on this board
and I was in my late teens when this album came out.
Before blow by blow the only real "Fusion" album that was out commercially was Billy Cobham's "Spectrum" album.
"Blow by Blow" was the first real "Commercial" exposure
fusion had gotten. Up to that point this type of music was
just being experimented with, and it was real difficult to
find any on vinyl.
Well when this album came out it suddenly opened peoples
eyes and ears to what new directions music was able to
follow. It also was the first exposure a lot of guitarists had to mixing rock and jazz.
Besides all of that however, Jeff Beck has got amazing
feel. WHen I listen to this album now, the recording sounds almost dead to me. I wish they would re record it with
modern methods and equipment, some of the tunes on here would really sound kick ass re recorded. that being said
however NewC, try playing along with Jeff and see if you can really nail his feel. His vibrato is unbelievable and
he has a unique method that he uses to grad notes and bend them up 1 -1 1/2 steps very quickly. Alot of the younger
players out there that I've heard have no idea how to play like this guy because they have no feel.
Sweep,Sweep,sweep and palm mute, that's most of what I
hear when I go into GC on a Saturday. A lot of these kids don't even know how to bend a note .
Beck is a blues master and with that comes the ablility to
wrench out all you can out of as few notes as possible.

I know this album sounds pale compared to stuff like Yngwie and Lynch and EHV, but at the time it was very groundbreaking.
Wired his follow up takes it even a step further, that on is my favorite Beck album.

[blindmuddy]

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Wired and Blow by Blow are incredible, not pale sounding compared to anything! Also Rough and Ready is a Killer album, its R+B with great songs and playing and Cozy Powell on drums. Also There and Back is another great one its instrumental but actually pretty heavy at times, it also has the same rhythm section as Michael Schenkers first (and best) solo album, Mo Foster and Simon Phillips, great album. When I first heard Wired it totally opened my mind to other types of music beside hard rock and heavy stuff, Beck is still my favorits. The Blues stuff with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood was also great.

[Shawn Lutz]

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Someone explain to me why Blow By Blow is so important. I have it. I hate it. What am I missing?
I'm not a "guitar Nazi" - I listen to Glenn Miller, Loreena McKennitt, and tons of other stuff that doesn't feature one meedly or a single chug, so someone please explain to me what it is about Blow By Blow that is supposed to be so "definitive" or "essential" regarding Jeff Beck specifically.

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learn to play this and you'llo see why [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
http://shawnlutz.com/beck_lovers_marshall.mp3

Jeff is one of the only old school cats that evolved, sorry clapton fans but he is stuck in the late 60's. Jeff Beck can play a lot of different styles from classical, jazz, country and metal.

[Endrik]

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My favourite is Guitar Shop.
Wired and Blow By Blow are must own classics.
Beck's new stuff is bretty awsome too.

[moro]

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Jeff is one of the only old school cats that evolved, sorry clapton fans but he is stuck in the late 60's. Jeff Beck can play a lot of different styles from classical, jazz, country and metal.

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Yeah, that's what I find so impressive about the guy. From what I've heard, he seems to be constantly pushing himself and evolving.

Thanks for the mp3, btw. Very cool.