Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English guitarist. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to an instrumental style with focus on an innovative sound, and his releases spanned genres and styles ranging from blues rock, hard rock, jazz fusion and a blend of guitar-rock and electronica.
Beck was ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone and other magazines' lists rankings of the greatest guitarists.[4][5][6] He was often called a "guitarist's guitarist".[7] Rolling Stone described him as "one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock".[8] Although he recorded two successful albums (in 1975 and 1976) as a solo act, Beck did not establish or maintain commercial success like that of his contemporaries and bandmates.[7][3] He recorded with many artists.[9]
Beck earned wide critical praise and received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times and Best Pop Instrumental Performance once. In 2014, he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.[10] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: first as a member of the Yardbirds (1992) and secondly as a solo artist (2009).
One of the essential guitarists of the British Invasion, Jeff Beck possessed a mercurial, lyrical style that sounded equally at home in thunderous blues-rock and soft-focus fusion. Beck played both styles in his long, unpredictable career, pioneering psychedelia, heavy metal, and jazz-rock as he did so. His prodigious talent was evident from the moment he joined the Yardbirds, nudging the group toward mind-bending rock on such seminal mid-'60s singles as "Shapes of Things" and "Over Under Sideways Down." Beck left the Yardbirds after spending just over a year in the group, turning his attention to the Jeff Beck Group, a crushingly loud, heavy rock outfit featuring Ron Wood on bass and Rod Stewart on vocals. Truth, their 1968 debut, drew the blueprint Led Zeppelin would soon follow, but Beck never rivaled Jimmy Page's group in terms of popularity. During the early '70s, he cycled through new bands, including a super trio with Vanilla Fudge's rhythm section Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice, eventually settling into a slick jazz groove with the George Martin-produced 1975 LP Blow by Blow. From that point forward, fusion played a crucial role in Beck's music, sometimes taking the forefront -- as on a live 1977 album with the Jan Hammer Group -- but more often providing the glue on such adventurous rock records as 1989's Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop. Throughout his career, Beck balanced his solo recordings with guest appearances on albums by other musicians -- notably, he played lead guitar on Mick Jagger's 1985 solo debut She's the Boss and Roger Waters' 1992 set Amused to Death -- and sometimes these collaborations resulted in a full duet album, as it did on 18, his 2022 album with Johnny Depp.
Jeff Beck, original name in full Geoffrey Arnold Beck, (born June 24, 1944, Wallington, Surrey, England—died January 10, 2023, Wadhurst, East Sussex, England), English rock guitarist whose fast intricate playing influenced the development of the heavy metal and jazz-rock genres and made him one of the most respected guitarists in rock music.
A supporting stint with rock-and-roll eccentric Screaming Lord Sutch brought young guitarist Beck to the attention of blues-rock group the Yardbirds, whose lead guitarist he became in 1965, replacing Eric Clapton. The following year, having left the Yardbirds, Beck founded his own combo, the Jeff Beck Group, featuring vocalist Rod Stewart and bassist Ron Wood. On Truth (1968) and Beck-Ola (1969), the band pioneered a fierce, overdriven approach to the blues that lay the groundwork for early heavy metal.
Stewart and Wood left in 1970 to join the Small Faces (later the Faces), and Beck was injured in a car accident later that year, forcing him to put his career on hiatus. In 1971 he resurfaced with a new Jeff Beck Group that included Bobby Tench on lead vocals and Cozy Powell on the drums. They released two rhythm-and-blues–influenced albums, Rough and Ready (1971) and Jeff Beck Group (1972). With former Vanilla Fudge members Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert, Beck released Beck, Bogert & Appice in 1973. After its negative reception the trio disbanded, and Beck embarked on a solo career. The critically acclaimed Blow by Blow (1975), produced by Beatles collaborator George Martin, featured an all-instrumental, jazz fusion approach in which Beck’s guitar playing essentially took the place of a lead vocalist. He would record largely without vocals for the rest of his career.
Flash (1985), produced by Nile Rodgers, was Beck’s most commercial release. It contained the Grammy Award-winning track “Escape,” as well as a cover of the Impressions’ “People Get Ready,” which featured Stewart on vocals and became Beck’s first hit single. In later years Beck maintained a relatively low profile, touring occasionally and recording, including contributions to such albums as Mick Jagger’s Primitive Cool (1987) and Roger Waters’s Amused to Death (1992). In 1989 Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop won a Grammy Award for best rock instrumental performance.
In the early 21st century Beck began incorporating electronic textures and hip-hop rhythms into his compositions, notably those for 2003’s Jeff, which won a Grammy for the song “Plan B.” Emotion & Commotion (2010) marked a return to Beck’s blues-rock roots and featured a number of guest vocalists, including Joss Stone and Imelda May. In 2011 that album earned him a pair of Grammy Awards, for best pop instrumental and best rock instrumental, and he claimed a third trophy for his collaboration with Herbie Hancock on “Imagine.” Beck collaborated with guitarist Carmen Vandenberg and vocalist Rosie Bones on the aggressive rock album Loud Hailer (2016). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds in 1992 and as a solo artist in 2009.
A supporting stint with rock-and-roll eccentric Screaming Lord Sutch brought young guitarist Beck to the attention of blues-rock group the Yardbirds, whose lead guitarist he became in 1965, replacing Eric Clapton. The following year, having left the Yardbirds, Beck founded his own combo, the Jeff Beck Group, featuring vocalist Rod Stewart and bassist Ron Wood. On Truth (1968) and Beck-Ola (1969), the band pioneered a fierce, overdriven approach to the blues that lay the groundwork for early heavy metal.
Stewart and Wood left in 1970 to join the Small Faces (later the Faces), and Beck was injured in a car accident later that year, forcing him to put his career on hiatus. In 1971 he resurfaced with a new Jeff Beck Group that included Bobby Tench on lead vocals and Cozy Powell on the drums. They released two rhythm-and-blues–influenced albums, Rough and Ready (1971) and Jeff Beck Group (1972). With former Vanilla Fudge members Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert, Beck released Beck, Bogert & Appice in 1973. After its negative reception the trio disbanded, and Beck embarked on a solo career. The critically acclaimed Blow by Blow (1975), produced by Beatles collaborator George Martin, featured an all-instrumental, jazz fusion approach in which Beck’s guitar playing essentially took the place of a lead vocalist. He would record largely without vocals for the rest of his career.
Flash (1985), produced by Nile Rodgers, was Beck’s most commercial release. It contained the Grammy Award-winning track “Escape,” as well as a cover of the Impressions’ “People Get Ready,” which featured Stewart on vocals and became Beck’s first hit single. In later years Beck maintained a relatively low profile, touring occasionally and recording, including contributions to such albums as Mick Jagger’s Primitive Cool (1987) and Roger Waters’s Amused to Death (1992). In 1989 Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop won a Grammy Award for best rock instrumental performance.
In the early 21st century Beck began incorporating electronic textures and hip-hop rhythms into his compositions, notably those for 2003’s Jeff, which won a Grammy for the song “Plan B.” Emotion & Commotion (2010) marked a return to Beck’s blues-rock roots and featured a number of guest vocalists, including Joss Stone and Imelda May. In 2011 that album earned him a pair of Grammy Awards, for best pop instrumental and best rock instrumental, and he claimed a third trophy for his collaboration with Herbie Hancock on “Imagine.” Beck collaborated with guitarist Carmen Vandenberg and vocalist Rosie Bones on the aggressive rock album Loud Hailer (2016). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds in 1992 and as a solo artist in 2009.
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Beck was in a variety of teenage amateur bands when still at school; then, after leaving school in 1960, joined a professional instrumental band The Bandits who had a summer contract supporting Elvis style singers on tour. When the tour ended, he started a two year fine art course at Wimbledon School of Art, though also joined the semi-professional band The Deltones. In May 1961 he abandoned the art school, and worked odd jobs in the day while playing with The Deltones in the evening. When lead singer Johnny Del left The Deltones for The Crescents in the summer of '61, Beck followed. After the band broke up in late '61, Beck played in various other bands until forming his own band The Nightshift, in 1963. The Nightshift recorded one unreleased single:
Beck was in a variety of teenage amateur bands when still at school; then, after leaving school in 1960, joined a professional instrumental band The Bandits who had a summer contract supporting Elvis style singers on tour. When the tour ended, he started a two year fine art course at Wimbledon School of Art, though also joined the semi-professional band The Deltones. In May 1961 he abandoned the art school, and worked odd jobs in the day while playing with The Deltones in the evening. When lead singer Johnny Del left The Deltones for The Crescents in the summer of '61, Beck followed. After the band broke up in late '61, Beck played in various other bands until forming his own band The Nightshift, in 1963. The Nightshift recorded one unreleased single:
Shortly after The Nightshift supported The Tridents (who had formed in 1961) at Eel Pie Island in late 1964, Beck was asked to join them in September 1964 and stayed with them until early March 1965. There are several recordings of The Tridents when Beck was with them.
"Tiger In Your Tank" Live 1964 Eel Pie Island
"Nursery Rhyme" Live 1964 Eel Pie Island
"Wandering Man Blues" Oriole Studios (later CBS Studios), London, late 1963 (? - Beck joined in 64)
"Trouble In Mind" Regent Sound Studios, London, in 1963 (? - Beck joined in 64)
Additionally, through his friendship with Jimmy Page, he did some session work:
Fitz and Startz "I'm Not Running Away" / "So Sweet" (1964)
John Howard "Rinky Dink" / "Java" (1964)
Fitz and Startz "I'm Not Running Away" / "So Sweet" (1964)
John Howard "Rinky Dink" / "Java" (1964)
Phil Ryan & The Crescents "Yes I Will" / "Mary Don't You Weep" (1964)
In December 1964 Beck and Page played together on a recording with Nicky Hopkins on piano and the drummer and bassist from Cyril Connelly's All Stars. The recordings appear on Vol 3 of Blues Anytime.
"Chuckles" / "Steelin'"
"Chuckles" / "Steelin'"
Side 1 is The Yardbirds with Beck. Side 2 is four tracks taken from Five Live Yardbirds with Clapton on lead. The best Yardbirds album is Five Live Yardbirds, and this doesn't really advance on that; though it's an attractive record which stands as a mark of the times. The Yardbirds as a whole are representative of an important period in the development of British rock, starting with the British RnB of Clapton's Yardbirds, moving through the pop and psychedelia of Beck's Yardbirds, and reaching a peak with the early heavy rock/metal of Page's Yardbirds which morphed into Led Zeppelin.
This is a patchy album. Side 2 is, of course great, but its far better to go direct to the Five Live Yardbirds for a more complete picture of how exciting and cutting edge Clapton's Yardbirds were. Side 1, which is Beck's side, is an odd mix of British RnB, pop songs, and psychedelia, and doesn't really hold together, though some individual tracks are good by themselves. "Heart Full of Soul", with some spooky, fuzzy guitar work by Beck overplaying the well crafted pop song by Graham Gouldman (later of 10cc), who had also written the single "For Your Love" (on which Clapton played) and "Evil Hearted You". "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" is a strong song with a driving rhythm, which was later used for a scene in Blow Up, when Page was also in the band.
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This is a patchy album. Side 2 is, of course great, but its far better to go direct to the Five Live Yardbirds for a more complete picture of how exciting and cutting edge Clapton's Yardbirds were. Side 1, which is Beck's side, is an odd mix of British RnB, pop songs, and psychedelia, and doesn't really hold together, though some individual tracks are good by themselves. "Heart Full of Soul", with some spooky, fuzzy guitar work by Beck overplaying the well crafted pop song by Graham Gouldman (later of 10cc), who had also written the single "For Your Love" (on which Clapton played) and "Evil Hearted You". "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" is a strong song with a driving rhythm, which was later used for a scene in Blow Up, when Page was also in the band.
| Released | 15 November 1965 |
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| Length | 37:40 |
| Label | Epic |
| Producer | Giorgio Gomelsky |
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| 1. | "You're a Better Man Than I" | Mike Hugg | 3:17 |
| 2. | "Evil Hearted You" | Graham Gouldman | 2:24 |
| 3. | "I'm a Man" | Bo Diddley | 2:37 |
| 4. | "Still I'm Sad" | Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty | 2:57 |
| 5. | "Heart Full of Soul" | Gouldman | 2:28 |
| 6. | "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" | 3:26 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Smokestack Lightning" | Howlin' Wolf | 5:35 |
| 2. | "Respectable" | O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley | 5:28 |
| 3. | "I'm a Man" | Bo Diddley | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Here 'Tis" | Bo Diddley | 5:04 |
| Total length: | 37:40 | ||
- Keith Relf – vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Jeff Beck – lead guitar (Side 1)
- Eric Clapton – lead guitar (Side 2)
- Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar (except on "Stroll On" bonus track where he plays bass)
- Paul Samwell-Smith – bass guitar, backing vocals, musical director
- Jim McCarty – drums, backing vocals
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| Yardbirds/ Roger The Engineer (1966 UK Stereo) Roger The Engineer (1998 CD) |
Released as Yardbirds in the UK and as Over Under Sideways Down in the US, the album has come to be better known as Roger The Engineer after the drawing of the album's engineer, Roger Cameron, by Chris Dreja, which is used as the cover illustration. This feels more like a proper album than Having A Rave Up, and the band are tighter, with a better and more interesting collection of songs.
The 1998 CD puts together the Mono and the Stereo albums and adds the single "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" with B-side "Psycho Daisies". "Happenings" is an extraordinary track, with Beck and Page both on lead guitars.
The 1998 CD puts together the Mono and the Stereo albums and adds the single "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" with B-side "Psycho Daisies". "Happenings" is an extraordinary track, with Beck and Page both on lead guitars.
Similar albums from the same year: (Feb) Boom - The Sonics (5 ); (March) The Young Rascals - The Young Rascals (5); The Fugs - The Fugs (4); (April) Aftermath - Rolling Stones (7); The Seeds - The Seeds (6); (May) Small Faces - Small Faces (6); (July) Bluesbreakers - John Mayall with Clapton (8); (August) Revolver - The Beatles (8); (Sept) The Remains - The Remains (6); (Oct) Face To Face - The Kinks (10); The Psychedelic Sounds of - The 13th Floor Elevators (5); (Dec) Fresh Cream - Cream (7); Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (4); (Turn On) The Music Machine (4).
| Released | 15 July 1966 |
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| Recorded | April–June 1966 |
| Studio | Advision, London |
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| Length | 35:52 |
| Label | Columbia |
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All songs written by Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Jeff Beck, Keith Relf, and Paul Samwell-Smith
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Lost Woman" | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Over Under Sideways Down" (Rechanneled) | 2:24 |
| 3. | "The Nazz Are Blue" | 3:04 |
| 4. | "I Can't Make Your Way" | 2:26 |
| 5. | "Rack My Mind" | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Farewell" | 1:29 |
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| 7. | "Hot House of Omagararshid" | 2:39 |
| 8. | "Jeff's Boogie" (Rechanneled) | 2:25 |
| 9. | "He's Always There" | 2:15 |
| 10. | "Turn into Earth" | 3:06 |
| 11. | "What Do You Want" | 3:22 |
| 12. | "Ever Since the World Began" | 2:09 |
- Keith Relf – lead vocals (except "The Nazz Are Blue"), harmonica
- Jeff Beck – lead guitar, lead vocals on "The Nazz Are Blue", bass guitar on "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
- Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, piano
- Paul Samwell-Smith – bass guitar (except "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"), backing vocals
- Jim McCarty – drums, backing vocals, percussion
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Jimmy Page joined the Yardbirds, and for a brief period Beck and Page both played lead guitar, as shown in the film Blow Up, with Beck acting out smashing up his guitar.
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| Truth (August 1968) Jeff Beck Group |
Forget all that nonsense about Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath being the unholy trinity of heavy metal. All that hard rock/heavy metal music would be is set down in steel right here on this album in 1968. That Zeppelin take ideas from this album is clear in that both Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones played on the album; and there is a persistent rumour that Deep Purple guitarist Richie Blackmore played on "Beck's Bolero", recorded in May 1966. The true trio is Clapton, Beck, and Hendrix.
AllMusic notes: Like heavy metal, hard rock sprang from the mid-'60s intersection of blues-rock and psychedelia pioneered by artists like Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and the Jeff Beck Group.
Similar (or related) albums released around the same time:
1967: (Jan) The Doors - The Doors (10); (March) Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground (10); Supernatural Fairy Tales - Art (5) [band later became Spooky Tooth]; (April) Emotions - The Pretty Things (4); (May) Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix (9); (June) We Are Paintermen - The Creation (5); (July) Jigsaw - The Shadows (3); Little Games - The Yardbirds (3); (Aug) Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother (4); Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (4) [musicians later formed Beck, Bogert and Appice]; P#The Piper At The Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (10); (Sept) Shake Down - Savoy Brown (4); (Oct) H P Lovecraft - H P Lovecraft (4); Ten Years After - Ten Years After (4);
1968: (Jan) Heavy - Iron Butterfly (4); Spirit - Spirit (6); Steppenwulf - Steppenwulf (4); (Feb) There Are But Four - Small Faces (5); (July) The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation [Dunbar had briefly played in the Jeff Beck Group - but it's mostly an electric blues album, not hard rock] (4); Creedence Clearwater Revival - Credence Clearwater Revival (4); It's All About - Spooky Tooth (6); In A Doll's House - Family (5); Shades of - Deep Purple (5); (Oct) Nazz - Nazz (5); This Was - Jethro Tull (5); (Nov) The Beatles - The Beatles (6);
| Released | July 1968 (USA) November 1968 (UK)[1] |
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| Recorded | 16 May 1966; 14–26 May 1968 |
| Studio | Abbey Road, Olympic and De Lane Lea, London |
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| Length | 40:16 |
| Label | EMI Columbia (UK), Epic (US) |
| Producer | Mickie Most |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Shapes of Things" | McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith | 3:22 |
| 2. | "Let Me Love You" | Jeffrey Rod | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Morning Dew" | Bonnie Dobson | 4:40 |
| 4. | "You Shook Me" | Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir | 2:33 |
| 5. | "Ol' Man River" | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | 4:01 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Greensleeves" | Traditional | 1:50 |
| 2. | "Rock My Plimsoul" | Jeffrey Rod | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Beck's Bolero" | Jimmy Page | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Blues Deluxe" | Jeffrey Rod | 7:33 |
| 5. | "I Ain't Superstitious" | Willie Dixon | 4:53 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 11. | "I've Been Drinking" (stereo mix) | Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart | 3:25 |
| 12. | "You Shook Me" (take 1) | Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir | 2:31 |
| 13. | "Rock My Plimsoul" (stereo mix of single version) | Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart | 3:42 |
| 14. | "Beck's Bolero" (mono single mix) | Jimmy Page | 3:11 |
| 15. | "Blues De Luxe" (take 1) | Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart | 7:31 |
| 16. | "Tallyman" | Graham Gouldman | 2:46 |
| 17. | "Love Is Blue" | Popp, Cour, Blackburn | 2:57 |
| 18. | "Hi Ho Silver Lining" (stereo mix) | Scott English, Laurence Weiss | 3:46 |
- Jeff Beck – electric guitars, acoustic guitar on "Greensleeves"; pedal steel guitar on "Shapes of Things"; bass guitar on "Ol' Man River"; lead vocals on "Tallyman" and "Hi Ho Silver Lining", co-lead vocals on "Let Me Love You"
- Rod Stewart – lead vocals, backing vocals on "Hi Ho Silver Lining"
- Ronnie Wood – bass guitar
- Micky Waller – drums
Additional credited personnel
- John Paul Jones – bass guitar on "Hi Ho Silver Lining" and "Beck's Bolero"; Hammond organ on "Ol' Man River" and "You Shook Me"; arrangements on "Hi Ho Silver Lining"
- Nicky Hopkins – piano on "Morning Dew", "You Shook Me", "Beck's Bolero" and "Blues Deluxe"
- "You Know Who" (Keith Moon) – drums on "Beck's Bolero"; timpani on "Ol' Man River"
Additional uncredited personnel
- Madeline Bell – backing vocals on "I've Been Drinking"
- Aynsley Dunbar – drums on "Tallyman" and "Rock My Plimsoul (single version)"
- Jimmy Page – 12-string electric guitar on "Beck's Bolero"
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| Beck-Ola (April 1969) Jeff Beck Group |
More straightforward rock than Truth, so less engaging, less exciting, and perhaps sounding more dated, though easier to get into, and certainly of its time.
| Released | June 1969 and August 1969 UK[1] |
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| Recorded | 3–19 April 1969 |
| Studio | De Lane Lea, Abbey Road and Trident, London; Mirasound, New York City |
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| Length | 30:29 |
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| Producer | Mickie Most |
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| 1. | "All Shook Up" | Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley | 4:49 |
| 2. | "Spanish Boots" | Ronnie Wood, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart | 3:32 |
| 3. | "Girl from Mill Valley" | Nicky Hopkins | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Jailhouse Rock" | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 3:12 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Plynth (Water Down the Drain)" | Hopkins, Wood, Stewart | 3:05 |
| 2. | "The Hangman's Knee" | Tony Newman, Beck, Hopkins, Stewart, Wood | 4:47 |
| 3. | "Rice Pudding" | Hopkins, Wood, Beck, Newman | 7:20 |
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| 8. | "Sweet Little Angel" | B.B. King | 7:57 |
| 9. | "Throw Down a Line" | Hank Marvin | 2:54 |
| 10. | "All Shook Up" (Early version) | Blackwell, Presley | 3:18 |
| 11. | "Jailhouse Rock" (Early version) | Leiber, Stoller | 3:11 |
- Jeff Beck – guitars, backing vocals on "Throw Down a Line"
- Rod Stewart – lead vocals
- Nicky Hopkins – piano and organ
- Ronnie Wood – bass guitar
- Tony Newman – drums
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| "Goo Goo Barabajagal" (Aug 1969) Donovan with Beck Group |
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Cissy Strut (A. Neville, L. Nocentelli, G. Porter, Jr. and J. Modeliste
Guitars - Jeff Beck (1st solo, as "A.N. Other"), Todd Rundgren (2nd solo)
Organ - Moogy Klingman
Bass - Stu Woods
Drums - Roy Markowitz[8]
The Free Creek Horns
Big City Woman (Klingman)
Organ - Moogy Klingman
Bass - Stu Woods
Drums - Roy Markowitz[8]
The Free Creek Horns
Big City Woman (Klingman)
Guitar - Jeff Beck
Piano - Moogy Klingman
Bass - Stu Woods
Drums - Roy Markowitz
Lead Vocal - Tommy Cosgrove
Cherrypicker (Jeff Beck, Moogy Klingman, Stu Woods and Roy Markowitz)
Piano - Moogy Klingman
Bass - Stu Woods
Drums - Roy Markowitz
Lead Vocal - Tommy Cosgrove
Cherrypicker (Jeff Beck, Moogy Klingman, Stu Woods and Roy Markowitz)
Guitars - Jeff Beck, Todd Rundgren
Organ - Moogy Klingman
Bass - Stu Woods
Drums - Roy Markowitz
Working in a Coalmine (Written by Allen Toussaint)
Organ - Moogy Klingman
Bass - Stu Woods
Drums - Roy Markowitz
Working in a Coalmine (Written by Allen Toussaint)
Guitar - Jeff Beck
Organ - Moogy Klingman, Bob Smith
Bass - Stu Woods
Drums - Roy Markowitz
Throwing a little bit of funk into the mix. But still lacking.
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| Rough And Ready (1971) Jeff Beck Group |
This is the Jeff Beck Group Mark II. It's not as powerful, interesting, dynamic, cutting-edge, or entertaining as the original Jeff Beck Group. Beck is getting into soft jazz. Not really my thing, though occasionally, as on "Situation", the band can get into a pleasant groove.
| Released | 25 October 1971 |
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| Recorded | April–July 1971 |
| Studio | Island, London |
| Length | 36:48 |
| Label | Epic |
| Producer | Jeff Beck |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Got the Feeling" | Jeff Beck | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Situation" | Beck | 5:26 |
| 3. | "Short Business" | Beck | 2:34 |
| 4. | "Max's Tune | Max Middleton | 8:24 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 5. | "I've Been Used" | Beck | 3:40 |
| 6. | "New Ways / Train Train" | Beck | 5:52 |
| 7. | "Jody" | Beck, Brian Short | 6:06 |
| Total length: | 36:48 | ||
- Jeff Beck – guitars, bass guitar and production
- Bobby Tench – vocals and rhythm guitar
- Max Middleton – piano and keyboards
- Clive Chaman – bass guitar
- Cozy Powell – drums
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| Jeff Beck Group (1972) Jeff Beck Group |
Throwing a little bit of funk into the mix. But still lacking.
| Released | 1 May 1972 |
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| Recorded | January 1972 |
| Studio | TMI, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Genre | Blues rock |
| Length | 40:29 |
| Label | Epic |
| Producer | Steve Cropper |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ice Cream Cakes" | Jeff Beck | 5:40 |
| 2. | "Glad All Over" | Aaron Schroeder, Sid Tepper, Beck[11] | 2:58 |
| 3. | "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" | Bob Dylan | 4:59 |
| 4. | "Sugar Cane" | Beck, Steve Cropper | 4:07 |
| 5. | "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" | Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Brian Holland | 2:42 |
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| 6. | "Going Down" | Don Nix | 6:51 |
| 7. | "I Got to Have a Song" | Stevie Wonder, Don Hunter, Lula Mae Hardaway, Paul Riser | 3:26 |
| 8. | "Highways" | Beck | 4:41 |
| 9. | "Definitely Maybe" | Beck | 5:02 |
- Bobby Tench – vocals
- Jeff Beck – guitar
- Max Middleton – keyboards
- Clive Chaman – bass guitar
- Cozy Powell – drums
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"Looking For Another Pure Love" (1972) Stevie Wonder |
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| Recorded | December 1972 – January 1973 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 36:57 |
| Label | Epic |
| Producer | Don Nix, Beck, Bogert & Appice |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Black Cat Moan" | Don Nix[4] | Beck | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Lady" | Beck, Bogert, Appice, French, Hitchings | Appice | 5:33 |
| 3. | "Oh to Love You" | Beck, Bogert, Appice | Appice | 4:05 |
| 4. | "Superstition" | Stevie Wonder | Bogert | 4:19 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Sweet Sweet Surrender" | Nix | Appice | 3:58 |
| 6. | "Why Should I Care" | Raymond Louis Kennedy | Bogert | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Lose Myself with You" | Beck, Bogert, Appice, French | Bogert | 3:18 |
| 8. | "Livin' Alone" | Beck, Bogert, Appice | Appice | 4:13 |
| 9. | "I'm So Proud" | Curtis Mayfield | Appice | 4:11 |
- Jeff Beck – guitars
- Tim Bogert – bass guitar
- Carmine Appice – drums
Influenced by John McLaughlin's Apocalypse album.
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| Released | 29 March 1975 [1] |
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| Recorded | October 1974 |
| Studio | AIR, London |
| Genre | |
| Length | 44:35 |
| Label | Epic |
| Producer | George Martin |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Know What I Mean" | 4:02 | |
| 2. | "She's a Woman" | 4:28 | |
| 3. | "Constipated Duck" | Jeff Beck | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Air Blower" |
| 5:07 |
| 5. | "Scatterbrain" |
| 5:39 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" (dedicated to Roy Buchanan and thanks to Stevie) | Stevie Wonder | 5:51 |
| 2. | "Thelonius" | Stevie Wonder | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Freeway Jam" | Max Middleton | 4:57 |
| 4. | "Diamond Dust" | Bernie Holland | 8:24 |
- Jeff Beck – guitars
- Max Middleton – keyboards
- Phil Chen – bass (identified as "Phil Chenn")
- Richard Bailey – drums, percussion
- Stevie Wonder – uncredited clavinet on "Thelonius"
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- Wired (1976)
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| There & Back (1980) |
There is a John McLaughlin feel about this album.
| Released | June 1980 |
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| Recorded | London |
| Genre | Jazz fusion, instrumental rock |
| Length | 35:39 |
| Label | Epic |
| Producer | Jeff Beck, Ken Scott[1] |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Star Cycle" | Jan Hammer | 4:59 |
| 2. | "Too Much to Lose" | Hammer | 2:59 |
| 3. | "You Never Know" | Hammer | 4:03 |
| 4. | "The Pump" | Tony Hymas, Simon Phillips | 5:50 |
| 5. | "El Becko" | Hymas, Phillips | 4:01 |
| 6. | "The Golden Road" | Hymas, Phillips | 4:58 |
| 7. | "Space Boogie" | Hymas, Phillips | 5:10 |
| 8. | "The Final Peace" | Jeff Beck, Hymas | 3:38 |
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| Flash (1985) |
| Released | July 1985 |
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| Genre | |
| Length | 41:09 |
| Label | Epic/CBS |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ambitious" | Nile Rodgers | 4:38 |
| 2. | "Gets Us All in the End" | Arthur Baker, Tina B | 6:06 |
| 3. | "Escape" | Jan Hammer | 4:41 |
| 4. | "People Get Ready" (featuring Rod Stewart) | Curtis Mayfield | 4:54 |
| 5. | "Stop, Look and Listen" | Rodgers | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Get Workin'" | Rodgers | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Ecstasy" | David Bendeth, Simon Climie | 3:31 |
| 8. | "Night After Night" | Rodgers | 3:42 |
| 9. | "You Know, We Know" | Tony Hymas | 5:35 |
| Total length: | 41:09 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Nighthawks" | Rodgers | 4:48 |
| 11. | "Back on the Streets[nb 1]" | Fred Hostetler, Jeff Beck, Karen Lawrence | 3:41 |
- Jeff Beck – lead vocals (tracks 6, 8), guitar, producer (tracks 3, 4, 9, 11)
- Jimmy Hall – lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10), backing vocals
- Rod Stewart – lead vocals (track 4)
- Karen Lawrence – lead vocals (track 11)[4]
- Jan Hammer – Fairlight CMI (track 3)
- Tony Hymas – keyboard (track 9), producer (track 9)
- Robert Sabino – keyboard
- Carmine Appice – drums
- Tony "Thunder" Smith – drums
- Doug Wimbish – bass
- Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989)
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- Frankie's House (1992) – with Jed Leiber
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- Crazy Legs (1993) – with the Big Town Playboys
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- Who Else! (1999)
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- You Had It Coming (2001)
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- Jeff (2003)
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- Emotion & Commotion (2010)
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- Loud Hailer (2016)
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- 18 (2022) – with Johnny Depp
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- Truth (1968)
- Beck-Ola (1969) – by the Jeff Beck Group
- Rough and Ready (1971) – by the Jeff Beck Group
- Jeff Beck Group (1972) – by the Jeff Beck Group
- Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973) – by Beck, Bogert & Appice
- Blow by Blow (1975)
- Wired (1976)
- There & Back (1980)
- Flash (1985)
- Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989)
- Frankie's House (1992) – with Jed Leiber
- Crazy Legs (1993) – with the Big Town Playboys
- Who Else! (1999)
- You Had It Coming (2001)
- Jeff (2003)
- Emotion & Commotion (2010)
- Loud Hailer (2016)
- 18 (2022) – with Johnny Depp
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Beck's Bolero xxxxx xxxxx xxxx
Cause We've Ended As Lovers xxxxx xxxxx
Freeway Jam xxxxx xxxx
I Ain't Superstitious xxxxx xxx
People Get Ready xxxxx xxx
Superstition xxxxx xx
Heart Full of Soul xxxxx x
Hi Ho Silver Lining xxxx
Led Boots xxxx
Happenings Ten Years Time Ago xxxx
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat xxxx
Happenings Ten Years Time Ago xxxx
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat xxxx
Shapes Of Things xxx
Jeff's Boogie xxx
Over Under Sideways Down xxx
Looking For Another Pure Love (Stevie Wonder) xx
She's A Woman xx
Stroll On (Train Keep Rolling On) xx
You Shook Me xx
Scatterbrain xx
Blue Wind xxx
A Day In The Life xx
Nadia xx
Hammerhead xx
You're The One (Kate Bush) xx
Spanish Boots x
Going Down x
Train Kept A Rollin' x
Guitar Shop x
Angel (Footsteps) x
Come Dancing x
Over The Rainbow x
Brush With The Blues x
Head For Backstage Pass
I Can't Give Back The Love I feel For You
Blackbird
What God Wants
Rough Boy (ZZ Top live)
Sad Motherfuckin Parade
Space Boogie
Get's Us All In The End
Lady
Lady
Tallyman
THX138
Good Rockin' At Midnight
Steel Claw (Tina Turner)
Patient No 9 (Ozzy)
I Put A Spell On You
A Thousand Shades (Ozzy)
Isolation
You Know What I Mean
Evil Hearted You
Morning Dew
What Mama Said
Pull It
Nessun Dorma
Nessun Dorma
The Pump
Air Blower
Where Were You
Star Cycle
Situation
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