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    Posted: April 17 2007 at 14:09
So glad he's included now.  Can't wait to pull out the old LPs and review them.  I've been a fan for decades.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2007 at 12:19
Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

I thought Jeff Beck the solo artist was added,there shouldn't be any Yardbird albums listed here in his discography.
 
There isn't Confused Unless someone else did it.  It is not on the original discography I put up there. Although some Yardbirds songs will probably end up on compilations you can't help that..


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2007 at 12:16
^ Yeah I can see that but it was only one studio album and an obscure live one I didn't see the harm.  But will ask for it to be  removed if enough agree.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2007 at 11:55
Beck, Bogert & Appice was a separate group project, I don't think their albums should be included under JB.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2007 at 09:15
I thought Jeff Beck the solo artist was added,there shouldn't be any Yardbird albums listed here in his discography.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2007 at 09:05
Originally posted by Garion81 Garion81 wrote:

How is this?  I did not put any Yardbird albums here because he was not on all of them.  If someone feels they should be here then they can add them.
 
 
Truth, Studio,1968

Beck-Ola, Studio,1969

Rough and Ready, Studio, 1971

Jeff Beck Group, Studio, 1972  

Beck, Bogert & Appice, Studio, 1973

Beck, Bogert & Appice Live in Japan, Live, 1973

Blow by Blow, Studio, 1975

Wired, Studio, 1976

Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Liv, Live, 1977

There and Back, Studio, 1980

Flash, Studio, 1985

Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Studio, 1989

Beckology, Compilation/Boxset, 1991

Crazy Legs, Big Town Playboys, Studio, 1993

The Best Of (featuring Rod Stewart), Boxset/ compilation 1995

Who Else!, Studio, 1999

You Had It Coming, Studio, 2001

Jeff, Studio, 2003

Live At BB King Blues Club, Live, 2006



I've added in green one compilation that I have.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2007 at 16:16
Thanks Raffaella! Much appreciated. 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2007 at 16:04
Originally posted by Garion81 Garion81 wrote:

OK I added him but maybe I shouldn't have.  Can some admin fix it from Jeff Beck to Beck, Jeff?  I am such an idiot. LOL
 
I have through Live with Jan Hammer added as albums.  Anyone feel free to add some others I will check back later to help finish.
 
 


I'll fix it now, Brian....Wink

Edit: done!Smile


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2007 at 16:02
Originally posted by Garion81 Garion81 wrote:

OK I added him but maybe I shouldn't have.  Can some admin fix it from Jeff Beck to Beck, Jeff?  I am such an idiot. LOL
 


And you've added all tracks' titles with quotation marks.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2007 at 15:50
OK I added him but maybe I shouldn't have.  Can some admin fix it from Jeff Beck to Beck, Jeff?  I am such an idiot. LOL
 
I have through Live with Jan Hammer added as albums.  Anyone feel free to add some others I will check back later to help finish.
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2007 at 13:58
Great, Brian!Thumbs%20Up You can add him whenever you want. Surely a great addition to our DB!Clap
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2007 at 13:55
Good work Garion81, great to welcome Jeff Beck on this site Thumbs%20Up Last year he was on the Dutch TV because of his performance (with the 2005 and 2006 line-up you mentioned) during the annual Northsea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, an awesome gig that showcased his excellent and very distinctive guitar play. Although Jeff Beck is generally considered as Yardbirds guitarplayer #3, in my opinion he has a more adventurous mind than Clapton and Page. Let the reviews roll Clap

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2007 at 13:24
Here I cleaned this up a bit.  If it is ok I can add him.
 
 
Born June 24, 1944 in Wallington, Greater London, England  Jeff Beck is one of the “Big Three” guitar gods who came from the mid 60’s band The Yardbirds (Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page the other two) Although never quite becoming as popular as his contemporaries Jeff has maintained a huge amount of respect among guitarists worldwide by diversifying into many different genres. He has experimented with blues rock, heavy metal, and jazz fusion and more recently, dabbled with techno, creating a blend of heavy guitar rock and electronica.

 

Starting as a session guitarist in the early 60’s Beck was in a group called The Tridents, before being asked to join the Yardbirds in 1965. Although only recording one album with them it was during his tenure with the Yardbirds that they recorded most of their hits. Beck left the Yardbirds partly for health reasons and partly for his on going problem of not getting along with people in general after 18 months.

 

In 1967 Beck formed a new band, the Jeff Beck Group, which featured him on lead guitar, Rod Stewart on vocals, Ron Wood on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Micky Waller on drums. This group produced two albums, Truth in 1968 and Beck-Ola the following year that are considered the two most influential blues/rock albums in Beck’s career.  That group started the blues/rock format that Led Zeppelin would perfect two years later.  After Stewart and Wood left the band to join Faces (then The Small Faces) Beck went on to form a second. incarnation of the Jeff Beck Group, which featured Clive Chapman (bass), Max Middleton (keyboards), Cozy Powell (drums), and Bob Tench (vocals). With this group Beck used the blues as a basis but piled on heavy amounts of R&R and R&B to the music.  They released two albums: Rough and Ready (1971, produced by Jeff Beck) and The Jeff Beck Group (1972, produced by Steve Cropper).  The song Going Down is the one most remembered from this era.

 

After this second Jeff Beck Group disbanded in 1972, Beck formed the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice, with former Cactus members Carmine Appice on drums and Tim Bogert on bass. This group failed to attract much critical or popular attention even though the nature of the music was geared for that and soon split up, although they did have a minor hit with a version of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" (Beck had earlier played lead guitar on Wonder's Talking Book album). They also released a Live album which by some accounts is better than the studio release.  

Then Jeff did a complete 180 in direction. Obtaining the services of former Beatle producer George Martin, Beck went into London's AIR Studios to record a solo album. What came out was the critically acclaimed and popular all-instrumental jazz fusion album entitled Blow by Blow, with a band that included Max Middleton (keyboards), Phil Chen (bass), and Richard Bailey (drums). It was followed up by a collaborative effort with former Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist Jan Hammer on the 1976 Wired album, which also received critical acclaim and featured a version of the famous Charles Mingus tune "Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat".  They also released a live album based on two tours called Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Live.  Not only did these albums lend visibility to the jazz fusion genre by Beck’s rock audience it also opened the door for a new wave of solo rock guitarist's non-vocal albums by such artists as Joe Satriani .

 

Since the early 1980s Jeff Beck  has record sporadically: There and Back 1980, featuring Simon Phillips and Tony Hymas, Flash 1985, including performances with Rod Stewart and Jan Hammer, Guitar Shop 1989, with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas, Crazy Legs 1993, Who Else! 1999, You Had It Coming 2001 and Jeff in 2003.   The first four had Beck using a mixture of Blues, Heavy Metal and Jazz while the latter three Jeff has turned another 90 degrees by fusing electronica influence with his blues/jazz past. 

 

Two earlier tours this decade had Beck paired with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas. Beck's most recent tours in 2005 and 2006 have included: Jason Rebello on keyboards, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums and Pino Palladino on bass (replaced by Randy Hope-Taylor due to Palladino's prior commitment to The Who).

 

Jeff Beck is surely the most progressive of all the guitar gods of the late 60’s and continues his influence over a whole new generation of guitarists.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2007 at 13:22

The thing here is that when we add an artist all the artists work is put in.  The only distinction I made was the Yardbirds were more than Jeff Beck and I believe should either be added or denied on their own work.  The rest of Jeff's work including Truth and Beck-ola  were pretty much with Jeff in control so yes I feel they should be included even though they are blues based.  Jeff is really being added for the mid 70's work he had with Jazz Fusion and working with such artists as Jan Hammer and Stanley Clark.

 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2007 at 13:02
Is the early Jeff Beck Group (Beck-Ola, Truth) the same thing as the latter Jeff Beck, is it entitled to be here? Not that I wouldn't like it, actually it is the only side of Beck's career that I know.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2007 at 12:52
How is this?  I did not put any Yardbird albums here because he was not on all of them.  If someone feels they should be here then they can add them.
 
 
Truth, Studio,1968

Beck-Ola, Studio,1969

Rough and Ready, Studio, 1971

Jeff Beck Group, Studio, 1972  

Beck, Bogert & Appice, Studio, 1973

Beck, Bogert & Appice Live in Japan, Live, 1973

Blow by Blow, Studio, 1975

Wired, Studio, 1976

Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Liv, Live, 1977

There and Back, Studio, 1980

Flash, Studio, 1985

Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Studio, 1989

Beckology, Compilation/Boxset, 1991

Crazy Legs, Big Town Playboys, Studio, 1993

Who Else!, Studio, 1999

You Had It Coming, Studio, 2001

Jeff, Studio, 2003

Live At BB King Blues Club, Live, 2006



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2007 at 21:09
Thanks everyone.
 
Let me see if I can't do some that discography tomorrow.  Wink
 
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 14 2007 at 01:08
Fantastic bio, Brian!Clap Now we need a discography, and we can add him ASAP.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2007 at 22:37
Let's get "addicted" to him thenWinkLOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2007 at 22:26
excellent work Brian, especially glad you mentioned the early work with Rod Stewart as being so influential on Zep, not everyone realizes that.

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