Jeff Beck • The Best Of Beck

 

Review
by Steve Leggett
Ever restless as a musician and constantly changing directions and trying new things, guitarist Jeff Beck is difficult to reduce to a 14-track overview, although this set probably does as well as one could at sketching in the portrait. Beginning as a guitarist for the Yardbirds in the 1960s, Beck hit his stride with the Jeff Beck Group (which featured a then relatively unknown Rod Stewart as lead singer) later in the decade, and "Shapes of Things" (initially a radio hit for the Yardbirds), "Plynth," and "Beck's Bolero" are represented here from that era. Also here are several of Beck's mid-'70s fusion tracks, including "Freeway Jam" and "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," as well as his 1980s reunion with Stewart, “People Get Ready.” Again, Beck is a difficult artist to capture in a single-disc drive-by, but for folks curious about this fine guitarist and wanting a quick sampler of his work in several of his various guises, this set works fine as an introduction.

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Reseña
por Steve Leggett
Siempre inquieto como músico y en constante cambio de direcciones y probando cosas nuevas, el guitarrista Jeff Beck es difícil de reducir a una visión general de 14 pistas, aunque este conjunto probablemente lo hace tan bien como uno podría esbozar el retrato. Beck, que empezó como guitarrista de los Yardbirds en los años 60, alcanzó su apogeo con el Jeff Beck Group (que contaba con un entonces relativamente desconocido Rod Stewart como vocalista) a finales de la década, y "Shapes of Things" (inicialmente un éxito radiofónico para los Yardbirds), "Plynth" y "Beck's Bolero" están representados aquí de esa época. También están aquí varios de los temas de fusión de Beck de mediados de los 70, como "Freeway Jam" y "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", así como su reunión de los 80 con Stewart, "People Get Ready". Una vez más, Beck es un artista difícil de capturar en un solo disco, pero para los curiosos acerca de este buen guitarrista y que deseen una muestra rápida de su trabajo en varias de sus diversas formas, este conjunto funciona bien como una introducción.

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Tracks:
1 - The Pump - 5:48
2 - People Get Ready - 4:54
3 - Freeway Jam - 5:00
4 - Shapes Of Things - 3:19
5 - Where Were You - 3:17
6 - Beck's Bolero - 2:52
7 - Going Down - 6:51
8 - Jailhouse Rock - 3:14
9 - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - 5:29
10 - Blue Wind - 6:11
11 - Plynth (Water Down The Drain) - 3:06
12 - Two Rivers - 5:21
13 - Scatterbrain - 5:40
14 - She's A Woman - 4:29

Label:    Epic – EK 64689
Released:    1995
Genre:    Rock
https://www.discogs.com/release/3061293-Jeff-Beck-Best-Of-Beck

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