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''Beckology'' by guitarist Jeff Beck was released in 1991 as a 3 CD career retrospective. Beckology covers the work of a guitarist widely acknowledged as one of the most influential and gifted exponents of the electric guitar, from early days with
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through to his ''Guitar Shop'' album in 1989. * Volume 1 includes previously unreleased tracks from The Tridents, earthy
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recordings of Yardbirds classics like "Steeled Blues" and "Heart Full of Soul", four tracks from a Yardbirds
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session, and Jeff's first solo single sides. * Volume 2 covers both incarnations of
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which each released two albums and finishes with Beck, Bogert and Appice tunes. Highlights here include the reworking of the Yardbirds' "Shapes of Things" with Rod Stewart on vocals, the driving "Plynth", the beautiful guitar work on "Definitely Maybe" and the reworking of Stevie Wonder's " Superstition". * Volume 3 tracks through what the sleeve notes call the "
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era" of the 1970s with tracks from the jazzy '' Blow by Blow'' and the acclaimed
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produced ''Wired'' albums. There is a live performance of "Freeway Jam" from 1977 with Jan Hammer, with whom Jeff had been touring and collaborated with as most recently as 2004, before concluding at the 1980s with ''Flash'' tracks like "
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" and ''Guitar Shop'' tracks like "Big Block" and "Where Were You". A 60-page booklet comes with the album, and includes a biography by Gene Santoro.


Reception

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gave an enthusiastically positive review of the set, asserting that the mastering quality is far superior to any previous release while applauding the selection of material: "to survey Jeff Beck's entire career €¦would be a hopeless task, given the amount of anonymous session work that the guitarist did circa 1964–1966, but ''Beckology'' still manages to touch a few unexpected bases, even as it strings together all of the obvious and most of the important sides in Beck's output."


Track listing


Volume One

# " Trouble in Mind" – The Tridents (unreleased) # "Nursery Rhyme" (live) (
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) – The Tridents (unreleased) # "Wandering Man Blues" – The Tridents (unreleased) # "Steeled Blues" – The Yardbirds (B-side of ''Heart Full Of Soul'' single) # "Heart Full of Soul" – The Yardbirds (4th single, from ''Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds'') # "I'm Not Talking" – The Yardbirds ( ''For Your Love'') # "I Ain't Done Wrong" – The Yardbirds ( ''For Your Love'') # "Train Kept a Rollin'" – The Yardbirds ( ''Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds'') # " I'm a Man" (Bo Diddley) – The Yardbirds ( ''Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds'') # "
Shapes of Things "Shapes of Things" is a song by the English rock group the Yardbirds. With its Eastern-sounding, feedback-laden guitar solo and anti-war/pro-environmental lyrics, several music writers have identified it as the first popular psychedelic rock ...
" – The Yardbirds (6th single, from ''Greatest Hits'') # "Over Under Sideways Down" – The Yardbirds (7th single, from ''Yardbirds''/''Over Under Sideways Down'') # "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" – The Yardbirds (8th single, from ''Greatest Hits'') # "Hot House of Omagarashid" – The Yardbirds ( ''Yardbirds''/''Over Under Sideways Down'') # "Lost Woman" – The Yardbirds ( ''Yardbirds''/''Over Under Sideways Down'') # "Rack My Mind" – The Yardbirds ( ''Yardbirds'') # "The Nazz Are Blue" – The Yardbirds (B-side of '' Happenings Ten Years Time Ago'' single (US)) # "Psycho Daisies" – The Yardbirds (B-side of '' Happenings Ten Years Time Ago'' single (UK)) # "Jeff's Boogie" – The Yardbirds ( ''Yardbirds''/''Over Under Sideways Down'') # "Too Much Monkey Business" (live) – The Yardbirds (BBC Studios, 1965) # "The Sun Is Shining" (live) – The Yardbirds (BBC Studios, 1966) # "You're a Better Man Than I" (live) – The Yardbirds (BBC Studios, 1965) # "Love Me Like I Love You" (live) – The Yardbirds (BBC Studios, 1965) # "
Hi Ho Silver Lining "Hi Ho Silver Lining" is a rock song, written by American songwriters Scott English and Larry Weiss and first released as a single in March 1967 by English band The Attack, then a few days later by Jeff Beck. The Attack's version failed to cha ...
" – Jeff Beck (1st solo single) # "Tally Man" – Jeff Beck (2nd solo single) # " Beck's Bolero" – Jeff Beck ( ''Truth'')


Volume Two

# "
Shapes of Things "Shapes of Things" is a song by the English rock group the Yardbirds. With its Eastern-sounding, feedback-laden guitar solo and anti-war/pro-environmental lyrics, several music writers have identified it as the first popular psychedelic rock ...
" – The Jeff Beck Group ( ''Truth'') # "
I Ain't Superstitious "I Ain't Superstitious" is a song written by bluesman Willie Dixon and first recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1961. It recounts various superstitions, including that of a black cat crossing the pathway. The song has been recorded by a number of arti ...
" – The Jeff Beck Group ( ''Truth'') # " Rock My Plimsoul" – The Jeff Beck Group (B-side of ''Tally Man'' single) # " Jailhouse Rock" – The Jeff Beck Group ('' Beck-Ola'') # "Plynth (Water Down the Drain)" – The Jeff Beck Group ('' Beck-Ola'') # "I've Been Drinking" – The Jeff Beck Group (B-side of ''Love is Blue'' single) # "Definitely Maybe" – The Jeff Beck Group ( ''Jeff Beck Group'') # "New Ways Train Train" – The Jeff Beck Group ( ''Rough And Ready'') # "Going Down" – The Jeff Beck Group ( ''Jeff Beck Group'') # "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" – The Jeff Beck Group ( ''Jeff Beck Group'') # " Superstition" – Beck Bogert Appice ( ''Beck, Bogert, Appice'') # "Black Cat Moan" (live) – Beck Bogert Appice ( ''Beck, Bogert, Appice Live'') # "Blues Deluxe/BBA Boogie" (live) – Beck Bogert Appice (previously unreleased) # "Jizz Whizz" – Beck Bogert Appice (previously unreleased)


Volume Three

# "'Cause We've Ended as Lovers" – Jeff Beck ( ''Blow By Blow'') # "
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" – Jeff Beck ( ''Wired'') # "Love Is Green" – Jeff Beck ( ''Wired'') # "Diamond Dust" – Jeff Beck ( ''Blow By Blow'') # "Freeway Jam" (live) – Jeff Beck ( ''Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group Live'') # "The Pump" – Jeff Beck ( ''There And Back'') # "
People Get Ready "People Get Ready" is a 1965 single by the Impressions, and the title track from the '' People Get Ready'' album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and number 14 on the ''Billboard'' ...
" – Jeff Beck featuring Rod Stewart ( ''Flash'') # "Escape" – Jeff Beck ( ''Flash'') # " Gets Us All in the End" – Jeff Beck ( ''Flash'') # "Back on the Street" – Jeff Beck (B-side of ''
People Get Ready "People Get Ready" is a 1965 single by the Impressions, and the title track from the '' People Get Ready'' album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and number 14 on the ''Billboard'' ...
'' single) # " Wild Thing" – Jeff Beck (UK single release only) # "
Train Kept A-Rollin' "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (or "The Train Kept A-Rollin'") is a song first recorded by American jazz and rhythm and blues musician Tiny Bradshaw in 1951. Originally performed in the style of a jump blues, Bradshaw borrowed lyrics from an earlier son ...
" – Jeff Beck ( ''Twins'' soundtrack) # "
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'' soundtrack) # "The Stumble" – Jeff Beck ( ''Twins'' soundtrack) # "Big Block" – Jeff Beck (''
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References

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