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Blow by Blow | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jeff Beck
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  98 reviews
Sales Rank: 4960
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 85440
UPC: 696998544024
EAN: 0696998544024
ASIN: B00005AREQ
Release Date: March 27, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | You Know What I Mean | | • | She's A Woman | | • | Constipated Duck | | • | AIR Blower | | • | Scatterbrain | | • | Cause We've Ended As Lovers | | • | Thelonious | | • | Freeway Jam | | • | Diamond Dust |
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His guitar-slinging contributions to the Yardbirds having dwarfed those of Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page, Mrs. Beck's bad boy spent the next several years playing blues-rock (the Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart), soul-rock (the second edition of that band), and leading a power trio. Then, he made this all-instrumental album, which was a huge 1975 success. Produced by George Martin, the nine-song session finds Beck fronting a keyboards-bass-drums outfit, augmented by some tastefully unobtrusive string arrangements. Call it a jazz-fusion album at your own risk. While Beck's playing is less in-your-face than his previous efforts, all the fierce attack, thick tone, microtonal bends, distortion, feedback, vibrato, sustain, sonic hoodoo, and rhythmic and harmonic creativity that the man's fans have come to know and love can be heard here. "Freeway Jam" boasts the most memorable melody and thus remains a Classic Rock staple to this day. "Cause We've Ended As Lovers"--written by Stevie Wonder--is Beck's gorgeous tribute to one of his own guitar-heroes, the now-deceased Roy Buchanan. --Don Waller
Album Details
Digitally Remastered Version of his Classic 1975 Release.produced By George Martin.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 93 more reviews...
 Studio vs. Live October 3, 2008
Blow by Blow - The CD is what I remember from the past, which is what I was wanting.
After listening to the CD, I realized that I used to LOVE the LIVE version of some of these tunes... and so, I bought the Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer LIVE CD.
Blow by Blow is a studio recording which I find a little "dry" when compared to the energy of the LIVE CD... But it's still Jeff Beck!
 Influences September 23, 2008
I used to own the vinyl LP of this album, later the CD, then it was stolen. I must replace it. I saw a concert of John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra back in 1975 when "Visions of the Emerald Beyond" was just released. Jeff Beck was the warm-up act (ha!). At the end of the concert both guitarists jammed for a half-hour together and blew us all away. I think that collaboration rubbed off on both of them for subsequent albums. What a night!
Blows You Away August 11, 2008
This is the best place to start when it comes to Beck's solo work. The material is top grade (including Stevie Wonder compositions like "We've Ended as Lovers" and Beatles' "She's a woman), with great production by the legendary George Martin, a top notch band, and most of all: tasteful, brilliant guitar by Jeff Beck. Each and every track--yes all of them-- is a fusion/instrumental guitar classic. Those who play guitar have probably seen every track transcribed in a guitar mag at some point. It's hard to pick a highlight from such a monster album, but if I had to, I'd say the emotion drenched guitar on the superbly executed "We've ended as Lovers." Ever wondered why Beck is mentioned in the same breath as Hendrix, Clapton, Gilmour etc.? Check this out.
A True Masterpiece July 30, 2008
I got this on lp when it came out in '75 . It was so exciting hearing this back then. With this recording all of Becks contemporaries fell by the wayside . An extremely elegant recording and perhaps the first that showed me how beautiful the electric guitar can be in the right hands . A must !
Jeff, the voice in the guitar July 10, 2008
There is no other guitarist I can think of that can make the instrument communicate on such a Vocal level as Jeff Beck. On this album - and particularly on "Cause We're Ended as Lovers" - he plays with such soul and depth, phrasing as if his instrument is really breathing and singing for him.
As for the rest of the album: George Martin's production (and string arrangement on "Diamond Dust") is sympathetic and always on the right level to carry every part of Jeff and his band's playing.
Speaking as a singer, I can only rave that Jeff makes the guitar communicate so richly. He's the greatest, and this album offers ample proof. A beautiful album.
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