Beck, Bogert and Appice Live [Import, Original recording remastered]

Jeff Beck, Beck Bogert & Appice | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony Japan
• ASIN: B000CPGWD2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,878 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Superstition

2. Lose Myself with You [Instrumental]

3. Jeff's Boogie

4. Going Down

5. Boogie

6. Morning Dew

Disc: 2

1. Sweet Sweet Surrender

2. Livin' Alone

3. I'm So Proud

4. Lady

5. Black Cat Moan

6. Why Should I Care

7. Plynth/Shotgun (Medley)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For Beck completists only, March 30, 2007

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raw power (Carrollton, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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First off, I have been a Jeff Beck fan since the Yardbirds. I always was mystified as to why this album was only released in Japan. Now 30+ years after its release I understand why. It's not bad. Some of it is quite good. But it suffers from a lot of the '70's excesses that weren't that great back then (mandatory drum solos, audience call and response, etc.). Mostly, I expected much more flash from Beck and less Bogert and Appice. I still mostly love the studio album, but had bigger expectations for the live show having seen them do a monster version of "Morning Dew" on In Concert or some other '70's music show.

Bottom line: If you can somehow find a cheap copy it is no disgrace to your collection, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it at Japanese import prices.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For Fanatics Only (But Awesome!), February 19, 2009

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George Gelish "rock on," (Melville, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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The BBA disc was one of my fave Classic Rock albums of this era. I was in my teens, playing in a power trio and this what I really hoped to sound like someday - balls-out rocking, good singing, ferocious rhythm section, chops galore! I was always disappointed that there wasn't a second album.

This set is especially noteworthy for drummers and bassists because you get to hear the interplay of one of the greatest Hard Rock batteries of all time. There's Moon and Entwistle, Jones and Bonham, Geezer and Ward, Glover and Paice and then there's these guys! Few bass/drum combos played with such ferocity in this era. Bogert and Appice are at the top of their game even for them; playing with an intensity they only equal on Vanilla Fudge's "Near the Beginning" and some of the best Cactus tracks.

If you are a real fan of the musicians involved (as I am) or if the studio album was one of your absolute FAVES, then this is disc is for you. Otherwise, it's not really a must-have.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good find for Beck and/or Cactus-Vanilla Fudge fans, April 11, 2008

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D. K. Hughes "music obsessive" (Atlanta, Ga.) - See all my reviews
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My vinyl copy of this (in excellent condition) sounds great. It's well recorded, with minimized audience sound. Beck displays his signature guitar work over the rockin' rhythm section of Appice and Bogart. They had been playing together as Vanilla Fudge, and then as Cactus for years before joining up with Beck finally, after he recovered from injuries from a car wreck. If you haven't heard the two Cactus "Live and Unleashed" double -CD`s, seek them out immediately. I think Rhino has some of Vol. 2 left. That band rocked!

Beck is understated here, but does some nice work. There is use of the dreaded "squawk box", but it is a more understated use of it, compared to say.... Peter Frampton or Joe Walsh. His sound as always is wonderful.

Tim and Carmine's vocals are very much like their soulful Vanilla Fudge sound. This is of it's time, but a nice find if you can find it at the right price, for the enthusiast of this era, and of these artists.