Beck Bogert & Appice [Original recording reissued]

Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Jeff Beck | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 1, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
• ASIN: B0012GMVEE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,706 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #90 in Music > Rock > Rock Guitarists

Track Listings

1. Black Cat Moan

2. Lady

3. Oh to Love You

4. Superstition

5. Sweet Sweet Surrender

6. Why Should I Care

7. Lose Myself with You

8. Livin' Alone

9. I'm So Proud

Editorial Reviews

One of rock's greatest guitar players mixes it up with the rhythm section of Vanilla Fudge and Cactus, and the result is loud and hard! Tracks include Black Cat Moan; Lady, and Superstition . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great boogie rock masterpiece from the early 70s, April 28, 2005

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GojiraBasu (New Hampster) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beck Bogert & Appice (Audio CD)

I was lucky enough to see BBA at my very first concert when I was really young. I've been a lifelong fan of all three of these guys ever since. I had just started playing bass, so to see Tim Bogert play a 15 minute unaccompanied distorted bass solo was pretty cool! Sure, the vocals aren't very good (Sorry Dave from Covington, I CAN sing a bit so I feel qualified to say that), and the songwriting is basic, but these are three amazing musicians just jamming away at boogie rock. The tracks "Lady", "Superstition", "Livin' Alone" and Curtis Mayfield's "I'm So Proud" are outstanding.

Check out West, Bruce & Laing, Restrictions by Cactus or Johnny Winter's Still Alive & Well if you like this stuff. There's also a BBA Live in Japan double album out there, but it's expensive.

This album is another great chapter in the ever changing musical career of Jeff Beck. Before this was the underrated R&B flavored Jeff Beck Group with Cozy Powell and Max Middleton. After this was the stellar Blow By Blow, when Jeff took off in a whole new direction.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent album!, November 12, 2005

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Morton (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beck Bogert & Appice (Audio CD)

It's not every day three musicians with such talent as Tim Bogart, Carmine Appice, and Jeff Beck get together and make an album. Usually when musicians of this calabor get together egos and tempors get in the way of the music, thats way supergroups dont last. Appice is one of the worlds best drummers, Bogart is a great bass player, and Jeff Beck is well, Jeff Beck, the man plays guitar like... well I dont know what like but he is amazing! This album however is unlike anyother supergroup album in the history of music because this one is actually good and actually its better then good its excellent!

The album opens up with its best song, 'Black Cat Moan' which is a nice heavy bluesy rocker and features some amazing slide guitar by Beck. Next is the nice little ballad lady, and no not the horrible Styx song, this is much better! 'Oh To Love You' is another ballad with nice vocals from Bogart. Its almost like a Beegees song but with balls! 'Superstition' is a cover of the classic Stevie Wonder song, and I actually like it. I mean they could have done better but I think they did a fantastic job on it, though its clearly not better then the original its still nice and features some killer lead guitar by Beck. 'Sweet Sweet Surender' is another slower ballader type song, and its not one of my favorites though it does have some really beautiful lyrics. 'Why Should I Care' is a nice heavy rocker, and one of the better songs on the album, If the whole album was like this song I would have given it five stars thats for sure. Next is the rocker 'Lose My Self With You' which is probabley my favorite song on the album next to 'Black Cat Moan' because it is just such a killer song. Becks amazing wah-wah talents are showcased greatly on this song. 'Livin Alone' is a really cool song, I dont know how to describe it, its very 1970's and very cool, thats really all I can say because it must be heard to enjoy. The album comes to a close ever so perfectly with 'im So Proud' which is the best of the ballads on the album and is a nice easy way of ending the album on a soft and high note.

Beck, Bogert, and Appice is one of the best albums Jeff Beck ever made, and had there been fewer ballads and more rockers and bluesier songs this album would have been even better.

So even though I think the boys went a little over board with all the ballads I still think this is an essential album that all rock fans and musicians (especially guitarists), should own and add to their collections.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jeff Beck Returns To The Power-Trio Format, And Does Great, December 16, 2004

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The Footpath Cowboy "rockerusa2002" (Kingston, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beck Bogert & Appice (Audio CD)

Teaming up with Vanilla Fudge bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, Jeff Beck returned to the power-trio format, and created yet another great album. One of the highlights of this set is a scorching version of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition." This is an album which I feel has been unfairly slagged off by many people, including Beck himself. However, it's actually a masterpiece. Get it before it sells out.