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Jeff Beck 3-Pak - Blow by Blow/Wired/There and Back

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For A Brit, this is unbelievable value.These three albums chart JB's quantum leap for me, and I urge you to listen to "Cause we've ended as Lovers", "Led Boots", and "The Pump" (to take one from each) as demonstrations of Beck@s mastery.It's a personal thang, but next Hendrix, he discovered how to read a soul out of a guitar like no other... there are many really powerful tracks in this collection, and I cannot see a lover of electric guitar ever regretting stumping up the bucks for this slice of "Beethoven late quartet" level inspiration,beauty,and sheer octane.

I have been a Beck fan since high school/college and own allthree of these albums on vinyl. After my initial disappointment in"Who Else!" (I don't know, maybe at 40, I'm to old to like the techno stuff, maybe Jeff was just better 25 years ago!), I wanted to replace one of my old vinyl albums with a CD. Going back through my collection, I found that my 3 favorite Beck releases were Blow By Blow (1975), Wired (1976), & There and Back (1980).

Since I had limited myself to buying just one of these, I had to make a decision! I was having a hard time deciding which was my favorite when I found this box set containing all 3!...(all 3 are better records than "Who Else!")

Three Great Albums... Jeff Beck at the height of his artistic journey. Let's not overlook all of the other gifted musicians on these discs. The guitar gods sometimes get all the credit. If you are just getting into Jeff Beck and his bands, this would be the best and most economical way to "Get There"... Check out "Rough & Ready" if you can get the CD somewhat economically. Many fans forget about that one. One last thought... these cats can still ROCK!!! Love to see you live again.

Jeff Beck was/is not only an innovator, he does it best. This isn't "buzzy, fuzzy flash," but soulful, melodic rock & roll guitar that's a must-have for fans of guitar instrumentals and great "cruisin' music." There's a track or two on each disc that I forward past, but with these three discs you can make one killer "mix CD" or load up your MP3 player.

Jeff Beck has always trod a very thin line between unbelievable albums and live performances and work--Beck Bogart and Appice leading the charge--that is a mouth full of yawning firework duds. These are probably three of his greatest works packaged together at a reasonable price. Blow by Blow lead the charge in his day, back in the day when Beck (back then there was only one Beck) supported his vinyl efforts with ironclad live shows. After his short stint with some bleach blond, spikey haired gravelly voiced singer and Cozy Powell aside, a competent but bland band featuring Van Morrison's sideman Bobby Tench, there was Blow by Blow. Beck finally got the message that his audience didn't care about a Jeff Beck Group, it wanted just Jeff Beck. These three albums sum up everything that was new, exciting, and explosive about Jeff Beck. Listen to them in order and judge for yourself: you won't be able to stop except to wonder how he did it.

This is a great deal! Three superb CDs! One classic, one a near-classic,and the other just great music. Anyone wanting to revel in the majesty of Jeff Beck, this is the place to start. Then, get Guitar Shop, Who Else, Jeff, and Live at Ronnie Scott's. The most inventive rock-fusion guitarist ever! Blow by Blow just does not get old! It's amazing how well it holds up!

for any old or new jeff beck fans this is a great collection of jeff becks best songs all in one very affordable box set. cd set contains "blow by blow" and "wired" and the last disc "there and back" all put out by epic records. i think the best way to listen to this set{if possible} is just put all three disc in and press shuffle all. cd contains classics like "cause we ended as lovers" to "blue wind" to "the pump" ....

Jeff Beck. 2 words that speak volums, A true musical genius of this or any generation!! I had the opportunity 2 c him live 4/18/99 at the paramount theater oakland 5 stars a real a classic!!! $35 for the ticket a true value