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| Jeff Beck | Primary Artist, Bass, Guitar |
| Phil Chen | Bass |
| Max Middleton | Keyboards |
| Stevie Wonder | Keyboards |
| Richard Bailey | Percussion, Drums |
| Bruce Dickinson | Reissue Producer |
| George Martin | Arranger, Producer, Orchestral Arrangements |
| Denim Bridges | Engineer |
| Bernie Holland | Composer |
| Mark Wilder | Remastering |
| John Berg | Cover Art |
| Vic Anesini | Mastering |
| John Collier | Illustrations, Cover Art |
| Matt Resnicoff | Liner Notes |
| Stephen Saper | Engineer, Authoring |
| Mac Randall | Liner Notes |
You are probably not ready for this album. It is an essential recording, brimming with great musical ideas, terrific melodies, and fantastic, out of this world playing. The lack of any bonus tracks is hardly of consequence because of the high quality of the music on this CD. If you miss out on this (only) 35 year old album, your education is incomplete.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Most of today's guitar gods like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Buckethead learned to play by listening to Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck. No one has ever blended jazz, rock, and blues into such masterful and complex instrumental compositions as this British master guitarist. This is one of his best albums with masterpieces like "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" (Stevie Wonder cover), "Scatterbrain", and "Freeway Jam" being a few of the highlights. This music is so brilliant and timeless that it could be released today and sound just as fresh and innovative. Unfortunately the radio has never played instrumental music, and rock has suffered at the hand of rap, hip-hop, and pop genres, or Jeff Beck would still be one of the top musicians in the world. Most of his best work has never been heard by a new generation who seem to only appreciate commercial vocal music and misogynistic rap songs, but one listen to this or any of his better albums will make it obvious who the original guitar god is.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Fantastic,imagenitive,creative,fast and furious,beautiful,soulful and just pure craftmanship in the guitar playing. This album projects the virtuosity of one of the greatest hard rock guitarist of all time. The sensibility shows itself in every song. This album is a great contribution to music especially to the jazz fusion and hard rock movement because of the innovations in Beck's playing that many guitarist imitated or learned from.
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Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Mark Kirschenmann
Blow by Blow typifies Jeff Beck's wonderfully unpredictable career. Released in 1975, Beck's fifth effort as a leader and first instrumental album was a marked departure from its more rock-based predecessors. Only composer/keyboardist Max Middleton returned from Beck's previous lineups. To Beck's credit, Blow by Blow features a tremendous supporting cast. Middleton's tasteful use of the Fender Rhodes, clavinet, and analog synthesizers leaves a soulful imprint. Drummer Richard Bailey is in equal measure supportive and propulsive as he deftly combines elements of jazz and funk with contemporary mixed meters. Much of the album's success is also attributable to the ...