Beckology by guitarist Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck

Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...

 was released in 1991 as a 3 CD career retrospective. Beckology covers the work of a guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 widely acknowledged as one of the most influential

Social influence

Social influence occurs when an individual's thoughts, feelings or actions are affected by other people. Social influence takes many forms and can be seen in conformity, socialization, peer pressure, obedience, leadership, persuasion, sales, and marketing...

 and gifted exponents of the electric guitar, from early days with The Tridents through to his Guitar Shop album in 1989.

• Volume 1 includes previously unreleased tracks from The Tridents, earthy mono
  Monaural
  Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or channels are fed from a common signal path...
  
   recordings of Yardbirds classics like "Steeled Blues" and "Heart Full of Soul", four tracks from a Yardbirds BBC
  BBC
  The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
  
   session, and Jeff's first solo
  Solo (music)
  In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
  
   single sides.

• Volume 2 covers both incarnations of The Jeff Beck Group
  The Jeff Beck Group
  The Jeff Beck Group were an English rock band formed in London in January 1967 by former Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Their innovative approach to heavy sounding blues and R&B was a major influence on popular music.- The first Jeff Beck Group :...
  
   which each released two album
  Album
  An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
  
  s and finishes with Beck, Bogert and Appice
  Beck, Bogert & Appice
  Beck, Bogert & Appice was a hard rock supergroup and power trio formed by guitarist Jeff Beck and evolving from The Jeff Beck Group. the line up included bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice who were both previously in Vanilla Fudge and Cactus....
  
   tunes. Highlights here include the reworking of the Yardbirds' "Shapes of Things" with Rod Stewart on vocals, the driving "Plynth", the beautiful guitar work on "Definitely Maybe" and the interesting reworking of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition
  Superstition (song)
  "Superstition" is a popular song written, produced, arranged, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972, when Wonder was 22 years old. It was the lead single for Wonder's Talking Book album, and released in many countries. It reached number one in the USA, and number one on the soul...
  
  ".

• Volume 3 tracks through what the sleeve notes call the "instrumental
  Instrumental
  An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
  
   era" of the 1970s with tracks from the jazzy Blow by Blow
  Blow by Blow
  Blow by Blow is the seventh album by British guitarist Jeff Beck, released on Epic Records in 1975, and recorded in October 1974. It is the first under his name alone...
  
  and the acclaimed George Martin
  George Martin
  Sir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...
  
   produced Wired albums. There is a live performance
  Concert
  A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
  
   of "Freeway Jam" from 1977 with Jan Hammer
  Jan Hammer
  Jan Hammer is a composer, pianist and keyboardist. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 1970s, as well as his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the popular 1980s...
  
  , with whom Jeff had touring and collaborated with as most recently as 2004, before concluding at the 1980's with Flash tracks like "People Get Ready
  People Get Ready (song)
  "People Get Ready" was a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the album of the same name. The single is today the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart...
  
  " and Guitar Shop tracks like "Big Block" and "Where Were You".

A 60 page booklet comes with the album, and includes a biography by Gene Santoro.

Volume One

1. "Trouble in Mind
   Trouble in Mind (song)
   "Trouble in Mind" is a slow eight-bar blues song written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones. The song was recorded in 1924 by singer Thelma La Vizzo with Jones providing the piano accompaniment...
   
   " — The Tridents
2. "Nursery Rhyme" (live) (Bo Diddley
   Bo Diddley
   Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...
   
   ) — The Tridents
3. "Wandering Man Blues" — The Tridents
4. "Steeled Blues" — The Yardbirds
5. "Heart Full of Soul" — The Yardbirds
6. "I'm Not Talking" — The Yardbirds
7. "I Ain't Done Wrong" — The Yardbirds
8. "Train Kept a Rollin'" — The Yardbirds
9. "I'm a Man
   I'm A Man (Bo Diddley song)
   "I'm a Man" is a song written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1955. A moderately slow blues with a stop-time figure, it was inspired by an earlier blues song and became a #1 R&B chart hit. "I'm a Man" has been acknowledged by Rolling Stone magazine and has been recorded by a variety of artists,...
   
   " (Bo Diddley) — The Yardbirds
10. "Shapes of Things
    Shapes of Things
    "Shapes of Things" is a song written by Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty, originally recorded by The Yardbirds and released as a single in March 1966 by the Columbia Graphophone Company...
    
    " — The Yardbirds
11. "Over Under Sideways Down" — The Yardbirds
12. "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" — The Yardbirds
13. "Hot House of Omagarashid" — The Yardbirds
14. "Lost Woman" — The Yardbirds
15. "Rock My Mind" — The Yardbirds
16. "The Nazz Are Blue" — The Yardbirds
17. "Psycho Daisies" — The Yardbirds
18. "Jeff's Boogie" — The Yardbirds
19. "Too Much Monkey Business" (live) — The Yardbirds
20. "The Sun Is Shining" (live) — The Yardbirds
21. "You're a Better Man Than I" (live) — The Yardbirds
22. "Love Me Like I Love You" (live) — The Yardbirds
23. "Hi Ho Silver Lining
    Hi Ho Silver Lining
    "Hi Ho Silver Lining" is a rock song, written by American songwriters Scott English and Larry Weiss and first released as a single in March 1967 by The Attack, followed a few days later by Jeff Beck. Because the Beck version charted first, the song is most often associated with him...
    
    " — Jeff Beck
24. "Tally Man" — Jeff Beck
25. "Beck's Bolero
    Beck's Bolero
    "Beck's Bolero" is a short, rock-based instrumental piece heavily influenced by Maurice Ravel's Boléro, recorded in May 1966 by Jeff Beck with Jimmy Page on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Keith Moon on drums...
    
    " — Jeff Beck

Volume Two

1. "Shapes of Things
   Shapes of Things
   "Shapes of Things" is a song written by Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty, originally recorded by The Yardbirds and released as a single in March 1966 by the Columbia Graphophone Company...
   
   " — The Jeff Beck Group
2. "I Ain't Superstitious
   I Ain't Superstitious
   "I Ain't Superstitious" is a song written by bluesman Willie Dixon and first recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1961. It recounts various superstitions, including that of a black cat crossing the pathway...
   
   " — The Jeff Beck Group
3. "Rock My Plimsoul
   Rock Me Baby (song)
   "Rock Me Baby" is a blues standard that has become one of the most recorded blues songs of all time. When B.B. King released "Rock Me Baby" in 1964, it became a Top 40 hit reaching #34 in the Billboard Hot 100. The song is based on earlier blues songs and has been interpreted and recorded by a...
   
   " — The Jeff Beck Group
4. "Jailhouse Rock
   Jailhouse Rock (song)
   "Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture, Jailhouse Rock...
   
   " — The Jeff Beck Group
5. "Plynth (Water Down the Drain)" — The Jeff Beck Group
6. "Drinking Again" — The Jeff Beck Group
7. "Definitely Maybe" — The Jeff Beck Group
8. "New Ways Train Train" — The Jeff Beck Group
9. "Going Down" — The Jeff Beck Group
10. "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" — The Jeff Beck Group
11. "Superstition
    Superstition (song)
    "Superstition" is a popular song written, produced, arranged, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972, when Wonder was 22 years old. It was the lead single for Wonder's Talking Book album, and released in many countries. It reached number one in the USA, and number one on the soul...
    
    " — Beck Bogert Appice
12. "Black Cat Moan" (live) — Beck Bogert Appice
13. "Blues Deluxe/BBA Boogie" (live) — Beck Bogert Appice
14. "Jizz Whizz" — Beck Bogert Appice

Volume Three

1. "'Cause We've Ended as Lovers" — Jeff Beck
2. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" — Jeff Beck
3. "Love Is Green" — Jeff Beck
4. "Diamond Dust" — Jeff Beck
5. "Freeway Jam" (live) — Jeff Beck
6. "The Pump" — Jeff Beck
7. "People Get Ready
   People Get Ready (song)
   "People Get Ready" was a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the album of the same name. The single is today the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart...
   
   " — Jeff Beck featuring Rod Stewart
8. "Escape" — Jeff Beck
9. "Gets Us All in the End" — Jeff Beck
10. "Back on the Street" — Jeff Beck
11. "Wild Thing" — Jeff Beck
12. "Train Kept A Rollin'" — Jeff Beck
13. "Sleep Walk
    Sleep Walk
    "Sleep Walk" is an instrumental steel guitar-based song written, recorded, and released in 1959 by brothers Santo & Johnny ....
    
    " — Jeff Beck
14. "The Stumble" — Jeff Beck
15. "Big Block" — Jeff Beck
16. "Where Were You" — Jeff Beck