There & Back is an album by English guitarist

Guitarist

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 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...

, released in 1980

1980 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.-January–March:*January 1**Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Elizabeth II.**The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley....

 on Epic Records

Epic Records

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. The first three tracks of the album featured keyboardist 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...

, while the remaining tracks feature Tony Hymas

Tony Hymas

Anthony 'Tony' Hymas is an English keyboard player, pianist, composer and is well known for being a founding member of Ph.D. He is a very versatile musician and contributes in different styles of music....

 (later of Ph.D.

Ph.D. (band)

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) on keyboards. Both keyboardists contributed compositions to the album, though Hymas shared songwriting credits with drummer Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...

. Mo Foster

Mo Foster

Mo Foster is a British session musician, playing primarily jazz, jazz-fusion and rock bass guitar. He is also a music producer and songwriter/composer. In over 40 years as a musician Foster has played on and produced countless albums, singles, and film soundtracks...

 played bass guitar

Bass guitar

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.

While still utilising many fusion

Jazz fusion

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 elements of 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 Wired, There & Back leans more towards instrumental rock

Instrumental rock

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, and would be Beck's last studio album for five years.

Track listing

1. "Star Cycle" (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...
   
   ) – 4:56
2. "Too Much to Lose" (Hammer) – 2:55
3. "You Never Know" (Hammer) – 4:03
4. "The Pump" (Tony Hymas
   Tony Hymas
   Anthony 'Tony' Hymas is an English keyboard player, pianist, composer and is well known for being a founding member of Ph.D. He is a very versatile musician and contributes in different styles of music....
   
   , Simon Phillips
   Simon Phillips
   Simon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...
   
   ) – 5:43
5. "El Becko" (Hymas, Phillips) – 3:59
6. "The Golden Road" (Hymas, Phillips) – 4:55
7. "Space Boogie" (Hymas, Phillips) – 5:04
8. "The Final Peace" (Beck, Hymas) – 3:36

Trivia

• Both "Star Cycle" and "The Pump" are notable for being two of the songs Beck played in his set at the ARMS Charity Concert
  ARMS Charity Concert
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   and, along with "You Never Know", remained consistent favourites in the set for more than 15 years.
• This album marks the first of several collaborations with keyboardist Tony Hymas.
• "Star Cycle" was for a number of years the theme song for the music program The Tube
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  , which featured Jools Holland
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   and Paula Yates
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  .
• "Star Cycle" was also used as the theme song for the Mid South Wrestling television program.
• "The Pump" is featured in the 1983 film Risky Business
  Risky Business
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  .