The 2008 box set Original Album Classics rounds up Jeff Beck's first five albums after the departure of Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood: Rough & Ready, Blow by Blow, Jeff Beck Group, Wired, Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live. Each album is presented as a paper-sleeve mini-LP, making this a handsome, affordable way to get the bulk of Beck's '70s catalog. by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rough And Ready (1971)
1 Got The Feeling
Written-By – Jeff Beck
2 Situation
Written-By – Jeff Beck
3 Short Business
Written-By – Jeff Beck
4 Max's Tune
Written-By – M. Middleton
5 I've Been Used
Written-By – Jeff Beck
6 New Ways / Train Train
Written-By – Jeff Beck
7 Jody
Written-By – B. Short, J. Beck
Jeff Beck Group (1972)
1 Ice Cream Cakes
Written-By – J. Beck
2 Glad All Over
Written-By – A. Schroeder, J. Beck, R. Bennett, S. Tepper
3 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
Written-By – B. Dylan
4 Sugar Cane
Written-By – J. Beck, S. Cropper
5 I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You
Written-By – B. Holland, N. Ashford, V. Simpson
6 Going Down
Written-By – Don Nix
7 I Got To Have A Song
Written-By – D. Hunter, Lula Hardaway, Paul Riser, S. Wonder
8 Highways
Written-By – J. Beck
9 Definitely Maybe
Written-By – J. Beck
Blow By Blow (1975)
1 You Know What I Mean
2 She's A Woman
3 Constipated Duck
4 Air Blower
5 Scatterbrain
6 Cause We've Ended As Lovers
7 Thelonius
8 Freeway Jam
9 Diamond Dust
Wired (1976)
1 Led Boots
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Clavinet – Max Middleton
Drums – Narada Michael Walden
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Synthesizer – Jan Hammer
Written-By – Max Middleton
2 Come Dancing
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Clavinet – Max Middleton
Drums – Ed Green*, Narada Michael Walden
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Synthesizer – Jan Hammer
Written-By – Narada Michael Walden
3 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Drums – Richard Bailey
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Max Middleton
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Written-By – Charlie Mingus
4 Head For Backstage Pass
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Clavinet – Max Middleton
Drums – Richard Bailey
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Written-By – Andy Clark, Wilbur Bascomb
5 Blue Wind
Drums, Synthesizer – Jan Hammer
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Jeff Beck
Written-By – Jan Hammer
6 Sophie
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Clavinet, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Max Middleton
Drums – Narada Michael Walden
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Written-By – Narada Michael Walden
7 Play With Me
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Clavinet – Max Middleton
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Synthesizer – Jan Hammer
Written-By – Narada Michael Walden
8 Love Is Green
Acoustic Guitar – Jeff Beck
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Piano – Narada Michael Walden
Written-By – Narada Michael Walden
Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group Live (1977)
1 Freeway Jam
2 Earth (Still Our Only Home)
Lead Vocals – Jan Hammer
3 She's A Woman
Rhythm Guitar, Harmony Vocals – Fernando Saunders
4 Full Moon Boogie
Lead Vocals – Tony Smith
5 Darkness / Earth In Search Of A Sun
Synthesizer [String] – Steve Kindler
6 Scatterbrain
7 Blue Wind
Rhythm Guitar – Steve Kindler
Credits:
Bass – Clive Chaman (tracks: CD1, CD2), Fernando Saunders (tracks: CD5), Phil Chen (tracks: CD3)
Drums – Cozy Powell (tracks: CD1, CD2), Tony Smith (tracks: CD5)
Drums, Percussion – Richard Bailey (tracks: CD3)
Guitar [Guitars] – Jeff Beck (tracks: CD2, CD3)
Guitar, Effects [Special] – Jeff Beck (tracks: CD5)
Keyboards – Max Middleton (tracks: CD3)
Piano – Max Middleton (tracks: CD1, CD2)
Synthesizer [Moog, Oberheim, Freeman], Electric Piano, Timbales – Jan Hammer (tracks: CD5)
Violin – Steve Kindler (tracks: CD5)
Vocals – Bobby Tench (tracks: CD1, CD2)
