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DISCID=6b097d09
DTITLE=Jeff Beck Group / Jeff Beck Group
DYEAR=1972
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Ice Cream Cake
TTITLE1=Glad All Over
TTITLE2=Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
TTITLE3=Sugar Cane
TTITLE4=I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You
TTITLE5=Going Down
TTITLE6=I Got To Have A Song
TTITLE7=Highways
TTITLE8=Definitely Maybe
EXTD= 1989 Epic Records\n\nOriginally Released April 1972 \nCD Editio
EXTD=n Released March 1989\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW:  Continuing with the 
EXTD=same group lineup as on Rough and Ready, Jeff Beck Group was slag
EXTD=ged off by critics for Steve Cropper's admittedly lazy production
EXTD=. However, several of the songs hold up masterfully, including th
EXTD=e skronky "Ice Cream Cakes," the superlative redo of Don Nix's "G
EXTD=oing Down," and the beautifully sad and wistful instrumental, "De
EXTD=finitely Maybe." Beware of early, poor-sounding versions.  -- Tom
EXTD= Graves\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOne of Beck's Most Under
EXTD=rated Works., December 29, 2003 \nBy  M. White (Northeast - USA)\n
EXTD=As most everyone knows who lived through the wonderfully creative
EXTD= period of rock music that lasted from 1964 through, approximatel
EXTD=y, 1975, there were only about a handful of critics who had credi
EXTD=bility in terms of being able to review and critique music, in an
EXTD=y genre, adequately during said period. Most critics bashed this 
EXTD=release as being "Over the top" and criticized Cropper for being 
EXTD=out of his depth as a producer here. There was much made (Negativ
EXTD=ely) of Beck's choice of material and his guitar arrangements on 
EXTD=this record. Personally, as a player for over 30 years myself, I 
EXTD=think this CD offers some of his most inspired and lyrical playin
EXTD=g, and I have listened to just about everything that Beck has rel
EXTD=eased over the last 35 years. The tones he is getting out of his 
EXTD=strat during numbers like "Going Down", "Ice Cream Cakes", "I Can
EXTD='t Give Back The Love I Feel For You", "Highways" and "Definitely
EXTD= Maybe" are unlike anything he had ever done up to that point and
EXTD=, quite frankly, unlike anything he has done since. His sense of 
EXTD=dynamics, harmonics and innovative phrasing are astonishing here 
EXTD=for a record that was made in 1972. His command of both right and
EXTD= left-hand techniques is truly awesome as well. You hear Beck two
EXTD=-hand tapping here six years before Eddie Van Halen was doing it 
EXTD=in clubs in Pasadena. You hear multi-layered electric guitars, el
EXTD=ectric sitars and acoustics (Although Sparingly) beautifully perf
EXTD=ormed and mixed. Beck's slide playing is inspirational here as we
EXTD=ll, as is his wah-wah touch. Granted, the songs aren't singer/son
EXTD=gwriter classics for the most part, but the reason you want to ow
EXTD=n this CD is for Beck's truly inspired and, at times, truly demen
EXTD=ted playing (Which is a good thing!).\n\nI think Cropper's produc
EXTD=tion is solid and Ron Capone engineered the tracks with a good un
EXTD=derstanding of what he was dealing with.\n\nIn Beck's Group, Max 
EXTD=Middleton's keyboard playing is as good as it gets in this genre 
EXTD=and Cozy Powell lays a decent groove and plays with authority whe
EXTD=n needed.\nHowever, it is Beck who truly shines here. \n\nJust li
EXTD=ke the critics who chastised Miles for his early to mid 70's fora
EXTD=ys into Acid Funk, all of a sudden there is a renewed interest by
EXTD= those same critics in that music today as being ahead of it's ti
EXTD=me and visionary. The same can be said for Beck's explosive and j
EXTD=aw dropping display here. When re-examined, I think many critics 
EXTD=who blasted this release in '72 will now acknowledge that these g
EXTD=uitar arrangements and performances by Beck are quite unlike anyt
EXTD=hing from that era - controlled chaos and mayhem by a master reac
EXTD=hing to push his own creative envelope beyond what anyone was doi
EXTD=ng at that time. For Beck fans or, more importantly, guitar fans 
EXTD=in general, this CD is a must have. Enjoy! \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTO
EXTD=MER REVIEW\nCrazy as it may sound - I think this is Becks best LP
EXTD=, September 16, 2003 \nBy  "douglasnegley" (Pittsburgh, Pa. Unite
EXTD=d States)\nYep - I agree with the reviewer below that, in hindsig
EXTD=ht (although I've always been partial to this one) this LP is und
EXTD=errated, and misunderstood. I also think Bob Tench did a great jo
EXTD=b on the vocals...no, he is not the BEST singer Beck ever worked 
EXTD=with, but he IS soulful and (other than Freddie King) sings "Goin
EXTD=' Down" with the best feel of any version. I think the point that
EXTD= is missed on this LP, CD now, is that this is, indeed, the Jeff 
EXTD=Beck GROUP. The group is the thing - and it shows. "Sugarcane" (a
EXTD=nother Tench stand-out vocal) finds the group laying a mellow gro
EXTD=ove for Beck, and keeps him "reined-in", if you know what I mean.
EXTD= "Highways" is emminently soulful, and still affords Beck his fre
EXTD=edom to solo - and he does from the start...but the song shifts f
EXTD=ocus beautifully, with a very 'groovy' keyboard solo ending. "Def
EXTD=inately Maybe" gives Beck the vehicle to show his unique style an
EXTD=d mastery of statement. When this came out I loved it BECAUSE it 
EXTD=was different. I still do. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMixe
EXTD=d bag redeemed by typically superb guitar (3.5 stars), June 9, 20
EXTD=03 \nBy  Michael Topper (Pacific Palisades, California United Sta
EXTD=tes)\nAs one of the two or three greatest axemen alive, it is dif
EXTD=ficult for Jeff Beck to make a bad album. Yet his early 70s perio
EXTD=d is often considered one of his shakiest by both fans and the ar
EXTD=tist himself; the second version of The Jeff Beck Group existed m
EXTD=ainly as a holding pattern while he recuperated from a car accide
EXTD=nt and waited to get Beck, Bogert And Appice together. \n\nThe fi
EXTD=rst album by this lineup, "Rough And Ready", was a considerable s
EXTD=tep down from its mighty predecessors "Truth" and "Beck-Ola"; the
EXTD= self-titled "Jeff Beck Group" (aka "The Orange Album") regains s
EXTD=ome lost ground but is still somewhat short in several areas, mos
EXTD=t notably original songwriting.\n\nWhile competitor Jimmy Page wa
EXTD=s creating some of the best rock songs of all time with "Stairway
EXTD= To Heaven", "Rock And Roll" and "The Song Remains The Same", Bec
EXTD=k settled for a more low key style here, playing a very 70s blend
EXTD= of rock, boogie and funk. Unfortunately, the vocalist was below-
EXTD=par (especially so, coming after Rod Stewart), the production was
EXTD= muddled and while Beck himself contributed a few decent tunes, h
EXTD=is quest for strong and consistent original material continued. I
EXTD=n spite of the album's drawbacks, however, each song boasts some 
EXTD=typically superb guitar work which makes the whole thing worthwhi
EXTD=le, and Max Middleton's keyboard work is another standout. The op
EXTD=ening "Ice Cream Cakes" became a live staple that featured a very
EXTD= original solo, "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" is an emo
EXTD=tional Dylan cover and "Going Down" is a smoking rock number with
EXTD= Beck again on fire. The closing instrumental "Definitely Maybe" 
EXTD=ranks as one of the finest songs in his entire career, with exqui
EXTD=stite wah-wah overdubs contributing to an architecturally perfect
EXTD= piece. For these scattered moments the album is worth picking up
EXTD=, and any Beck fan will not be displeased. It is only when one co
EXTD=mpares it to earlier efforts, or those of Led Zeppelin, that the 
EXTD=unfulfilled potential of this period--particularly in the songwri
EXTD=ting and vocal departments--becomes clear. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTO
EXTD=MER REVIEW\nLike so much of his work, a misunderstood classic, Fe
EXTD=bruary 24, 2003 \nBy  Robert Howard (Bowling Green, OH United Sta
EXTD=tes)\nFor years I have been a rather fanatical Beck fan, starting
EXTD= with the fusion sides and his extremely innovative material from
EXTD= Guitar Shop on through You Had It Coming (Flash being the except
EXTD=ion to that!). I never checked out this "motown/RnB" Beck because
EXTD= SO MANY music critics, and indeed even Beck himself, dismissed t
EXTD=his stuff as the result of his near fatal car accident, when the 
EXTD=guitarist was having headaches and other ailments due to the blow
EXTD= he took to the head. \n\nHowever, when I actually LISTENED to th
EXTD=e two JBG Mark II albums I must say I VERY MUCH disagree with the
EXTD= critics and Beck himself! This is music of much innovation, and 
EXTD=as other reviewers have stated here, it was ahead of its time. On
EXTD= this outing, the band fully exploits the wildly unique instrumen
EXTD=tation of Beck, a classical/jazz oriented pianist in Middleton, t
EXTD=he soul/groove oriented Chaman on bass and his friend Bob Tench h
EXTD=andling the vocals(who sounds absolutely wonderful, such an expre
EXTD=ssive voice).\n\nAs such, the album has such incredible turn-abou
EXTD=ts, from the heavy rock of "Ice Cream Cakes" and "Sugercane", to 
EXTD=the memphis soul of "Glad All Over". Everyone knows about "Going 
EXTD=Down", which is a classic (and such WEIRD licks he plays on that 
EXTD=one!) covered by everybody, but yet again it is instrumental ball
EXTD=ads in which this man shines, and "I Can't Give Back The Love I F
EXTD=eel For You" and especially the Middleton penned (not Beck, as th
EXTD=e lp notes say) "Definately Maybe" show us that Beck is a masterf
EXTD=ul story teller; delivering great theatre with his guitar; his ti
EXTD=tle of "rock guitar hero" is one that he indeed transcends with e
EXTD=very note. \n\nSo in summation I can't say enough how WRONG so ma
EXTD=ny people are about this record. Rough and Ready is also a good a
EXTD=lbum, better than what the critics say, but RnR is not a bonafide
EXTD= classic, like this record is. This one is, in fact, near the top
EXTD= of everything the man has ever released. Yet, the reason why peo
EXTD=ple at the time and even Jeff Beck himself dismisses this stuff i
EXTD=s that it went so far against the musical tides in 1972. People w
EXTD=anted pile driving blues rock, in the Zepp/Sabbath/Purple mold; a
EXTD=nd since Beck started that whole deal with Truth, they expected h
EXTD=im to develop that idea more. Beck is so intensely critical of hi
EXTD=mself, or at least was back then (check out his biography "Crazy 
EXTD=Fingers" and you'll see what I mean) that he was all too ready to
EXTD= accept the criticism of others. \n\nSo if you are a fan of great
EXTD= music, you really ought to check this one out. It stands right u
EXTD=p there with Blow by Blow and Wired, Guitar Shop and his new stuf
EXTD=f, and it is a score higher than Truth and Beck-Ola. \n\n\nAMAZON
EXTD=.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\njeff does dylan?, November 26, 1998 \nBy A 
EXTD=Customer\nThis is one of Jeff's duller albums even though Jeff pl
EXTD=ays great, has a terrific band with Max Middleton on electric pia
EXTD=no and Cozy Powell on drums and Rod Stewart-soundalike Bob Tench 
EXTD=on vocals. The problem is the songs. Jeff hasn't quite got his te
EXTD=chnique for instrumentals perfected (that will arrive with Blow b
EXTD=y Blow), so the ones here sound tentative and odd. Other songs se
EXTD=em like throwaways--including the guitar god's cover of a very mi
EXTD=nor Dylan song. Strangely, two of Jeff's best ever songs are here
EXTD=: the bizarrely titled Ice Cream Cakes (the lyrics are never the 
EXTD=point on a Jeff record) that features spine-tingling interplay be
EXTD=tween Jeff and keyboardist Max, and the over-the-top almost Hendr
EXTD=exian Going Down, with some of the most mindblowing feedback dron
EXTD=es ever waxed. The album's almost worth it for just those two son
EXTD=gs, but then again they make you realize how much better the whol
EXTD=e project could have been. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nBeck
EXTD= Transitions to Fusion, June 8, 2007 \nBy  Michael S. Goodrich\nO
EXTD=n what is sometimes called "The Orange Album", Jeff Beck is captu
EXTD=red at a special time of his music somewhere between coming out o
EXTD=f conventional rock/blues and going into more of a fusion motif h
EXTD=e would go on to explore for most of the mid-seventies. This albu
EXTD=m is one of my favorites of the early 70s period, and Beck is her
EXTD=e in somewhat rare form; not playing conventional blues, but hint
EXTD=ing more at progressive elements in rock and fusion. That said, t
EXTD=he album does have some rockish R&B such as the Dylan cover "Toni
EXTD=ght I'll be Staying Here with You", a revved up and sophisticated
EXTD= cover of "I've Got to Have a Song", and an outlandish boogie ver
EXTD=sion of Nix's "Going Down". There are a few odds and ends such as
EXTD= "Glad All Over" and "Sugar Cane - which is not quite a reggae pi
EXTD=ece. The rest of the album features some wondrous progressive pla
EXTD=ying such as "Ice Cream Cakes" - a terrific cross of prog-like ro
EXTD=ck and fusion featuring some of Beck's most intriguing chops and 
EXTD=some wonderful electric piano by Max Middleton all in a jazzy vai
EXTD=n backed by pulsating rockish bass and Cozy Powell's drums. "High
EXTD=ways" has yet more prog-rock feel and some of Becks most tempered
EXTD= yet exciting chops all capped off by more soulful fusion electri
EXTD=c piano from Middleton. "Definitely Maybe" is one of Becks most u
EXTD=nique composition's: masterfully done here with a sophisticated f
EXTD=eel, it is almost a cross between a ballad and a lament and is en
EXTD=tirely infectious. This album occupies a unique era (my favorite)
EXTD= in Beck's stylistic sojourn; only the preceding album "Rough and
EXTD= Ready" is anything like it in style. Four and a half stars. \n\n
EXTD=\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nIt's Beck alright, but..., April 18
EXTD=, 2007 \nBy  Steve (Las Vegas)\nIt's hard to review Jeff Beck bec
EXTD=ause while his guitar work is never short of amazing, the genre a
EXTD=nd/or the material may not always be a match for his spectacular 
EXTD=level of skill. So it is with this album. If you like your Beck r
EXTD=ocking with soulful vocals, then by all means, this is your cup o
EXTD=f tea. The singing is not my favorite part of this recording beca
EXTD=use I think Bob Tench reaches a bit too far and sounds a bit stra
EXTD=ined, but the style of the music itself is okay. The musicians ar
EXTD=e good enough and some of the songs are really good and make you 
EXTD=wonder how in the world Jeff Beck never became a household name. 
EXTD=Seriously - ask the casual music fan about Jeff Beck and see how 
EXTD=many people answer, "But I didn't know that Beck guy had a first 
EXTD=name..." The record starts off promisingly enough with Cozy's dru
EXTD=m intro and the fun rocking "Ice Cream Cakes" and ends with a bea
EXTD=utiful piece that hints strongly of the Blow by Blow world Jeff w
EXTD=as headed towards. In between is a mixed bag of songs including t
EXTD=he minor radio hit "Goin Down," which despite the lack of any kin
EXTD=d of lyrical content, manages to capsulize Jeff's chops pretty ne
EXTD=atly. Throughout this record, like all of Jeff's work, you have t
EXTD=he man's guitar playing - the tone, the whammy induced howls and 
EXTD=growls, the lightning fast hammer ons and pull offs, the hyper-so
EXTD=nic bends, and the rest of the arsenal this genuine guitar hero p
EXTD=acks. If you don't care how your Beck is served up, you probably 
EXTD=already own this. If you are more choosy about the accompaniment,
EXTD= listen to some samples and see if you care for this seventies ro
EXTD=ck and soul sampler. \n\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: Steve Cro
EXTD=pper \n\nAlbum Notes\nJeff Beck Group: Bob Tench (vocals); Jeff B
EXTD=eck (guitar); Max Middleton (piano); Clive Chaman (bass instrumen
EXTD=t); Cozy Powell (drums).\n\nRecording information: Trans Maximus 
EXTD=Inc., Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee.\n\nAfter a life-threaten
EXTD=ing car accident forced him to take an extended break, guitarist 
EXTD=extraordinaire Jeff Beck re-emerged in 1971 with a new band, a ne
EXTD=w album (ROUGH AND READY), and an attempt to merge a soulful Memp
EXTD=his sound with hard rock. 1972's JEFF BECK GROUP shows that Beck 
EXTD=was already moving beyond his soul-rock hybrid and sowing the see
EXTD=ds for his exceptional mid-'70s jazz/rock fusion work.\nJEFF BECK
EXTD= GROUP also serves as a precursor to Beck's next project, the blu
EXTD=es-soul-rock trio Beck-Bogart-Appice. Produced by Booker T & the 
EXTD=M.G.s' guitarist Steve Cropper, JEFF BECK GROUP contains "Going D
EXTD=own," one of Beck's best-known tracks and a perennial concert fav
EXTD=orite, as well as the album-opening highlight "Ice Cream Cakes." 
EXTD=An important, transitional album in the career of this stylistica
EXTD=lly adventurous guitarist.\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nShould you 
EXTD=ever find yourself in the mood to be bored comatose, simply hop o
EXTD=n the next jet to Hollywood, where this writer will gladly spend 
EXTD=an afternoon with you explaining why--on the basis of the soon-to
EXTD=-be-mentioned's irrepressible musical eccentricity, exquisite tas
EXTD=te for the hilariously incongruous, and expertise at producing so
EXTD=me of the lewdest noises ever enjoyed by teenage ears--he conside
EXTD=rs Jeff Beck a peerless rock and roll guitarist, as good in his o
EXTD=wn way as are Robin Trower and Ralph Oswald in their own ways.\n\n
EXTD=The mystery (and tragedy) of the recent Beck is his election to s
EXTD=howcase his brilliantly idiosyncratic instrumental style in the c
EXTD=ontext of a band upon which he himself has imposed severe stylist
EXTD=ic restrictions.\n\nThis album, and the group in general, is usua
EXTD=lly terrific when Beck's guitar-playing is in the spotlight. When
EXTD= either Bob Tench's vocals or Max Middleton's usually pleasant bu
EXTD=t seldom arresting and never-smoothly-integrated jazz piano are b
EXTD=asking therein, Jeff Beck Group's music is mostly just dull--comm
EXTD=onplace and predictable.\n\nDespite his mastery of a particular v
EXTD=ibrato-laden style of R & B vocalizing, Tench never comes across 
EXTD=as more than competent--and uninteresting. Employing the identica
EXTD=l intonation on everything that's placed in front of him--be it D
EXTD=ylan's "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" or the venerable "
EXTD=Goin' Down" (here curiously credited to Don Nix)--he wears quite 
EXTD=poorly. I, for one, would almost prefer to hear Beck himself doin
EXTD=g the singing in his charmingly wobbly and adolescent yelp (previ
EXTD=ously displayed to best advantage on the irresistibly horrific "H
EXTD=i Ho Silver Lining").\n\nOne might reasonably have expected Steve
EXTD= Cropper, as producer, to have nudged the Group into a mellifluou
EXTD=s Stax groove--whence Beck's sudden flights to the outskirts of o
EXTD=utrage might have been Nirvana itself--but no such good fortune. 
EXTD=Truth be told, the record doesn't even sound--in the basic sense-
EXTD=-appreciably better than Rough And Ready. Thus, another zero for 
EXTD=Cropper as a producer of white Epic heavy/hard-and country-rocker
EXTD=s.\n\nTo venture an opinion whose unpopularity may well exceed th
EXTD=at of any other in the history of rock criticism, Beck may well h
EXTD=ave been best off in the hands of the dreaded Mickie Most. Which 
EXTD=is not to imply that shameful ignominies like "Love Is Blue" shou
EXTD=ld be Beck's lot, but rather that Most's self-proclaimed genius f
EXTD=or detecting hit material almost invariably resulted in embarrass
EXTD=ing musical situations from which Beck extricated himself with us
EXTD=ually quite stunning and cogent guitar work. Better that Beck sho
EXTD=uld be slicing up someone's silly idea of hit single material tha
EXTD=n struggling to redeem the out-dated ploddings of his own crew of
EXTD= yes-men.\n\nBest yet, of course, that he should hook up with a p
EXTD=ersonage or personages whose talents of conception and compositio
EXTD=n correspond with his own genius as a guitarist. (RS 110 -- Jun 8
EXTD=, 1972)  -- JOHN MENDELSOHN
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