Jeff Beck had given us more than a glimpse of where he was heading with
the previous year's fine 'Blow by Blow' album - but this one took some
kind of quantum leap into the stratosphere, making it one of the
strongest instrumental rock albums ever made.Pooling together members
of his existing band with keyboard master Jan Hammer and a young Narada
Michael Walden on drums ( who also provided many of the tunes )
everything seemed to gel together beautifully.Capping it all was George
Martin's hugely sympathetic sound production, giving everything a very
hard, loud, up-front feel. Perfect.Sounding off about musicianly
'technique' - as anyone is likely to do with a record like this - might
well prove to be a bit of a turn-off but one listen will demonstrate
that such technique, jaw-dropping as it is throughout, is not all you
can pull from a guitar in the hands of Jeff Beck. An album that'll
appeal to headbangers, jazzers and fans of instrumental guitar music
alike. Oh, and crank up the volume !! 1 Led Boots
2 Come Dancing
3 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
4 Head For Backstage Pass
5 Blue Wind
6 Sophie
7 Play With Me
8 Love Is Green
