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Jeff Beck Guitar Part 1 VV-018



JEFF BECK GUITAR EARLY YEARS 1966- 1968

Today’s show is JEFF BECK GUITAR EARLY YEARS — PART 1

In this VINYL VIBRATIONS episode, I tour early vinyl records that showcase ENGLISH ROCK and FUSION GUITARIST GREAT … JEFF BECK. The recordings presented in this podcast are a compilation from my own LP and Singles collection.  Today – we will review six songs from Jeff Beck’s early years, 1966 – 1968:

  1. SHAPES OF THINGS – The Yardbirds (single)
  2. OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN – The Yardbirds (single)
  3. BECK’S BOLERO – Jeff Beck (single)
  4. GREENSLEEVES – Jeff Beck Group (TRUTH LP)
  5. SHAPES OF THINGS – Jeff Beck Group (TRUTH LP)
  6. MORNING DEW – Jeff Beck Group (TRUTH LP)

Jeff Beck achieved notoriety in the mid 1960’s, through the music of The Yardbirds and their hit song “Shapes of Things”.  He had been working actively as a musician since the age of 19, during the time he was attending college at what is now called the Wimbledon College of Art in London. That college specializes in theatre, screen, and performance art. That’s 1963.

Just five years later, Beck had launched three singles and his debut LP album, TRUTH.­­­