He is one of the three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds (the other two being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page).
Beck also formed The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice.
Blow by Blow is his second solo album, released on Epic Records in 1975, and recorded in October 1974.
It was the first under his name alone. An instrumental album, it peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
After the dissolution of his power trio in the spring of 1974, Beck took time for session work with other groups.
In December, a half-hearted "audition" for The Rolling Stones took place, Beck jamming blues with the band for one day, their incompatibility obvious to all, with the guitarist position vacated by Mick Taylor eventually going to ex-Jeff Beck Group bassist Ronnie Wood.
During this period, Beck decided to record an all-instrumental album, bringing back keyboardist Max Middleton from the second Jeff Beck Group and hiring George Martin to produce. According to Carmine Appice, who played with Beck in Beck, Bogert & Appice, he was involved in the writing and recording process of "Blow By Blow" but his parts were edited out after a dispute with Beck's management.
The fourth key contributor to Blow by Blow after Beck, Middleton, and Martin was Stevie Wonder, who gave Beck his songs "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" and "Thelonius", with Wonder playing clavinet on the latter uncredited.
The former song appeared on Wonder's album Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta, made with then-wife Syreeta Wright, while Wonder never recorded "Thelonius" himself.
A cover of the Beatles song "She's A Woman" was selected, as well as a composition by Bernie Holland of the group Hummingbird consisting of musicians from the second Beck Group.
The other five tracks were band originals with Beck and Middleton the main writers, and the last track on each side featured string arrangements by Martin.
Beck dedicated "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" to fellow guitarist Roy Buchanan, with an acknowledgment to Wonder.
Side A
A1. You Know What I Mean (4:02)
A2. She's A Woman (4:28)
A3. Constipated Duck (2:50)
A4. AIR Blower (5:07)
A5. Scatterbrain (5:30)
Side B
B1. Cause We've Ended As Lovers (5:51)
B2. Thelonius (3:17)
B3. Freeway Jam (4:57)
B4. Diamond Dust (8:24)
Notes
Release: 1975
Genre: Jazz fusion, instrumental rock
Format: LP
Label: Epic Records
Catalog# EPC 69117
Vinyl: Goed
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