Jeff Beck – There & Back
(Epic Records 32197)
Matrix No’s: A3/B3 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English guitarist. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to an instrumental style with focus on an innovative sound, and his releases spanned genres and styles ranging from blues rock, hard rock, jazz fusion and a blend of guitar-rock and electronica.
There & Back is the third studio album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in June 1980 through Epic Records. It reached #21 and #10 on that year’s Billboard 200 and Jazz Albums charts, respectively. Notably, the album showcases Beck’s stylistic shift towards instrumental rock whilst largely retaining the jazz fusion elements of his two previous releases, Blow by Blow (1975) and Wired (1976). The opening track, “Star Cycle”, was used for a number of years as the theme song for the British music programme The Tube (1982–87), whilst “The Pump” was featured in the 1983 film Risky Business.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | “Star Cycle” | Jan Hammer | 4:59 | |
| 2. | “Too Much to Lose” | Hammer | 2:59 | |
| 3. | “You Never Know” | Hammer | 4:03 | |
| 4. | “The Pump” | Tony Hymas, Simon Phillips | 5:50 | |
| 5. | “El Becko” | Hymas, Phillips | 4:01 | |
| 6. | “The Golden Road” | Hymas, Phillips | 4:58 | |
| 7. | “Space Boogie” | Hymas, Phillips | 5:10 | |
| 8. | “The Final Peace” | Jeff Beck, Hymas | 3:38 | |
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Total length:
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35:39 | |||
Personnel
- Jeff Beck – guitar, production
- Jan Hammer – keyboard (tracks 1–3), drums (track 1)
- Tony Hymas – keyboard (tracks 4–8)
- Simon Phillips – drums (tracks 2–7)
- Mo Foster – bass
- Ken Scott – production
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