This is a recent purchase, I actually caught a selection of the this performance on TV and thought it was excellent so I decided to pick up the album. This album did not let me down. After a number of successes in the 1970s, particularly the excellent albums "Blow by Blow" and "Wired," Beck became a little erratic. He toured constantly releasing average albums with large gaps in between. Then in 2006 Beck began to release albums pretty regularly he had two "official bootleg" releases of live performances in 06 and 07, he had a show stopping performance at Clapton's 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival then he released this album which features the same bass player and drummer from the festival.It is an excellent live album especially for lovers of the electric guitar. Though Beck does not have the same name recognition as some of his contemporaries his talent is definitely equal. There are 16 tracks, all instrumental, that run for nearly 80 minutes. The album almost plays like a studio recording, aside from the applause a the start and end of each song, the audience is entranced by Beck's guitar and as well they should be. This is a very good live album, it does remove all the duet performances that are available on the DVD of the same concert, but that is not really a minus. If you enjoyed Beck's 70s output particularly "Blow By Blow" and "Wired" this is the Jeff Beck Live album for you.
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