Wired (album)

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Wired
Studio album by Jeff Beck
Released	May 1976
Genre	Jazz fusion Instrumental rock
Length	37:21
Label	Epic
Producer	George Martin Jan Hammer Bruce Dickinson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
Jeff Beck chronology
Blow by Blow (1975) Wired (1976) Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Live (1977)

Wired is a 1976 solo album by Jeff Beck. It was this album that started a fruitful collaboration with former Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist Jan Hammer who Beck toured with shortly thereafter. Beck and Hammer interplay extensively between each other somewhat similar to the way Hammer would counter John McLaughlin in the Mahavishnu Orchestra by making his synthesizer sound almost indentical to a guitar. Beck also brought in another Mahavishnu alumni drummer Narada Michael Walden who composed 3 of the tracks. The result was a more "synthesized" sound, hence it's title Wired. Some tracks included members of the Blow by Blow lineup which were recorded during those sessions but were left off that album and carried over to Wired.

One of the most highly praised tracks was Beck's interpretation of the Charles Mingus classic Goodbye Pork Pie Hat and has been performed many times in Beck's concerts.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Led Boots" (Max Middleton) – 4:03
2. "Come Dancing" (Narada Michael Walden) – 5:55
3. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Charles Mingus) – 5:31
4. "Head For Backstage Pass" (Wilbur Bascomb, Andi Clark) – 2:43
5. "Blue Wind" (Jan Hammer) – 5:54
6. "Sophie" (Walden) – 6:31
7. "Play With Me" (Walden) – 4:10
8. "Love Is Green" (Walden) – 2:30

[edit] Personnel

• Jeff Beck - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass
• Wilbur Bascomb, Jr. - Bass
• Max Middleton - Clavinet, Rhodes piano, Keyboards
• Jan Hammer - Drums, Engineer, Synthesizer, Remixing, Producer
• Richard Bailey - Drums
• Ed Greene - Drums
• Narada Michael Walden - Drums, Piano

[edit] Additional personnel

• George Martin - Producer
• Christopher Bond - Assistant Producer, Production Assistant
• Bruce Dickinson - Reissue Producer
• Peter Henderson - Engineer
• John Arrias - Engineer
• Dennis McCay - Engineer
• Pete Henderson - Engineer
• Dennis MacKay - Engineer
• John Mills - Engineer, Mixing
• Mark Guercio - Assistant Engineer
• Lock Huey - Cover Photo, Photography
• Vic Anesini - Mastering
• Geoff Emerick - Mixing
• John Berg - Cover Design

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