Unreleased Beck, Bogert & Appice Show Arriving Soon

I was scrolling through my Facebook page this evening when I came across some unexpected good news. Carmine Appice has revealed to a radio station back East that an unreleased Beck, Bogert & Appice show from The Rainbow Theatre in London in January of 1974 is going to be released soon. Jeff Beck had it stashed away in his archives. The article also said that all of the contracts were signed for its release before Bogert passed away.

 

Beautiful! Thanks for the heads up. Ordering that day one.

 

Cool. Thanks

 

Groovy. Now, the Beck Powell album that they recorded at the Motown.

 

Count me in. Great news.

 

Great news indeed. It may even be a part of a larger archival campaign.

 

The US still needs an official release of the original BBA Live album. I like it more than others do, but that seems to be a pretty low bar. Didn't think we needed both BBA Boogies on Beckology, one or the other. But Rainbow has some new material so it;d be a welcome addition.

 

That is great news because the first Rainbow concert, which was professionally recorded in its entirety (and has circulated in underground circles for years) is a very good BBA show, which in part showcases a number of songs from the aborted 2nd BBA studio album. It is a much better recording and concert than what is presented on the Live In Japan release.

 

I’m intrigued to hear Beck’s remix if Live In Japan. As with all pending Jeff Beck projects, who knows if or when it will be released.

 

I think Blues Deluxe from this show was on the Beck box set; sounds great.

 

That's great news. Will be getting this one when it comes out.

 

The seven inch sleeve re-release of Live in Japan was remixed from the original multitracks by Sony Japan a few years back and now runs as a complete show in the correct running order of the concert. The sound quality blows away the original release.

 

Carmine Appice says a previously unreleased 1974 live album by Beck, Bogert & Appice, the short-lived power trio that also featured U.K. guitar legend Jeff Beck and Carmine’s late Vanilla Fudge and Cactus band mate Tim Bogert on bass, should be hitting stores in the not-too-distant future.

The legendary drummer tells ABC Audio that the album captures one of the group’s last concerts ever, a show that took place in January 1974 at London’s famed Rainbow Theatre.

“[W]e were trying to do a second album [following the group’s self-titled 1973 debut], and we could not get the feel in the studio,” the legendary drummer explains. “So what we did was we recorded seven new songs live and three old songs. We did, like, ‘Livin’ Alone,’ ‘Superstition’ and ‘Lady’ from the [first] album. All the other ones are new.”

The trio actually played two concerts that day, but the group split up before the planned album was finished, and recordings of the shows have never officially been released.

However, Carmine says he recently helped Beck’s engineer mix the Rainbow concert, and “it really sounds great.” He adds that the album is ready to go, he’s just not exactly sure when it will come out.

“Jeff and his people have had it for a couple of years,” Appice notes. “Before Tim passed, we signed contracts to get it out.”

Carmine says his old friend and frequent collaborator Bogert, who died of cancer at age 76 this past January, was in fine form at the Rainbow concert.

 

Hopefully this release won't be issued only in Japan.

 

I never snagged a copy of it. I love Jeff Beck (as some forum members well know), but for the most part, I always rated BBA as the nadir of his work (even though he laid down some stellar guitar work with the band). A couple of years back I attempted to find a copy via Japan music retail sites, but it was sold out. I guess I will have to hold out for the Jeff Beck remix if he ever gets around to releasing it.

 

great news

 

Carmine Appice also had the entire concert recording streaming on his website for years.

 

I remember reading an interview with Appice, maybe 10 years ago, where he spoke in-depth about BBA, and brought up this recording. IIRC, he said something to the effect that Epic had plans to release it in 1974 as a mainstream live album, but Bogert refused to sign off on it at the time, which lead to some tension between Appice and Bogert because allegedly Epic had offered the band an advance of roughly half a million for the album, which was a considerable sum in the mid-1970's (plus it may have caused some other issues because the band may have been contractually obligated to release additional product).

If true, it makes sense because Epic had spent money and resources promoting the band, its first album, and had dumped money into the ongoing sessions for the unreleased second album, so this was potentially a way to partially recoup its investment into BBA and to maximize earnings while the band was still commercially relevant on the heels of its break-up.

Who knows what Beck has planned for this BBA release. Maybe it is just an archival release of this concert, or perhaps he plans to couple it with Live In Japan, which he said he remixed a couple of years ago.

 

Anyone hear any updates or rumors about this pending release? With Beck having just released 18 with Johnny Depp, it seems unlikely this be coming out in 2022. While BBA is not top-shelf Jeff Beck, it would be great to hear this Rainbow recording freshly mixed in great sound.

 

Nada. Zilch. I haven't heard anything, PacificOceanBlue. I wonder if Jeff is the one holding it up?

 

IMWAN • [2023-09-15] Beck, Bogert And Appice "Live In Japan 1973/Live In London 1974" 4CD box set (Rhino)


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Tracklist
[CD1: Live At Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan 5/18 & 5/19, 1973]
1. Superstition
2. Lose Myself With You
3. Jeff's Boogie
4. Going Down
5. Boogie
6. Morning Dew

[CD2: Live At Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan 5/18 & 5/19, 1973]
1. Sweet Sweet Surrender
2. Livin' Alone
3. I'm So Proud
4. Lady
5. Black Cat Moan
6. Why Should I Care
7. Plynth / Shotgun (Medley)

[CD3: Live At The Rainbow Theatre, London, UK 1/26/74]
1. Satisfied.
2. Livin' Alone.
3. Laughin' Lady.
4. Lady.
5. Solid Lifter.
6. Jizz Whizz.

[CD4: Live At The Rainbow Theatre, London, UK 1/26/74]
:1. Name The Missing Word (Prayin')
2. (Get Ready) Your Lovemaker's Coming Home
3. Superstition.
4. Blues De Luxe / You Shook Me.
5. (Rainbow) Boogie

This is scheduled for Sept 15, 2023 release.

 

well sweet dang. finally

 

I’m in

 

Can't wait.

 

Wow!