Get Down in the Dirt: The Complete Upp

Get Down in the Dirt: The Complete Upp Artist: Upp
Label: Castle Music UK
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2
EAN: 5050749410313
ASIN: B00063ZQ14


Release Date: 2004-12-02

Get Down in the Dirt: The Complete Upp


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Tracks:

  1. Bad Stuff
  2. Friendly Street
  3. It's a Mystery
  4. Get Down in the Dirt
  5. Give It to You
  6. Jeff's One
  7. Count to Ten
  8. Never Turn My Back on You
  9. Groovin' Mood
  10. Say Goodbye
  11. Dance Your Troubles Away
  12. I Don't Want Nothing (To Change)
  13. There's Still Hope
  14. Nitto
  15. Get to the Bottom

Tracks:

  1. Doctor I'm Getting No Better [Demo Version]
  2. Early in the Morning [Demo Version]
  3. Haunted [Demo Version]
  4. Back in the Neighbourhood [Demo Version]
  5. Soap Opera [Demo Version]
  6. Kickin' Arsenic [Demo Version]
  7. London in the Air [Demo Version]

Album Description

First time CD release for these rare and eclectic mid 70s albums featuring ex-Yardbirds guitar wizard, Jeff Beck. Includes the bands self-titled debut from 1975 and their second album, This Way Upp. Includes demo material from a proposed third unreleased album. Castle. 2004.

Album Details

Upp's Self-titled Debut from 1975 Includes a West Coast-influenced Fusion of Soul, Funk and Blues. The Playing is Exemplory with Clavinet and Moog Work Second to None. Mellotron is Used to Great Effect on the Opener, 'bad Stuff' and 'it's a Mystery' and Jeff Beck's Guitar Performances Fuse the Whole Smorgesboard of Sounds Together with his Unmistakeable Style and Guitar Fluidity. Their Second Album, "This Way Upp" Displays Much the Same Style Though is Free of the Mellotron. Both These Albums Are Being Releases for the First Time on One CD and Will Provide a Welcome Asset to Fans of 70's Fusion and of Course the Jeff Beck Completist.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Don't mess up, don't miss UPP.......2005-09-02

First off, UPP is a British funk / R&B group along the lines of the Average White Band (sans horns). Just because their first album (but not their second) was produced by Jeff Beck during HIS jazz/fusion phase, doesn't change the make-up of this band. They sound a lot like a post-Impressions Curtis Mayfield without the politics. Oh, and they are definitely a keyboard driven group, with guitars overlaid. Mr. Beck provides the guitar on the first album (Upp) and a couple of solos on the second (This Way Upp) much as he did guitar work for Stevie Wonder on Talking Book and Innervisions.

Overall, this is a wonderful compilation of a band that just didn't get that much hype. The music is well written and well played. This CD replaced my home-recorded versions of their vinyl albums, and added some nice bonus cuts. A wonderful find.

3 out of 5 stars

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