JEFF BECK - Wired (Sony)

Originally released on Epic records in 1976. Powerful jazz-rock fusion with a touch of funk, Wired is Beck's follow-up to the popular Blow by Blow. Extending on the blues break throughs he made with the Yardbirds, beck's style had by this time crystallised into something lyric and soaring, showing the influence of John Mclaughlin and the mahavishnu orchestra, while retaining the slightly manic edge that has remained his trademark.