Five CD release from the acclaimed guitarist contains five of his classic albums housed in paper sleeves in one package. This set from the British guitar legend features the albums There And Back (1980), Flash (1985), Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989), Who Else (1999) and You Had It Coming (2001).

While he was as innovative as Jimmy Page, as tasteful as Eric Clapton, and nearly as visionary as Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck never achieved the same commercial success as any of those contemporaries, primarily because of the haphazard way he approached his career. After Rod Stewart left the Jeff Beck Group in 1971, Beck never worked with a charismatic lead singer who could have helped sell his music to a wide audience. Furthermore, he was simply too idiosyncratic, moving from heavy metal to jazz fusion within a blink of an eye. As his career progressed, he became more fascinated by automobiles than guitars, releasing only one album during the course of the '90s. All the while, Beck retained the respect of fellow guitarists, who found his reclusiveness all the more alluring.

After the Hammer tour, Beck retired to his estate outside of London and remained quiet for three years. He returned in 1980 with There and Back, which featured contributions from Hammer. Following the tour for There and Back, Beck retired again, returning five years later with the slick, Nile Rodgers-produced Flash. A pop/rock album recorded with a variety of vocalists, Flash featured Beck's only hit single, the Stewart-sung "People Get Ready," and also boasted "Escape," which won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental. During 1987, he played lead guitar on Mick Jagger's second solo album, Primitive Cool. There was another long wait between Flash and 1989's Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas. Though the album sold only moderately well, Guitar Shop received uniformly strong reviews and won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental. Beck supported the album with a tour, this time co-headlining with guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Again, Beck entered semi-retirement upon the completion of the tour.

In 1992, Beck played lead guitar on Roger Waters' comeback album, Amused to Death. A year later, he released Crazy Legs, a tribute to Gene Vincent and his lead guitarist, Cliff Gallup, which was recorded with Big Town Playboys. Beck remained quiet after the album's release prior to resurfacing in 1999 with Who Else! You Had It Coming followed in 2001 and his 14th release, Jeff, was issued on Epic two years later. An excellent live set, Performing This Week: Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, was released in 2008 by Eagle Records. Emotion & Commotion, Beck's first new studio album in seven years, appeared in the spring of 2010. It was greeted by considerable acclaim, including winning two Grammy Awards in 2011 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Appropriately, Beck released a live album called Live and Exclusive from the Grammy Museum in the fall of 2010, followed by Rock & Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul), a salute to Beck's hero featuring vocals by Imelda May.

Tracklist:

Jeff Beck - There And Back (1980)

01. Star Cycle [4:59]
02. Too Much to Lose [3:00]
03. You Never Know [4:05]
04. The Pump [5:50]
05. El Becko [4:01]
06. The Golden Road [4:59]
07. Space Boogie [5:08]
08. The Final Peace [3:40]

Jeff Beck - Flash (1985)

01. Ambitious [4:38]
02. Gets Us All In The End [6:06]
03. Escape [4:42]
04. People Get Ready [4:55]
05. Stop, Look And Listen [4:27]
06. Get Workin' [3:36]
07. Ecstacy [3:31]
08. Night After Night [3:42]
09. You Know, We Know [5:36]
10. Nighthawks [4:48]
11. Back On The Streets [3:41]

Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989)

01. Guitar Shop [5:03]
02. Savoy [3:54]
03. Behind The Veil [4:56]
04. Big Block [4:10]
05. Where Were You [3:17]
06. Stand On It [5:00]
07. Day In The House [5:04]
08. Two Rivers [5:26]
09. Sling Shot [3:06]

Jeff Beck - Who Else! (1999)

01. What Mama Said [3:23]
02. Psycho Sam [4:56]
03. Brush With The Blues [6:25]
04. Blast From The East [4:47]
05. Space For The Papa [7:42]
06. Angel (Footsteps) [6:31]
07. THX138 [6:15]
08. Hip-Notica [4:41]
09. Even Odds [3:29]
10. Declan [4:03]
11. Another Place [1:48]

Jeff Beck - You Had It Coming (2001)

01. Earthquake [3:18]
02. Roy's Toy [3:35]
03. Dirty Mind [3:51]
04. Rollin' and Tumblin' [3:12]
05. Nadia [3:51]
06. Loose Cannon [5:18]
07. Roesbud [3:44]
08. Left Hook [4:22]
09. Blackbird [1:27]
10. Suspension [3:21]