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Jeff Beck "performing this week" OMG

I know I just finished listening to this disc. I know that sometimes music doesn't always hold up after repeated listenings. I also know that this disc is the single best guitar performance I have heard maybe ever. Last night I had just finished listening to Santanas " song of the wind" and was wondering what had become of this level of virtuosity in todays music. I put on "perform this week" which I had bought on a whim and was dumbstruck. Many years ago I was a big Jeff Beck fan but had lost some interest as I felt he was stuck in a fusion time capsule. He was terrific on Claptons crossroads ( he's always been a great blues player) and his manic depression on a Hendrix tribute was fantastic so I bought the disc hoping to not be too dissapointed. Never EVER have I heard such beauty and virtuosity at the same time. I've seen a clean SRV in concert. I saw Return to Forever back in the day. I've seen Albert King, BB king, Mclaughlin/Dimeola/Delucia, John Mayer, Eric Clapton, Santana, Buddy Guy and a hundred others that don't come to mind just now. This is a supreme performance of jazz, rock, blues even reggae. Listening to this reminds me of the story of Sonny Rollins listening to john Coltranes "Giant Steps" and retiring for two years. It was just too mind blowing. The band and the recording quality are likewise topnotch. I know this is way over the top but to me at least it's that good. Check it out. - Jim
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jax2
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On a seemingly unrelated topic, but because someone here (Chazro) mentioned it; can anyone tell me how to extract the digital audio files from a music DVD like this? The Beck DVD has performances on it that are not available on CD and I'd like to rip them to my music library to listen to without a picture. I'm on a Mac...any advice appreciated.
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synthfreek
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I use teh audio hijack pro.
martykl
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This is a really nice thread.

Bongo, sorry to hear about your loss.

I can relate to the family party deal. My wife hadn't touched a piano in 20 years when we got ours and - despite a real investment of time on my part - she plays rings around me. Don't know about you, but in my case it's clearly just a lack of talent!

Marty

PS Does anyone prefer any track on this disc to "Cause We're Ended As Lovers"? I know there's a lot of great stuff here, but - IMHO - that one is for the ages.
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chazro
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I have a Pioneer PDR-19, a stand-alone CD recorder. It functions exactly as cassette recorders do, it will record any source that's part of the system. Once the CD's recorded, I can easily transfer thru my computer to my Ipod.
jax2
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I use teh audio hijack pro.

Thanks, Synthfreek! That looks like a good option. I was hoping one of the native MacApps would do the trick, but for $32 that looks like a good way to go. Thanks for the response - Chazro too!
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