Be Bop Deluxe - Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape (Live! In The Air Age)

[saalove]

for me(any many others with taste)one of the best rock guitar solos of all time.

[MsOcna]

I love this song !!!!!

[shrekthebignumber2]

quality will always be.

todays "music scene" is but a blihk.like cigarettes to nicotine its a delivery vehicle for todays air heads of which, unfortunately there are many at present.

fortunately a lack of combustable material means they wont burn bright very long.

[MyBebop1]

i was at this concert, grand theartre leeds 1977 i think

what a night.

[anted62]

@MyBebop1 Lucky you..

[lengoddard]

Nothing touches BBD!!!

[DonBeaumont]

I've been a fan of Bill Nelson and BBD since my friend and CBS Records (London) Executive Dave Moore introduced me to the band in about '76 or '77. This stuff eclipses anything out now. Too bad the music industry of the 21st century is in the state it's in.

[jr19548632]

my wife luvs this song one of the best songs around luv it too

[flabberlot]

Awesome.

[SmittyHeWasNumber1]

Sounds like something current,ahead of its time.

[1970sman]

Not only a great underated guitar player but this has to go down as one of the greatest guitar solo's ever.

Rock on.

[bowbridge113]

i am childless but i have 2 nephews who are both guitar freaks,they both think steve vai is wonderful so i played this to them and they couldnt believe that this music was being played in the olden days in the 70,s.listen and learn boys,

[SnowyOwl1959]

@bowbridge113 :))

[The711coffee]

One of the best talents ever. He has a website - Bill Nelson Dreamsville - where you can talk to him. He is nice as well as talented.

[ohisashiburi]

thanks for the great post...I lent this album to my good friend Andy, he took it to his grave a week later, he could not have taken a better tribute...and for me? the knowledge of knowing through me Andy is now rocking hard 'down below'...yea that's right I can hear him say: "down below that's where I belong a ha "....

[sludgefingers]

I bought this in the summer of '77 and loved the guitar solo.  A pity he seemed to go a bit 'anti-guitar' in the following years with the Red Noise stuff etc.

[TwilightCapers]

Alert! ITV Legends TV show, featuring Bill Nelson, 26 March, Metropolis Studios, London. Full band, Be Bop Deluxe songs, recorded live for a DVD release, once in a lifetime show.

[MissionMan621]

I forgot just how freakin' good this band was. Bill Nelson is a god! Thanks for posting this.....

[fantas38]

This is probably my favourire piece of guitar playing ever! You would struggle to find any other guitarist who can evoke so much emotion. Be bop deluxe were the first live band i saw in 1978.

Bill Nelson still makes beautiful music today.

An inspiration.

[kiyojisrv]

Great! Bill's Solo is beautiful.My Band ,Echoes played Sister Seagull.I hope you more songs of BeBop Deluxe.

[TheEDZEPPELINBAND]

I bought this in a walgreens in pehokee Ga. in 1978 in the cut-out bin for 3.99,not the "white vinyl" version, but still, had never heard of 'em before that....

CHANGED MY LIFE-Thanks, Be BOP!!

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

My favorite guitar solo of all time. It has amazed me since this album's release in 1977. Bill Nelson is a criminally overlooked and underrated guitarist. The same can be said for Be Bop Deluxe as a band.

[chpetrus1955]

Bill Nelson guitar is is more than felings, he make its talk.

[caleywontdie]

My all time favourite guitar sosl and I alwys thought that this was the definitive version until I heard Bill play it at Nelsonica in York last month when frankly he took it to a new level. its almost criminal that he has not had the recognition that he deserves, but on the other hand, he has never sold out and has remained true to himself. A genius with integrity

[Redbeardhotrails]

The man is a genius, lovely expressive playing, the gorgeous tone of the Gibson semi through the Mesa Boogie amps, complimented perfectly with Andy Clark on the Fender Rhodes, I only saw him on the Red Noise tour (I think it was '78) and they were crap! I just wished I'd seen this classic line up

[caleywontdie]

@Redbeardhotrails

Saw Be Bop play on this tour. Bill was still using Carlsboro amps at thet time

[dededeoo7]

The top 'never mentioned in the normal music press' icon, only ever seen one thing in MOJO Mag in 10 years about Bill and that was a Eastwood guitars advert.

I guess he is too private for the media to be interested, he inspired me and I will love him forever for being the greatest emotional player since Hendrix.

[MrEdbog]

gwb 111 - I was at the gig in Leeds when this was recorded too! can still hear the crowd singing along to Terminal Street!

[Strangerio]

Without doubt this is my all time favourite guitar solo.Timeless!!

[cornholio1962]

1.48 get in !!!! one of the best solo's ever played, this is the best version ,was into these aged 13 ,,,,49 now still love it ,god i had a shit hot taste as a kid lol

[sueyahoo]

be bop deloxe  leeets hwar some drama

[clouds3795]

I jusst downloaded this mp3 at ezmp3grab..com

[ripper58]

I got "sunburst finish" lp when I was a teenager (just for the cover alone) then the music took me over. I still have that lp along with "axe victim" and 'live in the air age" FANTASTIC music no ones ever heard!!!

[gwb111]

ARRHH... i was actuallt at this recording. My first ever proper concert. It was life changing. I shouted into the crowd microphone "ships in the night" with my mate and it is on the album.

Bill Nelson has influenced so so many. other worldly interpretation of emotion with a guitar. Truly amazing.

[waymanjones1]

along with "crying to the sky" this must be one of the most moving , exhilerating, emotional guitar solo's ever.

[popgrubbs]

@waymanjones1 Agreed. There's a live version of "Comfortably Numb" that PF does where Gilmour plays a comparably amazing solo. However, this, I believe, is THE guitar masterpiece ... wonderfully complemented by the light key solo following.

[tlm315]

some of the best sex ive had was during this song

[Skeptisaurus]

Great to see more fans of this band and Bill's artistry - thank you so much for posting!

Underrated in the 70's...overshadowed by the Pistols..crikey...

[popgrubbs]

I can always come back to this song here on YT or on CD and it never fails to evoke wonderful imagery and transport me to places that I have to believe Bill Nelson intended with his guitar tapestry.

[00Muttley]

@popgrubbs Love your comments. Perfectly expressed, like Bill's effortless playing. I love how the members of this amazingly wonderful and so underrated band gave space to each other, to display their individual musical expression. As a result, we as ardent fans got to be blessed with a wonderful legacy of superb music, unsurpassed by any other live performance, by any other band. Truly breath-taking and can transport you to a dream state. How lucky we are to have had Be-Bop deluxe. RIP Charlie.

[popgrubbs]

@00Muttley You really hit it on the head with the notion of 'evertless' playing. So much was communicated in his playing. Add this to his expressive vocals and we have something for which we should feel lucky, as you say.

[DebbieTrilling]

Fantastic

Still gives me shivers down spine when I hear it

[anted62]

@DebbieTrilling same here debbie, also gooseflesh lol

[cymondo]

This album and this song in particular had a huge influence on me as a young musician, and im glad to say that it still dose all these years later. Thank you Bill.

[WELLBRAN]

Saw then 2 times live in the 70's Winter gardens Penzance Cornwall yes they got that far on tour...brilliant

[raydar58]

This has been a Top favorite of mine for Decades now!

How wonderful it Must be to catch your performance as well as your song, solo , time , life , effort and Band to a Wonderful ,Stellar Performance and Live on Forever, & Ever, & Ever,& Ever, & Ever,& Ever, & Ever,& Ever, & Ever..... Endless Cheers to Bill Nelson and His Awesome Band!!

[Quadrider50]

Monster Nice! Glad to see big fans of BeBop Deluxe and Bill Nelson! Seen um several times. Have all the albums on vinyl! Even Bill's first album. I am an axe victim, hung up on these Silver Strings...

[snarfyguy]

I got sick of Be Bop Deluxe years and years ago, but I still keep coming back to this one. A guitar solo for the ages. The tone is lovely.

[arm3560]

His guitar is the palate, his fingers are the hairs on the artists brush, your ears are his canvass......... IMHO this is the musical equivalent of The Mona Lisa!

[popgrubbs]

@arm3560 Nice metaphor, arm3560. Certainly a masterpiece. I'll hold this sublime piece up to any of any era of rock and roll.

[arm3560]

Cheers popgrubbs so good to know many more appreciate the wonderful talents of BN.

[nazaholicable]

@arm3560 Very well said. Truly marvellous band performance.

[popgrubbs]

There's something about having soul in one's guitar solos, rather than just pyrotechnics and shredding. Bill's got it and David Gilmour. Not exactly the same styles, but both guitarists transport me with the emotion and soul in their playing.

[cornholio1962]

@popgrubbs know what you mean ,have a listen to paul kossoff time away solo ,you dont have to play as fast as you can to sound good less is more

[thedrowningwitch1]

@popgrubbs FZ had it too, IMHO. Him and Bill have that same feel when they solo. A friend of mine knew I was into FZ, and one day he says, "Check out this solo, and tell me who's playing." Immediately I say, "FZ, but that don't sound like Bozzio..." Then he hands me this album, and says check this out.

[SnowyOwl1959]

@popgrubbs spot on...super comment..

[coffeeandchololate]

Double tracking Bill's solo with a lag of thirteen seconds also does nice things. YMMV.

[millerman60]

Still have this album on white vinyl. Great song.

[coffeeandchololate]

This was my first exposure to Fritz Lang's proto-Nazi sci-fi "Metropolis," my first (and only) white vinyl LP, and my first exposure to BBD and Bill Nelson--quite a trip.

Try calling it up on two screens and start Bill's solo on one just as the piano solo begins on the other so they double track.

[japmp]

Personally i hate guitar solos but this is awesome.

[bowbridge1]

is there only me out there who likes it ??please reply !

[stewballs7]

Hell yes! I love it,saw this played live 3 rows from the front Bradford St. Georges Hall 1977. One of the great underated guitarists ever. Thats also why I have a Cherry red sunburst Semi (1970,s Epiphone)

[bowbridge1]

whos better ???

[claymarsh59]

ozi, might you be able to post Shine? I love it, the whole side of the album. Maybe? Please on behalf of the other deluxe audience YEAHHH.

[claymarsh59]

It's about stinkin' time. I love it!!! The best recording of this song, I love you man. Nobody had this recording, I had the album, sister seagull, shine and so on, Thank you very very much for the post. Now, I can have people check the song out. Gracias!

[bowbridge1]

wot happened to bill ? reply to kjtyler9@googlemail,com

[Tudomir]

Bill still make great album´s, Whimsy from 2003 is fantastic and Here Comes Mr Mercury his last record is also great...

[FaceInTheRain]

He's still putting out great music to this day. Google Bill Nelson - Dreamsville.

[bowbridge1]

listened hundreds of times still one of the best !!!kev newark

[andya32]

first heard this when i was 15. my uncle gave me the album. i still get shivers.

[caleywontdie]

I just never tire of hearing Bill's solo in this masterpiece. Is not just beautiful, its so appropriate for the title. There points in his playing where you can imagine the rain, wind and sunshine. The interplay with Andy Clark is telepathic. First saw them play this at Glasgow Uni in November 1975, as a raw Highlander, I was mesmerised. Guess what? nearly 34 years later, it still mesmerises me.

[timwat]

Both Nelson and Clark's solos are so well constructed and lyrical, they're simply timeless. Just criminal BBD never made it farther than they did.

[jeffnar]

heard this by chance as a kid late one night on the radio back when they played new releases (in their entirety!) at midnight. nabbed the album the next day. never heard another BBD song on radio or even mentioned by friends ever since. thnx to that WDVE DJ, and now the internet. it's always been my favorite guitar solo of all time. really wish there had been some vid of this tour; their studio stuff seemed a little two-dimensional compared to this live set.

[pissingelk]

such a great band...the lyrical emotion in his playing reminds me of Carlos Santana...

[budsaplenty]

Bops.. best work!

[bowbridge1]

just wow

[bowbridge1]

u r ok pal

[triumphst]

Almost makes me cry listening to this....i get goose bumps all over.Died and gone to heaven.If there is a god he must look down on Bill and think i made a good one there.

[Donincal]

One more thought, if anyone has it another great guitar song from the same live double album is a song called Shine. It's worth a listen.

[Donincal]

My favorite solo from Bill Nelson. He flows with this so nicely. It's one of those songs that makes me think to myself ( wish I could play like that.) Unfortunately I can't. Thanks for this post.

[Tudomir]

This morning is perfect, the sky is gray, some raindrops hit the windows, a cup of tea, scones and this song...

TO LIVE IS GREAT...

[sulatlalaki]

This, in my opinion, is perhaps the sweetest, most fluid electric guitar work, and live at that, I've ever heard. I saw Bebop for $2.50 in Fort Worth in 1977, and they ROCKED!!!!!!

[bowbridge1]

u lucky person !!!

[binnyman]

Thanks for the 'shout-out', fluffycat2 !!!! Glad we could exchange music and brotherhood !!!! Peace:-)

[bowbridge1]

AN ENGLISH CLASSICZ.

[mailbox827]

Is there a better solo ???????

Anywhere ?????

Well, IS THERE?

[arm3560]

Absolutely not...... MUSICAL MAGNIFICENCE!

[fluffythecat2]

Don't stone me for this....

No better solo.

But Eric Johnson does some very nice work that reminds me of this. In fact it is spooky similar. Perhaps Bill had a son...?

I had never heard this before a few minutes ago... ran into on binnyman's channel. Thanks binnyman!!!!

This IS great stuff.

[puruniraf1]

best solo,I listened to this song when I was 17

[bowbridge1]

i take it u live in yorks.i live in newa/rk notts.oh joy.bill nelson !

[mailbox827]

Yorks born. Living the Midlands too

[anted62]

no, there is not buddy..

[DebbieTrilling]

Beautiful

[binnyman]

I must thank you again for posting this vid. My wife of over 20 years, who, when I met her, was already a HUGE fan of Joe Pass and Barney Kessel, walked into our home office while this was playing, and she said (in her soft "Oooh.........yessssssssss" voice) "Who's THAT?" Over the years, I have had the pleasure of introducing her to Steve Howe,Steve Morse,Joe Satriani, Gary Moore........and now Bill Nelson. The rich tapestry that is this version stopped her in her tracks. A thousand thanks !:)

[arm3560]

Somebody somewhere along time ago, maybe his dad, mother, uncle, friend or just himself put a guitar in this mans hands for the first time....... they could never have imagined something so beautiful was being created !

[perromanchado]

Very tasteful

[anted62]

aaaah, sublime..

[mansonrkmc]

I think this was a double album, one white and one black.

[mauvezonemagick]

correct. Still got one.

[dunni74]

Bill Nelson what a star. Too young for be bop deluxe but saw bill nelson and the practical dreamers in Leeds 1981. Seen over 300 concerts but this is still the best.

[2perros2]

I remember my big brother, he always play this record and also Axe Victim, Futurama and Modern Music, today I am a BIG FAN of Bill Nelson. I have 600 records of Bill and a Linn Sondek, ProAc 4 and Mark Levinsons amps.......It´s Rocks.

[binnyman]

Oh, God bless you !!! A thousand thanks for this version ! THE BEST !!!!!! And the stereo bounce of the Rhodes at the beginning....so delicate....and it sets the stage perfectly for Bill's awesome work.....:) Easily one of THE outstanding guitar solos in music, period. The soul just pours from Bill's fingers, creating a beauty that exceeds description to those who have not ever heard it. And Andrew Clark adds to the melodic tapestry that is this version. Awesome !!! Peace:)

[mauvezonemagick]

Truer words were never unspoken May our circle never be unbroken

[EmphaticItalic]

This version of the song is bliss. It made such an impression on me when I first heard it in 2007, it changed my life.

[WilliamH59]

The man was and still is a genius

[bammramm]

AAaaaagghhhhhhhh.......When I was a kid I played this song a thousand times in the dark and then imagening I was in the crowd. I think one of the best COMPLETE solo's ever made(along with Thin Lizzy's solo's in : Still in love with you) THANKS....You made my day.

[billnelson1966]

thats scary bammramm i did the same and the thin lizzy bit too ;dont tell me you like wilco jonson too ?

[EmphaticItalic]

I'll have to check out Still In Love With You!!

[redmusicman09]

Bill Nelson is a true Guitar Hero.

What a rip.

[anted62]

this song is sublime.

[caleywontdie]

Possibly the best guitar solo of all time? Gets my vote anyway

[58LP]

Ta for posting this up,(recently bought the cd btw) best version!, Bill Nelson~a Quality guitarist no doubt!

[pilyto21]

Yes, this is the first version I ever heard way way back~! Thanks much for posting it...!

[stevehelps]

A complete and utter musical masterpiece, I love this version, one of my all time favourite tunes, the man (Mr Nelson) was/is a genius. Thanks for putting on YouTube.