Upp was the debut self-titled album of the British

United Kingdom

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 rock/jazz fusion

Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

 band Upp, which was released in 1975. The album was recorded at Escape Studios, Kent. The opening track, "Bad Stuff," showcases charismatic guitar playing by Jeff Beck. A strong influence of funk music is felt in the tracks "Get Down in the Dirt," "Friendly Street," and "Give It to You." Jeff Beck produced and played guitars on this album with no mention of him in the album's liner notes. "Give it to you" contains one of the most-sampled breakbeats of all time, and is featured in the Ultimate Breaks and Beats

Ultimate Breaks and Beats

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 series.

Track listing

1. "Bad Stuff" (Clark/Copley/Field)
2. "Friendly Street" (Clark/Copley/Field)
3. "It's a Mystery" (Clark/Copley/Field)
4. "Get Down in the Dirt" (Clark/Copley/Field)
5. "Give It to You" (Clark/Copley/Field)
6. "Jeff's One" (Beck/Clark)
7. "Count to Ten" (Clark/Copley/Field)

Personnel

• Andy Clark
  Andy Clark (musician)
  Andrew Clark is an English rock composer and performer who is best known for his work on keyboards and synthesizer in the 1970s, playing and recording alongside Mick Hutchinson, in Clark Hutchinson, alongside Jeff Beck with his involvement in Upp and on the album Wired, and alongside guitarist...
  
   - Keyboards (Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Minimoog Synthesizer, Mellotron, and Hohner Clavinet D6)
• Stephen Amazing - Bass
• Jim Copley - Drums
• Jeff Beck
  Jeff Beck
  Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
  
  - Guitars

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• Arranged by Upp
• Produced by Jeff Beck