Beck's Record Club

Record Club was a musical project initiated by Beck in June 2009.

The purpose of the project was to cover an entire album by another artist in one day, using an informal and fluid collective of musicians. Albums covered were The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground & Nico,^[1] Leonard Cohen's Songs of Leonard Cohen, Skip Spence's Oar, INXS's Kick, and Yanni's Yanni Live at the Acropolis. Video footage of every performance has been made available on Beck's website.

Albums covered

The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground (1967)^[1]
Songs of Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen (1967)
Oar – Skip Spence (1969)
Kick – INXS (1987)^[2]
Yanni Live at the Acropolis – Yanni (1994)

Musicians

The Velvet Underground and Nico

Nigel Godrich
Beck Hansen
Chris Holmes (Yum-Yum, Ashtar Command)
Bram Inscore
Brian LeBarton
Thorunn Antonia Magnusdottir (Fields)
Giovanni Ribisi
Joey Waronker
Yo

Songs of Leonard Cohen

Devendra Banhart
Will Berman (MGMT)
Ben Goldwasser (MGMT)
Beck Hansen
Bram Inscore
Brian LeBarton
Binki Shapiro (Little Joy)
Andrew Stockdale (Wolfmother)
Andrew VanWyngarden (MGMT)

Oar

Leslie Feist
James Gadson
Beck Hansen
Brian LeBarton
Jamie Lidell
Wilco (as well as Jeff Tweedy's son Spencer on additional drums)

Kick

St. Vincent
Daniel Hart (longtime St. Vincent collaborator)
Sergio Dias (of Os Mutantes)
Angus Andrew (of Liars)
Julian Gross (of Liars)
Beck Hansen
Brian LeBarton

Yanni Live at the Acropolis

Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
Tortoise
Beck Hansen
Various session musicians

References

^ ^a ^b Katzif, Mike (June 19, 2009). "Beck Launches Record Club, Covers The Velvet Underground". NPR. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
^ Grisham, Tyler (2010). "Watch Beck, St. Vincent, Liars, and Os Mutantes Cover INXS for Record Club", "PitchFork.com".