He hasn't recorded any of the tunes in Song Reader , but plenty of musicians have been sharing their renditions on YouTube. Here's the best of the bunch so far.

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Beck made a point of not recording any of the tunes in Song Reader, his new book of original sheet music, because he didn't want musicians to be overly influenced by his own performances. As you can tell from these versions recorded by a variety of professional and amateur musicians, some went their own way with the material, while others hemmed close to his own established styles.