Carlton/Lukather "No Substitutions"

Carlton/Lukather "No Substitutions"

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Carlton/Lukather
No Substitutions
The Story
Two of the most influential and incredible guitarists of our time (as well as the most recorded), legends Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather team up onstage in Japan to deliver "No Substitutions" - Live in Osaka, a live concert recording that will make guitar lovers everywhere explode in glee. As noted axe-slinger Steve Vai phrases it, "This is the kind of music that real guitar lovers live for. These guys have a touch on their instruments and a musical awareness that is uncanny, yet accessible to listeners of all kinds of music." And Matt Resnicoff offers, "These guys deliver the shivers [on "No Substitutions"], ever so conscious of the big Hollywood climax, but they can also coax a note like it's their last--and each note is meant to last."
The Music
14:28 The Pump Instrumental
06:38 Don't Give It Up Instrumental
12:09 (It Was) Only Yesterday Instrumental
14:06 All Blues Instrumental
05:06 Room 335 Instrumental
The Artists
Larry Carlton Guitar (Left Side)
Steve Lukather Guitar (Right Side), Production
Gregg Bissonette Drums
Chris Kent Bass
Rick Jackson Keyboards
Steve Vai Production, Mixing, Editing
Yoshiyasu Kumada Engineering
Takeshi Sasaki Engineering Assistance
Neil Citron Mixing, Editing
Mark Dawson Second Engineering
Matt Resnicoff Psycho Acoustical Spiritual Guidance
Robert Knight Photography
Ken Blaustein Photography, Art Direction/Production
Kenja Uyama Photography
Gina Zangla Design, Cover Illustration
Recorded live at Blue Note Osaka, November 1998.

Mixed at the Mothership, Hollywood, CA and the Harmony Hut, Encino, CA.