''Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live'' is a live album by
Jeff Beck, released in 1977 on Epic Records.
Recording
No precise dates and locations are given for the live recordings. The tour began in June 1976 and ended in February 1977, with 117 shows performed.
A&R man Tom Werman suggested
that the date at the Astor Theater in
Reading, PA
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(31 August 1976) yielded the best performances, and was going to provide the bulk of the album at the time of his involvement in the project. Beck mixed this along with other recordings at
Allen Toussaint's studio in
.
Then Jan Hammer decided to mix the album himself, and did so with Dennis Weinreich at
Scorpio Sound Studios in
London
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, England.
The stereo spectrum of this album duplicates the stage set-up with guitar positioned center right, keyboards center left, violin right and drums and bass center.
Track listing
Charts
Personnel
* Jeff Beck - guitar, bass guitar, special effects
;The Jan Hammer Group
*
Jan Hammer - Moog, Oberheim and
Freeman string symphonizer The Freeman String Symphonizer was a 5-octave synthesizer of the 1970s. (The first prototype being shown prior to 1970, but the most well known shown in 1970, the second according to the Sound on Sound article) It was finally manufactured by the C ...
synthesizers, electric piano, timbales; lead vocal on "Earth (Still Our Only Home)"
*
Tony "Thunder" Smith - drums; lead vocal on "Full Moon Boogie"
*
Fernando Saunders - bass, harmony vocals; rhythm guitar on "She's A Woman"
*
Steve Kindler - violin; string synthesizer on "Darkness"; rhythm guitar on "Blue Wind"
References
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Jeff Beck live albums
Jan Hammer albums
1977 live albums
Epic Records live albums