Jeff Beck,Jan Hammer/NY,USA 1976

From the 1976 tour, which was very popular due to intense improvisation with THE JAN HAMMER GROUP, a new masterpiece album has been released for the first time in a while. This work includes “October 8, 1976 New York Performance”. This is an audience recording of a night at the famous traditional venue “Palladium”…maybe. I’m sorry for suddenly becoming so weak. Actually, it is supposed to be a guest record of the 2nd generation, whose microphone is also known, but it is a superb recording that makes you wonder, “Is this really the audience?” due to the sound. Before we get into the details, let’s talk about the show’s position. Let’s look back at the outline of 1976/1977, which became the co-starring tour of the century. 1976《“OH YEAH?” completed in April》《“WIRED” released in May》・May 8-23: UK (3 performances)・May 29-September 13: North America #1 (42 Performances)・October 7th-19th: North America #2 (12 performances)←★Coco★・November 12th-11th: North America #3 (8 performances) 1977・January 23rd-February 5th : Oceania (5 performances) February 18th-21st: North America #4 (3 performances) [Live Wire released in March] This is an overview of 1976/1977. In fact, there are many ambiguous points in the data from that time, and the above is a combination of three sources. There is no guarantee that there will be omissions or duplications (or rather, there will definitely be some), but please do not believe (at all costs) details such as the number of performances. That said, I think you can imagine the general flow and scale. Among them, the Palladium performance of this work was around the same time as the joint tour’s official live album “Live Wire”. To be more specific, it was the second performance of “North America #2”, and it was a concert two days before the extremely popular “BOSTON 1976 DEFINITIVE EDITION” at our store. This work recorded at such a show is truly the best sound with “super”. The aforementioned “BOSTON 1976 DEFINITIVE EDITION” was also a famous recording that was treated as FM broadcast in some places, but this work is superior in terms of sound board feeling. Extra-thick core, distant sound, extremely delicate details, official disc-level luster… Certainly, the lively applause seems to be from the audience, and as mentioned at the beginning, the microphone used is also known, so it should be a guest record. However, the sound flowing into the ears can only be heard on the sound board directly connected to the mix console (as if the cheers were overdubbed). Moreover, the greatness of this work is not only the sound. The content of the show is also outrageous. Of course, since it is a 1976 tour, there is plenty of intense improvisation, but the songs that serve as motifs are also rare. Speaking of the standard for this tour, it will be the official version “Live Wire”, so let’s organize it while comparing. Jeff Beck (9 songs) ・BLOW BY BLOW: You Know What I Mean (★) / Freeway Jam / Scatterbrain / She’s a Woman / Diamond Dust (★) ・WIRED: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (★) / Come Dancing (★ )／Blue Wind／Led Boots (★) Jan Hammer (7 songs)・LIKE CHILDREN: Givig In Gently/I Wonder (★)／Earth (Still Our Only Home)／Full Moon Boogie・THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS: Darkness/ Earth in Search of a Sun・OH YEAH?: Magical Dog (★) / Evolove (★) / Oh Yeah? (★) *Note: Songs marked with “★” cannot be heard on the official version of “Live Wire”. …and it looks like this. Although it is natural that it has more songs than “Live Wire” which was about 44 times as long as a single disc, it is impressive that it has twice the number of songs and is over 112 minutes long. Moreover, there are plenty of repertoires that are hard to find even on bootlegs, such as “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat,” “Come Dancing,” “Magical Dog,” and “Evolove.” Moreover, it is quite different from “BOSTON 1976 DEFINITIVE EDITION” two days later, and “Givig In Gently/I Wonder”, “Oh Yeah?”, and “Led Boots”, which cannot be heard even on that famous album, are also performed. Especially the ultimate song is “Givig In Gently/I Wonder”, which is sung earnestly by Jan Hammer. Our store has archived the 1976 tour with numerous live albums, but this is the first time this song has been released. It’s a song in which Yang is the main character, and Jeff joins in with some light cuts, but in the middle, you can hear the phrases that gradually become more heated as if fueled by the keyboard. The length, the sound, the rare songs, the passionate performance…everything is overwhelming. It is a masterpiece of a live album where you can enjoy a completely different set with a superb sound that is equal to or better than that masterpiece “BOSTON 1976 DEFINITIVE EDITION”. A new masterpiece from the wonderful “JEFF BECK with THE JAN HAMMER GROUP”. Live at Palladium, New York City, NY, USA 8th October 1976 ULTIMATE SOUND Disc 1 (77:41) 1. Intro 2. Magical Dog 3. Evolove 4. Givig In Gently / I Wonder 5. Oh Yeah 6. Band Introductions 7 Darkness / Earth in Search of a Sun 8. You Know What I Mean 9. Freeway Jam 10. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 11. Earth (Still Our Only Home) 12. Scatterbrain 13. Come Dancing Disc 2 (34:49) 1 . She’s a Woman 2. Diamond Dust 3. Rice Pudding Intro 4. Full Moon Boogie 5. Blue Wind 6. Led Boots Jeff Beck – Guitar Jan Hammer – Keyboards, Vocal Tony Smith – Drums, Vocal Fernando Saunders – Bass Steven Kindler – Violin