No Substitutions: Live in Osaka [Live]

Larry Carlton, Steve Lukather | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Favored Nations
• ASIN: B00005A3N0
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,508 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please don't substitute them!, July 31, 2001

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Gabriele (Rome (Italy)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Substitutions: Live in Osaka (Audio CD)

The curricula of the two guitarists speak for themselves. Just to remember: Toto, Crusaders, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Roger Waters, Karizma, Los Lobotomys, Fourplay. What could have they done together? Music, just music... but what a kind of music! This is the first time I hear so much power, feeling and technique joined together in a record that has became my favourite after the first notes i heard! If Jeff Porcaro was still alive he surely had been the drummer on this record, but he surely was on stage with them, blessing their chords!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Musicianship At Its Finest!, March 29, 2001

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SMW "sarlic" (Wilmington, DE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Substitutions: Live in Osaka (Audio CD)

WOW! This CD is amazing! One can only wish they were present at the concert to hear the entire thing and get the incredible talent of Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather right in front of you! This has to be one of the best live albums I've ever heard. Luke and Larry have an incredible connection through their music here, each playing beautifully off each other, forming one incredible jam session, 2 distinct styles. From the opening notes of "The Pump" to the closing notes of "Room 335" Luke and Larry take the listener on a roller coaster of musical bliss that leaves you with goosebumps on your arms and the bitter taste of disappointment in your mouth that there isn't more! Any Larry Carlton or Steve Lukather/TOTO fans will LOVE this album. This is not one to miss out on! BUY IT NOW. (On a side note, I keep reading "Lukather - formerlly of Toto." Toto is still rockin strong.)

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More than just a collector's item., April 12, 2001

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Torquemada "dunlopilo" (Atlanta, Georgia USA / Madrid, Spain.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Substitutions: Live in Osaka (Audio CD)

Steve Lukather's records have never been chart toppers, and Larry Carlton isn't, hasn't been, and will never be the same he was before he got hurt. So what ?

This is an unexpected union of two guitar players who both are, in their genre, institutions. The record starts with the standard "The Pump" (Jeff Beck, the hero of many), a cut I never get tired of listening to, to continue with a tonic "Give it up" and takes us through a journey where each of the two just have fun with their guitar (let's not kid ourselves, these guys can REALLY play !). Of course, you can argue that the record is worth it just because who they are and I did not beleive they would get together for a gig. But it is more than a collector's item because it still brings quality playing and a fun moment while driving your car or on a lazy afternoon. This is blues and rock'n'roll, with a marvelous and soulful softie in the middle ("only yesterday") which really turns you on from minute 4 or so.

The bad thing about this cd, as mentioned by another reviewer, is that it is only 53 minutes long. Why ? Mystery, because I am sure the show lasted twice as long and another couple of track could have been added to this cd, making it much better... I give four stars because of the benefit of the doubt.