No Substitutions: Live in Osaka explained

No Substitutions: Live in Osaka
Type:	live
Artist:	Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather
Cover:	No Substitutions, Live in Osaka album cover.jpg
Released:	March 20, 2001
Recorded:	November 1998
Venue:	The Blue Note (Osaka, Japan)
Genre:	Jazz pop
Length:	52:27
Label:	Favored Nations
Producer:	Steve Vai, Steve Lukather

No Substitutions: Live in Osaka is a live album by Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather, released in 2001 through Favored Nations. In 2002, the album won Carlton and Lukather, along with engineer/recorder Yoshiyasu Kumada and editor/producer Steve Vai, the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.^[1]

Track listing

1. "The Pump" (Hymas, Phillips) – 14:28
2. "Don't Give It Up" (Carlton) – 6:38
3. "(It Was) Only Yesterday" (Carlton) – 12:09
4. "All Blues" (Davis) – 14:06
5. "Room 335" (Carlton) – 5:06

Personnel

• Larry Carlton – guitar (left side)
• Steve Lukather – guitar (right side)
• Rick Jackson – keyboards
• Chris Kent – bass
• Gregg Bissonette – drums, percussion

Production

• Steve Lukather – producer
• Steve Vai – producer, mixing, editing
• Yoshiyasu Kumada – recording
• TakeshI Sasaki – recording assistant
• Mark Dawson – second engineer
• Neil Citron – mixing, editing
• The Mothership (Hollywood, California) – mixing location
• The Harmony Hut (Encino, California) – mixing location
• Ken Blaustein – art direction, art production, photography
• Gina Zangla – design, cover illustration
• Robert Knight – photography
• Kenju Uyama – photography
• Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management
• Sonny Abelardo – album coordinator, sound mixer, tour manager
• Ric "Reg" Britton – guitar technician, stage manager
• Josh Henson – guitar technician, bass technician

Notes and References

1. News: The Complete List of Winners. October 19, 2010. Los Angeles Times. February 28, 2002. 1.