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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Billy Cobham : Spectrum - 1973


Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York on May 14-16, 1973. Spectrum album
tracks 1,2,4,5,6,7,9 and 10 = May 14 and 15, 1973.
tracks 3 and 8 = May 16, 1973.
Tommy Bolin delivers some of his most impressive, blistering guitar playing.
Billy Cobham's amazing drum kit.
Spectrum belongs in your music collection. I even bought it again for the 3rd or 4th time when it came out on DVD audio in 2001. Now a collectors item, going for over a hundred bucks on eBay.

clocking in at almost 38 minutes with 6 tracks

Billy Cobham - Drums - all tracks.
 Tommy Bolin - Guitar  - Tracks...1, 3.b, 4, 6.b   
Jan Hammer - Electric piano, Moog synthesizer, Acoustic piano (not on 2.b) 1, 2.b, 3.b, 4, 5.b, 6.b
Lee Sklar - Bass guitar 1, 3.b, 4, 6.b
Joe Farrell - Soprano sax  2.b & Alto sax  5.b
Jimmy Owens - Flugelhorn  2.b, 5.b  & Trumpet  5.b
John Tropea - Guitar  5.b
Ron Carter - Acoustic bass  2.b, 5.b
Ray Barretto - Congas 2.b, 5.b




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