JEFF BECK WITH THE JAN HAMMER GROUP: LIVE

I am not sure who is in better form here - Jeff Beck or Jan Hammer. Certainly, they both complemented each other well in these late 1970s (and one 1980) collaborations. I am still amazed how Hammer can get his synth to sound like a second stratocaster, in which it often sounds like they are doing guitar duels a la Lynyrd Skynyrd. His bombastic yet inspirational use of the synth, as in Earth in Search of a Sun, is truly an emotional delight, lifting your very soul to the heights of the heavens. This stands as one of the best live albums of the late 1970s, second only to Frampton Comes Alive (standard rock) and Seconds Out (prog) IMO. It captures forever the creative energy forged between two musician dynamos, Beck & Hammer.