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.
Track listing "The Pump" (Hymas, Phillips) – 14:28 "Don't Give It Up" (Carlton) – 6:38 "(It Was) Only Yesterday" (Carlton) – 12:09 "All Blues" (Davis) – 14:06 "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
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