Jan & Dean - Command Performances

[Rocker]

Sorry to start another J&D-thread but I thought this should be on it's own. My questio is, how much of said album was actually recorded live?

[Christian]

"Here They Come From All Over The World" is the studio version over-dubbed with screaming kids. The other tunes were recorded live in Sacramento doctored in the studio probably the same way as the BB 1964 Concert album.

[mrski]

Perhaps a more tricky question would be, how much of "Filet Of Soul - A Live One" (the originally released version) is actually 'live', performed before an audience...?

[Rocker]

"Here They Come From All Over The World" is the studio version over-dubbed with screaming kids. The other tunes were recorded live in Sacramento doctored in the studio probably the same way as the BB 1964 Concert album.

Thank you.
I wondered because some of the vocals sound like they were double-tracked. Not to talk about how "un-live" some of the tracks sound (e.g. "All I have to do is dream")

[MBE]

Rocker I have read Stephen Mcparlands books on Jan and Dean (very good though a little off topic sometimes) and the music was done live for this album and the vocals in the studio. I think this was done to give the sound more balance.

[Rocker]

Rocker I have read Stephen Mcparlands books on Jan and Dean (very good though a little off topic sometimes) and the music was done live for this album and the vocals in the studio. I think this was done to give the sound more balance.

Thanks ! I haen't listened to this or quite a while now, but I remember thinking that some of the instrumental tracks also sound like studio. But well, maybe I'm wrong with that...

[Mark A. Moore]

Command Performance does, however, illustrate Jan & Dean's approach to live concerts . . . Orchestrations with full brass and woodwind arrangements (just like the records) . . . but no attempt to re-create the depth of vocal harmonies from the original studio versions.

M.