Jason Becker
The Raspberry Jams
The Story
"The Raspberry Jams" are a collection of demos, songs and ideas on guitar from the archives of Jason Becker's many tapes. In the words of Jason Becker himself, "The songs on "The Raspberry Jams" were all recorded so I wouldn't forget them as possible songs for some CD. I never planned on releasing these versions, but as I listened to this stuff, I thought, 'hey, it isn't right to hide this neat music.' So here you go. I hope you get as big of a rush listening to it as I do." For a fascianting glimpse of immense talent in the rough and raw, check out the 25 raspberry jams contained on this CD.
The Music
| 03:52 | Becker-Ola | Instrumental |
| 01:28 | Mandy's Throbbing Little Heart | Instrumental |
| 00:44 | Amma | Instrumental |
| 01:52 | When You Wish Upon A Star | Instrumental |
| 04:06 | Jasin Street | Instrumental |
| 02:40 | Beatle Grubs | Instrumental |
| 01:18 | Grilled Peeps | Instrumental |
| 05:04 | If You Have To Shoot..Shoot-Don't Talk | Instrumental |
| 02:37 | Purple Chewable Fern | Instrumental |
| 03:14 | Black Stallion Jam | Instrumental |
| 00:35 | Amarnath | Instrumental |
| 03:13 | Angel Eyes | Instrumental |
| 01:49 | Throat Hole | Instrumental |
| 04:22 | Dang Sea Of Samsara | Instrumental |
| 02:11 | Urmila | Instrumental |
| 05:26 | Thousand Million Suns | Instrumental |
| 03:04 | Clean Solo | Instrumental |
| 00:44 | Too Fast, No Good For You! | Instrumental |
| 01:33 | Sweet Baboon | Instrumental |
| 01:06 | Shock Tea | Instrumental |
| 04:36 | Ghost To The Post | Instrumental |
| 02:10 | Blood On The Traches | Instrumental |
| 02:08 | Oddly Enough | Instrumental |
| 00:24 | Crush | Instrumental |
| 00:34 | Vocal Silliness | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Jason Becker | All Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals (HA!), Drum Programming (another HA!), Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Cover Artwork Design |
| Ehren Becker | Bass on "Beatle Grubs", Voice on "Vocal Silliness" |
| Marty Friedman | 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Guitar Solos on "Black Stallion Jam" |
| Mike Varney | Executive Production |
| Dave Stephens | Cover Artwork Design |
| Mike Bernesderfer | Digital Restoration, Mastering from Cassette Material |
| Christopher Ash | Digital Restoration, Mastering from Cassette Material |
| Ross Pelton | Photography |
| Gary Becker | Cover Art |
| Everything was recorded at Jason Becker's home on either a four track or eight track recorder. "Black Stallion Jam" was written and played by Becker and Friedman in less than an hour.
Digitally restored and mastered at Spark Mastering. |
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