HSAS - LIVE - "VALLEY OF THE KINGS & GIZA"! SAN-JOSE, CALF.

[@psychlyst]

thumbs up if you wanna see these guys reunite!

[@jeffwarren4938]

I would definitely pay to see that! Hell yeah!

[@watsonfiveohthree]

I bought this album when it came out, I was 10 years old - I heard Animation, Valley of the Kings, and Giza...I was blown away. To this day, these songs are among my all-time favorites and will be to the day I die.

[@hot2warm]

I never heard a song from them, but I remember a write up in a music mag at the time they came out, Several years later, I saw it in a cut-out bin. I bought it and was only disappointed that I didn't get it years earlier when it first came out.

[@williamporter545]

Watson Fiveohthree I wad at this concert

[@dalewetzel773]

I always loved Top of the rock and whiter shade of pale. Bought this “album “ when it came out and played the hell out of it👍🏼🎸

[@soulfulterrain3143]

Neal getting those sweet tones from that Roland synth guitar. That Kenny A. Bass thundering, M. Shrieves epic drum work, and Sammy's vocals are perfection with this band. The perfect rock-n-roll band. period.

[@davidhenrylake2047]

That kid was in Santana. I knew I recognised him

[@phillipmaj8480]

Hell! This was a supergroup!

[@LBCOOLB]

Neal Freaking Schon, the most under rated shredder of all time. Awesome upload!

[@BUNKERJR53]

I bought band still own this album. Amazing band.

[@SixStringSteve]

And so the planets re-aligned in their orbit and a new Sun was born. All Hail HSAS!!

[@michaelbujanda8785]

I bought this record on cassette back in 1985 or 1986 in a $5.00 bin at a grocery store!!!!!🙂😀😄🙂😁 It's by far one of my favorite guitar oriented albums besides Joe Satriani's Surfing With The Alien!!!! I wish This super group would have made more albums!!!!! Thanks for posting!!!!!😄😀😄🙂😃👍👍👍👍👍

[@garycoates4987]

Schon playing the Roland G-505 guitar synthesizer and killing it

[@martind1000]

And let's not forget Michael Shrieve here - this is the guy who stole Woodstock with his "Soul Sacrifice" drum solo.

[@MultiCaddy59]

At a really young age

[@dajandosmith4509]

I remember watching this live on MTV! ❤❤❤

[@1970borntorun]

I was in high school in the mid-late '80's, and ALL the "shredders" (except for Randy Rhoads) added together don't hold a candle compared to Neal being a complete musician and playing with great taste and Soul.

[@dalewetzel773]

1970borntorun Even Sam said Neal noodles to much

[@alexp6016]

@@dalewetzel773 yeah, but that’s what I love about him. He goes overboard, and it’s amazing.

[@williamcarnell2251]

Agreed.

[@collinjamesguitar]

Neal smokes all of the shred guys. Watch the “We Are Stars” guitar song. He torches all of them

[@prajnachan333]

Its Monster riffing, Not noodling On fire 🔥!

[@brokl26]

Kenny Aaronson’s bass playing is delicious. So talented. Pompadour hair is fantastic as well. But being a massive Journey fan I found this album amazing. So great to hear Schon totally shred is fantastic. When Hear n’ Aid held the recording sessions, other guitar studs raved about Schon’s shredding. Schon is a god.

[@garythomas4431]

Reminds me much of the Schon and Hammer albums. Totally cool.

[@AnnetteMay1221]

Best album of '84.

[@ScottKin]

There is one thing on this that the observant guitarist and *true* Neal fan will know about the "Animation/Valley/Giza" track, and for that matter the entire album: In the transition from "Animation" to "Valley", you'll notice that Neal detunes his entire guitar down to a D-tuning! How? There weren't any reliable pitch-shifters that could have handled that feat back in 1983. So, what was his trick? Notice the collection of footpedals he had, and his "different' looking guitar? This is when Neal really started using the Roland Guitar Synthesizer system in a lot of his work. Since the Roland G-505 Guitar has a "hexaphonic" pickup (essentially a pickup with a coil for each string), it can get sounds from each string individually. This is then sent to the Roland G-700 Synthesizer unit on the floor (the big grey unit on the floor to Neal's left). You can detune the entire guitar to different intervals, or to even do dead-on split harmonies (albeit unintelligent pitch-shifting) - you can hear a little bit of him using that in the bridges inbetween verses in "Animation". Also, the Synth parts in "Hope & Fear" are all Neal. Truly a visionary guitarist!

[@fishinmagician89]

I'm pretty sure he just tunes the low E string to D

[@SpasticConiption]

Yes, Finishes the song Animation in D. While the D chord is sustaining drops the low E to D.

[@ScottKin]

SpasticConiption Neal Schon fan page I hate to disagree, but if you'll notice when he's fingering the root chord for "Valley/Giza", he's fingering E, not D. Sorry if you're not seeing that in the video. Additionally, tell us how he detuned his *entire* guitar down from the transitional chord (and not a single note) from "Animation" to "Valley", please? The only answer *is* the GR-700 and a voltage pedal connected to the "Pedal 1" input of the GR-700.

[@Notinserviceij]

You only have to look at his guitar to relieze he is using a guitar synth in fact that is the very reason i searched up HSAS

[@YoBroMan]

It's drop D. I was actually familiar G-505 because it was one of the first MIDI guitars of the early 80s. It can go a lot of cool "80s" stuff, but tracking was a problem. Look at demo's on KZbin and you'll see. Neal used the 505 to "fill out" his sound, to give it a bigger, fuller sound by layering sounds over the guitar sound. For Animation and Valley of the Kings/Giza, Neal tuned to drop D (might as well throw My Home Town in there too). It's actually that simple. If you watch, you can see what he's doing at 2:58 for the verses; open E to open D...in drop D tuning. Not to mention he's playing the riff on the 7th fret, which, in this case is D lydian (the sharp 4th at the 9th fret of the B string). You can see that at 1:36. If that's not enough, then the bridge section seals the deal. At 2:19, during the first bridge section (we'll call it a bridge section), he's playing straight bar chords A to G, except with the drop D, the A has a G in the bass and the G has an F in the bass. Tune your guitar to Drop D and play those chords, it will sound the same.

[@rhynohendrix5993]

Cool song..alot heavier than i expected.

[@sambia11]

This album and song particularly, showcased Neal Schon's amazing fretwork, and was a huge influence on my playing.

[@VinnieBoomBoom]

July 2024!! 80's rocker here and literally just discovered this band moments ago!! 🤘🤘

[@COREYHICKS-vd6uv]

This album is one of my greatest records I enjoy sammy and the crew were yahweh

[@soulfulterrain3143]

The tones Neal is getting out of that Roland synth guitar and his effects is magical if not transcendent..

[@69kevroletfastback33]

Blissfully good!

[@soulfulterrain3143]

The perfect Rock-n-Roll band and quite possibly the greatest Rock-n-Roll band ever..

[@gmonti1111]

This just blows em all away..what a fuckin combo!!!

[@prajnachan333]

Neal Schon plays such tasty melodic riffs along with the lightning fast riffing. Incredible, on fire 🔥 🕉

[@SlitherWhisp]

Neal is among my fave guitar players. Not just because he’s fast, but because he has feeling and knows how to craft some killer riffs. In Journey, even on their lesser known songs, he’d rip something that just melted my brain, like in Lady Luck. SRV, Joe Perry, Neal Schon… just guys who aren’t always about how many notes a second they play, but if those notes matter, how they make you feel, and what they bring to the song.

[@billtice5057]

I’ve always loved the sound he got on that Roland Synth Guitar!

[@katdeskinner]

I went to a concert in San Jose or San francisco and mtv was there. I cant remember anymore, had the T shirt too.

[@dr.roberts4508]

A Damn good Band . A Damn good Rock Album

[@leonguisburg413]

I lifted this cassette off a young kid at my job back in 85---l did return it after l bought the album a month later:-) He went batsh#t when he couldn't find it!!!

[@gd515051]

Love this album! Was that Journey a few weeks ago and Neil Shaun Inc. some my hometown into his guitar solo. Awesome!

[@nickievigilante2757]

this was such a good show. I loved it still have the cd and still LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@timmerred5]

I have the LP floating around here somewhere. Amazing band.

[@justme1893]

Saw this show 1st row in front of Neil!

[@tyronejefforeillyramirez7961]

your face must've melted. pure bliss!!

[@johnshinal6369]

Wow. Hard to believe this big slice of epic prog was a mere side project for Neil.

[@trendmassacre8423]

Such a heavy rock song, unbelievable! I am so proud to own this album on vinyl!

[@SpasticConiption]

Great rock project.

[@Mark-jw7to]

What a great band They were

[@jeremyexline1304]

Beautiful rock song..got the vinyl last year- loved it!

[@tyronejefforeillyramirez7961]

A REAL 80s band!!!

[@SpasticConiption]

THANKS!!!

[@johnoberle9750]

Wish these guys lasted along with Jimmy Page and Paul Rogers in The Firm.

[@lifesabeach2597]

Rock legends in their prime, I was around 20 when this album came out

[@xbotseven5400]

this.. is btw one of the best moments of rock music ever..the composition.. is epic..

[@SuperTibba]

Fantástico um das melhores músicas com instrumentos que já escutei

[@JIMJAMSC]

Neal Schon and EVH became good friends and opened for Journey in 78 on their 1st tour. In a recent interview Neal said he played HSAS to Ed who grabbed his guitar and asked Neal to play a part over and over trying to nail it. Eventually Neal said just let it play through. He said he Knew VH were going to be HUGE and Ed was a genius.

[@chrisb8655]

Probably my two favorite guitarists.

[@soulfulterrain3143]

The Greatest Rock-n-Roll Concert Ever!

[@randallmuse2008]

One of my favorite Neil Schon live videos!

[@ogushinaoki2585]

No more word! Neal solo!

[@geotex5087]

Neil is amazing

[@youropionmattersnot]

Still one of my faves. Not much into "supergroups" but this project came off great. I liked how they recorded live shows, added studio work and released that as an/ the album. What a great idea. Even if you had a local band and could get 50 to 100 people in a small venue and jam out an entire album live.

[@enickma]

Kenny Aaronson is flat out the coolest bassist ever. Holding down the low end, and just owning his spot on stage

[@braddwaggoner9523]

Kenny is a mofo on bass

[@eggnogfrog]

This is so bad ass.

[@brianwilling134]

Fuggin' awesome ! Crank it up and break off the knob!

[@papawolf60]

They put on a helluva good show. Love this pair of songs.

[@emilyjohnson8808]

Phenomenal!! Neal is amazing here too!

[@Maven0666]

Oh I wish they’d do this again,on an acoustic tour and fast!

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

Represent the Bay. Was too young for this show at 14 but my friends older brother saw it (Lol :) Too bad so sad for me. No cell phones back then to record it, but glad someone did. They recorded a live album during this show and video taped it also. So it was a pro-shot production for SVHS.

[@TheChrisBordeaux]

Shon guitar héro! He's fantastic

[@onlyfromadistance7326]

Love that album!!!

[@lifesabeach2597]

The sound track of my early twenties, so awesome

[@FrehleyBurst9-1878]

Man rock music nowadays just doesn't have the Balls or Soul that the music of the late 70s and 80s had. I wore this record out and bought many tapes because jamming this out for friends in my Blazer it always disapeared and i couldn't live without it. The opening cut is a bad ass jam Top or The Rock! These guys need to tour this material again maybe even bring along Jan Hamer for the Schon & Hamer albums they recorded. That would be a tour to see. Wkae up new artiat and write some original good material....and learn how to play your instruments!

[@gd515051]

When you see Journey Schon incorporates pieces of this album into his guitar solo. It’s pretty sweet.

[@MerrittJeff1970]

I saw a light cross the sky. It had everything,

[@garytackett7580]

Awesome

[@markprobert9347]

This was a great line up for a super group.

[@RobertErnestLewis]

OG Super Band

[@eugeneslivjack8869]

So bad ass!!!

[@SimpleMann7]

... I love You ...

[@prajnachan333]

Its time for a live HSAS album! Please! 🕉

[@SpasticConiption]

Need to rerelease it and add all the songs and digitally remaster the video and album!!!

[@mbrowshan]

Bad ass! The nay sayers cab cry but they will never play anything close to this level.

[@vincentsimon4037]

Love this release! As a drummer though, the absolute best playing of Michael Shrieve's is on the self titled 1976 release of Automatic Man.

[@duanemcclure8324]

I LOVE this album! Do you know how hard it is to find a copy now? In 30 years or so, I've only had two! Two!! I originally had it on cassette but it got munched in the deck of my 84 Mustang GT. Most people don't even know it exists and the ones that do? Most of them don't realize that the whole thing is a live gig. Where did you get these clips from and are they on some DVD we can get somewhere? Just finding the album itself is a bitch. I wonder how it would have been if they'd have took this farther like Asia did. And, what about all those lucky bastards that got to see these shows? I don't remember even finding out about it until after the fact and I sure as hell don't ever remember it coming to my area - or I'd have been on that like flies on shit! The one song that introduced them to this area and made airwaves was "Top of the Rock". Later, "Whiter shade of Pale" would be played but that took a few months. My brother had a copy on vinyl and was older than me so he first showed this to me. Had to have it! So..what'd I do? I stole the damn thing from him. He'd later go on to tell me that he saw me dining it redhanded and was going to bust me doing it..bur, chose not to. He just stood there grinning at the monster he'd just created - like something outta Frankenstein. He knew I pulled this shit but he got a kick outta watching little brother turn on to the groovy new tunes he's bring home and this was one of them. I lost my most recent copy in the player of my '01 GT that someone hit and totaled. I couldn't even get to the player to pry it out! I guess I should be thankful just to be alive after that one! It's nice to see that others know and appreciate this long sought after piece. Thanks for the upload!

[@billmcdermott1439]

Fucken Amazing!! A head of there time! Wish they would get back together!! What a band and concert!

[@MrSteviek52]

This configuration of players was and is SO much better than Van Halen...it’s ridiculous !! Incredible skills and intensity....great emotion, and a good overall look !!

[@XCrawlFan]

Gawd. I destroyed this cassette listening to it do much that summer.

[@darcsaster]

uh epic...duh...like fully epic

[@dennishodge5826]

I think the only reason players like Schon weren't more of a 'household name' is because once Eddie happened, even the best had to do it from his massive shadow. Schon has an amazing fluidity. I'm speaking more in terms of today. I've been watching his 'jam' videos on Facebook. He's probably three times the player now than back in 'the day'. He looks like it's just nothing. Like a breeze blew by and played these notes you're hearing. He's so damn smooth. I guess you'd have to see it, really. Ed's my GOAT. But Neal was among the leaders of the pack. RIP, Edward. Rock on, Neal. ✌🤘

[@jeffwarren4938]

EVHis a one trick pony...gets boring quick for me.

[@ViceSquad]

BRILLIANT... apart from the tub-thumper tapping away incessantly as Neil plays the into solo... someone should have given the drummer a comic-book to read ;-)

[@paulkansas]

Personally, I think that background drum helps with the feel of the "mysterious east". And that "tubthumper" played with Schon in a little band called Santana, when they did a song called Black Magic Woman. If he can handle the rhythm of Carlos Santana, he is more than a tubthumper.

[@williamcarnell2251]

Also Micheal Shrive was a teenager when he played with Santana. Then Kenny Aaronson was also in his teens, or close to it, when he was playing bass in a little band called Dust. Check out their song Love Me Hard.

[@jeffwarren4938]

Rated as a top twenty rock drummer of all time moron. Go watch him at Woodstock with Santana. You are musically illiterate I see!

[@bootlegger2750]

Saw these guys in the early 80's in San Rafael, Marin County at the Marin Civic Center. Still remember when they played this song, Sammy explained it was an "experiment" they wanted to try live.Unbelievable closing vocals "Giza". Sammy had some pipes!!

[@cityfan3134]

Schon absolutely shredding - it's too bad that this superband produced just a single album. Hagar in this lineup was at his best - better than in Van Halen or solo.

[@stevemcneill7154]

Why is Neil never mentioned in guitars top tier axemen? He clearly is with his body of work in his career

[@CusterFlux]

Let's add even more Reverb, Compression and Chorus … ;) ( ah the 80s )

[@SpasticConiption]

I ADDED SEPARATELY, THANKS...............

[@fernandes5986]

This longer version was just for the tv broadcast?

[@SixStringSteve]

Experiencing this song is like being plugged into the national grid. Neal, that solo . . you were channeling the musings of a God.

[@jeffroegner1499]

And to think the 4 best songs from the concert never made it to the album. 😮

[@TheDeuty]

Definitely sounds like Hardline in the opening

[@maggiemay4247]

SNL would be so proud

[@SpasticConiption]

Your welcome @ Long. Bet it was awesome! @ Kat

[@SpasticConiption]

Your welcome @L.D.A.N.

[@cuninglinguist]

How much money was spent for that pedal board .Got to be faawwking expensive .

[@toddmcintyre6253]

Smokin

[@tedro1962]

"Eddie...Who ?:" NEAL SCHON. Muahahahahaha...

[@ronhauther6034]

I'd wanna play the hell out of this if I had to play that sappy crap Journey songs all of the time. Go Neal! One of my top 5 albums of the 80's. HSAS kick ass!!!

[@69ardentartist]

✌

[@skyboss0064]

da red rocker

[@mrnurse2u]

I would've put Neil Schon up against EVH any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

[@chriswhitten7986]

this is only 1 of the super groups sammy has been part of,,,,hsas,,,,vh,,,chickenfoot,,,,,the common denominator,,,,IS SAMMY!!

[@James_in_Limbo]

I'm not worthy! I went to this show to see Hagar do some of his radio hits, I didn't even realize who Neal Schon was at the time. I don't think the played any of Hagar's hits so I was disappointed. I apologize to the world.

[@robertbudil532]

Home of the great pyramids!

[@VincentBard-m2k]

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