Double Dose (Hot Tuna album)
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| Released | March 13, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | August 5–6, 1977 at Theatre 1839, San Francisco Wally Heider Studios (overdubs) | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 77:58 | |||
| Label | Grunt | |||
| Producer | Felix Pappalardi Don Gehman (associate) Gail Collins (associate) | |||
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Double Dose is the eighth album by the American blues rock band Hot Tuna, and their third live album. The album was originally released as a double-LP as Grunt CYL2-2545. After their 1977 tour, Jorma Kaukonen moved on to a solo career and Jack Casady joined the new wave band SVT. Hot Tuna would not perform together again until 1983. The album had its highest peak at #92 on the Billboard charts.
The group recorded the album as a cost-saving alternative to a studio album. However the mixing process considerably raised the album's expense. Producer Felix Pappalardi heavily edited the concert tapes and had Kaukonen re-record his vocals for sides 2 through 4 at Wally Heider Studios.