LTBeam, a San Francisco production duo, captures the quirky pop essence of the cool California sound from the 60s and early 70s in their new single. This end-of-summer anthem perfectly encapsulates the warmth and nostalgia of those carefree days. As you listen, let the bright melodies and laid-back rhythms wash over you, bringing a wave of cherished memories and the bittersweet feeling of summer's end. It’s a song that transports you to a time when the days were long, the nights were endless, and growing up seemed like a distant thought. Embrace the magic of this track and let it connect you with the timeless joy of summer songs past.

On the Run (Rip It Up)

On the Run (Rip It Up)- LTBeam (Quark Records)

LTBeam -- Production Team of Lester Temple and Barry Beam

Barry Beam
Making music since 1965, Barry Blum’s first band was a rock/surf outfit that did shows with 
13th Floor Elevators.
The ’80’s Barry Beam Band’s “Wac’s in Slacks”, a college radio favorite, got VideoWest to 
produce a DEVO style video and the Band toured the US to promote their first album 
“BARRY BEAM”.
Barry then teamed up with John Hedges, a famous Disco DJ in San Francisco, (all over the 
book, “MENERGY”), to produce “Jump Shout” by Lisa, selling over 500,000 copies making 
it double Platinum in Mexico. The album, “LISA” on Moby Dick Records followed with 3 
singles that marched up the Billboard charts, “Rocket to Your Heart”, “Mandatory Love” 
and “Sex Dance”. They are still played on dance floors around the world and streaming 
worldwide.
Fantasy Records released “Ritespot” as a single, which featured Beam as the 
singer/artist. Barry produced thirty 12” singles during this period. One of them was a remake 
of “Spirit In the Sky”, co-produced with Lester Temple, who is Barry’s current partner in 
LTBeam, and features the original artist Norman Greenbaum. Barry and Lester produced a 
successful underground classic called Castro Boy. Joel Selvin of the SF Chronicle has 
called Barry San Francisco’s “hottest Dance record producer”. Philip Elwood said Barry’s 
tune “Wac’s in Slacks” was very, very good” and called him a synthesizer genius.
Lester Temple
Lester Temple was born in Los Angeles and lived there until he was nine. When he turned 
14, he managed to talk the local radio station into giving him a DJ job. From there he moved 
to bigger stations and eventually landed at KZAP and KROY in Sacramento.
Then Disco called and he answered, leaving it all to join the Disco revolution in San 
Francisco at Oil Can Harry’s, The I Beam and Trocadero Transfer. It was then that he 
met Barry Beam, working on a remix of “Rocket to Your Heart” by Lisa, produced by Barry 
and John Hedges. His dream job happened when he was hired for Live 105 in San 
Francisco. At the time, it was a nationally known, trend-setting alternative rock station. 
Starting out as a DJ, he ended up as Production Director for Live 105 and 4 other stations 
owned by CBS. He recently retired after 27 years at the CBS stations. He dove head-first
back into music production and looked Barry up. They became a production team now 
known as LTBeam.

On the Run (Rip It Up)- LTBeam (Quark Records)

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