“Herbie Hancock and the Head Hunters take to the road in the live double album Flood, recorded and released only in Japan. The final track is “Hang Up Your Hang Ups,” which Hancock had recorded just before his trip to Japan for his next studio album, Man-Child. Like Dedication, the album begins with Hancock playing solo piano over “Maiden Voyage” before the full band joins and segues into “Actual Proof.” The following selections find Hancock leading the band on Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, and various synthesizers, performing material from the Head Hunters and Thrust albums. Here, the group is enlarged to contain guitarist Blackbird McKnight, who was a member of The Headhunters (a separate band consisting of Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson, Mike Clark, Bill Summers, Blackbird McKnight, and, later on, keyboarder Paul Potyen) and also played on the album Survival Of The Fittest, which The Headhunters recorded the same year for Arista.
The band wrapped up their journey with two performances in Tokyo, which were recorded for the Japan-only release, Flood. One year after Dedication had been recorded in Tokyo, Hancock flew out to Japan again with his band for a tour of twenty cities in June 1975.
