Chicago - Live In Japan (Japanese Edition)

Chicago - Live In Japan (Japanese Edition)

Release date:1972

Genre: Rock

"Live In Japan" recorded live at Osaka Festival Hall on June 10th, 11th & 14th 1972 on the band's tour in support of "Chicago V" album.
Originally, the album was released as a two-LP set, and only in Japan.
What makes this superior to the "Carnegie Hall" album? The sound, for one - the horns sound much better, the vocals aren't muffled, and it's easier to hear the bass.
There are fewer long guitar solos or flute improvs, as the band pretty much sticks to the recorded versions of the songs (probably because the songs are so well arranged in the first place).
And, it includes live versions of four "Chicago V" songs, the hits "Saturday In The Park" and "Dialogue" along with two of my favorite album cuts, "A Hit By Varese" (which includes one of trombonist James Pankow's goofiest solos) and "State Of The Union."
They also play "A Song For Richard And His Friends" with an overly-long Terry Kath "space" section, and an early version of "Mississippi Delta City Blues" which isn't all that different from the one that would be recorded on "Chicago XI".
Deadheads will recognize this practice of premiering a song live long before it was recorded.

Disc One

1. Dialogue (Part I & II)
2. A Hit By Varèse
3. Lowdown (Japanese Version)
4. State Of The Union
5. Saturday In The Park
6. Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon
1.Make Me Smile 2. So Much to Say, So Much to Give 3. Anxiety's Moment 4. West Virginia Fantasies 5. Colour My World 6. To Be Free 7. Now More Than Ever
7. Beginnings
8. Mississippi Delta City Blues

Disc Two

1. A Song For Richard And His Friends
2. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Free Form Intro)
3. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
4. Questions 67 & 68 (Japanese Version)
5. 25 Or 6 To 4
6. I'm A Man
7. Free

• Robert Lamm - Keyboards, Vocals
• Terry Kath - Guitar, Vocals
• Peter Cetera - Bass, Vocals
• Danny Seraphine - Antique Bells, Congas, Drums
• Lee Loughnane - Trumpet, Background Vocals, Percussion
• Walter Parazaider - Woodwinds, Percussion
• James Pankow - Trombone, Percussion

Bob Dylan - At Budokan (Japanese Edition)

Bob Dylan - At Budokan (Japanese Edition)

Release date:1978

Genre: Rock

"At Budokan" is a live album by Bob Dylan, recorded during his '1978 World Tour'.
The recording is from two different shows on February 28 and March 1, 1978 at Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
The album comes as a shock, a sacrilege and an unexpectedly playful bonanza.
This radical re-imagining of his most familiar songs would become a hallmark of his concert approach from there on out, but at the time, some critics and fans were utterly dismayed.
"At Budokan" reached #13 in the US and went platinum, while simultaneously peaking at #4 in the UK.
'World Tour 1978' was a concert tour and Dylan embarked on a year-long world tour, performing 114 shows in Japan, the Far East, Europe and the US, to a total audience of two million people.

Bob Dylan said:
The more I think about it, the more I realize what I left behind in Japan -my soul, my music and that sweet girl in the geisha house-
I wonder does she remember me? If the people of Japan wish to know about me, they can hear this record, also they can hear my heart still beating in Kyoto at the Zen Rock Garden.
Someday I will be back to reclaim it.

Disc One

1. Mr. Tambourine Man
2. Shelter From The Storm
3. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
4. Ballad Of A Thin Man
5. Don't Think Twice, It's Allright
6. Maggie's Farm
7. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
8. Like A Rolling Stone
9. I Shall Be Released
10. Is Your Love In Vain?
11. Going, Going, Gone

Disc Two

1. Blowin' In The Wind
2. Just Like A Woman
3. Oh, Sister
4. Simple Twist Of Fate
5. All Along The Watchtower
6. I Want You
7. All I Really Want To Do
8. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
9. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. Forever Young
11. The Times They Are A-Changin'

• Bob Dylan — Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
• Steve Douglas — Saxophone, Flute, Recorder
• Steven Soles — Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
• David Mansfield — Pedal Steel Guitar, Violin, Mandolin, Dobro, Guitar
• Billy Cross — Lead Guitar
• Alan Pasqua — Keyboards
• Rob Stoner — Bass, Backing Vocals
• Ian Wallace — Drums
• Bobby Hall Porter — Percussion
• Ed Rash — Tambourine
• Debi Dye, Jo Ann Harris, Helena Springs — Backing Vocals

Mountain ‎– Twin Peaks (Japanese Edition)

Mountain ‎– Twin Peaks (Japanese Edition)

Release date:1973

Genre: Hard Rock

"Twin Peaks" recorded live at Osaka Koseinenkin Hall, Japan, August 30, 1973 and was the second live album of "Mountain".
The original release was a double album consisting of a whole second disc (31 minutes, 49 seconds, both sides) LP version of "Nantucket Sleigh Ride" and released in Japan 1973.
The album produced by Pappalardi, the perfomance captures "Mountain" bringing the show to a building close with "Crossroader" giving way to the Cajun heat of "Mississippi Queen", "Silver Paper", and a quick hittin' cover of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven".

Disc One

1. Never In My Life
2. Theme For An Imaginary Western
3. Blood In The Sun
4. Guitar Solo
5. Crossroads
6. Mississippi Queen
7. Silver Paper
8. Roll Over Beethoven

Disc Two

1. Nantucket Sleigh Ride (Part 1)
2. Nantucket Sleigh Ride (Part 2)

• Leslie West - Guitar, Vocals
• Felix Pappalardi - Bass, Vocals
• Allan Schwartzberg - Drums
• Bob Mann - Guitar, Keyboards

The Runaways ‎– Live In Japan

The Runaways ‎– Live In Japan

Release date:1977

Genre: Hard Rock

"Live In Japan" recorded at the Tokyo Koseinenkin Kaikan and the Shibuya Kokaido on June 5, 6 and 12, 1977.
The album was originally released on 1977 only in Japan, and some other regions including  Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It was not intended for release in the USA or UK.
“Live In Japan” proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that 'The Runaways' could (and did) prove it live all night long as a consistent and energising unit.

1. Queens Of Noise
2. California Paradise
3. All Right You Guys
4. Wild Thing
5. Gettin' Hot
6. Rock-N-Roll
7. You Drive Me Wild
8. Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
9. I Wanna Be Where The Boys Are
10. Cherry Bomb
11. American Nights
12. C'mon

• Cherie Currie - Lead Vocals
• Joan Jett - Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals
• Lita Ford - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Jackie Fox - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Sandy West - Drums, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on "Wild Thing"

Cheap Trick - At Budokan

Cheap Trick - At Budokan

Release date:1978

Genre: Hard Rock

"At Budokan" is a live album by 'Cheap Trick' recorded in Tokyo on April 28 and 30, 1978, and released in 1978.
'Cheap Trick' had already released "Cheap Trick" and "In Color" at the time of Budokan's recording, as most of their setlist culls tunes from those respective albums, but a few songs from their upcoming smash "Heaven Tonight" also appeared.
The album was ranked number 426 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
In the U.S., the album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 and became the group's best selling album with over three million copies sold.

1. Hello There
2. Come On Come On
3. Look Out
4. Big Eyes
5. Need Your Love
6. Ain't That A Shame
7. I Want You To Want Me
8. Surrender
9. Goodnight Now
10. Clock Strikes Ten

• Robin Zander – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
• Rick Nielsen – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Tom Petersson – Bass, Backing Vocals
• Bun E. Carlos – Drums

Suzi Quatro ‎– Live And Kickin' (Japanese Edition)

Suzi Quatro ‎– Live And Kickin' (Japanese Edition)

Release date:1977

Genre: Hard Rock

"Live And Kickin'" released in Australia and Japan in 1977.
The album recorded live at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo June 12th, 1977 at Osaka Kosei-Nenkin Kaikan, Osaka June 15th, 1977, during Suzi's 1977 tour of Japan.
A great album, and a reminder of just what a powerful performer Quatro was.

Disc One

1. The Wild One
2. The Honky Tonk Downstairs
3. Heartbreak Hotel
4. Half As Much As Me
5. Cat Size
6. Make Me Smile
7. American Lady
8. Glycerine Queen

Disc Two

1. What's It Like To Be Loved
2. Can The Can
3. Devil Gate Drive
4. Roxy Roller
5. Tear Me Apart
6. Keep A-Knockin'

• Dave Neal - Drums, Backing Vocals
• Mike Deacon - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
• Len Tuckey - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Suzi Quatro - Bass, Lead Vocals