JAPAN

 LIVE 1978 

01/06/1978    
Newcastle City Hall

Single CD    B+
Remastered good audience recording - earliest and best live recording I've heard

04/06/1978    
Hammersmith Odeon, London
(Blue Oyster Cult gig)

SingleCD    C
Rough audience rececording od Japan playing support on BOC tour
(famous show for slow handclap)

31/07/1978
Camden Music Machine, London 

SingleCD    B-  
OK audience recording - good show as part of London club residency

05/08/1978
St Albans City Hall

SingleCD    B 
 Decent audience recording for early gig

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 OBSCURE ALTERNATIVES TOUR 1978 

26/11/1978
London Lyceum

Single CD    D
Poor audience recording but includes a back-stage intrview

01/12/1978
Nottingham University

Single CD    B  
Decent audience recording - short show + interviews in Japanese

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 JAPANESE TOUR 1979 

06/03/1979
Tokyo Budokan

Single CD    A-
FM radio recording - very good sound but missing ‘Heartbreaker’ cover

10/03/1979
OsakaExpo Hall

Single CD    B
Decent sound quality for early material - great set including Stone's cover 'Heartbreaker'

11/03/1979
Osaka Kousei Nenkin Hall

Single CD    C
Rough audience recording

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 THE NEW RISING SOUND TOUR 1979 

07/04/1979 
Amsterdam Paradiso, Holand

Single CD    B-
OK quality- short 38 mins + interview (The final glam-look show)

12/04/1979
Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London

Single CD    B-  
Audience recording with early version of ‘Tokyo’- first recording of 'new-look' show

16/06/1979
Maarsseveense Plassen, Amsterdam

Single CD    B- 
Reasonable audience recording - only 5 songs David had a sore throat!

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 QUIET LIFE TOUR 1980 

30/01/1980
The Venue, London

Single CD    B-
OK audience recording

16/03/1980
Tokyo Budokan

Single CD    A
FM radio broadcast excellent recording and a great show

20/03/1980
Osaka Festival Hall

Single CD    B-
Pretty good audience recording

24/03/1980
Fukuoka

Double CD    B
Decent audience recording

27/03/1980
Mito Hall

Single CD    A-
FM broadcast. Old-school bootleg cassette favourite (probably a version of Budokan show)

29/03/1980
Sapporo Concert Hall  

Single CD    C-
Rough audience recording

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 POLAROIDS TOUR 1981 

07/02/1981
Hammersmith In Concert

Single CD    A+
FM broadcast BBC Radio1 In Concert with DJ intro (1 hr) *best live recording

20/02/1981
Osaka Festival Hall

Double CD    B
Pretty good audience recording (Rob Dean’s favourite show)

23/02/1981
Kyoto Kaikan Duachi

Double CD     A-
Good sound - possible soundboard recording of full show

25/02/1981
Tokyo Budokan

Double CD    A-
Soundboard recording of full show including Interesting 'modern' updates of early material

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 ART OF PARTIES TOUR 1981 

07/05/1981
RockCity, Nottingham 

Double CD    B-
Decent audience recording from the early days of this very cool venue!

10/05/1981
Tiffany’s, Leeds

Double CD    C+
OK audience recording

12/05/1981
Edinburgh Odeon

Single CD    B / B-
Good audience recording but only 8 trackes - best sound from this tour

13/05/1981
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool

Double CD    C+
Not great audience recording

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 VISIONS OF CHINA TOUR 1981

07/12/1981
Cornwall Coliseum, St Austell

Double CD    B-
OK audience recording

11/12/1981
Lancaster University

SingleCD C+  
Ok Audience recording. Show incomplete11songs

12/12/1981
Liverpool Empire  

Single CD C-
Not great audience recording, muffled sound

19/12/1981
Brighton Dome

Double CD    B
Good audience recording

20/12/1981
De Montfort Hall, Leicester

Double CD    C+
OK audience recording

22/12/1981
DruryLaneTheatre, London

Single CD    B++
Decent quality audience recording

23/12/1981
Hammersmith Odeon, London

Double CD    B-    
Reasonable audience recording

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 SONS OF PIONEERS 1982 

03/10/1982
Hamburg Audiomex, Germany  

Single CD    B
Full show good quality audience recording (part is ‘Nightporter’ bootleg LP)

07/10/1982
Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden, Holland

Double CD    A+
Soundboard FM broadcast - great recording - full show

08/10/1982
Flemish University, Brussels

Double CD    B
Decent audience recording. Includes soundcheck (3 songs)

25/10/1982
Apollo, Glasgow

Single CD    B+
Very good audience recording

27/10/1982
City Hall, Newcastle

Double CD    B-
Decent audience recording

30/10/1982
City Hall, Sheffield

Double CD    C
OK audience recording - Bit muffled

01/11/1982
De Montfort Hall, Leicester

Double CD    C-
Poor audience recording - too quiet

08/11/1982
Empire, Liverpool

Double CD    C
OK audience recording

09/11/1982
Apollo, Manchester

Double CD    C
Ok audience recording

18/11/1982
Hammersmith Odeon, London

Double CD    B-
Decent audience recording

20/11/1982
Hammersmith Odeon, London

Single CD    B-
Pretty good audience recording (only first 9 songs)

21/11/1982
Hammersmith Odeon, London

Double CD    C  
Fair audience recording

22/11/1982
Hammersmith Odeon, London

Double CD    B++
Very good audience recording - Band's final UK show

03/12/1982
AC Halls, Hong Kong

Double CD    C+
Not bad audience recording - Includes soundcheck (‘Nightporter’)

04/12/1982
AC Halls, Hong Kong

Double CD    B+
Good audience recording

08/12/1982
Budokan, Tokyo

Double CD    A
Soundboard FM broadcast - With Yellow Magic Orchestra includes rare tracks

09/12/1982
NakanoSun Plaza, Tokyo

Double CD    B+
Very good audience recording

12/12/1982
Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo  

Double CD    A
Soundboard recording of the evening show - Includes ‘Goodnight’ duet

14/12/1982
Festival Hall, Osaka

Double CD    B
Good audience recording - missing first half (only 9 songs)

15/12/1982
Kaikan Daiichi Hall, Kyoto

Double CD    B+
Good audience recording

16/12/1982
Nagoya Shi Kohkaido, The Final Show

Single CD    B++
Remastered audience recording of final show - no encore

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