Cheap Trick / Cheap Trick At Budokan (US, Epic, FE 35795, WLP) <October 8, 1978>その②

Cheap Trick / Cheap Trick At Budokan (US, Epic, FE 35795, WLP) <October 8, 1978>その②
(side 1) T1 AL35795-1D
(side 2) T1 BL36795-1D

Cheap Trick found early success in Japan, and capitalized on this popularity by recording Cheap Trick at Budokan in Tokyo on April 28 and 30, 1978, with an audience of 12,000 screaming Japanese fans nearly drowning out the band at times. The album was intended for release only in Japan but with strong airplay of the promotional album From Tokyo to You, an estimated 30,000 import copies were sold in the United States and the album was released domestically in February 1979. The album also introduced two previously unreleased original songs, "Lookout" and "Need Your Love".

An unusual aspect of the album release in the UK was the use of coloured vinyl, then primarily restricted to singles and EP's, and soon replaced as a marketing gimmick by so-called "picture discs". A prominently displayed sticker on the sleeve of "Live at Budokan" announced that it had been released on "kamikaze yellow vinyl", and, unlike most coloured discs, which were usually as opaque as the conventional black vinyl records, the disc in the album is translucent.

When Cheap Trick at Budokan was first released on compact disc in the U.S., the first pressing contained a slightly different, possibly unpolished mix of the concert. Notably the guitar trade offs of "Ain't That A Shame" were obviously different from the vinyl release.

チープ・トリックの1978年春の初日本公演の際に録音された日本武道館公演と大阪厚生年金会館公演の音源を編集したもの。同年10月8日に日本限定販売され、ヒットしたため本国アメリカでも1979年2月に発売されました。チープ・トリックの本国アメリカでのブレイクのきっかけになった作品です。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbkypX1OhZ0