At Budokan: The Complete Concert (1998)
Disc One
1.Hello There
2.Come On, Come On
3.ELO Kiddies
4.Speak Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace
5.Big Eyes
6.Lookout
7.Downed
8.Can't Hold On
9.Oh Caroline
10.Surrender
11.Auf Weidersehen
Disc Two
1.Need Your Love
2.High Roller
3.Southern Girls
4.I Want You To Want Me
5.California Man
6.Goodnight
7.Ain't That a Shame
8.Clock Strikes Ten
Five years earlier, Epic records
released Budokan II as a companion piece to
the original At Budokan. They added the rest
of the tracks from the original show and also added three tracks from a
show performed at the venue one year later. The release was made
without the band's "permission" and for some reason, the guys were
unhappy with the release.
So what we have here is the "official" concert - in the same running
order and with very few overdubs. Purists will enjoy it, and it seems a
good way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the shows. Personally, I
had no problem with Budokan II as a
companion piece, but there are those that differ. This package was done
much nicer and with more care as well - the double disc had "media
files" that you could watch videos on an older PC - a nice bonus. Of
course, the show itself is fabulous, and the extra material only makes
the listening experience more enjoyable. You just don't get the extra
three tracks and, to be honest, I missed them.
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