Recorded live during the Polaroids tour at the Budokan, Japan 25/2/81. What is interesting here, is the radical re-arrangement of the song. This is probably also the last time that this song was played live.
This is brilliant, many thanks for uploading this. I wish stuff like this could get an official release. Looking forward to seeing what else you surprise us with.
Can't believe members of Japan say there early material was a mistake its excellent even this later style of this classic is awesome Japan could of been huge if they had stayed together and would of probably became a interesting progressive rock band
*jaw drops to floor* Um .. er 'wow' - never knew this existed, or that they even did stuff from the earlier albums live in their later period - I thought they disclaimed it all. These guy are just so f**king talented - something special happened when they played together.. man.. thank you!
Great live version of a classic rock song. IMO it has a Prince-ly feel to it if you check out his early performances from that era. Shocks me that Prince and Sylvian never met.
I believe this would be Rob Dean on guitar, as memory serves me, his last tour was the The Art of Parties tour, which followed this one. David Rhodes joined the band for the Visions of China tour.
Wow, that just sounds odd, as one band morphs into another, this is neither caterpillar nor butterfly...you should have posted Larvas on Main Street. 🐛🦋😊
