The Runaways Live in Japan

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what is it...4.18 GB of the runaways!!

<<<<<<<<< 1. Cherry Bomb (Japanese TV)
2. School Days (Beat Club, German TV)

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3. All Right You Guys


4. Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
5. Queens of Noise
6. on stage interview of each member
7. Cherry Bomb (end clipped)


8. All Right You Guys
9. on stage interview of Cherie
10. Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin (end clipped)
11. Cherry Bomb


12. School Days

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11. Come On
12. Queens of Noise
13. California Paradise
14. All Right You Guys
15. I Love Playin' With Fire (with scenes of the girls in Japan)
16. Wild Thing
17. Rock'n Roll
18. Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
19. Cherry Bomb
20. Black Mail / I Wanna Be Where The Boys Are
21. American Nights
22. Secrets

HOW IS IT?

The Live in Japan concert is a very good show, a little grainy and dark...there are a few places in the film where the video of the concert cuts away to scenes of the Runaways traveling around in Japan...I would guess that it was shot in 16mm and is a video generation down the line but it is still watchable.



...The real substance on this disc is the Japan TV footage which is jaw droppingly good...I would even go so far as to say that you are not truely familiar with the raw power of the Runaways until you have seen these clips...While there are a few glitches, the color and sound is phenomenal...Joan Jett often says that their Japanese visit was greeted with Beatlemania-style hysteria...Watching these TV performances helps you to appreciate the strength of this...A generation of Japanese girls freaking out with I-don't-have-to-be-a-dishrag inspiration.

As a postscript, I'm wondering if the show that was filmed here is the same as the "live in Japan" LP? Also wondering what might be expected by way of official video product? I haven't seen Vicki Blue's Edgeplay yet, but I'm sure it brought together a wealth of vintage footage. It would be well timed if they cleaned it up and coincided a release with the 2010 Runaways biographical movie...

The Runaway's website is fairly streamlined. If they had T-Shirts of the album covers, I'd have my credit card in hand this very moment.