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At Budokan [Vinyl]

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I remember being a kid in the early eighties and I remember I used to wake up each sunday morning very early to take place in the most comfortable armchair in my parents living room where the stereo system was, putting on the headphones and play (Loud!) the records that made me crazy in those days. The hours that I spent there, were pure magic and I still remember them very clearly and with love. One of those records was just "At Budokan!" by Cheap Trick. So I am very fond to this album. It's fantastic music, a sort of friendly american rock stravaganza, very melodic, songs that stuck on your head and remain there forever. The perfect blend of easy melodic hooks and simple but catchy arrangements made this album rightly legendary. Today I still listen to this album very much believe me. I prefer this version opposed to the Complete concert. I think it's more powerful, briefer, but better. Less is more in this case. I think that the longer concert make this music to lose impact and add nothing major. It's like Coppola's Apocalypse Now and the new Redux edition. I prefer the original version. The redux edition is simply weaker even if half an hour longer. Go for the original release (maybe just in the better remastered edition), I'm talking about this version with ten songs. I really love this album, it is a special one. One of the easiest to love rock live album ever.

Another great LP from Cheap Trick, A lot of songs I had heard and loved on the radio, but did not know they were by Cheap Trick,, Great guitar work by Rick Nielsen , High powered raw and real, Great vocals , and 50 thousand screaming Japanese girls really add to the live recording,, Non stop and the excitement really builds with the song selections and arrangements, they got me screaming too! This is one of my fav live recordings !

I've owned this CD for several years and listen to it often. After I ruined my last copy with scratches I had to replace it.

I love this CD and have since the 80's. My favorite song is Surrender. I was looking for it for a while after mine got badly damaged in a cheap player. Happy to have found it again.

Best ever live album, great lyrics, guitar, drums, cool-cool version of ain't that a shame.

Classic probably edges out Frampton Comes Alive or at least ties it.

I bought several and gave them as gifts. http://twitter.com/gooddebt

cheap trick,s at bodokan is definately one of the all time classic hard rock live albums!!does any serious rock fan not have this album??!!cheap trick was touring for the heaven tonight album when they recorded this.so in my opinion the best of it is;clock strikes ten,need yor love,i want you to want me,surrender and ain,t that a shame!this album is a must for any cheap trick fan!!

I guess Mr. Danny Eccleston, who wrote your online review, wouldn't know a real rock band if it hit him in the face!!!!...Cheap Trick At Budokan is a classic recording by a band which to this day still delivers on all counts! Highly recommended! Danny boy!..give yer' head a shake!..too much Backstreet Boy's has rotted yer grey matter!!!!! Long live Cheap Trick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember the day that this album came out and it was the best album on the market to date. Today, it's still a great album.

"I Want You to Want Me" and "Surrender" are, of course, the pinnacle of western civilization, but it is incomprehensible how Epic could have chosen to include the inferior "Ain't That a Shame" instead of the sublime "Southern Girls" (which can be heard on the two-disk /Complete Budokan/). Likewise, "High Roller" (also on /Complete Budokan/) is superior to "Clock Strikes Ten".

If you liked Cheap Trick in their heyday, then this is the CD for you. I do not really care for live performances, but this is really a great one.