NOBODY - LIVE 2 (+7) - Japan 2 CD Bonus Track Limited Edition

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NOBODY

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NOBODY's second live album, recorded live at Shibuya Kokaido on January 21-22, 1987 and released in April 1987, was remastered in 2023 under the supervision of Yukio Aizawa & Toshio Kihara. The album is now available as an expanded 2-CD set, featuring the latest interview with Yukio Aizawa & Toshio Kihara, and includes a bonus track that is being released for the first time as a commercial product, available only at Tower Records! DISC2 contains 7 tracks from the live performance at Shibuya Kokaido Hall on January 22, 1987, which gives a complete picture of the 2-day concert. (Original release: April 6, 1987 / Toshiba EMI / EASTWORLD / WTP-90454 / CA32-1406) After working with the Eikichi Yazawa Band, Yukio Aizawa (vo, g) and Toshio Kihara (vo, g) formed NOBODY in 1981. They provided songs and produced sounds for many artists including Koji Kikkawa's "Monica," "Sayonara wa Hachigatsu no Lullaby," "Nikumare Sonna New Face," Anne Lewis' "Roppongi Shinju," HOUND DOG, Kenji Sawada, Kyoko Koizumi, Yui Asaka, and many others, and had hit songs one after another! NOBODY is the second live album by NOBODY, a rare songwriting unit/producer team that dominated the music scene in the 1980s and beyond as hit makers, topping the charts on a weekly basis in the 80s and also writing many TV commercial songs for major companies.Recorded live at Shibuya Kokaido on January 21-22, 1987, the climax of the "NORTH TO SOUTH Tour" that lasted six months, just before the release of the 5th album "RESTLESS HEART" on September 20, 1986. The band performed songs from the "RESTLESS HEART" album, "From A Window", "NIGHT WALKER", and others. The album includes "DON'T YOU GO," a self-cover of Anne Lewis' "Roppongi Shinju" with English lyrics, "ONE-WAY HEART" for SHOW-YA with English lyrics, "DON'T SURRENDER" and "I Need Your Love" for Uo Kaiji with English lyrics, and a self-cover of "DON'T SURRENDER" and "I Need Your Love" with English lyrics, which is a rarity for a band that performs in a live concert. The album also includes a self-cover of "ONE-WAY HEART" with English lyrics, "BLUE IN PARADISE" and "JOHNNY BE BAD" sung in rare English lyrics, and "LADY," available only on the LP and cassette versions of the album. Backup musicians include Hiroshi Fujioka (ds) and Akio Suzuki (sax), as well as Hiro Nagasawa (b, cho), Masahiko Terada (key, cho), and Satoru Nishihara (p, cho), who also recorded the "Restless Heart" album. DISC2 includes 7 bonus tracks from the live performance at Shibuya Kokaido Hall on January 22, 1987, which is the first commercialization of the entire 2-day concert. (The sound source is an existing VHS videotape.(Please note that some parts may be difficult to hear. Please understand that some parts may be difficult to listen to.) (Interview and commentary by Junichi Yamada) ■Supervision by Yukio Aizawa and Toshio Kihara ■Specifications: 2 CDs / Remastered in 2023 / Bonus tracks: 7 additional tracks from the live performance at Shibuya Kokaido Hall on January 22, 1987. (Existing VHS video tapes were used. Some parts may be difficult to hear. Please note that some parts may be difficult to hear.) / (Interview and commentary: Junichi Yamada)■Limited Edition/ Tower Record Limited SalesProduced by NOBODYArranged & Performed by NOBODY Yukio Aizawa (vo, g, cho) Toshio Kihara (vo, g, cho) Toshio Kihara (vo, g, cho) Hiroshi Fujioka (ds), Hiro Nagasawa (b, cho), Masahiko Terada (key, cho), Akio Suzuki (sax), Satoru Nishihara (p, cho)