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BUDOKAN!(30th Anniversary DVD+3CDs)

Cheap Trick - BUDOKAN!(30th Anniversary DVD+3CDs) Audio CD

A fair review of the Cheap Trick "BUDOKAN!(30th Anniversary DVD+3CDs)" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Cheap Trick reviews here, or go back to the Cheap Trick tabs.

Band: Cheap Trick
Title: BUDOKAN!(30th Anniversary DVD+3CDs)
Rating:

Release Date: 2008-11-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Hello There (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 2: Elo Kiddies (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 3: Speak Now (Or Forever Hold Your Peace)(Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 4: Lookout (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 5: Downed(Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 6: Can't Hold On (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 7: Oh Caroline (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 8: Surrender (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 9: Auf Wiedersehen (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 10: Southern Girls (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 11: I Want You To Want Me (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 12: California Man (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 13: Goodnight (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 14: Ain't That A Shame (Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 15: Clock Strikes Ten(Friday April 28th-Tokyo DVD Content) 16: Budokan 1978: Come On, Come On (Bonus DVD Content) 17: Budokan 2008: Voices(Friday April 28th-Tokyo Bonus DVD Content) 18: Budokan 2008: If You Want My Love(Friday April 28th-Tokyo Bonus DVD Content) 19: Cheap Trick 2008 Interview: Looking Back(Friday April 28th-Tokyo Bonus DVD Content) 20: Hello There (Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 21: Come On, Come On (Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 22: Elo Kiddies (Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 23: Speak Now (Or Forever Hold Your Peace)(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 24: Big Eyes(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 25: Lookout(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 26: Downed(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 27: Can't Hold On(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 28: Oh Caroline(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 29: Surrender(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 30: Auf Wiedersehen(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 31: Need Your Love(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 32: High Roller(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 33: Southern Girls(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 34: I Want You To Want Me(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 35: California Man(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 36: Goodnight(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 37: Ain't That A Shame(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 38: Clock Strikes Ten(Friday April 28th-Tokyo) 39: Hello There (At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 40: Come On, Come On(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 41: Elo Kiddies(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 42: Speak Now (Or Forever Hold Your Peace)(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 43: Big Eyes(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 44: Lookout(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 45: Downed(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 46: Can't Hold On(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 47: Oh Caroline(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 48: Surrender(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 49: Auf Wiedersehen(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 50: Need Your Love(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 51: High Roller(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 52: Southern Girls(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 53: I Want You To Want Me(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 54: California Man(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 55: Goodnight(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 56: Ain't That A Shame(At Budokan-The Complete Concert) 57: Clock Strikes Ten(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)

arguably the best live album of all time
i paid $20. i waited about a year to buy this at a more reasonable price.

this would be a 5 star set, but i knocked off one star because of the faulty packaging where the cardboard slots for the 4 discs did leave a friction line on the discs, but luckily my discs played thru. i've put my discs in cd sleeves with cut corners & loosely stuck them back in the slots to prevent further wear. however, the box & booklet are really nice looking.

the dvd itself is spectacular. the video & sound is excellent given the age of the source material. it's great to have a video image now to go with these familiar tracks.

the bonus disc 2 cd of the alternate Friday show is an added plus. it's great to have an alternate version of the beloved original concert. makes it fresh again & it's fun to hear the differences.

the 2 discs of the Complete Concert is the same remaster as the 1998 remaster. it's the same date listed in the booklet & by my ear too, it sounds the same.

all in all, a most enjoyable set. would have been 5 stars if it held the discs better & a lower list price given the redundancy of 2 of the discs.

Was hoping I'd beat the odds...
I read the reviews and decided to take a chance anyway. . but the discs are scratched. .

30th anniversary edition
Also, the film footage, is not filmed all that well. This DVD/CD set is over priced, first of all, considering that the original record came out in 1978, even though it didn't contain the complete concert. The CD's are the best part, because they sound better, and contain the complete concert. Also, the packaging is bad, it damaged my discs as well.

I was confused but now I understand...
When I read the booklet included, it all made sense. I was confused by the necessity of the 3CDs, along with the DVD. Let me explain. . .

First off, there were 3 concerts in Japan in 1978. . . the first one was in Osaka on April 27th, 1978, then TWO at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, the first on April 28th then the second on April 30th. . . only the first show was filmed for Japanese TV, with 3 songs left out for time constraints or changing reels, I don't know, but I doubt they were filmed at all. The SECOND, though, was the show that was recorded and released as "Live At Budokan". . . condensed for the original 10-track CD, 9 leftovers released as "Budokan II" in 1993 (along with tracks from shows a year later, expanding it to a complete album), and expanded for the 1998 2CD set "The Complete Concert". . . one track from the Osaka concert, "Lookout", made it onto a 6-track "Budokan" promo sampler, issued to promote the 2CD set.

Now we have this release in a pretty cool boxset. . . I have no problem with the packaging at all. . . the discs are all secure. . . I hope we don't see any more versions in the future. . . unless the DVD is on Blu-Ray, haha. . . nah really, this should be it. . . both Budokan concerts in full and the 1st one from the Japanese TV show on DVD. . . too bad we can't see a video counterpart to the famous intros from the second show that were the hit versions of "I Want You To Want Me" and "Surrender", as that show was not filmed, just audio recorded. . . unless there are bootlegs from that second concert. I figured out that the reason the 1st show made it onto 1 disc (CD2) while the famous second one was still on 2, identical to the 1998 release. . . meticulously remastered by JD and BD and CT, I'm not sure. . . is because the 1st show was 79 minutes and change, while the 2nd was 82 minutes, so it still had to be split up. . . it's cool to have both. . . the DVD is very fun. . . the interview was cool but short, 15 minutes, and the bonus 2008 performances were nice but they pale next to the 1978 TV show in their prime. . . I didn't notice much screaming from fans though. . . still, I hope this is it for "Budokan". . . leave it alone, it's just a concert, albeit a great one.

Cheap Trick rules. . . now on to "The Latest".

Cheap Trick... the best

Cheap Trick on one of the best live history! Great Packaging! Good work.

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