Live in Japan 1984

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Live in Japan 1984
Allan Holdsworth IOU Live in Japan 1984.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 7, 2018[1]
Recorded14 May, 1984
VenueYubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
GenreJazz fusion
Length75:10
LabelManifesto Records
ProducerDan Perloff
Allan Holdsworth chronology
The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! The Allan Holdsworth Album Collection
(2017)
Live in Japan 1984
(2018)
Warsaw Summer Jazz Days '98
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz4.5/5 stars[2]

Live in Japan 1984 is a live album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth that was released by Manifesto Records in 2018.

The first thousand copies of this CD were released with a DVD of the performance filmed for Japanese television, which also includes clips of an interview with Holdsworth. This was originally released as Allan Holdsworth in Japan – Tokyo Dream on LaserDisc in 1984 by Toei Video.

Reception[]

All About Jazz awarded the album with 4.5 out of 5 stars. The review by John Kelman states: "With wonderfully remastered audio and, for those first thousand, a revelatory video as well, the official release of Live in Japan 1984 may well be long overdue".[2]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Allan Holdsworth, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tokyo Dream" 6:58
2."Road Games"lyrics by Paul Williams4:25
3."White Line"lyrics by Pete Brown7:01
4."Panic Station"lyrics by Williams4:10
5."Letters of Marque" 6:42
6."Home" 5:42
7."Devil Take the Hindmost" 5:26
8."Material Real" 7:42
9."Metal Fatigue"lyrics by Williams5:03
10."Where Is One?" 7:59
11."The Things You See (When You Haven't Got Your Gun)" 7:27
12."Was There?"lyrics by Williams6:30
Total length:75:10

Personnel[]

Technical

References[]

  1. ^ "Allan Holdsworth: Live in Japan 1984". AllMusic. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Kelman, John (February 9, 2019). "Allan Holdsworth: Live in Japan 1984". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
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