For the first time, the DVD premieres the previously unseen historic 1978 Tokyo concert, aired only once on Japanese TV. Bonus features include a new interview with the band plus two songs taped at 2008 Budokan Anniversary Show. Two CDs feature At Budokan: The Complete Concert, newly remastered, while an additional disc includes the audio counterpart to the DVD plus four bonus songs not included in the original film.

Disc: 1
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)

Disc: 2
1. Hello There (Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
2. Come On, Come On (Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
3. Elo Kiddies (Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
4. Speak Now (Or Forever Hold Your Peace)(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
5. Big Eyes(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
6. Lookout(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
7. Downed(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
8. Can't Hold On(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
9. Oh Caroline(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
10. Surrender(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
11. Auf Wiedersehen(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
12. Need Your Love(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
13. High Roller(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
14. Southern Girls(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
15. I Want You To Want Me(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
16. California Man(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
17. Goodnight(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
18. Ain't That A Shame(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)
19. Clock Strikes Ten(Friday April 28th-Tokyo)

Disc: 3
1. Hello There (At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
2. Come On, Come On(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
3. Elo Kiddies(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
4. Speak Now (Or Forever Hold Your Peace)(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
5. Big Eyes(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
6. Lookout(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
7. Downed(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
8. Can't Hold On(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
9. Oh Caroline(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
10. Surrender(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
11. Auf Wiedersehen(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)

Disc: 4
1. Need Your Love(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
2. High Roller(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
3. Southern Girls(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
4. I Want You To Want Me(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
5. California Man(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
6. Goodnight(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
7. Ain't That A Shame(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)
8. Clock Strikes Ten(At Budokan-The Complete Concert)

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I'll find a way to get the DVD somehow. Aint buyin' this one again.

Instead of rereleasing this one again , how about remastering the remainder of their back catalog . They have a ton of unreleased stuff that can be added . What are they gonna add to Budokan ? Nothing , a making of dvd , I'll pass .

Big CT fan here, but count me out on this one.

Jeff

My understanding is that the DVD is the actual concert which was broadcasted on Japanese TV and booted.

I will grab this if the video concert is remixed and remastered.

I understand fans being suspicious of another repackaging, but I've seen and heard some of this work in progress. It's being held to some pretty high standards.

Thanks UnionAve, Now that was just I wanted to hear!!!

Not buying this again.

Updated news about this release ~ see the first post for the cover art and pre-order link. It's been pushed back to November 11th, and is being expanded out to three CDs plus the DVD. (No tracklisting info yet.)

Slightly.....OK, waaaaaay off topic.

Linda, who is that in your avatar?

I'm used to seeing cartoon characters.

Could it be the real you?

Yep.

Well, as a huge Cheap Trick fan, I can't believe I've never owned Budakon, but it's true. I had a taped copy of a friend's album in grade school and that was that. I was so sick of it by high school I never purchased it.
So, I can get this now for real for the first time. Guess I'm one of the few who will benefit from this!
And, Linda-you look way too much like an ex-girlfriend of mine and I briefly got chills (not good ones-she was evil). But, only briefly, as being happily married for many years I can only chuckle at the misery my exes caused me. Ha-ha-ha. See? I can laugh now all these years later. That was proof.
Please tell me your name isn't secretly Donna-if so, I'll never be back to this site!
P.S.
Back to the topic at hand-I wonder what the 3rd disc will have? Perhaps a later appearance?

Okay I switched back to being a cartoon. Don't want to traumatise you!

That cartoon looks like my ex-girlfriend.

sigh.

Curious if the 3 CDs will be
The Original Album (1)
The Complete Concert (2)

Having the Complete Concert, I do miss the original configuration - not like I can't recreate it, but still...

I doubt I'll get this.

So that was you.

My first reaction was "Wow".

And I mean that in a very complimentary way (hope that doesn't sound creepy/inappropriate, that's not my intent).

The cartoon is OK, but I liked the picture better

Linda-you could've kept the picture up, but it really did send a chill down my spine! Although she was nuts, Donna was quite pretty, and had excellent musical taste, so take that as a compliment. As for the nuts part, well, if you are, I hope it's in a good way and not scary like her! I couldn't listen to New Order for years because of her, but now that's old, old news and New Order remasters are on the way! How ironic!
But, as for the Cheap Trick, I am interested as to what the 3rd disc could possibly have-although they did play multiple nights at Budokan yes? So, maybe another night is included.

from musictap--
We got all kinds of email from readers who pointed the way to the contents of the upcoming Epic 30th Anniversary Boxset for Live at Budokan by Cheap Trick. The most important of the inclusions in this 1DVD/3CD Box is the DVD that shows the entire concert that the wildly popular original CD was taken from. Previously, this concert had only aired once on Japanese TV. In addition, the DVD offers interviews with the band as they look back on the 1978 event. Two of the CDs provide the entire concert remastered. The third CD actually is the audio counterpart to the film DVD that includes four additional songs not heard on the film. Live at Budokan will arrive in stores on November 11.




from the Press Release at cheaptrick.com--

“I WANT YOU... TO WANT... ME” ON DVD!

CHEAP TRICK’S BUDOKAN!: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION,

5.1 SURROUND SOUND DVD + 3CD PACKAGE CELEBRATES LANDMARK TOKYO CONCERT OF 1978

CHEAP TRICK’S LIVE AT BUDOKAN NOW BECOMES A “SIGHT & SOUND” EVENT AS 1978 CONCERT FOOTAGE IS RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALONGSIDE NEWLY MIXED AND MASTERED AUDIO

OF THE ORIGINAL CONCERT ON 3 CDs

DVD features original concert that aired once on Japanese television in 1978 – never aired in U.S. and commercially available for the first time in this package,

plus new 2008 interviews with the band members and other people involved with the landmark concert

Follows historic Cheap Trick concert return to Budokan in April 2008

“Hello There” featured on menu of ‘Rock Band 2’ game streeting in September

Box set available starting November 11, 2008, through Epic/Legacy;

180 gram audiophile vinyl pressing of original LP in stores October 28th


The Live at Budokan album impact catalyzed America, then engulfed the world – and now is celebrated three decades later with a four-disc (DVD + 3 CD) package, BUDOKAN!: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, that brings the sight and sound together for the first time. The set will arrive in stores November 11th through Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. Separately on October 28th, a new 12-inch vinyl LP of the Live at Budokan original 10-song album will be issued on 180 gram audiophile pressing.

This deluxe package is highlighted by the premiere commercial DVD release of a video recording of the second concert, a one hour 15-song program that was broadcast only once on Japanese television 30 years ago. The stunning DVD artifact features a new stereo mix and 5.1 Surround Sound by original 1978 producer Jack Douglas and engineer Jay Messina. At last, Cheap Trick fans can actually see and feel the moment come to life when – for the first time in history – lead singer Robin Zander exhorts the Japanese audience, “I Want YOU… to Want…ME!”

The DVD is complemented by the bonus documentary feature, “Looking Back,” a new conversation with the band about their original Budokan experience. In addition, there is video of one more song from 1978 (“Come On, Come On”) and two songs from Cheap Trick’s 30th anniversary return concert at Budokan in April 2008 (“Voices” and “If You Want My Love”)

The four-disc package goes on to include (on disc two) a CD that replicates the audio of the DVD in its full 19-song length, also produced by Jack Douglas and Jay Messina. Discs three and four represent the previous 20th anniversary (1998) double-CD Live at Budokan (culled from multiple night’s concerts, as was the original 1978 LP), beautifully remastered in 2008 to sound better than ever, produced by Cheap Trick and Bruce Dickinson.

The November 11th release of 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION follows – by just over six months – Cheap Trick’s anniversary performance of the album back at Budokan on April 24, 2008. (Ironically, this nearly mirrors the original timetable of the Budokan performances on April 28 and 30, 1978 – which became the classic LP for the Japanese market released October 1978.)

Three decades later, LIVE AT BUDOKAN: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION proves how immortal some albums can be. The LP is ranked on Rolling Stone’s list of “500 Greatest Albums Of All Time,” and “Surrender” appears on the magazine’s “500 Greatest Singles Of All Time” list.


LIVE AT BUDOKAN: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION by CHEAP TRICK (Epic/Legacy 88697 73817 1 2; originally issued in Japan in October 1978; issued in the U.S. in February 1979, as Epic 35795)

Disc One: DVD (Friday, April 30, 1978) – Tracks: 1. Hello There • 2. ELO Kiddies • 3. Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace • 4. Look Out • 5. Downed • 6. Can’t Hold On • 7. Oh Caroline • 8. Surrender • 9. Auf Wiedersehen • 10. Southern Girls • 11. I Want You To Want Me • 12. California Man • 13. Goodnight • 14. Ain’t That a Shame • 15. Clock Strikes Ten. (Recordings produced by Cheap Trick and Bruce Dickinson. Audio mixed by Jack Douglas and Jay Messina.)

DVD BONUS FEATURES: 1. “Come On, Come On” 1978 Performance 2. “Voices” 2008 Performance 3. “If You Want My Love” 2008 Performance • 4. Cheap Trick 2008 Interview Feature “Looking Back".

Disc Two: CD (Friday, April 30, 1978) – Selections: 1. Hello There • 2. Come On, Come On • 3. ELO Kiddies • 4. Speak Now (Or Forever Hold Your Peace) • 5. Big Eyes • 6. Look Out • 7. Downed • 8. Can’t Hold On • 9. Oh Caroline • 10. Surrender • 11. Auf Wiedersehen • 12. Need Your Love • 13. High Roller • 14. Southern Girls • 15. I Want You To Want Me • 16. California Man • 17. Goodnight • 18. Ain’t That a Shame • 19. Clock Strikes Ten. (Produced by Cheap Trick, Bruce Dickinson and Jack Douglas).

Disc Three: CD – At Budokan: The Complete Concert – Selections: 1. Hello There • 2. Come On, Come On • 3. ELO Kiddies • 4. Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace • 5. Big Eyes • 6. Look Out • 7. Downed • 8. Can’t Hold On • 9. Oh Caroline • 10. Surrender • 11. Auf Wiedersehen. (Discs 3 & 4 produced by Cheap Trick and Bruce Dickinson)

Disc Four: CD – At Budokan: The Complete Concert (continued) – Selections: 1. Need Your Love • 2. High Roller • 3. Southern Girls • 4. I Want You To Want Me • 5. California Man • 6. Goodnight • 7. Ain’t That a Shame • 8. Clock Strikes Ten.
(Discs 3 & 4 produced by Cheap Trick and Bruce Dickinson.)

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I hate to say it because this strikes me as cynical cashing in. But I am soooo tempted by this set.

I'd love to see the DVD portion but don't really need another version of the live CD.

Considering the DVD is only an hour long, how much is this thing gonna cost?

Jeff