Depending on who you met along the record collecting path...there was never a true art to buying unless you physically hooked up with a record geek behind the counter. Before computers. Nerds loved hard to locate vinyl. Most of which was being spun into sound in faraway places like Budokan.
Imports. They were expensive but exclusive. To own an import made you king for the day. Nobody else. Just you. Sporting the makings of the inside sleeve. That rare hunk of something special that pleased the innocence right out of a music fan. Whatever it took to turn a bootleg cassette banged out during weekend listening party into "Thee" must hear no matter what place you elected to party.
1978. At the time. The greatest "Import" on earth belonged to an act out of Rockford, Illinois that had been banging around for five years. It almost looks like it. But far from being it. Cheap Trick took on the role of overnight sensation. FM radio turned them into the poster child for hottest product to own no matter what the asking price.
Cheap Trick are planning a pair of shows to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their concerts in Tokyo that spawned the classic live album At Budokan. The rockers will replicate history, playing the same songs in the same order they did in 1978. They'll start on April 28th at the John Varvatos boutique on the Bowery in New York (the former home of CBGB), where they'll re-create the show they performed on the same day in 1978. They'll follow up on April 30th at El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles by playing the same set from 35 years ago.
Fans will be able to watch the shows through live streams. The April 28th New York show will be broadcast on Livestream.com, while the April 30th Los Angeles show will air on AXS TV. For more information, visit the band's website. Cheap Trick also marked the 20th anniversary of their Budokan shows in 1998 with a string of concerts.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
No Cheap Trick. Live From Budokan Changed Buying Habits
Depending on who you met along the record collecting path...there was never a true art to buying unless you physically hooked up with a record geek behind the counter. Before computers. Nerds loved hard to locate vinyl. Most of which was being spun into sound in faraway places like Budokan.
Imports. They were expensive but exclusive. To own an import made you king for the day. Nobody else. Just you. Sporting the makings of the inside sleeve. That rare hunk of something special that pleased the innocence right out of a music fan. Whatever it took to turn a bootleg cassette banged out during weekend listening party into "Thee" must hear no matter what place you elected to party.
1978. At the time. The greatest "Import" on earth belonged to an act out of Rockford, Illinois that had been banging around for five years. It almost looks like it. But far from being it. Cheap Trick took on the role of overnight sensation. FM radio turned them into the poster child for hottest product to own no matter what the asking price.
Cheap Trick are planning a pair of shows to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their concerts in Tokyo that spawned the classic live album At Budokan. The rockers will replicate history, playing the same songs in the same order they did in 1978. They'll start on April 28th at the John Varvatos boutique on the Bowery in New York (the former home of CBGB), where they'll re-create the show they performed on the same day in 1978. They'll follow up on April 30th at El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles by playing the same set from 35 years ago.
Fans will be able to watch the shows through live streams. The April 28th New York show will be broadcast on Livestream.com, while the April 30th Los Angeles show will air on AXS TV. For more information, visit the band's website. Cheap Trick also marked the 20th anniversary of their Budokan shows in 1998 with a string of concerts.
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