Challenge Concert Explained

Challenge Concert
Type:	live
Artist:	Pink Lady
Cover:	Challenge Concert PL.jpg
Venue:	Tokyo Yūbin Chokin Kaikan
Length:	74:39
Label:	Victor
Producer:	Hisahiko Iida
Prev Title:	Pepper Keibu
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Summer Fire '77
Next Year:	1977

is the first live album by Japanese idol duo Pink Lady, released through Victor Entertainment on June 5, 1977. It was recorded live at the duo's debut concert at Tokyo Yūbin Chokin Kaikan on March 31, 1977.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The album became the duo's first No. 1 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, selling over 160,000 copies.^{[5] [6]}

Personnel

• Mie & Kei - vocals
• Jiro Inagaki and Soul Media with Strings

• Jiro Inagaki - tenor saxophone

• Tadayuki Harada - baritone saxophone

• Takaki Yoshioka - trumpet

• Takehisa Suzuki - trumpet

• Kazuo Usui - trombone

• Akira Inoue - keyboards

• Shōgo Kindaichi - bass

• Yasuhiko Tsumura - guitar

• Haruo Sōya - drums

• Mintz & Margaret - backing vocals

• Norio Maeda - arrangement

Notes and References

1. Web site: ピンク・レディー . Idol.ne.jp . 29 December 2018 . 2021-10-08.
2. Web site: ピンク・レディー / チャレンジ・コンサート [紙ジャケット仕様] [限定] ]. CDJournal . 2021-10-08.
3. Web site: チャレンジ・コンサート PINK LADY ピンク・レディー . Disk Union . 2021-10-08.
4. Web site: Pink Lady Albums. 2009-08-08. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080929014039/http://www.idollica.com/pinklady/pinkladyalbums.html. 2008-09-29.
5. Web site: チャレンジ・コンサート ピンク・レディー . . 2021-10-08.
6. Web site: Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Pink Lady . Japanese . 2021-10-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110814081611/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_pinkl.html . 2011-08-14.