Hai! (Live in Japan) explained

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Hai! (Live in Japan)
Type:Live album
Artist:Cabaret Voltaire
Cover:Hai! (Live in Japan) cover.jpg
Released:1982
Recorded:March 23, 1982
Venue:Tsubaki House, Tokyo
Genre:Industrial
Length:45:27
Label:Rough Trade Deutschland RTD-1
Producer:Cabaret Voltaire
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Hai! (Live in Japan) is a 1982 live album by the U.K. industrial band Cabaret Voltaire.[1] It was recorded at the Tsubaki House in Tokyo, Japan on 23 March 1982, and was released on CD in 1991 by Mute Records Ltd.[2] [3] The original master tapes being lost, the CD was transferred from a vinyl copy (unfortunately, a US pressing was used, with significantly poorer sound and more surface noise than a Japanese original).

The performance on the album reflected the band's move towards a more funk-oriented sound.[4] Alan Fish had joined the band by this time on drums and percussion, replacing Chris Watson.

The album reached number five in the UK Indie Chart in 1982.[5]

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Walls of Kyoto" - 7:50
  2. "3 Days Monk" - 7:03
  3. "Yashar" (Version) - 6:59

Side B:

  1. "Over & Over" - 4:53
  2. "Diskono" - 7:01
  3. "Taxi Music" (Version) - 11:41

Personnel

Cabaret Voltaire

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ira A. Robbins. The Trouser Press guide to new wave records. C. Scribner's Sons, 1983. 0684179431. registration.
  2. Web site: Cabaret Voltaire Official Website: Hai!. 2010-01-22.
  3. Book: Christie Moore. The Unultimate Rockopedia. AuthorHouse, 2006. 1425964745.
  4. Neate, Wilson "Hai! Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2012-05-20
  5. Lazell, Barry (1998) Indie Hits 1980-1989, Cherry Red Books,, p. 35