Shakatak Live in Japan explained

Live in Japan
Type:	live
Artist:	Shakatak
Cover:	Shakatak Live in Japan.jpg
Released:	April 1984
Recorded:	15 December 1983
Venue:	Nakano Sun Plaza Hall (Nakano, Tokyo, Japan)
Genre:	Jazz-Funk, Crossover
Length:	01:28:45
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Nigel Wright

Live in Japan is a live double album by English jazz-funk band Shakatak. It was recorded at the Nakano Sun Plaza Hall during the 1983 Japan tour, and originally released only in that country.

Track listing and format

LP: Polydor 38MM 0344/5
Double gatefold album with lyric insert.
Side One

"Introduction" (William "Bill" Sharpe) – 2.21*
"Dark Is The Night" (Sharpe, Roger Odell) – 4.09*
"Don't Say That Again" (Keith Winter) – 4:37
"Street Walkin'" (Sharpe, Odell) – 5.43*

Side Two

"Sanur" (Sharpe) – 5:11
"Slip Away" (Sharpe, Odell) – 4:57
"Invitations" (Sharpe, Odell) – 6.34
"Out of This World" (Sharpe, Odell) – 8:13

Side Three

"Piano Solo" (Sharpe, Odell) – 7:11
"Bass Solo" (George Anderson) – 5.03
"On Nights Like Tonight" (Sharpe, Odell) – 5:09
"Let's Get Together" (Sharpe, Odell) – 4.36*

Side Four

"Bitch to the Boys" (Sharpe, Odell) – 5.12
"Easier Said Than Done" (Sharpe, Odell) – 5.16*
"Night Birds" (Sharpe, Odell) – 7.16*

Tracks marked with * were also included in the Shakatak Live! CD, released in 1985.
Recorded 15 December 1983 Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
Mixed at Rock City Studios, Shepperton, England

Personnel

Shakatak^[1]

Bill Sharpe – keyboards
Keith Winter – guitar
George Anderson – bass
Roger Odell – drums
Jill Saward – vocals, percussion
Norma Lewis – vocals

Guest musician

Ginji Sawai – saxophone

Production

Produced by Nigel Wright
Executive producer: Les McCutcheon
Engineer: Nick Smith

External links

Notes and References

https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-japan-mw0002611472/credits Shakatak - Live in Japan (1984) album credits