Tune In, Tokyo... Explained

Tune In, Tokyo...
Type:	EP
Artist:	Green Day
Cover:	Tune In, Tokyo...jpg
Recorded:	March, 2001 in Sendai, Japan
Label:	WEA, Reprise
Producer:	Green Day
Prev Title:	Warning
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	International Superhits!
Next Year:	2001

Tune In, Tokyo... is a live EP by the American rock band Green Day released exclusively in Japan in 2001. It was recorded during the tour of Warning in March 2001 in Sendai, Japan.^[1]

Release and reception

Tune In, Tokyo... is the fourth live EP by Green Day and was released on October 9, 2001. It charted for 5 weeks in Japan, reaching as high as number 29 on the album chart. Track 7 can also be heard on the "Waiting" single.

Tune In, Tokyo... was released worldwide for the first time on November 28, 2014, as a part of Black Friday Record Store Day on translucent blue vinyl and was limited to a pressing of only 5,000. This pressing included an MP3 download of the album.

Charts

Track listing

Every track is from Warning except for "King for a Day", which is on Nimrod.

Notes

• Track 1 was recorded in Fukuoka, Japan on March 22, 2001.^[3]
• Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 were recorded in Sendai, Japan on March 16, 2001.
• Track 4 was recorded in Osaka, Japan on March 13, 2001.

Personnel

Band

• Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar
• Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
• Tré Cool – drums

Additional Musicians

• Jason White – guitar
• Gabrial McNair – trumpet
• Kurt Lohmiller – saxophone

Production ^[4]

• Kevin Lemoine – engineer
• Chris Bilheimer – art direction, photography
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• Green Day - producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: VH1 Tune In, Tokyo.... https://archive.today/20130419140545/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/green_day/albums.jhtml?albumId=678961. dead. April 19, 2013. VH1.
2. Web site: グリーン・デイぐりーんでい . 爆発ライヴ3!《日本列島篇》 | グリーン・デイ | ORICON STYLE . Oricon.co.jp . 2016-02-11.
3. Tune In, Tokyo... . Green Day . 2001 . CD . Reprise Records.
4. Web site: Additional Perfermers. ArtistDirect.