RUNAWAYS LP on MERCURY “Live in Japan” gatefold ORIG ’77 JOAN JETT NM WOW

$

35

Artist:  THE RUNAWAYS

Title:   “Live in Japan”

Label:   MERCURY / PHONOGRAM  (Canada)  ~ SM-1-3740.   Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is multi-colored, with black text.

Year:   1977

Review:

“Because the Runaways were much better known in Japan than the U.S., it stands to reason that their only live album was recorded in that country.  This hard to find LP was available in the U.S. only as a Japanese import and sold for around ten to 12 dollars, which was a lot to pay for vinyl in the late '70s. But American Runaways fans who were willing to make that investment found a lot to admire about the album, which boasted superior sound quality (by '70s standards) and explosive, uninhibited versions of "You Drive Me Wild," "Cherry Bomb," "California Paradise," and other hard rock pearls.  The original Runaways lineup (Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, Lita Ford, Jackie Fox, and Sandy West) was still in place, and the rockers' primary focus is on material from The Runaways and Queens of Noise.  Holding nothing back, Ford is at her most metallic.  Except for a handful of bootlegs, Live in Japan is the only documentation of the Runaways on stage.”

(courtesy Alex Henderson, allmusic.com.)

Condition: 

DISC:  NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade. 

JACKET:   Gatefold jacket is NEAR MINT with flawless inner and outer panels.  Nice seams, spine and corners.  No writing, stickers, or other issues.  A beautiful jacket worthy of display.

Track Listing/Artists: 

Side One:

• Queens of Noise
• California Paradise
• All Right You Guys
• Wild Thing
• Gettin’ Hot
• Rock-n-Roll  

Side Two:

• You Drive Me Wild
• Neon Angels on the Road to Ruin
• I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are
• Cherry Bomb
• American Nights
• C’mon

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