The 30th Anniversary Concert: Live in Tokyo

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The 30th Anniversary Concert - Live in Tokyo
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Video by
Released19 October 2010
Recorded13 January 2010
Venue Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length175:00
Label In-akustik
Director Kiyoshi Iwasawa, Shin Yamamoto
Producer Kiyoshi Iwasawa, Kota Akutsu
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The 30th Anniversary Concert - Live in Tokyo is a live video album by the Michael Schenker Group, released in 2010.

Contents

The recorded live performance was filmed at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo on 13 January 2010, during the 30th Anniversary Japan Tour. The footage originally aired on 27 March on the Japanese TV channel NHK-BS2. The concert was released in DVD containing 18 tracks, in Blu-ray Disc and as a double CD album, with exactly the same tracks.

Double CD track listing

Disk one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Welcome Howl" Michael Schenker 2:06
2."Feels Like a Good Thing"Schenker, Gary Barden 3:45
3."Cry for the Nations"Schenker, Barden5:50
4."Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"Schenker, Barden, Chris Glen, Paul Raymond, Cozy Powell 6:59
5."Armed and Ready"Schenker, Barden4:24
6."Victim of Illusion"Schenker, Barden5:22
7."Are You Ready to Rock"Schenker, Barden6:49
8."I Want You"Schenker, Barden4:00
9."Night to Remember"Schenker, Barden4:14
10."Into the Arena"Schenker4:22
Total length:47:50

Disc two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lost Horizons"Schenker, Barden9:52
2."Rock My Nights Away"Barden, Andy Nye 4:48
3."On and On"Schenker, Barden5:40
4."Attack of the Mad Axeman"Schenker, Barden5:16
5."Ride on My Way"Schenker, Barden4:27
6."Rock Bottom"Schenker, Phil Mogg 11:39
7."Dance Lady Gypsy"Schenker4:28
8."Doctor Doctor"Schenker, Mogg5:51
Total length:52:01

DVD

The track listing is the same as the audio album.

Bonus material

Personnel

Band members

Production

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