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This 1977 live album from the seminal hard-rocking girlband The Runaways boasts "You Drive Me Wild" and "All Right You Guys" among its 12 cuts.
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. ~ Alex Henderson
"Perhaps the very best from an era of classic rock live albums. Includes essential tracks `I Wonder Where The Boys Are' and `All Right You Guys', not on the studio LPs" Robert Coyne, Rock, The Rough Guide. Originally not released in the UK or US, Live In Japan was recorded in 1977 during the girls sold out arena tour! The Runaways had become genuine superstars in Japan and this album boasts superior sound quality (by '70s standards) and explosive, uninhibited versions of "You Drive Me Wild," "Cherry Bomb," "California Paradise," and other hard rock pearls. With the line up still the same, just before Jackie and then Cherrie were to leave the band the girls were on top form, making this one of the best live rock albums of the 1970s! Except for a handful of bootlegs, Live in Japan is the only documentation of the Runaways on stage!
Personnel: Joan Jett, Lita Ford (vocals, guitar); Sandy West (vocals, drums).
Audio Mixers: Takashi Kitazawa; Kent J. Smythe.
Liner Note Authors: Iain McNay; Kim Fowley.
Recording information: Shibuya Kokaido (06/05/1977/06/12/1977); Shibuya Kokaido, Japan (06/05/1977/06/12/1977); Tokyo Koseinenkin Kaikan (06/05/1977/06/12/1977).
Photographers: Akiyoshi Miyashita; Niva Bringas; Weekly Heibon. Live In Japan Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  Vintage Performance
From the first all girl rock group. Lively performance from Currie, Jett, Ford, West and Fox.
Submitted by talent2001 (LANDING, NJ) 
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this album is simply superb..im a great fan of the runaways even though they split up before i was born!!.. they are awsome and this live album shows who they really were and what they were capable of.. i wish they never broke up.
cheers!
pulasthi
Submitted by pulasthi70 (colombo, sri lanka)
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 Joan Moves Up
The first album released after lead vocalist Cherie Currie has Joan Jett handling all lead vocals. The overall sound is pared back from the first album and, thanks to Lita Ford's guitar work, harder in quality. It's closer to Lita's heavy sound than the direction Joan took it. Good effort, but doesn't quite blend in with their other releases.
Submitted by lexigene (DuBois, PA, USA)
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Glory Days Revisited
For fans of Joan Jett and/or her previous group, The Runaways, this is an excellent live recording of them at their peak just before that group split up. The CD sound more than matches the vinyl and, along with more liner notes, every photo is reproduced...including the full length gatefold cover.
Submitted by lexigene (DuBois, PA, USA)
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Of all the studio albums that the Runaways recorded in the late 1970s, And Now... The Runaways is the least essential. This isn't to say that And Now is a bad album; it's generally decent, if uneven, but it certainly isn't in a class with such gems as The Runaways, Queens of Noise and Waiting for the Night. Recorded in 1978, it offers the same lineup heard on 1977's Waiting for the Night: Original members Joan Jett, Lita Ford, and Sandy West were still on board, but singer Cherie Currie was gone and Vicki Blue had replaced original bassist Jackie Fox. This recording marked the first time that a Runaways album wasn't produced or co-produced by Kim Fowley; John Alcock is the producer, and ...
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