Cat. No. 2885: WILLIE NELSON ~ LIVE AT BUDOKAN - 2/23/84. LEGACY / SONY 19658758052.
LIVE AT BUDOKAN WAS RELEASED IN JAPAN ON LASERDISC LATE IN 1984 AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY BOOTLEGGED ONTO VIDEO CASSETTE, BUT IT REMAINED LARGELY OBSCURE FOR DECADES, AND IS ONLY NOW SEEING WIDE RELEASE. IT'S NOT THE FIRST LIVE ALBUM TO CAPTURE THE DEPTH OF WILLIE'S POWER AS A SINGER AND GUITARIST, HIS ABILITY TO COMMAND A CROWD, OR THE UNDERAPPRECIATED VERSATILITY OF HIS FAMILY BAND BUT THE CLARITY OF LIVE AT BUDOKAN PRODUCTION AND THE RELATIVE SOBRIETY OF THE SETTING SHOWS WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEHIND THE FOG OF POT SMOKE AND BLUR OF WHISKEY WHEN ONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC'S GREATEST-EVER BANDS WAS PERFORMING AT ITS PEAK. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT RELEASE ******
TRACK LISTING: CD1 - Whiskey River / Mona Lisa / Good Hearted Woman / Down Yonder / If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time / Workin' Man Blues / Help Me Make It Through The Night / Me And Bobby McGee / Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) / Harbor Lights / Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Under The Double Eagle / Blue Skies / Georgia On My Mind / All Of Me / Stardust.
CD2 - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys / Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys / Angel Flying To Close To The Ground / On The Road Again / Always On My Mind / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line / Who'll Buy My Memories / Till I Gain Control Again / Without A Song / Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) / Whiskey River / Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line.
DVD: DVD features all of the above tracks listed in entirety.
2CD PLUS DVD SET NEW