Willie Nelson – Live At Budokan (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:30:29 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings
While Willie Nelson Live At Budokan has been previously officially available as a LaserDisc in Japan (which is now long-out-of-print with low-grade bootleg copies treasured by collectors), this legendary concert performance of Willie, and his backing Family band, firing on all cylinders is enjoying its first official widespread release this fall.
A broadcast edition of Willie Nelson Live At Budokan is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations beginning Saturday, November 26, 2022 (check local listings). Produced by Willie’s longtime harmonica player Mickey Raphael (whose production credits include Naked Willie and The Highwaymen box set) and mixed by Tony Castle, Willie Nelson Live At Budokan has been sonically upgraded to showcase the American pop-country icon and his ensemble in Tokyo for the first time, connecting with an audience of Japanese and ex-pat fans through the universal power, truth and beauty of the music in Willie’s repertoire.
Willie’s ensemble that night (February 23, 1984) featured his sister Bobbie Nelson on piano, Paul English on drums, Grady Martin on guitar, Jody Payne on vocals and guitar, Bee Spears on bass and Mickey Raphael on harmonica. The new production and mix of Willie Nelson Live At Budokan offers fans a front row seat at one of Willie’s most exciting shows during an historic period in his career.
Tracklist:
1-01. Willie Nelson – Whiskey River (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:12)
1-02. Willie Nelson – Mona Lisa (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:38)
1-03. Willie Nelson – Good Hearted Woman (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:08)
1-04. Willie Nelson – Down Yonder (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (01:45)
1-05. Willie Nelson – If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got the Time (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (01:58)
1-06. Willie Nelson – Workin’ Man Blues (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:16)
1-07. Willie Nelson – Help Me Make It Through the Night (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:34)
1-08. Willie Nelson – Me and Bobby McGee (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:11)
1-09. Willie Nelson – Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (05:14)
1-10. Willie Nelson – Harbor Lights (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:40)
1-11. Willie Nelson – Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:00)
1-12. Willie Nelson – Under the Double Eagle (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (02:47)
1-13. Willie Nelson – Blue Skies (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:21)
1-14. Willie Nelson – Georgia On My Mind (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:35)
1-15. Willie Nelson – All of Me (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (02:34)
1-16. Willie Nelson – Stardust (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (04:31)
2-01. Willie Nelson – My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (01:24)
2-02. Willie Nelson – Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (02:45)
2-03. Willie Nelson – Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:44)
2-04. Willie Nelson – On the Road Again (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (02:22)
2-05. Willie Nelson – Always On My Mind (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:26)
2-06. Willie Nelson – Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (02:29)
2-07. Willie Nelson – Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (01:41)
2-08. Willie Nelson – Who’ll Buy My Memories (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (04:02)
2-09. Willie Nelson – Till I Gain Control Again (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (05:29)
2-10. Willie Nelson – Without A Song (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:16)
2-11. Willie Nelson – Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (01:57)
2-12. Willie Nelson – Whiskey River (Reprise) (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (03:24)
2-13. Willie Nelson – Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line (Reprise) (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – Feb. 23, 1984) (02:06)
