The Live Illusion
Budokan Hall
Tokyo, Japan
January 13, 1982
Soundboard Recording
Cover Art Included
MP3 320kps
01 A.D. 1928 ~ Rockin' The Paradise
02 Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
03 The Grand Illusion
04 Great White Hope
05 Too Much Time On My Hands
06 The Best Of Times
07 Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
08 Sakura
09 Sukiyaki
10 Boat On The River
11 Babe
12 Come Sail Away
13 Borrowed Time
14 Half-Penny, Two-Penny
15 A.D. 1958 ~ State Street Sadie
Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, lead, backing & harmony vocals
James Young - lead & rhythm guitars lead, backing & harmony vocals
Tommy Shaw - lead & rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, lead, backing, & harmony vocals
Chuck Panozzo - bass guitar
John Panozzo (R.I.P) - drums
Recorded during the bands Paradise Theater tour, this show sounds great! Everyone is in fine voice and the instrumentation is spot on. My only gripe would be a lack of earlier material but it's a small gripe. A lot of 1980's hits here that were the soundtrack to my generations teenage years. You couldn't go to a school dance, roller rink, or arcade without hearing most of these songs. For me this was the last Styx abum I bought, when Kilroy came out I was more than a little disapointed. I did see the tour which didn't go over real well in Detroit, during the theatrical parts the audience would constantly scream for the band to .."Shut up and Play Some F@#*ing Music!" http://fp.io/746216a6/