Live recordings:
This section is dedicated to The Runaways live recordings and studio sessions. We are lucky to have recordings from nearly every tour and even from the early days. Some of these recordings were recorded professionally, but most of them were recorded by fans in the audience, so their quality may not always be the best. But they are still worth listening to, mainly for historical reasons...
Live In Japan analysis:
The Live In Japan album is the only live album released by The Runaways during their active years. It was recorded at Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan in Tokyo on June 5th and 6th and at Shibuya Kokaido Hall in Tokyo on June 12th during the Japan tour in 1977. For years, it was certainly unknown which song was from which night, so here you can find an analysis based on all available recordings from these concerts.
Some songs didn't get it on the final cut of the album but were later used for other releases. Songs used in the British I Love Playing With Fire compilation LP are the same that were used in the Flaming Schoolgirls compilation. The same goes for the songs from The Best Of The Runaways compilation - those can be found on the Live In Japan album.
For years, there were rumors that the Japanese All Right You Guys single contains a recording from a different night compared to the album version, but that's actually not true. The only difference is in Cherie's introduction of the song “...it's called All Right You Guys!” that was not included in the album version but was used for the single. Otherwise, it's the same song with the same edits.
| Song: | Portion length: | Recorded at: |
|---|---|---|
| Queens Of Noise | 0:00 - 3:20 | Shibuya Kokaido Hall - June 12th, 1977 |
| California Paradise | 0:00 - 2:54 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 5th, 1977 |
| All Right You Guys | 0:00 - 0:54 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
| 0:54 - 1:01 | Shibuya Kokaido Hall - June 12th, 1977 | |
| 1:01 - 3:37 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 | |
| Wild Thing | 0:00 - 3:40 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
| Gettin' Hot | 0:00 - 2:58 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
| 2:58 - 3:33 | Shibuya Kokaido Hall - June 12th, 1977 | |
| Rock And Roll | 0:00 - 3:58 | Shibuya Kokaido Hall - June 12th, 1977 |
| You Drive Me Wild | 0:00 - 3:16 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
| Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin | 0:00 - 3:29 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
| 3:29 - 3:32 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 5th, 1977 | |
| I Wanna Be Where The Boys Are | 0:00 - 1:26 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 5th, 1977 |
| 1:26 - 2:53 | Shibuya Kokaido Hall - June 12th, 1977 | |
| Cherry Bomb | 0:00 - 2:11 | Shibuya Kokaido Hall - June 12th, 1977 |
| American Nights | 0:00 - 4:02 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
| C'mon | 0:00 - 4:10 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
| Song: | Portion length: | Recorded at: |
|---|---|---|
| All Right You Guys | 0:00 - 0:57 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
| 0:57 - 1:04 | Shibuya Kokaido Hall - June 12th, 1977 | |
| 1:04 - 3:36 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 | |
| Blackmail | 0:00 - 3:17 | Shibuya Kokaido Hall - June 12th, 1977 |
| Song: | Portion length: | Recorded at: |
|---|---|---|
| Intro | 0:00 - 0:21 | Shibuya Kokaido Hall - June 12th, 1977 |
| Blackmail | 0:00 - 3:10 | Shibuya Kokaido Hall - June 12th, 1977 |
| 3:10 - 3:54 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 | |
| Is It Day Or Night? | 0:00 - 2:38 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
| I Love Playin' With Fire | 0:00 - 4:07 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
| Secrets | 0:00 - 3:32 | Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan - June 6th, 1977 |
Spotting the overdubs:
It's nothing unusual that live albums are heavily edited and overdubbed to sound as perfect as possible, and the Live In Japan album isn't an exception. It will probably be very difficult to find all the edits on the album, but for now, these can be noticed easily:
All Right You Guys:
The first noticeable edit on the album can be heard in the first half of the song (from 0:54 to 1:01), where the guitar riff sounds entirely different compared to the audience recording from that night, although the rest of the song matches perfectly. That segment was replaced by a recording from the June 12th concert at Shibuya Kokaido Hall.
I Wanna Be Where The Boys Are:
This is possibly the most edited song on the album, as at the end of nearly each chorus, Joan's vocals during the “yeah” scream after “...I Wanna Be Where The Boys Are” were edited to sound better and longer than they actually were. Furthermore, the 1st guitar solo (from 1:23 to 1:54) is entirely different from what Lita originally played that night, and it's actually from the June 12th concert at Shibuya Kokaido Hall.