Yoru No Hit Studio
Yoru No Hit Studio (夜のヒットスタジオ) was a Japanese music television program that was broadcast live weekly on Fuji television from November 4th 1968 until October 3rd 1990.
At the beginning of the Japan tour, The Runaways appeared on the show with a live performance of two songs and several interviews. As you can see in the photos below, the band was first interviewed before the performance, but actually this footage remains unseen. Only the footage of the actual performance and the interview done by Jun Inoue, Mari Yoshimura and Yukiji Asaoka in between songs is circulating among collectors.
It's also worth mentioning that in the photos below, all hosts are dressed differently compared to the screenshots capturing the second interview. It looks like either more takes have been filmed that day or these photos were taken during the rehearsal...
Performance details:
Filmed:
- Date: May 30th, 1977
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
Broadcast:
- Program: Yoru No Hit Studio
- TV station: Fuji
- Air date: May 30th, 1977
Lineup:
- Cherie Currie - lead vocals
- Joan Jett - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Lita Ford - lead guitar
- Jackie Fox - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Sandy West - drums
Set list:
- Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
- Cherry Bomb
Photos:
Available footages:
| Running time: | Approx. 7 min. |
|---|---|
| Quality: | Excellent |
| Lineage: | ? |
Screenshots:
Track list:
- Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
- Cherry Bomb
Description:
In this video, all the hosts are dressed differently compared to the photos above, so there is a possibility that more than one take was filmed that day.
| Running time: | Approx. 2 min. |
|---|---|
| Quality: | Very good - |
| Lineage: | ? |
Screenshots:
Description:
Some overdubbed footage of the rehearsal filmed earlier that day was shown on a Japanese special about The Runaways' second Tokyo concert, along with many other shots from the Japan tour, as the filming crew was monitoring all The Runaways activities in Japan.