''Hai! (Live in Japan)'' is a 1982 live album by the U.K. industrial band
Cabaret Voltaire. It was recorded at the Tsubaki House in Tokyo, Japan on 23 March 1982, and was released on CD in 1991 by Mute Records Ltd.
The original master tapes being lost, the CD was transferred from a vinyl copy (unfortunately, a US pressing was used, with significantly poorer sound and more
surface noise
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Types
Because there are always technical restrictions in the way a ...
than a Japanese original).
The performance on the album reflected the band's move towards a more funk-oriented sound.
[Neate, Wilson]
''Hai!'' Review
, Allmusic
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, retrieved 2012-05-20 Alan Fish had joined the band by this time on drums and percussion, replacing Chris Watson.
The album reached number five in the
UK Indie Chart
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in 1982.
[Lazell, Barry (1998) ''Indie Hits 1980-1989'', Cherry Red Books, , p. 35]
Track listing
Side A:
# "Walls of Kyoto" - 7:50
# "3 Days Monk" - 7:03
# "
Yashar" (Version) - 6:59
Side B:
# "Over & Over" - 4:53
# "Diskono" - 7:01
# "Taxi Music" (Version) - 11:41
Personnel
;Cabaret Voltaire
*
Stephen Mallinder
Stephen William Mallinder (born 1 January 1955) is an English artist and musician who was a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire, and went on to work as Sassi & Loco, the Ku-Ling Bros., Hey, Rube!, Wrangler, and Creep Show.
Biography
Mallinder ...
- vocals, bass guitar
*
Richard H. Kirk - guitar, clarinet, synthesizer, tapes
* Alan Fish - drums, percussion
References
Cabaret Voltaire (band) live albums
1982 live albums
Mute Records live albums
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