''Live at the Budokan'' is a live album by American band

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, released on Nile Rodgers' label Sumthing Else in 1999. The album contains the concert at Tokyo's

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on April 17, 1996 that was to be the last performance by fellow Chic member Bernard Edwards who died the following day. The concert was a celebration of the Chic legacy and featured an all-star line-up with guest appearances by Sister Sledge,

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from Guns N' Roses and Steve Winwood and was released three years after its recording, in unedited form including the spoken introductions by both Edwards and Rodgers. The concert was released on DVD in 2006 and the ''Budokan'' album has been re-issued as ''Chic in Japan'' and ''Live in Japan''.

Track listing

#Bernard Introduction – 1:09 #Band Introduction – 0:33 #"

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" ( Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers) – 5:14 #* Performed by Chic &

#"Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Intro) (Edwards, Kenny Lehman, Rodgers) – 0:31 #"

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" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) – 7:04 #" I Want Your Love" (Edwards, Rodgers) – 6:17 #Sister Sledge (Intro) – 0:12 #"

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" (Edwards, Rodgers) – 4:37 #* Performed by: Chic & Sister Sledge #We Are Family (Intro) – 0:22 #" We Are Family" (Edwards, Rodgers) – 10:06 #* Performed by: Chic & Sister Sledge #"Do That Dance" (Garrett Oliver, Tanya Ramtulla, Rodgers) – 3:24 #Good Times (Intro) – 0:15 #" Good Times"/"Rapper's Delight" (Edwards, Rodgers) – 7:12 #Stone Free (Intro) – 0:21 #" Stone Free" ( Jimi Hendrix) – 4:22 #* Performed by Chic, Steve Winwood &

#"Chic Cheer" (Edwards, Rodgers) – 14:20 #Backstage – 0:23 #Bernard #2 – 0:31

Personnel

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– lead vocals * Sister Sledge (Debbie, Joni & Kim Sledge) – lead vocals (tracks 7 to 10) * Steve Winwood – lead vocals, organ (track 15) * Christopher Max –

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– backing vocals *

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(tracks 3 & 15) * Nile Rodgers – guitar, vocals *

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* Richard Hilton – keyboards * Bernard Edwards –

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, vocals *

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– drums *

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* Bill Holloman –

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Production

* Producer – Nile Rodgers * Recorded & mixed by Gary Tole * Recorded live at the

and mixed at Wonder Station Studios, Tokyo, Japan * Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York * Mastered by George Marino

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Live At The Budokan (Chic Album) Chic (band) live albums Albums produced by Nile Rodgers 1999 live albums Albums recorded at the Nippon Budokan