''Live in Japan 1984'' is a live album by guitarist

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that was released by Manifesto Records in 2018. The first thousand copies of this CD were released with a DVD of the performance filmed for Japanese television, which also includes clips of an interview with Holdsworth. This was originally released as ''Allan Holdsworth in Japan – Tokyo Dream'' on

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in 1984 by

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Reception

'' All About Jazz'' awarded the album with 4.5 out of 5 stars. The review by John Kelman states: "With wonderfully remastered audio and, for those first thousand, a revelatory video as well, the official release of ''Live in Japan 1984'' may well be long overdue".

Track listing

Personnel

– guitar *

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– vocals * Chad Wackerman – drums * Jimmy Johnson –

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;Technical *Gordon "Gordy" Davis – engineer * Bill Inglot, Dave Schultz –

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References

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