''Live In Tokyo'' is a live album by
Hughes Turner Project
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, a collaboration between
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*Glenn Hughes (musician), born 1951
*Glenn Hughes (American singer) (1950–2001)
*Glenn Hughes (cricketer), born 1959
*Glen Hughes
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Deep Purple
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/
Black Sabbath
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/
Trapeze
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) and
Joe Lynn Turner
Joe Lynn Turner (born Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito, August 2, 1951) is an American singer known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow, Yngwie J. Malmsteen and Deep Purple.
During his career, Turner fronted and played guitar with pop ro ...
(
Deep Purple
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/
Rainbow
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/
Yngwie Malmsteen
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); it was released in 2002 on
MTM Music and
Pony Canyon
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Records.
History
''Live In Tokyo'' was the only live record to be released by the Hughes Turner Project. The album was recorded at the Shibuya Club Quattro in Tokyo, Japan on May the 17th and 19th 2002 on the first leg of their tour to support their debut album ''
HTP''.
The set-list comprises four songs from the ''
HTP'' album as well as other songs from both Hughes and Turner’s back catalogues including
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock music, but their musical style has changed over the course of its existence. Ori ...
,
Rainbow
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and
Black Sabbath
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numbers. For the most part the two sing their own songs solo, only performing duets on the HTP songs.
For the Japanese leg of tour the pair were joined by native musicians
Akira Kajiyama
is a Japanese guitarist who is known for his work with Joe Lynn Turner.
Biography
Kajiyama's first commercial band was Precious which was formed by Mandrake Root Records in 1987 to promote him. The band dissolved after its only full-length al ...
(guitar),
Toshio Egawa
Gerard is a Japanese progressive rock band.
The current members are :
* Toshio Egawa : keyboards
* Kenichi Fujimoto (Ken☆Ken) : drums
* Atsushi Hasegawa : bass
Biography
Gerard is led by the keyboardist Toshio Egawa. After being a member of ...
(keyboards) and
Yoshihiro Kudo (drums). While Kajiyama had contributed some guitar solos to the ''
HTP'' album, the others had not taken part in its recording and this is the only Hughes Turner Project release they appear on.
The European version of the album included the studio track Against The Wall, which had originally been released as the bonus track on the Japanese version of ''
HTP''. However, the European version excludes the live recording of the
Black Sabbath
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track "No Stranger to Love", which only appears on the Japanese version.
Track listing
#"Devil's Road" – 6:11 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)''
#"You Can't Stop Rock and Roll" – 4:45 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)''
#"Death Alley Driver" – 4:22 ''(Blackmore, Turner)''
#"I Surrender" – 4:11 ''(Ballard)''
#"
Stormbringer
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" – 4:41 ''(Blackmore, Coverdale)''
#"Dark Days" – 3:57 ''(Kajiyama, Turner)''
#"Mistreated" – 9:15 ''(Blackmore, Coverdale)''
#"
No Stranger To Love" – 7:23 ''(
Tony Iommi
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)'' (Japanese and USA version CDs only)
#"Can't Stop the Flood" – 3:41 ''(Hughes, Marsh)''
#"Better Man" – 6:00 ''(Hughes)''
#"Ride the Storm" – 4:03 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)''
#"King of Dreams" – 6:44 ''(Blackmore, Glover, Turner)''
#"
Street of Dreams" – 5:01 ''(Blackmore, Turner)''
#"
Spotlight Kid" – 5:08 ''(Blackmore, Glover)''
#"Against The Wall" – 4:36 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' (European version only)
Personnel
*
Glenn Hughes Glenn Hughes or Glen Hughes may refer to:
*Glenn Hughes (musician), born 1951
*Glenn Hughes (American singer) (1950–2001)
*Glenn Hughes (cricketer), born 1959
*Glen Hughes
Glen Hughes is an Australian former professional rugby league footbal ...
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Vocals
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Bass
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*
Joe Lynn Turner
Joe Lynn Turner (born Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito, August 2, 1951) is an American singer known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow, Yngwie J. Malmsteen and Deep Purple.
During his career, Turner fronted and played guitar with pop ro ...
–
Vocals
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/
Guitar
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*
Akira Kajiyama
is a Japanese guitarist who is known for his work with Joe Lynn Turner.
Biography
Kajiyama's first commercial band was Precious which was formed by Mandrake Root Records in 1987 to promote him. The band dissolved after its only full-length al ...
–
Guitar
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s
*
Yoshihiro Kudo –
Drum
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s
*
Toshio Egawa
Gerard is a Japanese progressive rock band.
The current members are :
* Toshio Egawa : keyboards
* Kenichi Fujimoto (Ken☆Ken) : drums
* Atsushi Hasegawa : bass
Biography
Gerard is led by the keyboardist Toshio Egawa. After being a member of ...
–
Keyboards
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References
Live In Tokyo entry at glennhughes.com
{{Hughes Turner Project
Glenn Hughes albums
Joe Lynn Turner albums
Collaborative albums
2002 live albums