''Live in Tokyo'' is a 1983 live album released by

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as a 2-EP 45 RPM set. It was issued by Columbia Records in Japan and later reissued by Virgin Records in the UK and reached #28 on the

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. A single-LP 33 RPM edition was later issued by Elektra Records in the US. A 35-minute live videocassette from the same series of concerts was also issued by Columbia Records in Japan under the title ''Live '83.'' ''Live in Tokyo'' was the world's first digitally recorded live album according to

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and the band recorded the concerts specifically to use the new Japanese digital technology Heylin, Clinton (1989). ''Public Image Rise/Fall''. Omnibus Press. p. 72.

Track listing

Side One # "Annalisa" – 5:17 # "Religion II" – 5:49 Side Two # "Low-Life" – 2:47 # "Solitaire" – 3:59 # " Flowers of Romance" – 4:46 Side Three # "

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" – 6:27 # "

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" – 5:06 Side Four # " Bad Life" – 4:44 # "Banging the Door" – 4:55 # "Under the House" – 1:56

Personnel

;Public Image Limited *

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- vocals *Joseph Guida - guitar *Louis Bernardi - bass *Tommy Zvoncheck - keyboards *

- drums ;Technical *Kenji Miura - cover photograph

Charts

References

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