Cheap Trick Live At Budokan 1978

We went to see the United States premiere of the movie "Cheap Trick Live At Budokan 1978" at the Showplace 16 Theatres in Naperville. I won the tickets from Jack-FM. The band looked so young compared to when we saw them live at the re-opening of the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago. The movie was a little over an hour long. We stopped at Oberweis Ice Cream on the way home and we were home before 10:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 4th D&E Entertainment presented the US theatrical premiere of a newly-restored concert film from Cheap Trick that previously has only aired once on Japanese television in 1978. With a running time of just over 60 minutes, Live at Budokan captures the concert that catapulted Cheap Trick to stardom. The history of rock and roll is fraught with more than its share of unforeseen circumstances. But none so unforeseen as those in the life of Cheap Trick – Rick Nielsen (guitar), Robin Zander (vocals and guitar), Bun E. Carlos (drums), and Tom Petersson (bass). Circa 1978-79, they jumped from being the biggest band ever to emerge from Rockford, Illinois, to becoming platinum-selling headliners on the cover of Rolling Stone. Chalk it up to Japan, who held Cheap Trick so close to their hearts that the band’s record company there decided to reward the fans with a live concert album, a souvenir of the band’s incredible two-night stand at the country’s most revered sports stadium in 1978. The album turned into a tsunami whose impact catalyzed America, then engulfed the world – and now is celebrated three decades later, that brings the sight and sound together for the first time. A 15-song, one-hour program shot at the Budokan in 1978. This film features a new stereo mix and 5.1 Surround Sound by original producer Jack Douglas and engineer Jay Messina. Cheap Trick fans can actually see and feel the moment come to life when – for the first time in history – lead singer Robin Zander exhorts the Japanese audience, “I Want You… to Want…Me!” Three decades later, Live At Budokan: 30th Anniversary Edition proves how immortal some albums can be. The LP is ranked on Rolling Stone’s list of “500 Greatest Albums Of All Time,” and “Surrender” appears on the magazine’s “500 Greatest Singles Of All Time” list.