Live in Japan (Shirley Bassey album)

Live in Japan is a double album by Shirley Bassey, recorded July 8, 1974 at Kosei-Nenkin Kaikan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The album was released in Japan only, and the reverse of the cover listed the songs in English and Japanese. Live at Carnegie Hall had been released just a year prior, with nine of the same songs from Live in Japan, and it is believed that this is at least partly the reason Live in Japan didn't gain a worldwide release.^[1] Japan was an important growing market for many artists in the 1970s and many recorded live albums exclusively for release in Japan.

In 1981 Liberty Records released this recording on a single album that had different cover art, cut three of the songs, "Going, Going Gone", "All That Love Went To Waste", and "You and I" and had a different running order.

The original double album has been reproduced in its entirety, with original running order, on a 2008 CD on the BGO label, and reproduces the text from a booklet that came with the LP, which included the lyrics in English and Japanese.

Track listing

Side One

"Goldfinger" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, John Barry)
"Sing" (Joe Raposo)
"Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" (Irving Berlin)
"Make The World a Little Younger" (Terry Howell, Karen O'Hara, Denny McReynolds)
"Going, Going, Gone" (John Barry, Alan Jay Lerner)

Side Two

"Without You" (Tom Evans, Pete Ham)
"Diamonds Are Forever" (John Barry, Don Black)
"When You Smile" (William Salter, Ralph MacDonald)
"All That Love Went to Waste" (George Barrie, Sammy Cahn)

Side Three

"Big Spender" (Dorothy Fields, Cy Coleman)
"Day by Day" (Stephen Schwartz, John-Michael Tebelack)
"Never, Never, Never" (Tony Renis, Alberto Testa, Norman Newell)
"Something" (George Harrison)
Tabs*

Side Four

"Yesterday, When I Was Young" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer)
Introduction of orchestra
"You and I" (Leslie Bricusse)
Tabs*
"This Is My Life" (Norman Newell, Bruno Canfora, Antonio Amum)
Tabs*

* (Shirley Bassey acknowledging audience applause)

Personnel

Shirley Bassey – vocal
Arthur Greenslade - Musical director
Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats - orchestra
Jack Cavari - Guitar
Bobby Shankin - Drums

References

↑ CD liner notes by David Wells, Shirley Bassey Live in Japan, 2008 BGO CD819

Shirley Bassey

Studio albums	Born to Sing the Blues The Bewitching Miss Bassey The Fabulous Shirley Bassey Shirley Shirley Bassey Let's Face the Music Shirley Stops the Shows I've Got a Song for You And We Were Lovers This Is My Life This Is My Life (La vita) Does Anybody Miss Me Something Something Else I Capricorn And I Love You So Never Never Never Nobody Does It Like Me Good, Bad but Beautiful Love, Life and Feelings You Take My Heart Away The Magic Is You All by Myself I Am What I Am La Mujer Keep the Music Playing The Bond Collection Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber Sings the Movies The Show Must Go On Thank You for the Years Get the Party Started The Performance Hello Like Before

Live albums	Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle Live in Japan

Compilation albums	The Shirley Bassey Collection The Shirley Bassey Singles Album Thoughts of Love Bassey – The EMI/UA Years 1959 – 1979 Four Decades of Song

Singles	"Burn My Candle" "The Wayward Wind" "After the Lights Go Down Low" "Banana Boat Song" "As Long As He Needs Me" "Reach for the Stars"/"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" "Love for Sale" "Goldfinger" "If You Go Away" "Big Spender" "Something" "The Fool on the Hill" "For All We Know" "And I Love You So" "Never Never Never" "To All the Men I've Loved Before" "The Rhythm Divine" "Love Is No Game" "Sin Ti" "How Do You Keep the Music Playing" "'Disco' La Passione" "History Repeating" "Light My Fire" "World in Union" "Where Do I Begin" "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" "That's What Friends Are For" "The Living Tree" "Get the Party Started" "Big Spender (remix)"

Related articles	Discography Songs Albums

Book:Shirley Bassey

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