tmidgett wrote:I love these records, and I love Heaven Tonight.

But if I wanted to convince someone very quickly of CT's greatness, I would play them the Samurai Rock Band bootleg.

They show up on eBay--one there right now.

It's worth every penny you pay for it, and it's as good a place to start as any.

They cover "Please Mrs. Henry"?!!! This I gotta hear!

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:

tmidgett wrote:I love these records, and I love Heaven Tonight.

But if I wanted to convince someone very quickly of CT's greatness, I would play them the Samurai Rock Band bootleg.

They show up on eBay--one there right now.

It's worth every penny you pay for it, and it's as good a place to start as any.

They cover "Please Mrs. Henry"?!!! This I gotta hear!

Is that the same version that's on the box set? Along with a cover of The Move's "Down On The Bay"?

Is that the same version that's on the box set? Along with a cover of The Move's "Down On The Bay"?

Nope, but it's pretty close to the Samurai version.

Their version of Down On The Bay is better than the original.

Angus Jung wrote:I started with "Live at Budokan," and when I heard the studio versions of those songs later, they sounded kind of lifeless by comparison. Not bad, just kind of lifeless.

Did that happen to anybody else?

Yup.

I'm sure that if I had heard the studio albums first I'd feel differently but to me, next to the complete, two disc Budokan record, all post s/t Cheap Trick releases feel kind of obsolete.

I still like em. Heaven Tonight is my second favorite Cheap Trick studio release (after Cheap Trick of course). But the complete Budokan's the way to go.

My faves are the Budokan and Dream Police albums. They are a band best experienced live, that's for sure. Seen them touring in support of the Budokan album, then a couple of years ago. They have not lost the touch.