Budokan II

~ Release by Cheap Trick (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Mixed at CRC, Chicago, except track 10 mixed at Record Plant, NY.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY.
Matrix / Runout: S0247284810-0101 21 A1 DADC AUSTRIA

Annotation last modified on 2025-08-15 06:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Elo Kiddies
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live recording of:
ELO Kiddies (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
lyricist and composer:
Rick Nielsen
publisher:
Adult Music, Play One Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Unichappell Music, Inc. and ZPN and C Inc.
4:17
2High Roller
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live recording of:
High Roller (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
writer:
Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson (US bass player, in Cheap Trick) and Robin Zander
publisher:
Adult Music and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
4:23
3Southern Girls
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live recording of:
Southern Girls (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
writer:
Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson (US bass player, in Cheap Trick)
publisher:
Adult Music and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
3:56
4Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live cover recording of:
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
lyricist and composer:
Terry Reid
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Enquiry Music Ltd. and Noma Music Inc.
5:56
5California Man
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live cover recording of:
California Man (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Wood (multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, The Move, ELO & Wizzard)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Intersong Music, Jet Music Ltd. (British branch), United Artists Music Co., Inc. and United Artists Music Ltd.
3:57
6Downed
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live recording of:
Downed (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
lyricist and composer:
Rick Nielsen
4:37
7Stiff Competition
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1979-03-19)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live recording of:
Stiff Competition (on 1979-03-19)
lyricist and composer:
Rick Nielsen
publisher:
Adult Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
4:30
8How Are You?
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1979-03-19)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live recording of:
How Are You? (on 1979-03-19)
writer:
Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson (US bass player, in Cheap Trick)
publisher:
Adult Music and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
3:57
9On Top of the World
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1979-03-19)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live recording of:
On Top of the World (on 1979-03-19)
lyricist and composer:
Rick Nielsen
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
5:34
10Can’t Hold On
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Cheap Trick and Jack Douglas
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
mixed at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Can’t Hold On (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
lyricist and composer:
Rick Nielsen
publisher:
Adult Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK) and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
5:51
11Oh Caroline
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live recording of:
Oh Caroline (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
lyricist and composer:
Rick Nielsen
publisher:
Adult Music and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
3:02
12Auf Weidersehen
assistant engineer:
Jim Hoffman and Doug McBride
producer:
Cheap Trick
mixer:
Phil Bonanno and Cheap Trick
recorded at:
日本武道館 (Nippon Budokan) in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
mixed at:
CRC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
live recording of:
Auf Wiedersehen (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
writer:
Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson (US bass player, in Cheap Trick)
publisher:
NFP Music and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
4:22

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Austria
art direction:Risa Zaitschek (Graphic design)
photography:Bob Alford (photographer)
三浦健司 (photographer)
mastering:Greg Calbi (American mastering engineer)
design:Dana Shimizu
distributed by:Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1993)
mastered at:Sterling Sound (original NYC studio; split/relocated to Nashville and Edgewater in 2018) in Chelsea, New York, New York, United States