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The West Coast event “California Live” was held in Japan in 1981, bringing together four groups: James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, JD Souther, and RONIN, which evolved from Linda’s backing band. Two performances were held at Yokohama Stadium and Koshien Stadium, and both were huge successes due to the West Coast boom at the time. And this title is a complete recording of the live performance at Koshien Stadium on September 13th from the original audience master of all four groups. In the past, only Linda’s live performances were distributed, but this time RONIN’s live performances were about 30 minutes long, and all the others were around 1 hour long.Here at Koshien, there were no spectators on the ground, and everyone watched from the stands. Therefore, although the sound quality is a little distant, it seems as if the atmosphere of that time has been revived, and those who visited at the time should be able to feel the nostalgic atmosphere. RONIN, made up of top-notch members such as Wadi Wachtel, performed their only album “RONIN” number as well as the unreleased new song “Up On The Cross.” Above all, this band’s live recording itself is rare. Next, JD Souther performed more than half of the songs from “YOU’RE ONLY LONELY”, Linda mainly performed songs from “HEART LIKE A WHEEL” and “MAD LOVE”, and JD and Souther performed “Faithless Love”. Duet too. In addition to classic songs from the 70’s, James Taylor, who served as the lead singer, sang “Her Town Too” from “DAD LOVES HIS WORK”, which had just been released at the time, and “It’s Gonna Work Out”, which was included in Linda’s “GET CLOSER” the following year. Fine” was also performed as a duet. Also, be sure to check out the backing band, which includes Wadi Wachtel and Danny Kortchmar from RONIN on guitar, and Bill Payne from Little Feat on keyboard. 1 piece. (RONIN : Disc 1) 1. America The Beautiful 2. Here Come The Runner 3. Hey Nadine 4. Band Introductions 5. Love’s Coming Into My Life Again 6. Up On The Cross 7. Feels Right (J.D. SOUTHER : Disc 2) 1. Intro 2. Simple Man, Simple Dream 3. Banging My Head Against The Moon 4. Mexico 5. Silver Blue 6. Prisoner In Disguise 7. Band Introductions 8. You’re Only Lonely 9. If You Don’t Want My Love 10. Home By Dawn 11. Trouble In Paradise 12. ‘Til The Bars Burn Down 13. James Dean 14. White Rhythm And Blues (LINDA RONSTADT : Disc 3) 1. Mad Love 2. It’s So Easy 3. Party Girl 4 . Willin’ 5. I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You) 6. I Can’t Let Go 7. Blue Bayou 8. Faithless Love (with J.D. Souther) 9. Hurt So Bad 10. Poor Poor Pitiful Me 11. You’re No Good 12. How Do I Make You 13. Back in the U.S.A. 14. Heat Wave 15. Desperado ( JAMES TAYLOR : Disc 4) 1. Intro 2. Sweet Baby James 3. Wandering 4 Riding on a Railroad 5. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine 6. How Sweet It Is 7. Fire and Rain 8. You’ve Got a Friend 9. Her Town Too 10. Your Smiling Face 11. Mexico 12. Up on the Roof 13. Steamroller 14. That Lonesome Road (with All) 15. Rock & Roll Music (with All) RONIN : Waddy Wachtel – Vocals, Guitar / Dan Dugmore – Guitar /Rick Marotta – Drums / Stanley Sheldon – Bass J. D. SOUTHER / LINDA RONSTADT / JAMES TAYLOR : Waddy Wachtel – Guitar / Danny Kortchmar – Guitar / Billy Payne – Keyboards / Kenny Edwards – Bass / Bob Glaub – Bass / Leland Sklar – Bass / Russell Kunkel – Drums / Rosemary Butler – Vocals / David Lasley – Vocals / Arnold McCuller – Vocals [Live at Koshien Stadium, Hyogo, Japan 13th September 1981]
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