Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo is the first live album by the Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 band Loudness

Loudness (band)

is a Japan-based heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. They were the first Japanese heavy metal act signed to a major label in the United States, releasing twenty-three studio albums...

. It was recorded and released in 1983. The instrumental track "Tusk of Jaguar" appears on Akira Takasaki's first solo album with the same name. The opening theme is taken from "The Planets

The Planets

The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst...

" by Gustav Holst

Gustav Holst

Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....

, performed by the Orchestre National de l'Opera de Montecarlo

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra is the main orchestra in the principality of Monaco...

, conducted by Antonio de Almeida

Antonio de Almeida (conductor)

Antonio de Almeida was a French conductor and musicologist of Portuguese-American descent.He was born Antonio Jacques de Almeida in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris....

. The home video release of another concert of the same tour was released as the band's first live VHS/Beta and Laserdisc at almost the same time of the double LP and with the same title. The video was remastered and re-released in DVD in 2005.

Double LP and CD

1. "Opening Theme - Mars the Bringer of War" - 2:24
2. "In the Mirror" - 3:44
3. "Road Racer" - 4:27
4. "I Was the Sun" - 4:12
5. "Fly Away" - 3:30
6. "Black Wall" - 5:20
7. "Tusk of Jaguar" - 3:13
8. "Drum Solo" - 4:22
9. "Mr. Yesman" - 6:59
10. "Exploder" - 3:30
11. "Heavenward" - 2:29
12. "Loudness" - 5:20
13. "Sleepless Night" - 7:50
14. "Speed" - 5:41
15. "Shinkiro" - 4:00
16. "Burning Love" - 5:38
17. "Ending Theme - Theme of Loudness II"

VHS and DVD

1. "Opening - Theme of Loudness II"
2. "In the Mirror"
3. "Lonely Player"
4. "Angel Dust"
5. "Drum Solo"
6. "Exploder - Heavenward"
7. "Loudness"
8. "Sleepless Night"
9. "Speed"
10. "Road Racer"
11. "Sexy Woman"
12. "Burning Love"
13. "Ending - Far from the Mother Land"

Band members

• Minoru Niihara
  Minoru Niihara
  is the original and current lead singer of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.His first band was Earthshaker, in which he played bass and sang. His vocal style was influenced by blues singers, but he adapted quickly his voice to the high pitch tones requested in a heavy metal act...
  
   - vocals
• Akira Takasaki
  Akira Takasaki
  is the lead guitarist and founding member of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.-Career:He started his career as a guitarist, winning a TV contest for young music talents at the age of 14. He was rapidly put under contract to be part of the pop-rock band Lazy, of which drummer Munetaka Higuchi...
  
   - guitars
• Masayoshi Yamashita
  Masayoshi Yamashita
  is the original and current bass guitarist of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.He first started playing bass in a band called Black Rose...
  
   - bass
• Munetaka Higuchi
  Munetaka Higuchi
  was the original drummer of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.Since very young, he was considered a talented drummer. During his high school years, Higuchi played in seven bands. But he was not happy with this situation, wanting to focus his time on only one band...
  
  - drums