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May 1975 Japanese concert tour program
Large original program book lavishly produced for American rock group Grand Funk’s May 1975 Japanese tour, presented by Udo Artists, Inc. The 5-date tour commenced at the City Public Hall in Nagoya on 18th May, and ended with two consecutive shows at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on 22nd & 23rd May, 1975. This was the band’s second visit to Japan following their brief 1971 debut. By this 1975 tour, the original heavy trio had expanded into a four-piece lineup with the addition of keyboardist Craig Frost, shifting their sound toward polished, commercial arena rock and massive radio hits. The 1975 live sets blended their early hard-rock stompers with the chart-topping pop-rock anthems that dominated mid-1970s radio. Performances prominently featured “We’re an American Band”, “the Loco-Motion”, and “Shinin’ On”. The band also stretched out older heavy cuts, performing intense live renditions of “Footstompin’ Music”, “I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home)”, and a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter”. The energy from this mid-1970s touring cycle directly fed into their second official double live album, Caught in the Act, which was released by Capitol Records later that same year in August 1975.
In original illustrated coated wrappers, staple bound, 25.7 x 36.0 cm, 36 pp. All text in Japanese. In excellent complete condition, tightly bound and clean.
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