Live In Tokyo is an electric blues

Electric blues

Electric blues is a type of blues music distinguished by the amplification of the guitar, bass guitar, drums, and often the harmonica. Pioneered in the 1930s, it emerged as a genre in Chicago in the 1940s. It was taken up in many areas of America leading to the development of regional subgenres...

 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 of a live performance by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble at Shiba Yubinchokin Hall, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, on January 24, 1985. The concert was part of a 5 day tour of Japan

Japan Tour 1985

Japan Tour 1985 was a mini concert tour by Texas blues band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The tour was the band's first time in Japan and comprised five shows primarily in concert halls...

 to support the recently released album Couldn't Stand the Weather

Couldn't Stand the Weather

Couldn't Stand the Weather is the second studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. It was released on May 15, 1984 by Epic Records as the follow-up to the band's critically and commercially successful 1983 album Texas Flood. Recording sessions took place in...

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DVD release

Multiple video recordings of the January 24th concert of the tour have been released., but the official DVD was released on January 27, 2007 by Quantum Leap Studios

Track listing

All songs written by Stevie Ray Vaughan unless otherwise noted.

1. Scuttle Buttin' – 2:58
2. Say What! – 4:50
3. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
   Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
   "Voodoo Child " is the closing track on Electric Ladyland, the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The song is known for its wah-wah-heavy guitar work. It is #101 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest songs of all time....
   
    (Jimi Hendrix
   Jimi Hendrix
   James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
   
   ) – 15:25
4. Cold Shot - 4:40
5. Couldn't Stand The Weather - 5:52
6. Tin Pan Alley (Bob Geddins
   Bob Geddins
   Robert L. "Bob" Geddins was an American San Francisco Bay Area blues and rhythm and blues musician and record producer....
   
   ) - 13:08
7. Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy
   Buddy Guy
   George "Buddy" Guy is an American blues and jazz guitarist and singer. He is a critically acclaimed artist who has established himself as a pioneer of the Chicago blues sound, and has served as an influence to some of the most notable musicians of his generation...
   
   ) - 3:31
8. Love Struck Baby - 3:19
9. Texas Flood
   Texas Flood
   Texas Flood was released on June 13, 1983, with two singles released from the album—"Pride and Joy" and "Love Struck Baby". "Pride and Joy" peaked at #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Texas Flood" was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Performance and "Rude Mood" was nominated for Best...
   
    - 11:36
10. Lenny
    Lenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan song)
    "Lenny" is the tenth track on the first Stevie Ray Vaughan album Texas Flood. The song is in 4/4 time and is played very slowly and freely, as it was often played at live shows. The song itself was written and named for his wife at the time, Lenora. Vaughan also named one of his guitars "Lenny"...
    
    - 12:18