The Runaways Live

Audio recording:

Recorded by:	?
Running time:	Approx. 36 min.
Source:	Soundboard recording
Quality:	Excellent +
Lineage:	“Live In Japan” album & “Flaming Schoolgirls” compilation

Track list:

Live In Japan:

1. All Right You Guys [cut]
2. Wild Thing
3. Gettin' Hot [cut]
4. You Drive Me Wild
5. Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin [cut]
6. American Nights
7. C'mon

Flaming Schoolgirls:

1. Blackmail [cut]
2. Is It Day Or Night?
3. I Love Playin' With Fire
4. Secrets

Description:

This concert was also professionally recorded for the upcoming Live In Japan album. Although the final album was compiled from three Tokyo performances, nearly half of its tracks originate from this concert. Some were used in full, while others appear only in edited form.

Several songs omitted from the final version of Live In Japan were later released on other albums, including Flaming Schoolgirls and the British I Love Playing With Fire compilation. For a complete breakdown of the album sources, see the Live In Japan analysis.

Audio recording:

Recorded by:	“Mr. Peach”
Running time:	Approx. 86 min.
Source:	Audience recording
Quality:	Excellent
Lineage:	“Queens Of Noise In Japan” bootleg CD

Track list:

1. Queens Of Noise
2. California Paradise
3. Is It Day Or Night?
4. Take It Or Leave It
5. Don't Abuse Me
6. All Right You Guys
7. Blackmail
8. Wild Thing
9. Gettin' Hot
10. Rock And Roll
11. You Drive Me Wild
12. Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
13. Heartbeat
14. Johnny Guitar
15. I Wanna Be Where The Boys Are
16. Cherry Bomb
17. I Love Playin' With Fire
18. American Nights
19. Secrets
20. C'mon

Description:

Excellent-quality recording of the complete concert, made by the Japanese taper known among collectors as “Mr. Peach”, who also recorded the previous night's performance.

Video recording:

Recorded by:	?
Running time:	Approx. 48 min.
Source:	Pro-shot footage
Quality:	Very good -
Lineage:	?

Screenshots:

Track list:

1. C'mon *
2. Queens Of Noise
3. California Paradise
4. You Drive Me Wild *
5. All Right You Guys
6. I Love Playin' With Fire *
7. Wild Thing
8. Rock And Roll
9. Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
10. Cherry Bomb
11. Blackmail [cut] *
12. I Wanna Be Where The Boys Are *
13. American Nights
14. Secrets

* audio only

Description:

A promotional documentary titled The Runaways - Tokyo Performance (ザ・ランナウェイズ 東京公演) was produced by Nippon Phonogram and UDO Music Office. It features most of the band's second Tokyo concert, interspersed with additional footage filmed during their visit to Japan, including their arrival at the airport, the Nippon Phonogram press conference, rehearsals at Yamaha Studios, and scenes from the streets of Tokyo.

The documentary was created for promotional purposes and distributed to various music stores, which rented these films from record companies and screened them for fans in local theaters and halls.

The original footage was most likely shot on 16 mm film and later transferred to Betamax tape for distribution to music stores. One of these Betamax tapes eventually entered collectors' circles, and the version circulating today is a higher-generation copy of it.

Interestingly, two different edits of the documentary are known to exist. One version is slightly shorter, omits You Drive Me Wild entirely, and uses different footage from the band's stay in Japan in several places.

The documentary was most likely never broadcast on television in its entirety. However, Cherry Bomb was broadcast several times on various music programs and is the only surviving excerpt available in excellent quality.