Yoru No Hit Studio
Yoru No Hit Studio (夜のヒットスタジオ) was a Japanese music television program broadcast live every week on Fuji Television between November 4th, 1968, and October 3rd, 1990.
At the beginning of their Japanese tour, The Runaways appeared on the program, performing two songs live and taking part in several interviews. As shown in the photographs below, the band was first interviewed before the performance. However, that footage has never surfaced. Only the performance itself and the interview conducted by Jun Inoue, Mari Yoshimura, and Yukiji Asaoka between the two songs are currently known to be in circulation among collectors.
It is also worth noting that the hosts are dressed differently in the photographs below than in the surviving interview footage. This suggests that either additional takes were filmed that day or the photographs were taken during rehearsals.
Performance details:
Filmed:
- Date: May 30th, 1977
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
Broadcast:
- Program: Yoru No Hit Studio
- TV station: Fuji
- Air date: May 30th, 1977
Lineup:
- Cherie Currie - lead vocals
- Joan Jett - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Lita Ford - lead guitar
- Jackie Fox - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Sandy West - drums
Set list:
- Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
- Cherry Bomb
Photos:
Surviving footage:
| Running time: | Approx. 7 min. |
|---|---|
| Quality: | Excellent |
| Lineage: | ? |
Screenshots:
Track list:
- Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
- Cherry Bomb
Description:
The hosts are dressed differently in this footage than in the photos above. This may indicate that the photos were taken during rehearsals or that additional takes were recorded that day.
| Running time: | Approx. 2 min. |
|---|---|
| Quality: | Very good - |
| Lineage: | ? |
Screenshots:
Description:
Additional footage filmed during the rehearsal earlier that day appears in a Japanese special about The Runaways' second Tokyo concert. Much of the rehearsal footage was overdubbed, and the program also includes extensive behind-the-scenes footage from the band's stay in Japan, as the television crew followed The Runaways throughout the tour.