UAWIL #117: Cheap Trick - At Budokan

The Ugly American Werewolf in London Rock Podcast · Feb 23, 2023 · 1h 22m

In 1978, Cheap Trick were much like their friends from KISS - they were working hard on the road, putting on great live shows but their studio albums weren't making much of a dent in the charts. However, thanks to opening for bands that were doing well in Japan, Cheap Trick amassed a nice following there and earned a #1 hit with the studio version of I Want You To Want Me (which didn't chart in the US). So the band decided to release a live album in Japan only to reward their fans in The Land of the Rising Sun.

However, thanks to I Want You To Want Me's inclusion as a b-side from a single on…