Live Sentence

Live Sentence
Live album by Alcatrazz
Released	1984
Recorded	Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, January 28, 1984
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	38:52
Label	Rocshire Records (US) Polydor (Japan)
Producer	Andrew Trueman, Lester Claypool
Alcatrazz chronology
No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll (1983) Live Sentence (1984) Disturbing the Peace (1985)

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Live Sentence (1984) was the only live album released by Alcatrazz (excluding posthumous releases) and contains some of the songs performed by Graham Bonnet in his time with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. The live show was recorded at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo on January 28, 1984 and was based on their previous album No Parole From Rock N' Roll and had the same lineup. According to Billboard, the album spent 16 weeks on the chart and peaked at No. 133.^[2]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:48
2. "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:13
3. "Night Games" (Ed Hamilton) - 3:28
4. "Island in the Sun" (Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo) - 4:09

Side B

1. "Kree Nakoorie" (Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo) - 6:52*
2. "Coming Bach" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 0:52
3. "Since You've Been Gone" (Russ Ballard) - 3:32
4. "Evil Eye" (Malmsteen) - 5:13
5. "All Night Long" (Blackmore, Glover) - 5:45

2011 Reissue bonus tracks

10. "Big Foot" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:12
11. "Suffer Me" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:52
12. "Desert Song" (Schenker, Bonnet) - 5:10
13. "Guitar Crash" (Malmsteen) - 4:00
14. "Lost in Hollywood" (Blackmore, Glover, Powell) - 5:25
15. "Koujou No Tsuki" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 1:37
16. "Something Else" (Bob Cochran, Sharon Sheeley) - 3:38

• The song "Kree Nakoorie" was edited down to 6:52 for the album release, the song actually ran 11:13 long at the show. On the album the song ends when the crowd cheers, but at the concert there was an additional 4:21 guitar solo ending with Yngwie J. Malmsteen making his guitar sound like a spaceship taking off. This extended version of the song can be found on various bootleg recordings.
• The bonus tracks are from the same concert and comprise the entire unabridged concert.

2016 Remastered Version

CD

1. "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:52
2. "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:12
3. "Night Games" (Ed Hamilton) - 3:01
4. "Big Foot" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:12
5. "Island in the Sun" (Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo) - 4:09
6. "Kree Nakoorie" (Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo) - 7:35
7. "Coming Bach" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 3:20
8. "Since You've Been Gone" (Russ Ballard) - 3:32
9. "Suffer Me" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:52
10. "Desert Song" (Schenker, Bonnet) - 5:14
11. "Evil Eye" (Malmsteen) - 5:05
12. "Guitar Crash" (Malmsteen) - 4:37
13. "All Night Long" (Blackmore, Glover) - 7:08
14. "Lost in Hollywood" (Blackmore, Glover, Powell) - 5:25
15. "Koujou No Tsuki" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 1:37
16. "Something Else" (Bob Cochran, Sharon Sheeley) - 3:10

DVD

Live at Nakano Sunplaza, Tokyo, January 28, 1984

1. "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" (Bonnet, Malmsteen)
2. "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Bonnet, Malmsteen)
3. "Night Games" (Ed Hamilton)
4. "Big Foot" (Bonnet, Malmsteen)
5. "Island in the Sun" (Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo)
6. "Kree Nakoorie" (Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo)
7. "Coming Bach" (Johann Sebastian Bach)
8. "Since You Been Gone|Since You've Been Gone" Russ Ballard)
9. "Suffer Me" (Bonnet, Malmsteen)
10. "Desert Song" (Michael Schenker, Bonnet)
11. "Evil Eye" (Malmsteen)
12. "Guitar Crash" (Malmsteen)
13. "All Night Long" (Blackmore, Glover)
14. "Lost in Hollywood" (Blackmore, Glover, Powell)
15. "Koujou No Tsuki" (Bonnet, Malmsteen)
16. "Something Else" (Bob Cochran, Sharon Sheeley)

Rock Palace USA

1. "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" (Bonnet, Malmsteen)
2. "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Bonnet, Malmsteen)
3. "Island in the Sun" (Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo)

Personnel

• Graham Bonnet - vocals
• Yngwie Malmsteen - guitar
• Gary Shea - bass
• Jan Uvena - drums, backing vocals
• Jimmy Waldo - keyboards, backing vocals

References