Live In Japan

Last year, 7a Records, the label dedicated to all things Monkees, chronicled the early 1980's rise of Monkeemania in Japan with the release of Davy Jones’ "Live In Japan". On May 8th, 2020, 7a will celebrate another Monkee solo tour from that era with Micky Dolenz’s own "Live In Japan". Like Davy’s entry, Micky’s release will be available in CD/DVD and vinyl LP formats.

Early 1982 saw Dolenz make the trip to Japan where he embarked on his 1st tour as a solo artist. Much as Jones had adopted the Japanese group Ricky and Revolver as his backing band, Dolenz took on a band there with the rather American name of Marlboro. Naturally, his setlist featured all of the expected Monkees classics, but Micky also dug deep for his Japanese fans. He played a couple of Michael Nesmith favorites from "Headquarters", his mother’s song “Pillow Time” from 1969’s "The Monkees Present", and even “Zor and Zam” from 1968’s "The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees". The concert ends with his then current Japan exclusive single “To Be Or Not To Be” b/w “Beverly Hills”.

7a’s release has the full concert in audio and video formats on CD and Region 0 DVD, playable on all DVD players everywhere in the world, respectively, as well as a complement of five rare bonus tracks on CD. These include the single versions of “Beverly Hills” and “To Be Or Not To Be”, as well as 2 renditions of “I’m Your Man” from 1978’s 'World Popular Song Contest' and the 1983 U.K. single of “Tomorrow”, from the London stage version of Paul Williams’ 'Bugsy Malone'.