''Tokyo Encore'' was the final release by Gumball. After leaving

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at the end of 1994, the band released a live album compiled from the band's 1993 tour of Japan and sold through their fan club on their own T.E.C. Tones label. Gumball were joined on stage by members of

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during the performance. The album features live covers of songs by

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, and the Germs. While on tour in Japan in 1993, Gumball made 16 track recordings of each of their Club Quattro performances. These nightclubs featured built-in multi-track recording which made it quite easy for the band to make high quality recordings of the performances. The music was in part a nod to Japan's relationship with Western rock music of the 1970s. At each gig, Gumball performed Cheap Trick's "Hello There" (made famous on

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's live ''At Budokan'' album) and Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" (from their live ''Made in Japan'' release). The shows also had local Japanese bands as opening acts, and when possible featured members of Japan's

on stage for the encore. Video footage from the shows ended up in two videos later shown on

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: "The Damage Done" and "Revolution on the Rocks".

Track listing

# "Hello There & Depression" # "Gettysburg" (Vermillion) # "Alternate Feed" (Fleming) # "Caught in My Eye" (

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) # "Upsetters Theme Song" (Gumball) # "

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" ( John Lennon, PaulMcCartney) # "

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" ( Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) # "Final Upsetters"

Personnel

* Don Fleming - vocals, guitar * Jay Spiegel - drums *

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- bass *

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- keyboards *Tammi Colichio - design *John Hansen - drums *Ken Kamenoi - technical support *

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- drums *

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- percussion, vocals *

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- guitar *

Michie Nakatani (born October 8, 1961) is a Japanese retired musician, best known as one of the founding members of the Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife. Biography Nakatani was born in Osaka, Japan, the only child of a homemaker mother and an accountant ...

- bass, percussion, vocals *Rico - vocals *Rum - vocals *Katsuaki " Yaggi" Yagihashi - technical support

References

* 1994 live albums Gumball (band) albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub