Captured Alive In Tokyo City

Captured Alive In Tokyo City was released 21 March 1996
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Catalogue
Type Cat No. Label Country
CD PCCY-01294 Pony Canyon Japan
CD PCCY-00??? Pony Canyon Japan
CD ZCRCD36 Zoom Club Records UK
Video PCVP-51859 Pony Canyon Japan
HQCD PCCY-50027 Pony Canyon Japan
Track List
Title Writers Length
01. Victory Troy/Troy 7′ 53″
02. A Cry For The New World Praying Mantis 7′ 00″
03. Can’t See The Angels T.Troy/C.Troy 5′ 43″
04. The Horn C.Troy/T.Troy/C.Burr/D.Potts/B.Shaw 2′ 59″
05. Dream On Jackson/Dangschat/Praying Mantis 6′ 10″
06. Welcome To My Hollywood Troy/Troy 6′ 39″
07. Turn The Tables Troy/Troy 5′ 18″
08. Children Of The Earth C.Troy/T.Troy 6′ 05″
09. Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark Troy/Troy 6′ 21″
10. Letting Go Troy/Troy 8′ 17″
11. Lovers To The Grave C.Troy/T.Troy 5′ 56″
12. Rise Up Again Jackson/Dangschat/Praying Mantis 5′ 29″
13. Captured City (Video Only) Troy/Troy 6′ 31″
Artists
Name Instrument
Tino Troy Guitar,Vocals
Chris Troy Bass,Vocals
Dennis Stratton Guitar,Vocals
Gary Barden Lead Vocals
Clive Burr Drums
Interview Links
What Source
Additional Information
Studios Engineering
•Live At Club Citta Kawasaki, Japan On 11 & 12 Nov 1995 •Unknown
Mixer/Producer Artwork
•Norman Goodman And Tino Troy •Kazuo Hakamada
General Notes
The Video contains the following note from Tino on the Lyric sheet.To our dedicated fans everywhere,

This, our fourth tour of Japan, was, as usual, extremely memorable but also nerve-wrecking. It is always difficult to relax when you know that you are being filmed and recorded live simultaneously – it even made my moustache curl upwards, ha ha!

We have listened to all your comments in the past and, as a result, played a much longer set. Obviously we did not play all of our songs and some fans may be a little disappointed with the omission of a particular favourite of theirs. Nevertheless, we felt that we provided a good cross-section of Mantis material.

Bruce Bisland was very sad because he could not join us on tour. It was his own silly fault for falling off his bicycle and breaking his arm (drunk as usual). The road suffered many bruises too!! Thankfully, Clive Burr was able to step in.

The tour was highlighted by the FUTSAL game in which MANTIS, and certain members of staff, engaged in manic conflict between the fans. This is a greatly enjoyable event that takes place each time we visit. It also happened to be a very sad day for me because I had made a bet with the fans stating that if MANTIS were to lose, I would shave off my beard we lost!, who cares? – it makes me look younger anyway!!

I would just like to reflect on the past for a while and say that we never thought that we would ever make it to Japan, but since our first visit in 1990, it has become a marvellous experience for us. Praying Mantis are not like other bands; we appreciate what our fans in Japan have done for us and in return, not only do we play for you, we do our best to interact with you, talk with you, shake your hands, hug you, party with you and even play soccer with you – you name it, we just want to do it!

We frequently receive endearing fan mails from you asking when we shall return. ‘Tomorrow’ would be the answer that I would like to give but alas, we have to prepare for our next visit. Whilst you read these liner notes, we shall be working on a new ‘old style’ Mantis album. throughout our relationship with you, we have learned that the majority of you prefer the MANTIS of the 80’s. That is the reason we have got together again, in an attempt to re-capture the essence of “Time Tells No Lies”. Yes, we have experimented in the past, but doesn’t everybody like to try something different now and again? The X-factor is still there, that magical element that has never died – we want to share that magic with you.

The next time we come to Japan we would like to stay for longer. I hope that we can play more shows in other cities and also find some time to relax a little. No sooner than we stepped off the plane at Narita that we were stepping onto the stage at Nagoya. Rush, rush, rush! We were already nervous enough maybe next time it will be a different story. Maybe Pony Canyon can treat us to a day at the beach, or Disneyland I’m only joking here! – I would like to say a big thanks to all the staff at Pony Canyon for their great work and support.

I would like to end by saying ‘Thank you’ for your undying belief in PRAYING MANTIS “Thank you all”.

Anyway, enough of the serious stuff, as Dennis would say, “LET’S RAVE A PARTY!” enjoy the next 84 minutes!

Until the next time

Tino

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