Challenge Concert

Challenge Concert (チャレンジ・コンサート, Charenji Konsāto) is the first live album by Japanese duo Pink Lady. Recorded live during their debut concert at the Tokyo Yūbin Chokin Kaikan, the album was released on June 5, 1977.[1]

Challenge Concert
Live album by
Pink Lady
Released5 June 1977 (1977-06-05)
Recorded31 March 1977 (1977-03-31)
VenueTokyo Yūbin Chokin Kaikan
GenreJ-pop, disco, teen pop
LabelVictor
ProducerHisahiko Iida
Pink Lady chronology
Pepper Keibu
(1976)		 Challenge Concert
(1977)		 Summer Fire '77
(1977)

Track listing
Side A
  1. "Opening ~ Keep on Dancing" (オープニング　～朝まで踊ろう, Ōpuningu ~ Asa Made Odorō, "Opening ~ Let's Dance in the Morning")
  2. Medley I (メドレー I, Medorē Wan)
  3. "Pepper Keibu" (ペッパー警部, Peppā Keibu, "Inspector Pepper")
  4. "Rock and Roller Coaster" (ロックン・ローラー・コースター, Rokkun Rōrā Kōsutā)
  5. "Nigai Namida" (にがい涙, "Bitter Tears")
  6. "Jolene" (ジョリーン, Jorīn)
  7. "Things" (初恋の並木道, Hatsukoi no Namikimichi)
  8. "Feelings" (フィーリング, Fīringu)
  9. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (カントリー・ロード, Kantorī Rōdo)
Side B
  1. "Sir Duke" (愛するデューク, Aisuru Deyūku)
  2. Motown Story (モータウン・ストーリー, Mōtaun Sutōrī)
    • "Motown Overture" (モータウン・オーバチュア, Mōtaun Ōbachua)
    • "Money (That's What I Want)" (マネー, Manē)
    • "Please Mr. Postman" (プリーズ・ミスター・ポストマン, Purīzu Misutā Posutoman)
    • "I Want You Back" (アイ・ウォント・ユー・バック, Ai Uonto Yū Bakku)
    • "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (ユー・キープ・ミー・ハンギン・オン, Yū Kīpu Mī Hangin On)
  3. "Kanpai Ojōsan" (乾杯お嬢さん, "Cheers, Miss")
  4. "Yūutsubi" (ゆううつ日, "Day of Depression")
  5. "Inspiration" (インスピレーション, Insupirēshon)
  6. Medley II (メドレー I, Medorē Tsū)
    • "Stop! In the Name of Love" (ストップ・イン・ザ・ネーム・オブ・ラブ, Sutoppu In za Nēmu obu Rabu)
    • "Sexy Bus Stop" (セクシー・バス・ストップ, Sekushī Basu Sutoppu)
    • "Baby Love" (ベイビー・ラブ, Beibī Rabu)
    • "Soul Korekkiri Desu ka (ソウルこれっきりですか, Souru Korekkiri Desu ka, "Is This All About Soul?")
    • "Koi no Hustle Jet" (恋のハッスル・ジェット, Koi no Hassuru Jetto, "Love Hustle Jet")
    • "Where Did Our Love Go" (愛はどこへ行った, Ai wa Doko e Itta)
  7. "S.O.S."
  8. "Carmen '77" (カルメン '77, Karumen Nanajū-nana)
  9. "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (バイ・バイ・ベイビー　～サヨナラの歌～, Bai Bai Beibī ~Sayonara no Uta~)

Personnel
  • Mie & Kei - vocals
  • Jiro Inagaki and Soul Media with Strings
  • Jiro Inagaki - tenor saxophone
  • Kuniyoshi Shinohara - trumpet
  • Takaki Yoshioka - trumpet
  • Tadayoshi Hosoda - trumpet
  • Kenichi Sano - trumpet
  • Hideo Kawaguchi - trombone
  • Kazufumi Ohama - keyboards
  • Fuminobu Tada - bass
  • Takehiko Tateyama - guitar
  • Makio Tada - drums
  • Mintz & Margaret - backing vocals
  • Norio Maeda - arrangement

Chart positions
Chart (1977) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[2] 1
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References
  1. "Pink Lady Album Information". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Pink Lady" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
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