Album Liner Notes
The Spice Of Life In Concert
This title belongs in the discography as a performance document rather than a studio sequel. The same trio identity as The Spice Of Life is preserved on stage, with Berlin doubling on synthesizer as credited on Discogs.
Overview
Discogs credits the core trio as Kazumi Watanabe on guitar, Bill Bruford on electronic drums, and Jeff Berlin on bass and synthesizer, with Watanabe listed as producer on the cited laserdisc pressing.
The concert set list on the 1990 laserdisc edition follows eleven titled segments, including a standalone drums feature and live versions of material associated with The Spice Of Life era.
Collectors should think in terms of media generations: laserdisc and VHS for the analog-video era, a second laserdisc catalog number for early-1990s reissue culture, and DVD for the 2000s re-packaging.
Quick Snapshot
- First Japanese editions on Discogs include Pioneer LDC laserdisc SM068-3184 (1987) and matching VHS HM088-3184 (1987).
- A 1990 Pioneer laserdisc reissue appears as SM037-3479 (dated February 25, 1990 on Discogs), which is why the master release year can read as 1990 even though the program originated in 1987.
- The 2004 Japanese DVD on Geneon GNBL-1010 preserves the concert for a later digital-video format.
Performance document
The entry is framed around filmed concert material, not a new studio tracking date.
Jeff on bass and synth
Discogs lists Berlin on bass and synthesizer for the program.
1987 vs 1990 dating
The first Pioneer editions are 1987, while a documented laserdisc reissue is dated 1990 on Discogs.
Listen For
Drums Solo
A dedicated Bruford feature in the concert sequence, listed as its own program chapter on the cited laserdisc.
J.F.K.
Brings the studio album's Berlin co-write into the live set.
UNT
Closes the eleven-segment program on the 1990 laserdisc track map.
Track Listing
- 1. Melancho
- 2. Hiper K
- 3. City
- 4. Period
- 5. Na Starovia
- 6. Sayonara
- 7. Half-Blood
- 8. Lim-Poo
- 9. Drums Solo
- 10. J.F.K.
- 11. UNT
Musicians
- Kazumi Watanabe: guitar, producer (laserdisc credits on Discogs)
- Bill Bruford: electronic drums
- Jeff Berlin: bass, synthesizer
Technical Credits
- 1987 Japan: Pioneer LDC laserdisc SM068-3184; Pioneer LDC VHS HM088-3184 (per Discogs)
- 1990 Japan: Pioneer LDC laserdisc SM037-3479 (Discogs release date February 25, 1990)
- 2004 Japan: Geneon DVD GNBL-1010 (per Discogs)
- Note: some Pioneer editions use twelve physical chapter indices even when eleven primary titles are listed.