is an omnibus

Anthology

An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...

 album of a live show in Shibuya

Shibuya, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, it has an estimated population of 208,371 and a population density of 13,540 persons per km². The total area is 15.11 km²....

's Yaneura on March 3, 1986, in Japan

Japan

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. It was released in May of the same year. The performers were Lä-Ppisch, The London Times, The Blue Hearts

The Blue Hearts

was a popular Japanese punk rock band that performed from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. In 2003, they were ranked by HMV Japan as number 19 on their list of 100 most important Japanese pop acts...

 and The Jumps.

Background

The CD was originally released in analog

Analog signal

An analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity, i.e., analogous to another time varying signal. It differs from a digital signal in terms of small fluctuations in the signal which are...

 format in May 1986 and only about 2,000 copies were sold throughout 1986 and 1987. However, as CDs

Compact Disc

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 became more popular, the album was re-released on CD on April 25, 1993. The disc is currently out of production.

Kikujirō Shima (島キクジロウ Shima Kikujirō), the lead vocalist for The Jumps, originally had the idea for the recording and, in December 1985, brought together The Jumps, The London Times, The Blue Hearts and the Hormones for a recording at a live show. There were problems with the recording equipment, however, and the recording failed. By the time they were able to bring the bands back together for a second recording, the Hormones had broken up and had to quickly be replaced by Lä-Ppisch.

Tracks

The album contains twelves tracks, three by each of the artists.

1. "Miyo-chan no Happa" (美代ちゃんのハッパ Miyo-chan's Leaf) (Lä-Ppisch)
2. "Old O'Clock" (Lä-Ppisch)
3. "Megane no Nihon" (めがねの日本 Glasses' Japan) (Lä-Ppisch)
4. "Mukiryokuna Jidai ni Ikiteiru" (無気力な時代に生きている Living in Lethargic Times) (The London Times)
5. "Sunshine Girl" (The London Times)
6. "Monday to Friday" (The London Times)
7. "Hammer" (The Blue Hearts)
8. "Hito ni Yasashiku
   Hito ni Yasashiku
   was the first single by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts. It was first released on an independent label on February 25, 1987, before the band signed with a record company. Lyrics and music were written by Hiroto Kōmoto, the band's lead vocalist, and was arranged by The Blue Hearts. The track is...
   
   " (The Blue Hearts)
9. "Mirai wa Boku Nado no Te no Naka" (未来は僕等の手の中 The Future is in Our Hands) (The Blue Hearts)
10. "Nothin' to Do" (The Jumps)
11. "Jumpin' Stray Rocker" (The Jumps)
12. "Cool Nights" (The Jumps)