Bad Company - Live in Japan (Vinil Rip) (1975)

It's always frustrating when a bootlegger fails to let you know exactly when and where a concert was recorded, and Bad Company's Live in Japan has that problem. It's known that this bootleg LP really was recorded in Japan -- Paul Rodgers says "aregato," a Japanese word, several times -- but TAKRL doesn't provide an exact recording date or specify a Japanese city. However, it can safely be assumed that it was recorded during Bad Company's international tour of 1975 when the band toured in support of its sophomore album, Straight Shooter. The sound quality on Live in Japan is decent -- not great, but decent -- and Bad Company is in good form during a show that includes favorites from Straight Shooter (including "Feel Like Makin' Love," "Deal With the Preacher," "Good Lovin' Gone Bad," and "Shooting Star") and its self-titled debut album (most notably, "Can't Get Enough" and "Ready for Love"). Even though Live in Japan isn't the ideal document of Bad Company on stage in the 1970s, it's an enjoyable bootleg that has more plusses than minuses.