The Runaways Rock Japan 1977 HD (High Resolution)

During the summer of 1977 The Runaways took Japan by storm becoming the fourth most popular imported mu
sical act behind ABBA, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles. Unfortunately most of the available video footage from their two month tour is of fifth or sixth generation bootleg quality. While not particularly Hi-Definition I think this video is still a bit higher quality than most of the footage that can be found on Youtube at this time.

With Cherie Currie on vocals, the dueling guitars of Joan Jett and Lita Ford, Jackie Fox on base and the legendary Sandy West powering the beat, the caliber of this band was phenomenal. Although they never had a number one hit (except in Japan and Europe), it's good to see that this supergroup has finally received some recognition in the States with the recently released Runaways docudrama -

For posterity I uploaded 28 minutes worth of the slightly higher quality Japanese TV footage to Archive.org, Runaways fans can view or download it here: http://www.archive.org/details/TheRunawaysTourJapan1977Hd

Enjoy -

Your humble Free Speech activist -- FZN


Also see:

The Runaways Tour Dates, History & Timeline
http://dangerville.ning.com/forum/topics/the-runaways-tour-dates

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[FREEZUNDELNOW]

I posted 28 minutes worth of this slightly higher quality Runaways Japanese TV footage on Archive.org, folks can click on the opening remark for the download link.

Also be sure to check out Ljerk's excellent Video Response below, he upped the volume and brightened the picture quality a bit, it's the best quality Runaways footage on the internet that I have run across to date!

Enjoy -- FZN

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

So good its criminal - best girl band in history.

[Ljerk]

1:42 - 1:46 Cherie 10 (maximum) score, Lita only 7.6 :))

[suedekari]

can we please go back in time & see them? <3_<3

[NkotbJoeyJordanFan]

wooo! this blew me off my feet.... they were amazing.

[JennyLarissa19]

Joaaan meeeeelhooor de todas!

[kelesylove12]

Me 2 :'(

[animegirl13pain]

I was totally born at the wrong time. Should been born in the 60s. I woulda rocked the 80s with them <3 lol.

[djgforce11]

LITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAA!!!

[leahmnl24fun]

I love joan jet at 5:47 and jackie at 5:54 and cheries face at 5:58 sooo epic

[leahmnl24fun]

While cherie does that awesome kick at 1:44 it looks like lita almost fell lol