Five Night In A Judo Arena

Label:	De Weintraub Records
Catalogue No.:	DW 426
Format :	12" Black Vinyl in a Printed Sleeve
Speed:	33 1/3 rpm
Origin / Availability :	1974
Weight:
Duration:
Etched Matrices :		See Below - Stamper Variations

More Information:		V?N?	Volume 1 [Alt]
1973 - <1989?

Cover

Disc

Rear

Comments:

This record has many titles, first release of the 'dark suit' Japanese show , first release on a new HQ label and release from an new partner for Ken D.

The history of the release is exceptionally complicated with not only the usual plethora of Ken D. variations , but with Dub taking a copy and releasing his own version and CBM and Wizardo using elements of the release for their own titles.

In 1988 a German label , using the original plates made a repress of many TAKRL titles on either black or coloured vinyl with a Limited Edition stamp of 100 on the rear cover.

Label's Synopsis 1976/7:

As described in the Label Anthology included with their final release T'anks For The Mammaries.

Our first record, the first issue of these tracks in the occidental world. Our tape came from the soundtrack of the then-obscure Japanese film. The cover was found by Ted McCue at a California artisans' fair. Listed in Hot Wacks (hereafter 'HW') as a copy of another LP. Wrong. In an experiment with color a while later,we reissued this as “Five nights in a Judo Arena” on a label with an outrageous pun for a name. The cover of 1900 is the only Sgt.Pepper outtake we’ve ever seen.

Track Listing:

Side 1
Nippon , Budokan Hall , Tokyo , Japan - 30 June 1966 - 'Dark Suit Concert'
		Song	Intro/Outro	Comments
1	C660630-00	Introduction	Emcee	In Japanese
		Welcome Beatles	Emcee	In English
		Tuning
	C660630-01	Rock & Roll Music
	C660630-02	She's A Woman
	C660630-03	Outro - Intro	Paul
	C660630-04	If I Needed Someone
	C660630-05	Outro - Intro	John
	C660630-06	Day Tripper
	C660630-07	Baby's In Black
	C660630-08	Outro - Intro
	C660630-09	I Feel Fine
	C660630-10	Outro - Intro	George


Side A/1	Side B/2

Track Listing:

Side 2
Nippon , Budokan Hall , Tokyo , Japan - 30 June 1966 - 'Dark Suit Concert'
		Song	Intro/Outro	Comments
	C660630-10	Outro - Intro	George
	C660630-11	Yesterday
	C660630-12	Outro - Intro	Paul
	C660630-13	I Wanna Be Your Man		Announced as 'Ringo'
	C660630-14	Outro - Intro	John
	C660630-15	Nowhere Man
	C660630-16	Outro - Intro	Paul
	C660630-17	Paperback Writer
	C660630-18	Outro - Intro	Paul
	C660630-19	I'm Down
	C660630-20	Japanese Announcement

Alternate Pressings

Looking at the stamper variations, it appears that the original Japan 1900 was removed and TOKYO-A added on the opposite side of the dead wax with 1906-A/B having also been added .

Each stamper then varies with the etching out of '1906' and the position of the new DW-426 matrix and its distance from the erased '1906'.

Stamper 1a - [Narrow #1]

	Matrix:	TOKYO - A ~~JAPAn 1900-A~~ 1~~906 - A~~ DW- 426 - A
	Cat. No.4 Style :
Stamper 1b - [Narrow #1]

	Matrix:	TOKYO - B ~~JAPAn 1900-B~~ ~~1906 - B~~ DW- 426 - B


Stamper 2a - [Narrow #2]

	Matrix:	TOKYO - A ~~JAPAn 1900-A~~ ~~1906 - A~~ DW- 426 - A
	'A' on Tokyo overscribed Cat. No.4 Style :
Stamper 2b - [Narrow #2]

	Matrix:	TOKYO - B ~~JAPAn 1900-B 1906 - B~~ DW- 426 - B



Stamper 3a - [Wide]

	Matrix:	TOKYO - A ~~JAPAn 1900-A~~ ~~1906 - A~~ DW- 426 - A
	Cat. No. 4 Style :
Stamper 3b - [Wide]

	Matrix:	TOKYO - B ~~JAPAn 1900-B 1906 - B~~ DW- 426 - B
	Cat. No. 4 Style :