DOKKEN: Beast from the East (Live in Japan) 2LP / double LP 1988 US. Check the exclusive video, showing the vinyl for sale! Epic! Check audio + video + video review

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Their live album, Beast from the East, proves that they possess something other metal groups fail to achieve when performing live — power. Dokken’s energy reaches its peak in the 2LP, especially due to the wildness of George Lynch‘s guitar riffs. This release covers all of the band’s biggest and best hits, along with a new studio track entitled “Walk Away.” For those interested in Dokken, Beast from the East is a must.

All (14) songs:

Dokken ‎– Beast From The East
Label: Elektra ‎– 9 60823-1, Elektra ‎– 60823-1
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Heavy Metal

Tracklist
A1 Unchain The Night 5:38
A2 Tooth And Nail 3:18
A3 Standing In The Shadows 4:27
A4 Sleepless Night 4:08
A5 Dream Warriors 4:09
B1 Kiss Of Death 5:21
B2 When Heaven Comes Down 3:44
B3 Into The Fire 5:02
B4 Mr. Scary 7:00
C1 Heaven Sent 5:12
C2 It’s Not Love 6:14
C3 Alone Again 5:34
C4 Just Got Lucky 5:02
D1 Breaking The Chains 5:21
D2 In My Dreams 5:02
D3 Turn On The Action 4:58
D4 Walk Away 4:30 (studio track and the album’s single)

Record Company – Warner Communications
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.

Bass Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – Jeff Pilson
Drums, Vocals – Wild Mick Brown*
Guitar – George Lynch
Lead Vocals – Don Dokken
Mixed By – Michael Wagener
Producer – Angelo Arcuri, Dokken

Gatefold cover.

Beast from the East is a live album recorded by the American heavy metal band Dokken in Japan in April 1988, during tour in support of their album Back for the Attack. It was released on November 7, 1988. The album features live versions of the band’s most popular songs from previous four studio albums and also includes a new studio track entitled “Walk Away”. The song was accompanied with a music video, which featured members of the band performing atop the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking Topanga Canyon and the Pacific Ocean. The album earned the band their only Grammy Award nomination for the Best Metal Performance in 1990, losing to Metallica’s “One”.

Background
Up to 1988, Dokken had released four studio albums, of which the last three were certified platinum. The band opened for Judas Priest, Aerosmith and several other bands, which eventually gained the band a spot on the Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 festival, where they played with Metallica, Scorpions, Kingdom Come and the headliner, Van Halen. They also recorded a song “Dream Warriors” for the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Prior to the Monsters of Rock fest, the band went on to tour in Japan, where they recorded several shows of the tour. Those recordings were released as their first live album called Beast from the East, with an additional new song called “Walk Away”. While not as successful as the band’s previous release, Back for the Attack, Beast from the East entered Billboard Top 40, achieving gold certificate. In 1990, it was nominated to the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, the only Dokken album to receive one. However, the band was involved in controversy when Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, who was in direct competition with Dokken in the “Metal” category stated, “I have no idea why they call Dokken metal and put them in the same category we’re in.” To date, Beast from the East is the last Dokken album to receive a certification by RIAA.

Chart (1988) Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 25
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 47
US Billboard 200 33

Sales and recognition
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)  Gold 500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1990 Beast from the East Best Metal Performance Nominated

Dokken was really good; as a live act, they were hard for headliners to follow, having honed their craft over years of pretty much constant touring. Recorded in various spots in Japan, BEAST FROM THE EAST shows off their strengths, and does so with the encouragement of a few thousand fans screaming their approval.

“Unchain the Night” opens the album. Lynch’s guitar creates a violent churn that singer Dokken rides with an aggressive vocal, both indicating the band means business. Their soundtrack hit “Dream Warriors” (who can forget Dokken vs. Freddy Krueger in the song’s video?) is delivered more or less note-for-note, while “Kiss of Death” is slightly sped up and decidedly rougher around the edges than in its studio version – just what the song needs.

The band clears the lane for Lynch on the instrumental “Mr. Scary,” and he obliges with a clinic on finger-tapping and dive-bombing – it’s ‘80s Guitar Hero 101, and Lynch scorches everything in his path. The album is also back-loaded with the band’s hits – “Alone Again,” “Breaking the Chains,” “In My Dreams” and “Just Got Lucky” close the record with enough fist-in-the-air, lighter-worthy moments, you might just wish for mullets to make a comeback. The chorus of “Alone Again,” in particular, is still as goosebump-inducing as ever.

BEAST FROM THE EAST  takes you back to a moment where this band reached for the golden ring, and showed it had the power to take it.

video review:

Beast from the East is a live hard rock album Dokken recorded in Japan in April 1988, during Dokken Back for the Attack album tour. Released on November 16, 1988. The album has live versions of the band most popular songs and includes a studio track entitled “”Walk Away””.

I loved this double LP
Just look at the list of songs – pretty much ALL Dokken best songs ever. And I remember it sounding great and just great versions of these songs. I always thought this 2LP was Dokken greatest piece of work ever. A live greatest hits. One of the best live recordings ever – YES – it that good. I’m buying it.
This rocks. All their best songs in great live recordings.
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Dokken recorded live, at they’re peak!
The original line-up of the band recorded live when they were at their best! Great performances, & well produced / mixed. The bonus studio track is very strong too. Buy it!
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A beast
Undisputed that this is one of the Greatest live albums ever made. The band true talents are raw and flawless without any studio overdubs. You will not be disappointed.