Title: A disappointing live album
Product review: Its a great idea - several major players from the progressive rock pantheon get together and perform live versions of classis songs from genesis, king crimson, and asia, as well as sone compositions of their own. Unfortunately, The Tokyo Tapes doesn't live up to its potential. Instead we get "by the numbers" performances. In fact, most of this two CD collection sounds like studio cuts with added crowd noise. The Tokyo Tapes isn't a complete failure - there is, for example, a nice version of "In the Court of the Crimson King" (and a "hidden" version of "I Talk to the Wind" at the end of the first CD), but all in all you'd be better off with Genesis Live (the Peter Gabriel version of the band) or any of the numerous live King Crimson offerings.
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