Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo ilebuli yeParlophone izophinda ikhiphe kabusha i-albhamu yokuqala bukhoma ka- Blur, 'Live at The Budokan', umdlalo oyingqophamlando owanikezwa yiqembu laseBrithani phambi kwababukeli abayizinkulungwane ezingama-20 ngoNovemba 8, 1995 edolobheni laseTokyo (eJapan), ukwethula i- 'The Great Escape' (Virgin, 1995) eNippon Budokan , inkundla yezemidlalo yasendlini yenhlokodolobha yaseJapan. Ikhishwe ekuqaleni kuphela eJapan, kamuva uhlelo lwe-US nengxenye yeYurophu lwakhishwa ngo-1996, kepha lokhu kuzoba ngokokuqala ngqa ukuthi iParlophone isakaze i-'Live at the Budokan 'emhlabeni jikelele.
Uhlu lokuhlelwa lwangempela oluhlelwe ngeminyaka yamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye lube nezingoma ezingama-27 ezirekhodwe bukhoma eBudokan, kepha kulokhu okuphinde kwakhishwa akufakiwe ukufaka ingoma ('Charmless Man') kanti uhlu olusha olusha luzoqukatha izingoma ezingama-26. Lokhu kukhishwa kwamazwe omhlaba kuzoqala ukuthengiswa ngo-Agasti 11 futhi kuzokhishwa ngobuciko obusha bekhava. Lokhu kukhishwa kuphindwe kwalungiswa uFrank Arkwright e-Abbey Road Studios yaseLondon. 'Phila eBudokan' uzoba ngumlandeli 'weParklive', i-albhamu ebukhoma iqembu likaDamon Albarn elikhiphe ngo-2012 ukukhumbula ukubuya kwabo ngalowo nyaka eHyde Park yaseLondon.