Light Music Contest '81 - Revision history

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 The guest appearance for this day was [[Casiopea]]. They were interviewed on TV, along with 6 other bands; there was also a TV broadcast of The Checkers. An FM broadcast for this day may have also happened, but this is unconfirmed.
 == Day 2 (September 15th) ==
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 The judges panel for this day consisted of Katsuo Ohno, Jun Fukamachi, Shigeru Suzuki, Kenji Takamizu, Hiroshi Murayama, and Issei Noro. The MC was covered once again by Shigeki Torizuka, with the addition of Gene Nagao.
-The guest appearance for this day was [[Masayoshi Takanaka]]. There was TV coverage of the Early Byrds and Bop Gun on this day, and more might have been broadcasted. Takanaka's performance was broadcasted on NHK-FM, where he played Palm Street and Finger Dancing<ref>https://musicmedia.blog.shinobi.jp/Entry/1159/</ref>.
+'''Awards'''
+{| class="wikitable"
-<gallery widths="120">
+| colspan="2" valign="top" |'''Finals'''
 File:LMC Ticket.jpg|A ticket for the September 15th concert.
 File:LMC Takanaka 1.jpg|Takanaka performing.
 File:LMC Takanaka 2.png|Excerpt from a magazine about Takanaka's performance. (Adlib 1981.11?)
 File:LMC Advert.png|Flyer advert for the contest. "All tour participants will recieve a Masayoshi Takanaka T-shirt!"
 </gallery>

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	On this day, the judges panel consisted of Katsuo Ohno, Akira Wada, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Johnny Yoshinaga, Ken Watanabe, and Junji Yamagishi<ref name=":0" />. The MC for the event was Shigeki Torizuka.		On this day, the judges panel consisted of Katsuo Ohno, Akira Wada, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Johnny Yoshinaga, Ken Watanabe, and Junji Yamagishi<ref name=":0" />. The MC for the event was Shigeki Torizuka.

	The guest appearance for this day was [[Casiopea]]. They were interviewed on TV, along with 6 other bands. An FM broadcast for this day may have also happened, but this is unconfirmed.		The guest appearance for this day was [[Casiopea]]. They were interviewed on TV, along with 6 other bands; there was also a TV broadcast of The Checkers. An FM broadcast for this day may have also happened, but this is unconfirmed.

	== Day 2 (September 15th) ==		== Day 2 (September 15th) ==
	The second day focused on the 15 best senior bands. These were Chonwakan, Sunset Kids, Zett, Nashika, Aksmmit, Party Joke, New Fire Band, Bop Gun, T.N.T, Africa, Super Slump, More, 夏はプールだ!スイカ割バンド, Early Byrds, and Blood-Line.		The second day focused on the 15 best senior bands. These were Chonwakan, Sunset Kids, Zett, Nashika, Aksmmit, Party Joke, New Fire Band, Bop Gun, T.N.T, Africa, Super Slump, More, 夏はプールだ!スイカ割バンド, Early Byrds, and Blood-Line. The audience on this day had a size of around 5000 people.

	The judges panel for this day consisted of Katsuo Ohno, Jun Fukamachi, Shigeru Suzuki, Kenji Takamizu, Hiroshi Murayama, and Issei Noro. The MC was covered once again by Shigeki Torizuka, with the addition of Gene Nagao.		The judges panel for this day consisted of Katsuo Ohno, Jun Fukamachi, Shigeru Suzuki, Kenji Takamizu, Hiroshi Murayama, and Issei Noro. The MC was covered once again by Shigeki Torizuka, with the addition of Gene Nagao.

	The guest appearance for this day was [[Masayoshi Takanaka]]. There was TV coverage of the Early Byrds~~' performance~~ on this day, and more might have been broadcasted. Takanaka's performance was broadcasted on NHK-FM, where he played Palm Street and Finger Dancing<ref>https://musicmedia.blog.shinobi.jp/Entry/1159/</ref>.		The guest appearance for this day was [[Masayoshi Takanaka]]. There was TV coverage of the Early Byrds and Bop Gun on this day, and more might have been broadcasted. Takanaka's performance was broadcasted on NHK-FM, where he played Palm Street and Finger Dancing<ref>https://musicmedia.blog.shinobi.jp/Entry/1159/</ref>.

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	[[File:LMC 81.jpg\|thumb\|A band performing at the contest.]]		[[File:LMC 81.jpg\|thumb\|A band performing at the contest.]]
	The Light Music Contest (ライト・ミュージック・コンテスト), or LMC for short, was an amateur music competition held by the Yamaha Music Foundation from 1981 to 1986. It had initially started as a standalone music competition named the ''Yamaha'' Light Music Contest, running from 1967 to 1971 and serving as a precursor to other Yamaha contests such as [[EastWest '77\|EastWest]], 8.8 Rockday, and L-Motion. When it was re-established in 1981, it became a secondary ~~competition to all other~~ Yamaha contests, where winners would advance to LMC for the finals. All LMC ~~contests~~ were held at the [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEMU_RESORT Nemu No Sato] resort in Shima, Japan.		The Light Music Contest (ライト・ミュージック・コンテスト), or LMC for short, was an amateur music competition held by the Yamaha Music Foundation from 1981 to 1986. It had initially started as a standalone music competition named the ''Yamaha'' Light Music Contest, running from 1967 to 1971 and serving as a precursor to other Yamaha contests such as [[EastWest '77\|EastWest]], 8.8 Rockday, and L-Motion. When it was re-established in 1981, it became the secondary level of Yamaha contests, where winners would advance to LMC for the finals after winning EastWest or Rockday. All LMC events were held at the [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEMU_RESORT Nemu No Sato] resort in Shima, Japan.

	LMC '81 was held over 2 days, September 13th and 15th.		LMC '81 was held over 2 days, September 13th and 15th.
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	The judges panel for this day consisted of Katsuo Ohno, Jun Fukamachi, Shigeru Suzuki, Kenji Takamizu, Hiroshi Murayama, and Issei Noro. The MC was covered once again by Shigeki Torizuka, with the addition of Gene Nagao.		The judges panel for this day consisted of Katsuo Ohno, Jun Fukamachi, Shigeru Suzuki, Kenji Takamizu, Hiroshi Murayama, and Issei Noro. The MC was covered once again by Shigeki Torizuka, with the addition of Gene Nagao.

	The guest appearance for this day was [[Masayoshi Takanaka]]. There was TV coverage of the Early Byrds' performance on this day, and more might have been broadcasted. Takanaka's performance was broadcasted on NHK-FM, where he played Palm Street and Finger Dancing.		The guest appearance for this day was [[Masayoshi Takanaka]]. There was TV coverage of the Early Byrds' performance on this day, and more might have been broadcasted. Takanaka's performance was broadcasted on NHK-FM, where he played Palm Street and Finger Dancing<ref>https://musicmedia.blog.shinobi.jp/Entry/1159/</ref>.

			<gallery widths="120">
			File:LMC Ticket.jpg\|A ticket for the September 15th concert.
			File:LMC Takanaka 1.jpg\|Takanaka performing.
			File:LMC Takanaka 2.png\|Excerpt from a magazine about Takanaka's performance. (Adlib 1981.11?)
			File:LMC Advert.png\|Flyer advert for the contest. "All tour participants will recieve a Masayoshi Takanaka T-shirt!"
			</gallery>

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[[File:LMC 81.jpg|thumb|A band performing at the contest.]]
The Light Music Contest (ライト・ミュージック・コンテスト), or LMC for short, was an amateur music competition held by the Yamaha Music Foundation from 1981 to 1986. It had initially started as a standalone music competition named the ''Yamaha'' Light Music Contest, running from 1967 to 1971 and serving as a precursor to other Yamaha contests such as [[EastWest '77|EastWest]], 8.8 Rockday, and L-Motion. When it was re-established in 1981, it became a secondary competition to all other Yamaha contests, where winners would advance to LMC for the finals. All LMC contests were held at the [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEMU_RESORT Nemu No Sato] resort in Shima, Japan.

LMC '81 was held over 2 days, September 13th and 15th.

== Day 1 (September 13th) ==
The first day of LMC 1981 featured performances from 15 bands (9 junior and 6 women's bands) from 9 regions across Japan. The 9 junior male bands were Sustain, Joker, Bystanders, Nashi no Tsubute, Grand Cross, Express, Bizz, The Checkers, and Screw. The 6 female bands were Tango Europe, Sugar Loaf Express, Lady Hurricane, Joan of Arc, Show-ya, and Tanuki Band<ref name=":0">https://web.archive.org/web/20100108020816/http://lmc.yamaha.co.jp/archive/lmc/81/index.html#expand</ref>.

On this day, the judges panel consisted of Katsuo Ohno, Akira Wada, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Johnny Yoshinaga, Ken Watanabe, and Junji Yamagishi<ref name=":0" />. The MC for the event was Shigeki Torizuka.

The guest appearance for this day was [[Casiopea]]. They were interviewed on TV, along with 6 other bands. An FM broadcast for this day may have also happened, but this is unconfirmed.

== Day 2 (September 15th) ==
The second day focused on the 15 best senior bands. These were Chonwakan, Sunset Kids, Zett, Nashika, Aksmmit, Party Joke, New Fire Band, Bop Gun, T.N.T, Africa, Super Slump, More, 夏はプールだ!スイカ割バンド, Early Byrds, and Blood-Line.

The judges panel for this day consisted of Katsuo Ohno, Jun Fukamachi, Shigeru Suzuki, Kenji Takamizu, Hiroshi Murayama, and Issei Noro. The MC was covered once again by Shigeki Torizuka, with the addition of Gene Nagao.

The guest appearance for this day was [[Masayoshi Takanaka]]. There was TV coverage of the Early Byrds' performance on this day, and more might have been broadcasted. Takanaka's performance was broadcasted on NHK-FM, where he played Palm Street and Finger Dancing.