Neil Young / The Lost Osaka Tapes 1989 / 2CDR

Neil  Young / The Lost Osaka Tapes 1989 / 2 CDR / Non Label

Translated text:

Live At Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan 2nd May 1989.

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And recorded from the master cassette Osaka performances there was no release of a bootleg that was settled only in the Japan tour was followed by a Lost Dogs of 1989. It’s a sound image with a sense of distance and a little compared to the recording, such as Nagoya and Yokohama of the Japan tour, but the sound quality U~omi wrapped in echo reasonable of the Festival Hall is a good comfortable listening very. Helpless up of representative music from the most recent song This Note’s For You at the time, friendly atmosphere will also comes through very acoustic set. But showing off playing hard and in reversal in electric set that starts from the Eldorado of the mini-album was a limited release, such as Japan and Australia at that time. Sound hard will hear tight completely different and Crazy Horse. And playing Down By The River playing number was small in Japan performances. Moreover, there is a thing that is reminiscent of the first Japan tour of ’76 Speaking of Down By The River played on the Festival Hall, which has produced a masterpiece of numerous and music live, making it the performance that can not listen to without tears. And playing plenty powerful of Rockin ‘In The Freeworld was a pre-release still in the destructive power preeminent coupled with the sound quality of this recording, I can enjoy the performances hard by the same song at the time in 1989 was E has at the time. And because it is a performance that has not been released until now, Those who listen to this performance in Osaka for the first time in the gift of this time also I think in a lot. It is a gift item High-grade you can listen to Japan tour that had been buried until now.

1989年のロスト・ドッグスを従えた来日公演の中で唯一まとまったブートレグでのリリースがなかった大阪公演をマスター・カセットから収録。この来日公演の横浜や名古屋のような録音と比べると少し距離感のある音像なのですが、フェスティバル・ホールのほどよいエコーに包まれたウォーミーな音質は非常に聴き心地のよいものです。当時の最新曲This Note’s For Youから代表曲のHelplessまで、アコースティック・セットは非常に和やかな雰囲気も伝わってくるでしょう。しかし当時日本やオーストラリアなどで限定リリースされたミニ・アルバムのEldoradoからは始まるエレクトリック・セットでは一転してハードな演奏を披露。クレイジー・ホースとはまったく違うタイトでハードなサウンドが聴かれます。しかも日本公演では演奏回数が少なかったDown By The Riverを演奏。しかも洋楽ライブで数々の名演を生み出したフェスティバル・ホールで演奏されたDown By The Riverといえば76年の初来日公演を彷彿させるものがあり、涙なしには聴けない演奏となっています。そして当時はまだリリース前だったRockin’ In The Freeworldの迫力たっぷりな演奏はこの録音の音質と相まって破壊力抜群で、1989年当時の同曲だけが持ちえたハードな演奏を堪能できます。それに今までリリースされていなかった公演ですので、今回のギフトで初めてこの大阪公演を聴かれる方も多いのではないでしょうか。今まで埋もれていた日本公演が聴けるハイグレードなギフト・アイテムです。

Disc 1
1. My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) 2. Rockin’ In The Free World 3. Comes A Time
4. This Note’s For You 5. Helpless 6. Someday 7. For The Turnstiles 8. Four Strong Winds
9. Heart Of Gold

Disc 2
1. Eldorado 2. Powderfinger 3. Cocaine Eyes 4. No More 5. Cinnamon Girl
6. Down By The River 7. Mr. Soul 8. Rockin’ In The Free World
9. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)

The Lost Dogs
Neil Young – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, guitjo, harmonica
Frank Sampedro – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, dobro, vocal
Rick Rosas – bass
Chad Cromwell – drums