Queen / Complete Sun City / 2CD

Queen / Complete Sun City / 2CD / Wardour

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Live at Super Bowl, Sun City, Bophuthatswana, South Africa 19th October 1984 . Stereo

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This is …… incident,. ridiculous, ridiculous sound board album is I have come out! This work, infamous even the history of QUEEN, 1984 年 South Africa “Sun City performance” whole picture live album of the press 2CD that captures the. Yes, it’s the full version of “SUN CITY” that shook the QUEEN mania around the world in 2009!

It is even excuse to explain too late to people of QUEEN fan but, just in case. The Sun City, at that time, the South African resort, which has been condemned from all over the world in the apartheid policy. Although cultural boycott had been called from the United Nations, QUEEN that to beat it was forced to live. As a result, it is the band itself is live of Iwakutsuki that had supposed to be condemned from all over the world.
This work is the outflow sound board sound source was recorded 8 th Sun City performances had all nine times. Only the first half of the live in 2009 is excavated, released as a gift CDR “SUN CITY”. This appeared also, it was tremendous shock. After all, it until absolutely no sound source recorded even be famous in history, Sun City performances that were not found at most dates. Starting with BLACK SABBATH, but musicians that made the live in his place will have also to other, that there was little that the sound source came out. Live recordings from the dark continent, yet, because I’ve been jumped suddenly in the table directly connected sound board! 6 years since this impact appears to would not again. Wow, was suddenly appeared second half Become a 2015. Right now, it’s a live album is made to abuzz the QUEEN mania around the world !!
You think you know if bonus CDR If you have been experiencing “SUN CITY”, but only to the cheers resound far only table directly. Playing course, up to the every corner of the effect effect, are all of the music is direct sound coming into the ear without any shielding. In addition, the contents of the live that has been recorded in the sound, but also shock. Negative image as described above’s the intense “Sun City performance,” but the reality is far from Negative, it’s a extremely great live. When “THE WORKS TOUR” and say, you can see the tired to Freddie, but I or there is also live lacking good enough hot air, this work is very best condition. To incorporate the play Majieru the “The March Of The Black Queen,” “My Fairy King” early in improvisation (Rhea !!!) I, also high note of “Seven Seas Of Rhye” it down pat. Motivated also I also an unrivaled superb stage tone. Effortlessly and jump the octave, powerful song that worked the intonation in passion plenty continues until the end of the last. At all, it is quite impressive.
Not only song, let alone always be playing team street, passion outpouring exceed much it. After “I decided to go with careful consideration nearly a year. And it’m wanted to be a help of people who are the anti-apartheid movement” told Brian to because you will was not a lie. Standing in the land of South Africa, they to play the “I Want To Break Free”, which has been sung as protest song of the anti-apartheid local. Cheers of this work, until the sound of scraping the strings I only hear slightly distant from the other side of the real last sound, but still is it is seen as the certainly powerful. It is originally band not interested in political things, but it was really tragedy was not understood in the world.
At the end of this work, embarrassment of such members I was also recorded 17 and a half minutes of interview transmitted to the real. Brian and Roger 1986 radio interview that appeared, in the question of to Sun City performance, two people carefully respond while choice words. That time is the only Sun City performance that could not be felt as one of the news, and precisely because listen immediately after the finale that arose in the field, is a vivid is the gap between the cold reaction of the world. After just a good faith was greeted enthusiastic, this pursuit was waiting. It is a bonus that feeling is felt painfully at the time of the members.

Just notoriety is the historic “Sun City performance”, but had been waged in the field, it was just to QUEEN lock that was lively Hachikiren. After this, in response to the barrage of large international bashing in addition to the long-standing relationship, was forced to the dissolution just before them. Also good 1985 South America, Australia, I’ve continued to Japan and tour, it may not have been up to LIVE AID you change the …… fate to become a so much enthusiastic performance.
It is a large excavation that becomes the major event in the history of sound source, but history and geographically to the mass of the whole volume of valuable also. Come on it “THE WORKS TOUR” even the best sound, it is one that is aligned to the highest live. I do not know whether I wrote the other many times the word “must listen board”, I would have set aside if you come and know have been out this amazing album. Thoroughly must listen board that would be up to such a strange regret. Do you will need to not listen!?

これは……事件、です。とんでもない、とんでもないサウンドボード・アルバムが出てきてしまいました! 本作は、QUEENの歴史上でも悪名高き、1984年南アフリカ「サン・シティ公演」の全貌を捉えたプレス2CDのライヴ盤。そう、2009年に世界中のQUEENマニアを震撼させた「SUN CITY」の完全版なのです!!

今さらQUEENファンの方々に説明するのも恐縮ですが、念のため。サン・シティとは、当時、アパルトヘイト政策で全世界から非難されていた南アフリカのリゾート地。国連から文化的ボイコットが呼びかけられていましたが、それを破ってライヴを強行したのがQUEEN。その結果、バンド自身が世界中から非難されることになってしまったいわく付きのライヴなのです。
本作は、全9回あったサン・シティ公演の8回目を記録した流出サウンドボード音源です。2009年にライヴの前半だけが発掘され、ギフトCDR「SUN CITY」としてリリース。この登場がまた、凄まじい衝撃でした。なにしろ、それまで歴史上では有名ではあっても音源記録は一切なく、せいぜい日程しか分かっていなかったサン・シティ公演。BLACK SABBATHを始め、彼の地でライヴを行ったミュージシャンは他にもいますが、その音源が出てきたことはほとんどなかった。その暗黒大陸からライヴ音源が、しかも、卓直結サウンド・ボードで突然飛び出してきたのですから! こんな衝撃は二度とないだろうと思われてから6年。なんと、2015年になって後半分も突然登場しました。今まさに、世界中のQUEENマニアを騒然させているライヴ・アルバムなのです!!
ボーナスCDR「SUN CITY」を体験された方ならご存じとは思いますが、卓直結だけに歓声は遠くに響くのみ。演奏はもちろんこと、エフェクト効果の隅々に至るまで、音楽の総てが一切の遮蔽なく耳元に飛び込んでくるダイレクト・サウンドなのです。しかも、そのサウンドで記録されたライヴの内容が、また衝撃。前述のようにネガティヴなイメージが強烈な「サン・シティ公演」なのですが、その実態はネガティヴどころか、極端に素晴らしいライヴなのです。「THE WORKS TOUR」というと、フレディに疲れが見えたり、今ひとつ熱気に欠けるライヴもあったりするのですが、本作はまさに絶好調。即興で初期の「The March Of The Black Queen」「My Fairy King」を交える遊びを盛り込む(激レア!!!)わ、「Seven Seas Of Rhye」のハイノートもばっちりだわ。ヤル気も調子もこの上ない極上ステージなのです。オクターヴを楽々と飛び越し、情熱たっぷりに抑揚の効いた力強い歌が最後の最後まで続く。まったく、まったく見事です。
歌だけでなく、演奏陣もいつも通りどころか、それを遙かに超える情熱がほとばしる。後にブライアンが語った「一年近く熟慮して行くことに決めたんだ。反アパルトヘイト運動をしている人たちの助けになりたかったんだよ」というのは嘘ではなかったのでしょう。南アフリカの地に立ち、現地で反アパルトヘイトのプロテストソングとして歌われていた「I Want To Break Free」を演奏する彼ら。本作の歓声は、弦をこする音までリアルな直近サウンドの向こうから遠くわずかに聞こえてくるだけなのですが、それでも分かるほど確かに力強いのです。もともと政治的なことに興味がないバンドですが、世間に理解されなかったのは本当に悲劇でした。
本作の最後には、そんなメンバーの困惑がリアルに伝わる17分半のインタビューも収録しました。ブライアンとロジャーが出演した1986年のラジオ・インタビューで、サン・シティ公演への質問に、言葉を選びながら慎重に応える2人。当時はニュースのひとつとしてしか感じられなかったサン・シティ公演ですが、現場で巻き起こった大団円の直後に聴くからこそ、世界の冷たい反応とのギャップが鮮烈です。ただの善意が熱狂的で迎えられた後、この追求が待っていた。当時のメンバーの気持ちが痛いほど感じられるボーナスです。

悪評ばかりが歴史に残る「サン・シティ公演」ですが、その現場で繰り広げられていたのは、はち切れんばかりに活き活きとしたQUEENロックでした。この後、積年の人間関係に加えて国際的な大バッシングの集中砲火を受け、解散直前にまで追い込まれた彼ら。翌1985年も南米、オーストラリア、日本とツアーを続けましたが、これほどの熱演となると……運命を変えたLIVE AIDまでなかったかも知れません。
音源史上でも大事件となる大発掘ですが、歴史的にも地理的にも全編貴重さの固まり。その上に来て「THE WORKS TOUR」でも最高のサウンド、最高のライヴまで揃っている1本です。もう何回書いたか分からない「必聴盤」という言葉、こんな凄いアルバムが出てくると知っていたら取っておいたのに。そんな妙な後悔までしてしまう徹底的必聴盤。あなたは聴かずにいられますか!?

Disc 1(44:11)
1. Machines Intro. 2. Tear It Up 3. Tie Your Mother Down 4. Under Pressure 5. Somebody To Love
6. The March Of The Black Queen (improvisation) 7. My Fairy King (improvisation) 8. Killer Queen
9. Seven Seas Of Rhye 10. Keep Yourself Alive 11. Liar 12. Impromptu 13. It’s A Hard Life
14. Dragon Attack 15. Now I’m Here

Disc 2(62:39)
1. Is This The World We Created ? 2. Love Of My Life 3. Another One Bites The Dust
4. We Will Rock You (improvisation) 5. Hammer To Fall 6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
7. Bohemian Rhapsody 8. Radio Ga Ga 9. I Want To Break Free 10. Jailhouse Rock
11. We Will Rock You 12. We Are The Champions

Bonus Track
13. Interview with Brian and Roger about Sun City

STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING

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