George Harrison With Eric Clapton & His Band / Piggies In The Dome / 2CD

George Harrison With Eric Clapton & His Band / Piggies In The Dome / 2CD /Tricone

Translated Text:

Live In Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan 14th December 1991.

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From the George Harrison with Eric Clapton Japan Tour which took place in 1991, the title which recorded December 14, Tokyo Dome first day performance from the master cassette of the recording person appears. The title is truly unbelievable high quality sound and full story is recorded. It is a performance of this day where there are multiple titles, but this title will finally be a performance in which a high-quality decided version is born. There is a big sound drop due to the opening at the opening, let us recognize the situation of the day that will become stable sound quality after the 2nd music more than ever, and from the all Tokyo Dome performances released in the past, distance feeling It is the title which can assert the highest sound quality including including. Regarding the content of the performance, the stage which is the official recorded performance for official and continued keeping the high-quality performances recognized by himself for more than two hours, the stage showing the final form of this tour has been developed. It is one of the most historic Japanese performances, and this is the tour where all 13 performances that will not fade in the future were done. Give a contrasting impression from them, and two performances, each of which will be the definitive version, will be released at the same time. Press CD.

★ It is a review summary of beatleg magazine vol.121 (August 2010 issue). For your information.

This time, the factory press 2CD which recorded the first day performance at December 14 Tokyo Dome released simultaneously with the Hiroshima performance sound source with a very good stereo · audience recording. As mentioned in the title section of Hiroshima Performance, this sound source also improved the sound quality dramatically as it was produced by borrowing the original master this time though the original source was the same source used in the past are doing. Although the sound of snare drums is like the dome sound that seems to be a “dramatic sound” in the already-launched board, in this work it is not blurred by the feeling that it can play “pan”. It can be said that the superiority of this original one is very proved. There is a change in the volume caused by the PA at the opening, but this master can be asserted that it is the most excellent one among the sound sources of this day, which has a lot of already launched. It seems that this day firstly appeared in Tokyo, it seems that many fans had missed Yokohama on the first day, and the response of the audience in each song is very exciting. George is said to have instructed the staff to officially record from the Osaka performance on October 10 on performance which gets better as chasing the day. As a result, the take from the Tokyo performance on the 15th was most frequently adopted in the official live board, but never on the first day of this year it is a content that will not be closed on the 15th. Rather, it is somewhat more likely that the take of this day faithfully reproduces the original version compared to the 15th which was overdone (“Devil’s Radio”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, etc.). It would be luxurious to listen to Tokyo Dome performances with this high quality sound. Because Clapton never hated the sound of this hako as it never played in the Tokyo Dome. It is the 14th decision title title.

1991年に行われた George Harrison with Eric Clapton ジャパン・ツアーより、12月14日東京ドーム初日公演を録音者のマスターカセットから収録したタイトルが登場です。今回のタイトルは本当に信じ難い高音質で全編が収録されています。複数のタイトルが存在するこの日の公演ですが、本タイトルによってようやく高音質の決定版が誕生する公演となります。オープニングにPAに起因する大きな音の落ち込みがあり、2曲目以降に安定した音質になる当日の状況を、今まで以上に認識させ、過去にリリースされた全ての東京ドーム公演の中から、距離感を含め最も高音質と断言出来るタイトルです。演奏内容に関しては、オフィシャル用に公式録音された公演の一つで、本人も認めるクオリティの高い演奏を2時間以上に渡りキープし続けた、本ツアーの最終形を示すステージが展開されています。最も歴史に残る日本公演の一つであり、今後も色褪せる事の無い全13公演が行われた本ツアー。その中から対照的な印象を与え、それぞれが決定版となる2公演が同時にリリースされます。プレスCD。

★beatleg誌 vol.121(2010年8月号)のレビュー要約です。ご参考まで。

今回、広島公演音源と同時にリリースされた12月14日東京ドームでの初日公演を非常に良好なステレオ・オーディエンス録音で完全収録したファクトリー・プレス2CD。この音源も広島公演のタイトルの項で言及した通り、過去には同じソースが使われた既発盤はあったものの、今回はオリジナル・マスターを借り受けて制作されただけに、音質は格段に向上している。スネア・ドラムの音が既発盤ではいかにもドームのサウンドらしい「ビシャッ」という感じだが、本作では「パンッ」と弾ける感じでボケていない。これ一つとってもオリジナル・マスターの優位性が証明されていると言える。オープニングにはPAに起因する音量の変化があるが、このマスターは既発盤も多いこの日の音源の中では最も優良なものと断言できる。東京にはこの日が初お目見えとなったわけで、初日の横浜を見逃していたファンも多かったと思え、各曲におけるオーディエンスの反応は非常にエキサイティングだ。ジョージは日を追うごとに良くなっていく演奏について、10日の大阪公演から正式にレコーディングするようスタッフに指示を出したと言われている。その結果オフィシャル・ライブ盤には15日の東京公演からのテイクが最も多く採用されたわけだが、この初日に決して15日に引けをとらない内容である。むしろこなれ過ぎた15日に比べ、オリジナル・バージョンを忠実に再現しているこの日のテイクの方が上と思える曲もある(「Devil’s Radio」、「While My Guitar Gently Weeps」など)。この高音質で東京ドーム公演が聴けるというのは贅沢なことだろう。これ以降クラプトンが決して東京ドームで公演していないというほど、このハコのサウンドを嫌っているくらいなのだから。14日の決定版タイトルである。

Disc 1
1. Opening 2. I Want To Tell You 3. Old Brown Shoe 4. Taxman 5. Give Me Love
6. If I Needed Someone 7. Something 8. What Is Life 9. Dark Horse 10. Piggies 11. Pretending
12. Old Love 13. Badge 14. Wonderful Tonight

Disc 2
1. Got My Mind Set On You 2. Cloud Nine 3. Here Comes The Sun 4. My Sweet Lord
5. All Those Years Ago 6. Cheer Down 7. Devil’s Radio 8. Isn’t It A Pity
9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 10. Roll Over Beethoven

George Harrison – Guitar & Vocals Eric Clapton – Guitar & Vocals Nathan East – Bass & Vocals
Steve Ferrone – Drums Chuck Leavell – Keyboards Greg Phillinganes – Keyboards & Vocals
Ray Cooper – Percussions Andy Fairweather Low – Guitar Katie Kissoon – Backing Vocals
Tessa Niles – Backing Vocals

Limited re-released from overseas

Tricone 047/048

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