U2 / Chicago 2017 1st Night / 2CD+2Bonus DVDR

U2 / Chicago 2017 1st Night / 2CD+2Bonus DVDR / Wardour
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Live At Soldier Field, Chicago, IL. USA 3rd June 2017 Plus Bonus 2DVDR “Chicago 2017 The Video”

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Tour of the century reporting like every day “THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2017”. Finally, the decision board of permanent preservation class finally appears. In our shop, we delivered many masterpiece recordings including “VANCOUVER 2017 (Uxbridge 675)” on the first day, “SANTA CLARA 2017 (Uxbridge 671)” and “CHICAGO 2017 DAY 2 (Uxbridge 684)”. However, although they are more than enough for preliminary reporting and real-time reporting, they have not reached a level that permanently repeats. This work is the best recording suitable for such permanent preservation. It is a masterpiece that will continue to listen even when the tour ends in the future.
Such a work is contained in “Chicago Performance on June 3, 2017”. Speaking of “Chicago”, I recently reported “CHICAGO 2017 DAY 2”, but this work is totally different performances. Uxbridge board was “Chicago Day 2”, but this work is “Chicago First day” which is the day before that. Let’s confirm the position of such a work even in the full tour of the tour.

· May 12 – 26: North America # 1 (7 performances)
· June 3 – July 1: North America # 2 (14 performances) ← ★ Coco ★
· July 8 – August 1: Europe (12 performances)
· September 3 – 22: North America # 3 (8 shows)
· October 3 – 21: South America (8 shows)

This is the tour schedule that has been published so far. The schedule has been added day by day, it has reached 49 performances. This work is not only the first day of Chicago but also the concert which is the first day of “North America # 2”. The main point of such work is, of course, sound quality. Although the masterpiece group so far was also a wonderful sound, this work which used the popular high-end microphone “Schoeps MK 4s” in the world’s top taper is quite clear and close. Strong musical tones and singing voice are roaring, and it is steeply clear up to details. If you listen carefully well, the feeling of the air on the scene is wearing a little, but a thicker core is thrust beyond it. I do not know the detailed recording position, but as if a huge PA is standing up in front of me. In fact, from this work there is little scale feeling of a huge venue, and the cheers are also far and small. Even from a stereo feeling somewhat closer to the center, it seems that the author of this work was hooking on the stage with the stage solely … It is such a sound that even imagine it.
“THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2017” drawn with such quality is exactly the splendor of permanent preservation. Like the live album so far, it is in the three part composition “Part 1 = WAR + THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE Selection” → “Part 2 = THE JOSHUA TREE all song performances” → “Part 3 = Recent Song Encore”, but ” Department “and” Part 3 “have daily changes. Compared with “CHICAGO 2017 DAY 2”, “Bad” has been added in the first part of this work, the last part of the third part (big rascal of encore) is “I Will Follow”. Especially big is “I Will Follow”. In the major part of “THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2017”, it ends after forecasting a new work at the new song “The Little Things That Give You Away”, but the sense of great sense of circle with ultra-representative songs is exceptional. There is only 4 shows yet at “THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR”, which is held at this song. By the way, before this song a birthday song celebrating the birthday of ISLAND RECORDS founder Chris Blackwell will be sung (his birthday should be on June 22 … …).

Although it became a little detailed story, what is more important than that is the second part. “THE JOSHUA TREE all song performance” is nothing else. There is nothing beyond the pleasure that you can taste it with a superb sound comparable to a sound board. I do not know if I will officially make a live album from this tour, but even if it did not happen, there is this work. “Live performance version THE JOSHUA TREE” that can be soaked in so-called famous sound recordings and beautiful sounds. Excellent product born from the tour of the century, please enjoy to yourself.
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連日のようにレポートしている世紀のツアー“THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2017”。遂に、遂に永久保存クラスの決定盤が登場です。当店では、初日の『VANCOUVER 2017(Uxbridge 675)』をはじめ、『SANTA CLARA 2017(Uxbridge 671)』『CHICAGO 2017 DAY 2(Uxbridge 684)』など、何作もの傑作録音をお届けしました。しかし、それらは速報・リアルタイムのレポートには十二分なものの、永久に繰り返すほどのレベルには至っていなかった。本作は、そんな永久保存に相応しい極上録音。将来、ツアーが終わっても聴き続けていくであろう大傑作なのです。
そんな本作に収められているのは「2017年6月3日シカゴ公演」。「シカゴ」と言えば、先日『CHICAGO 2017 DAY 2』をレポートしたばかりですが、本作はまったくの別公演。Uxbridge盤は「シカゴ2日目」でしたが、本作はその前日にあたる「シカゴ初日」です。そんな本作のポジションをツアー全景の中でも確認しておきましょう。

・5月12日-26日:北米#1(7公演)
・6月3日-7月1日:北米#2(14公演)←★ココ★
・7月8日-8月1日:欧州(12公演)
・9月3日-22日:北米#3(8公演)
・10月3日-21日:南米(8公演)

これが現在までに公表されているツアースケジュール。日に日に日程が追加されており、49公演にまでなりました。本作はシカゴの初日なだけでなく、「北米#2」の初日にあたるコンサートなのです。そんな本作最大のポイントは、当然サウンド・クオリティ。これまでの傑作群も素晴らしいサウンドではありましたが、世界のトップテーパーに大人気の高級マイク「Schoeps MK4s」を使用した本作はグッとクリアで近い。逞しい楽音と歌声が轟き、ディテールまでクッキリと切り立っています。よくよく聴けば現場の空気感もうっすらと纏ってはいますが、それ以上に極太の芯が突きつけられる。詳しい録音ポジションは分かりませんが、まるで目の前に巨大なPAがそそり立っているかのよう。実際、本作からは巨大な会場のスケール感がほとんどなく、大歓声も遠く小さい。やや中央に寄ったステレオ感からしても、本作の作者はステージそっちのけでPAにかぶりついていたんじゃないか……そんな想像さえしてしまうほどのサウンドなのです。
そんなクオリティで描かれる“THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2017”は、まさに永久保存の素晴らしさ。これまでのライヴアルバムと同様、三部構成「第一部=WAR+THE UNFORGETTABLE FIREセレクション」→「第二部=THE JOSHUA TREE全曲演奏」→「第三部=近年曲アンコール」ではありますが、「第一部」と「第三部」には日替わりの変更がある。『CHICAGO 2017 DAY 2』と比べると、本作の第一部では「Bad」が追加されており、第三部ラスト(アンコールの大ラス)が「I Will Follow」になっています。特に大きいのは「I Will Follow」。“THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2017”の大部分では新曲「The Little Things That Give You Away」で新作を予告して終わるのですが、やはり超・代表曲での大団円感は格別。この曲で〆るショウは、“THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR”でもまだ4公演しかありません。ちなみに、この曲の前にはISLAND RECORDSの創業者クリス・ブラックウェルの誕生日を祝うバースデーソングが歌われます(彼の誕生日は6月22日のはずなんですが……)。

やや細かい話になってしまいましたが、それ以上に重要なのは何と言っても第二部。「THE JOSHUA TREE全曲演奏」に他ならない。それをサウンドボードに匹敵する極上サウンドで味わえる喜びに勝るものなどありはしません。このツアーから公式にライヴアルバムを作るかどうかは分かりませんが、それが実現しなかったとしても、本作がある。それほどまでの名録音・美麗サウンドで浸りきれる「生演奏版THE JOSHUA TREE」。世紀のツアーから生まれた絶品、どうぞ存分にお楽しみください。
Disc 1(55:30)
1. Intro: A Rainy Night In Soho (The Pogues) 2. Sunday Bloody Sunday 3. New Year’s Day
4. Bad / America (snippet) 5. Pride (In The Name Of Love) 6. Where The Streets Have No Name
7. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For 8. With Or Without You
9. Bullet The Blue Sky / Black Dog (snippet) / America (West Side Story) (snippet)
10. Running To Stand Still

Disc 2(70:03)
1. Red Hill Mining Town 2. In God’s Country 3. Trip Through Your Wires 4. One Tree Hill
5. Exit / Wise Blood (snippet) / Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (snippet) 6. Mothers Of The Disappeared
7. Beautiful Day / My Kind Of Town (snippet) 8. Elevation
9. Miss Sarajevo / The New Colossus (snippet) 10. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
11. One 12. Happy Birthday to Chris Blackwell 13. I Will Follow

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U2 / Chicago 2017 The Video / 2Bonus DVDR / Non Label
Translated text:
Soldier Field, Chicago, IL. USA 3rd & 4th June 2017


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The main press 2CD is a “live performance version THE JOSHUA TREE” suitable for permanently preserving the tour of the century. To that bonus, we prepared a superb picture work that is suitable for calling “THE JOSHUA TREE to see with eyes”.
Such a work is contained in the Chicago performance 2DAYS. Two pieces of the same “2 June CD” as the 2 CD pressed on Disk 1 and the following “June 4” on Disk 2. It is a collection by the same photographer. However, the real value of this work is not a collect value such as “the same show as the main press” or “the same photographer”. That intense and extreme quality is the biggest point. Anyhow, furiously, cleverly cleared. Perhaps you will be lucky as you play Disc 1 “June 3”. Everyone can digitally shoot easily in modern times, but shocking super-crisp high-quality screens jump into the eyes that are accustomed to that vivid image. I can not say it for the first time in high-quality images, “I can see wrinkles”, “I can have only one hair” in the description. For example, a spectator at a far-away stand seats on the other side of Bono, but I can see the expression of the audience like such a sand grain, and even one dust of the dust illuminated by the light spot of the spotlight is clearer. It is an extraordinary super high image quality. Besides, ups are also furious! The shooting position is near the center of the first floor arena. It is near the 360 ​​degree stage, but the edge close to mecha-chi is visible only as a close-up shot of Pro Shot. The quality does not change even after moving to the main stage. Although it gets a little farther, it also suppresses the sense of scale of a huge monitor, and bold zoom also shows the power of the latest equipment. Of course, although there is realism that seems to be on site shooting, image beauty for a moment is really like a pro shot.
Disk 1 will make you fully enjoy the beauty of zoom and closeup, but the following “June 4th” is a distant shot that struck by changing. But this is also powerful. Although I can not hope for as much as the disk 1, this time the obstruction zero & ultra stable angle unique to distant view is amazing. Of course, the super high quality which can understand the expression of the audience even here is the same. I understand it is quite a super long-distance shooting when I pull it down, but it is incredible image beauty.

Dynamic Disk 1 with plenty of zooming, Disk that you can enjoy with the sense of stability unique to long-distance shooting 2. While you have two different personality, only intense super high quality is common “seeing with the eyes THE JOSHUA TREE”. The stage of U2 is always amazed by the progress of technology, but not only the band side is progressing. A superb picture work that makes us realize such a common thing. Originally it is not a bonus, but a two piece set to be released alone. It is a gift for the big boss for a memorable permanent save live album!

本編プレス2CDは、世紀のツアーを永久保存するに相応しい“生演奏版THE JOSHUA TREE”です。そのボーナスには、“目で観るTHE JOSHUA TREE”と呼ぶに相応しい極上の映像作品をご用意しました。
そんな本作に収められているのは、シカゴ公演2DAYS。本編プレス2CDと同じ「2017年6月3日」をディスク1に、翌「6月4日」をディスク2に配した2枚組。同じ撮影者によるコレクションです。しかし、本作の真価は「本編プレスと同じショウ」「同じ撮影者」といったコレクト価値ではありません。その強烈極まるクオリティこそ、最大のポイントなのです。何しろ、猛烈に、猛烈にクリア。恐らく、あなたはディスク1「6月3日」再生と同時にビビるでしょう。誰でもカンタンにデジタル撮影が可能な現代ではありますが、そのビビッド映像に慣れきった眼にも衝撃的な超・鮮明な高画質な画面が飛び込んでくるのです。その高画質ぶりは「シワが見える」「髪の毛一本まで」と言った形容ではお伝えしきれない。例えば、ボノの向こう側に遠いスタンド席の観客が映り込みますが、そんな砂粒のような観客の表情も分かりますし、スポットライトの光芒に照らされたホコリの1粒さえもクッキリ。異様なほどの超・高画質なのです。しかも、アップも猛烈! 撮影ポジションは1階アリーナの中央付近。360度ステージの近くなのですが、メチャクチャに近いジ・エッジがプロショットの接写にしか見えないのです。そのクオリティはメインステージに移ってからも変わらない。やや遠くなってしまいますが、それだけに巨大モニターのスケール感も押さえてくれますし、果敢なズームも最新機材の威力を見せつける。もちろん、現場撮影らしいリアルさはあるものの、一瞬一瞬の映像美は本当にプロショットのようです。
ズームと接写の美しさを存分に味わわせてくれるディスク1ですが、続く「6月4日」は打って変わった遠景ショット。しかし、これがまた強力なのです。ディスク1ほどのアップは望めないものの、今度は遠景ならではの遮蔽物ゼロ&超安定アングルが凄い。もちろん、こちらでも観客の表情まで分かる超・高画質は同じ。思いっきり引くとかなりの超長距離撮影だと分かるのですが、それが信じられないほどの映像美なのです。

ズームたっぷりのダイナミックなディスク1、長距離撮影ならではの安定感で楽しめるディスク2。2つの違う個性ながら、強烈な超ハイクオリティだけは共通した“目で観るTHE JOSHUA TREE”なのです。U2のステージにはいつも技術の進歩に驚かされますが、進歩しているのはバンド側だけではない。そんな当たり前の事を思い知らされる極上映像作品。本来であれば、ボーナスなどではなく、単体リリースすべき2枚組。記念すべき永久保存ライヴアルバムのために大盤振る舞いのプレゼントです!

Disc 1(1:59:29)
Live at Soldier Field, Chicago, IL. USA 3rd June 2017

1. Sunday Bloody Sunday 2. New Year’s Day 3. Bad 4. Pride (In the Name of Love)
5. Where the Streets Have No Name 6. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
7. With or Without You 8. Bullet the Blue Sky 9. Running to Stand Still
10. Red Hill Mining Town 11. In God’s Country 12. Trip Through Your Wires 13. One Tree Hill
14. Exit 15. Mothers of the Disappeared 16. Beautiful Day 17. Elevation
18. Miss Sarajevo 19. Ultraviolet (Light My Way) 20. One 21. I Will Follow

Disc 2(1:58:37)
Live at Soldier Field, Chicago, IL. USA 4th June 2017

1. Sunday Bloody Sunday 2. New Year’s Day 3. A Sort of Homecoming 4. Pride (In the Name of Love)
5. Where the Streets Have No Name 6. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
7. With or Without You 8. Bullet the Blue Sky 9. Running to Stand Still
10. Red Hill Mining Town 11. In God’s Country 12. Trip Through Your Wires 13. One Tree Hill
14. Exit 15. Mothers of the Disappeared 16. Miss Sarajevo 17. MC 18. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
19. One 20. Beautiful Day 21. Elevation 22. The Little Things That Give You Away

COLOUR NTSC Approx.239min.(Total)

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