Bad Company / Budokan 1975 / 2CD

Bad Company / Budokan 1975 / 2CD / Non Label

Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 3rd March 1975 plus Ltd Bonus CD “Live 1975 March

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A tour of the original BAD COMPANY, which has been realized only one night in history. A well-known recording that has succeeded in telling the legend is excavated as a full-length version of a miracle. It is appearance in permanent preservation press 2CD.
Of course, this work has been recorded, “March 3, 1975: Nippon Budokan” performances. It is an audience recording that recorded the full show. There is no show that the words “Legend” and “One and only” look better than this night. In Japan where the legend of FREE is also dark, of course, BAD COMPANY is also very popular. However, the show in Japan is only once in 1975, and the stage is only one show. After that, he returned to Japan for the first time in 35 years in 2010, but at that time Boz Barrel had already died and Mick Ralphus could not accompany him because of a sudden illness. As a result, the original organization, Live in Japan, has been completely over and over.
That record has been craving for only that miracle night. Every time the audience recordings were unearthed, they called up a topic and he became a live album of many and healed the mania’s dryness. Among them, the highest peak in terms of quality is the prestigious OG LP bootleg “LIVE 1975 MARCH (OG-859)”. Not only from telling the scene of the legend from that time, the quality unique to the prestigious is also the best. Other recordings have been excavated after that, but there has been no excuse. Even in our shop, it has been made into a press CD, and the highest peak sound has received great popularity. However, the only major drawback of this masterpiece is its shortness. There is also one analog, and only about half of the shows are included. There was no “Rock Steady”, “Little Miss Fortune”, “Whiskey Bottle”, “Bad Company”, “Easy On My Soul” or “Movin ‘On”, so it was not an ultimate product that combines quality and volume.
It has been a long time since the resignation of “I can not do it” or “Such things” has changed to common sense, but it has finally come to an end. The cassette master who became the main cause of “LIVE 1975 MARCH” is excavated. Moreover, the full-length version of the show was engraved there. Excavation of the miracle is this work. The day has come when you can fully experience the legendary night with that name recording. Its sound and length are impressive. While “LIVE 1975 MARCH” is about eighty-four and a half minutes, this work has more than 88 minutes for 14 songs. Of course, the sound is also excellent. As a matter of fact, although LP feels somewhat more aged than LP, it feels a little more hiss than “LIVE 1975 MARCH”, but the freshness by the young generation is dazzling, and a sense of stability is amazing. “LIVE 1975 MARCH” is a wonderful core close-up was the beauty of the biggest beauty, if the sound is also neat and detailed. The 70’s recordings in which Boz Barrel’s bass has been captured so far are rare in the world, and as the stage progresses, the guitar of Mick Ralphs impresses with immense proximity, “Can’t In Get Enough, you can clearly hear where the guitar solo changes from Mick to Paul Rogers.
This alone is a shock, but a long master. In this work, it was complemented by another recording, and aimed at the longest version of the show. Even with the new excavation master alone, the performance was captured perfectly, but there were cuts between the songs to save tape. Therefore, this work is supplemented with another recording “READY FOR LIVE (Uxbridge 296)” on the same day. As a matter of fact, the tape change section is similar, and there are not enough parts (such as waiting for encore) even if both are combined, so it is not a complete complete form of the whole, but it still reproduces the night of Nippon Budokan as much as possible. And contained it in the Press 2 CD.
In that way, the snarling legend beats the heart. Also of note are the six songs I could not hear in “LIVE 1975 MARCH”. Naturally, LP bootlegs were selected mainly for popular songs, so the remaining songs are relatively rare. We can enjoy “Little Miss Fortune” “Whiskey Bottle” “Easy On My Soul” which was single B side plenty. Of course, all of this is a repertoire unique to that time, but the rare one is the “Whiskey Bottle” which was the B side of the single “Good Lovin ‘Gone Bad”. There is no record left except for this Japan tour and the Philadelphia show. Such an extremely rare song in the rare, I enjoy the OG sound. The best part of this work is, above all else, in Live-in-Japan, but it is a new excavation that will be a treasure in the whole world.

I have often used the word “cultural heritage”, but there is no live album that looks as good as this work. Raw Japan by original BAD COMPANY only once. It is a live album of a miracle that can taste the full show with prestigious sound. One of the most important for the history of western music and British rock. It is appearance in permanent preservation press 2CD.

★ Shock last week following Jesus “Definitive Osaka 1973”! ! The cassette master who became the main source of legendary highest sound quality OG board record “LIVE 1975 MARCH (OG-859)” is excavated. Moreover, the full-length version of the show was engraved there. Excavation of the miracle is this work. The day has come when you can fully experience the legendary night with that name recording. Its sound and length are impressive. While “LIVE 1975 MARCH” is about eighty-four and a half minutes, this work has more than 88 minutes for 14 songs. Of course, that sound is also great! !

歴史上、たった一夜だけ実現したオリジナルBAD COMPANYの来日公演。その伝説を語り継いできた名録音が、奇跡の全長版となって発掘。永久保存プレス２CDで登場です。
そんな本作が記録されたのは、もちろん「1975年３月３日：日本武道館」公演。そのフルショウを記録したオーディエンス録音です。この夜ほど「伝説」「唯一無二」の言葉が似合うショウはない。FREEの伝説も色濃い日本では、当然BAD COMPANYも大人気。しかし、その来日公演は1975年の一度限りで、ステージも１公演のみ。その後、2010年に35年ぶりに再来日を果たしたものの、その際にはボズ・バレルはすでに亡く、ミック・ラルフスも急病で同行できなかった。結果、オリジナル編成のライヴ・イン・ジャパンは後にも先にも１回こっきりになってしまったのです。
それだけの奇跡の夜だけに、その記録は渇望され続けてきました。オーディエンス録音が発掘される度に話題を呼び、幾多のライヴアルバムとなってマニアの乾きを癒してきました。その中でもクオリティ面で最高峰だったのが、名門OGのLPブートレッグ『LIVE 1975 MARCH（OG-859）』。当時から伝説の現場を伝えてきただけではなく、名門ならではのクオリティもベスト。その後にも別録音が発掘されてきましたが、ついぞ超えるものはなかった。当店でもプレスCD化されており、その最高峰サウンドが大好評を博しました。しかし、この名盤の唯一にして最大の欠点は短さ。アナログ１枚という事もあり、収録されているのはショウの約半分のみ。「Rock Steady」「Little Miss Fortune」「Whiskey Bottle」「Bad Company」「Easy On My Soul」「Movin’ On」がなく、クオリティとボリュームを兼ね備えた究極品とはならなかったのです。
「それも致し方ない」「そういうもの」というあきらめが常識に変わって久しいわけですが、遂にそれが覆るときがきました。何と『LIVE 1975 MARCH』の大元となったカセット・マスターが発掘。しかも、そこにはショウの全長版が刻まれていたのです。その奇跡の発掘こそが本作。あの名録音で伝説の夜をフル体験できる日がやってきたのです。そのサウンドと長さは感動的。『LIVE 1975 MARCH』が８曲・約47分半だったのに対し、本作は全14曲で88分を超える。もちろん、そのサウンドも絶品。実のところ、テープよりもLPの方が経年劣化に強いために『LIVE 1975 MARCH』よりややヒスも感じるものの、若ジェネによる瑞々しさが眩しく、ビシッとした安定感も驚異的。『LIVE 1975 MARCH』最大の美点だった間近感たっぷりな芯が素晴らしく、鳴りも端正ならディテールも詳細。ボズ・バレルのベースがここまでクッキリと捉えられている70年代録音は世界的にも希ですし、ステージが進行するにつれ、ミック・ラルフスのギターが凄まじい近さでグイグイと迫り、「Can’t Get Enough」ではミックからポール・ロジャースにギター・ソロが切り替わるところまではっきり聞き取れるのです。
これだけでも衝撃なのですが、せっかくの長尺マスター。本作ではさらに別録音で補完し、ショウの最長版を目指しました。新発掘マスターだけでも演奏は完璧に捉えていたのですが、曲間にはテープを節約するためかカットもありました。そこで、本作は同日の別録音『READY FOR LIVE（Uxbridge 296）』で補填。実のところ、テープチェンジ部が似ていたり、両者を合わせても足りないパート（アンコール待ちなど）もあるので丸ごとの厳密な完全形ではないのですが、それでも最大限、日本武道館の夜を再現してプレス２CDに封じ込めたのです。
そうして甦る伝説は、心が震える。やはり注目なのは『LIVE 1975 MARCH』で聴けなかった６曲。当然のことながらLPブートレッグは人気曲を中心にセレクトされていたわけで、残るは比較的レアな曲。シングルＢ面だった「Little Miss Fortune」「Whiskey Bottle」「Easy On My Soul」もたっぷりと楽しめるのです。もちろん、このどれもが当時ならではのレパートリーですが、特にレアなのはシングル『Good Lovin’ Gone Bad』のＢ面だった「Whiskey Bottle」。この日本公演とフィラデルフィア公演くらいしか記録が残っていない。そんなレア中の激レア曲を、あのOGサウンドで楽しめてしまう。本作の凄味は、何よりも唯一無二のライヴ・イン・ジャパンにあるわけですが、全世界的にも秘宝となる新発掘なのです。

これまでも度々「文化遺産」という言葉を使って参りましたが、本作ほど似合うライヴアルバムはありません。たった一度だけのオリジナルBAD COMPANYによる生日本。そのフルショウを名門サウンドで味わえる奇跡のライヴアルバムです。日本洋楽史と英国ロックの歴史にとって最重要となる１本。永久保存プレス２CDで登場です。

★先週のイエス「Definitive Osaka 1973」に続く衝撃！！伝説の最高音質OG盤レコード『LIVE 1975 MARCH（OG-859）』の大元となったカセット・マスターが発掘。しかも、そこにはショウの全長版が刻まれていたのです。その奇跡の発掘こそが本作。あの名録音で伝説の夜をフル体験できる日がやってきたのです。そのサウンドと長さは感動的。『LIVE 1975 MARCH』が８曲・約47分半だったのに対し、本作は全14曲で88分を超える。もちろん、そのサウンドも絶品！！

Disc 1 (53:25)
1. Intro. 2. Deal With The Preacher 3. Rock Steady 4. Little Miss Fortune
5. Ready For Love 6. Whiskey Bottle 7. Feel Like Makin ‘Love
8. Shooting Star 9. Seagull 10. Bad Company

Disc 2 (33:09)
1. Easy On My Soul 2. Movin ‘On 3. Can’t Get Enough 4. The Stealer
5. Good Lovin ‘Gone Bad

Paul Rodgers-Vocal, Guitar, Piano Mick Ralphs-Guitar Boz Burrell-Bass
Simon Kirke-Drums