Bay City Rollers / Budokan 1982 / 2CDR

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Live At Budokan Tokyo Japan 4th September 1982 Afternoon & Evening Show.

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Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 4th September 1982 Afternoon & Evening Show TRULY AMAZING SOUND (from Original Masters)

Les McKeown, who had just arrived in Japan last year, died on April 20, 2021. He was 65 years old. This week, a masterpiece live album that brings back the dazzling memories of the Tartan Hurricane will be restocked.
Such a work contains “September 4, 1982: Nippon Budokan (2 performances in the evening and night)”. In addition to Leslie and the late Alan Longmuir, Eric, Stuart, and Derek are all included in this two-disc set that includes only two performances for one day. It is a definitive set of special-grade audience recording of “evening part” + sound board recording of “night part”. Let’s introduce each of the two performances.

[DISC 1-DISC 2 first half: evening part (full audience recording)] The first appearance was an evening performance. Audience recording of the entire concert with great sound. Its sound, it’s amazing. The realistic atmosphere is a little different from the “sound board”, but the thickness of the core of the performance / singing voice that arrives straight is comparable to line recording. On top of that, the beauty of the “sound” that colors the core is definitely an audience recording. The feeling of air is transparent and transparent, and even the finest details are clearly transmitted. Although the bass sound is a little chattering, the singing voice that jumps in strongly jumps in with almost no sense of distance, and the sound of the venue spreads behind the head. Although the detailed recording position was lost, it was probably recorded close to PA. Of course, the freshness is the ultimate only in the master cassette given by the recorder himself.
BAY CITY ROLLERS is not the only one drawn with such a brilliant clear sound. In fact, the breath of the spectators who gathered at the site of Nippon Budokan is also glittering. If you write it like this, you may imagine a recording covered with voice and screaming, but it is not that type. Of course, a fierce yellow roar is bubbling, but there is no upcoming voice at all, it is assimilated with the song like an SE that excites the mood, and the clapping of hands is sharply integrated with the rhythm section. The octagonal space is filled with the mood of “I want you to be excited and pleased!” With the feeling of entertaining the five members of BAY CITY ROLLERS with all their might.
If you say that the yellow voice is … As soon as 5 people appeared, it was crazy, and even between songs. You can see where the members are standing and how they are moving just by the three-dimensional effect. Leslie points the microphone at the chorus of “I Only Want To Be With You”, but it ends up being “I only want to be with Kaa!”. However, the reason why such a voice is not a nuisance even if it is smiling is probably because it is far away. Perhaps there are a lot of girls screaming for the names of the members on the scene, but the names aren’t close enough to be heard. It is a “swell” as a whole. And the “swell” is really moving. Western music girls who sing up to each word of the lyrics in “Don’t Let the Music Die”, the sea of ​​cheering after “Bye Bye Baby”. The promised “S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!” Is also amazing.

[Second half of DISC 2: Night section (60-minute FM sound board)] Such “evening part” is up to the 4th song of DISC 2. The rest of DISC 2 contains the broadcast sound source of “Night Club”. It is a radio sound source that has been edited for the program according to the 60-minute frame and includes an interview in the middle. The main story, “Evening Club,” also conveys the “real of the 80’s” wonderfully, but this is also amazing. Because it is a sound board, the super direct feeling is vivid, and you can clearly understand who the voice is from each word of the chorus.
And here too, Western music girls in the field are very active. Since it’s a broadcast, it can be mixed in any way, but it’s bigger than the “evening part” of the audience recording (laughs). Normally, it is common sense that radio broadcasts mix cheers only between songs and almost erase the rest. However, in this place group, screams are constantly screaming even during the performance, and the whole story is bright yellow. Moreover, this cheer is not fake, it is completely real. The voice singing the melody is confused in the kyaa, and as soon as the chorus of each song is reached, the female voice is as strong as Leslie. Of course, even between songs, when Leslie says “Konichiwa”, he says “Hello!”, And when he says “Hello !!”, he says “Hello!” And screams in hiragana. Was the mix that emphasized cheers so boldly, and was it really happy with the great hospitality of Japan? The Western music girls at Nippon Budokan are definitely “treated as the sixth member”.

Speaking of “Japan and BAY CITY ROLLERS”, the honeymoon friend engraved on the official editions “LIVE IN JAPAN” and “ROLLERWORLD”. However, the former did not have the Longmuir brothers, and the latter did not have Alain. On the other hand, in this work, “that 5 people” are all in line. You can listen to “When Will You Be Mine,” “The Pie,” “My Lisa,” and “Back On The Street,” which you can’t hear even if you put the above two pieces together.
Because of “the five people”, the enthusiasm of Japan. This is a vacuum-packed version of those two performances with a special audience and a broadcast sound board. Please chew as much as you want with this work in those dazzling days.

★ Live set of “September 4, 1982: Nippon Budokan (2 performances day and night)”. It is a 2-disc set of “Full audience recording of evening performance + Sound board recording of night performance”. The audience recording of the evening performance is a name recording in which the thickness of the core of the performance / singing voice that arrives straight is comparable to the line recording, and the “sound” that colors the core is transparent and the air is transparent and the fine details are clearly transmitted. The night performance is the best FM sound board. Not only the shining hit parade, but also the big chorus of Western music girls who sing each word of the lyrics with yellow cheers is a dazzling live album.

Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 4th September 1982 Afternoon & Evening Show TRULY AMAZING SOUND(from Original Masters)

昨年来日も果たしたばかりのレスリー・マッコーエンが2021年４月20日永眠。享年65歳でした。そんな今週は、眩しかったタータン・ハリケーンの想い出がリアルに蘇る傑作ライヴアルバムが再入荷致します。
そんな　本作に収められているのは「1982年９月４日：日本武道館（夕・夜２公演）」。レスリーや故アラン・ロングミュアーに加え、エリック、スチュアート、デレクもそろった１日だけの２公演を丸ごと収録した２枚組。「夕の部」の特級オーディエンス録音＋「夜の部」のサウンドボード録音の決定盤セットです。それでは、２公演をそれぞれご紹介していきましょう。

【DISC 1-DISC 2の前半：夕方の部（フル・オーディエンス録音）】
まず登場するのは、夕方公演。コンサート全編を素晴らしいサウンドでフル収録したオーディエンス録音です。そのサウンドは、それはそれは見事。リアルな空気感は「まるでサウンドボード」とはちょっと違いますが、真っ直ぐに届く演奏／歌声の芯の太さはライン録音にも匹敵する。その上で、その芯を彩る“鳴り”の美しさは、間違いなくオーディエンス録音。その空気感が透明に透き通っており、細やかなディテールまでハッキリ伝わるのです。ベース・サウンドにややビビリはあるものの、逞しく飛び込む歌声が距離感もほとんどなしに飛び込みつつ、その会場音響が頭の後ろに広がるような感覚。詳しい録音ポジションは失われてしまったものの、PAの間近で録音されたのでしょう。もちろん、録音家本人から譲られたマスター・カセットだけに鮮度は究極的です。
そんな輝くクリア・サウンドで描かれるのは、BAY CITY ROLLERSだけではない。実は、日本武道館の現場に集った観客たちの息吹もキラキラとしているのです。こう書くと話し声や絶叫にまみれた録音をイメージされるかも知れませんが、そういうタイプではありません。もちろん、猛烈な黄色い嬌声が沸き立つのですが、間近な声は一切なく、まるでムードを盛り上げるSEのように曲と同化し、几帳面な手拍子はエッジも鋭くリズム隊と一体化している。BAY CITY ROLLERSの５人を全力で歓待する気持ちが溢れ出し「盛り上げて喜んでほしい！」というムードが八角形の空間に充ち満ちている……そんなライヴアルバムなのです。
その嬌声の黄色いことと言ったら……。５人が登場するやキャアッキャア、曲間でもキィィィヤァアァ。その立体感だけでメンバーがどこに立ち、どう動いているのか目に浮かんできます。「I Only Want To Be With You」のサビでレスリーがマイクを向けるのですが、「I only want to be with キャアッ！」になってしまう。しかし、そんな声が微笑ましくてもウザくないのは、遠いからでしょう。恐らく現場には推しメンバーの名を叫んでいる女の子が大量にいるはずですが、その名前が聴き取れるほど近くない。総体としての“うねり”になっているのです。そして、その“うねり”がやけに感動的。「Bye Bye Baby」後の声援の海、「Don’t Let the Music Die」で歌詞の１語１語までキッチリと歌いきる洋楽女子たち……。お約束の「S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!」もすンごいことになってます。

【DISC 2の後半：夜の部（60分のFMサウンドボード）】
そんな“夕方の部”は、DISC 2の４曲目まで。DISC 2の残りには“夜の部”の放送音源が収録されています。番組用に60分枠に合わせて編集されており、途中にインタビューも入るラジオ音源です。本編である“夕方の部”も素晴らしく“80年代のリアル”を伝えてくれましたが、こちらも凄い。サウンドボードだからこその超ダイレクト感が鮮烈で、コーラスの一語一語まで誰の声かハッキリと分かります。
そして、こちらでも現場の洋楽女子が大活躍。放送ですから如何様にもミックスできるわけですが、なんとオーディエンス録音の“夕方の部”よりもデカく入れている（笑）。普通、ラジオ放送は曲間だけ歓声をミックスし、それ以外はほとんど消してしまうのが常識。ところが、この場組では演奏中でもお構いなしに悲鳴が絶え間なく、全編真っ黄色。しかも、この歓声が疑似ではなく、完全に本物。キャアキャアの中にメロディを歌う声が紛れており、各曲のサビに達するや女子声がレスリーと同じくらいに強烈なのです。もちろん、曲間でもレスリーが「コンニチワッ」と言えば、「こんにちわぁ！」、「Hello!!」と言えば「はろー！」と、ひらがなで返す絶叫。ここまで大胆に歓声を重視したミックス、よほど日本の大歓待が嬉しかったのか……。日本武道館の洋楽女子たちは、間違いなく「６人目のメンバー扱い」になっているのです。

“日本とBAY CITY ROLLERS”と言えば、公式盤『LIVE IN JAPAN』『ROLLERWORLD』にも刻まれた蜜月の仲。しかし、前者にはロングミュアー兄弟が不在で、後者にはアランがいませんでした。それに対し、本作は“あの５人”が全員勢揃い。上記２枚を揃えても聴けない「When Will You Be Mine」「The Pie」「My Lisa」「Back On The Street」もたっぷり聴かせてくれるのです。
“あの５人”だからこそ、日本だからこその熱狂。その２公演を特級オーディエンスと放送サウンドボードで真空パックした１本です。あの眩しかった日々、どうぞ本作で思う存分噛みしめてください。

★「1982年９月４日：日本武道館（昼夜２公演）」のライヴセット。「夕方公演のフル・オーディエンス録音＋夜公演のサウンドボード録音」の２枚組です。夕方公演のオーディエンス録音は、真っ直ぐに届く演奏／歌声の芯の太さはライン録音にも匹敵し、その芯を彩る“鳴り”も空気感が透明に透き通って細やかなディテールまでハッキリ伝わる名録音。夜公演は極上のFMサウンドボードです。輝くヒットパレードだけでなく、黄色い声援と歌詞の１語１語までキッチリと歌いきる大合唱の洋楽女子たちも眩しい極上のライヴアルバムです。

Afternoon Show

Disc 1(73:13)
1. Land Of Hope And Glory
2. Remember (Sha La La La)
3. Shang-a-Lang
4. Wouldn’t You Like It
5. The Way I Feel Tonight
6. Rock ‘n Roll Honeymoon
7. Rock ‘N Roller
8. When Will You Be Mine
9. The Pie
10. Don’t Stop The Music
11. My Lisa
12. Give a Little Love
13. Shanghai’d In Love
14. Love Fever
15. Back On The Street
16. You Made Me Believe In Magic
17. Rebel Rebel
18. Rock ‘n’ Roll Love Letter
19. It’s A Game
20. Money Honey

Disc 2(77:29)
1. I Only Want to Be With You
2. Bye Bye Baby
3. Don’t Let the Music Die
4. Saturday Night

Evening Show (Broadcast)

5. Land Of Hope And Glory
6. Remember (Sha La La La)
7. Shang-a-Lang
8. Rock ‘N Roller
9. The Way I Feel Tonight
10. Interviews
11. Wouldn’t You Like It / Interviews
12. Rock ‘n Roll Honeymoon
13. Love Fever
14. Give a Little Love
15. You Made Me Believe In Magic Session (Studio)
16. You Made Me Believe In Magic
17. Rock ‘n’ Roll Love Letter
18. It’s A Game
19. Money Honey
20. I Only Want to Be With You
21. Bye Bye Baby
22. Don’t Let the Music Die
23. Saturday Night

Les McKeown – Vocal
Eric Faulkner – Guitar
Stuart “Woody” Wood – Guitar
Alan Longmuir – Bass
Derek Longmuir – Drums

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