GiGinJapan Artwork of Japanese CDs (mostly) Bon Jovi / Definitive Osaka 1985 / 2CD + 1Bonus DVDR / Zodiac
Live at Osaka Kouseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan 25th April 1985 Plus Bonus DVDR “Tokyo Road Live In Japan ’85
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Eight months after the legendary “SUPER ROCK ’84”, BON JOVI in the “7800 ° Fahrenheit” era has already returned to Japan. Introducing a new excavation live album where you can experience the full show before the breakthrough of fate.
The performance of “April 25, 1985: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall” is engraved in this work. It is the transcendental audience recording. The performance in Japan during the “7800 ° Fahrenheit” era is too memorial for us and valuable worldwide. Not only has the official video reprinted as “TOKYO ROAD” at our shop, but we have also archived it on numerous live albums. First, let’s look back at the schedule at that time and organize the collection.
・ April 20 “TIME AND PLACE (Nakano)”
・ April 21: Nakano Sunplaza
・ April 24: Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall
・ April 25: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall ← ★ This work ★
・ April 28: Shibuya Public Hall ← * Official video
・ April 29: Shibuya Public Hall
・ April 30 “ALWAYS RUN TO YOU”
・ May 2: Hokkaido Welfare Pension Hall
Above, all 8 performances. There is no Budokan and no stadium. It was a tour unique to 1985, all of which was a hall class while traveling around the country. Most of them were in Tokyo, but the Osaka performance of this work was the fourth concert in between.
This work recorded at such a show was ………………………………………………………… shocking. The record of Osaka has been known for a long time, but it is a completely different recording. Say, forget all the records so far. The horizon on which this work stands is not the “best of the day”. Being obsessed with the suspicion of “Is it really an audience?”, I am full of thoughts of “Isn’t it the strongest in the entire history of BON JOVI?” The zero-distance feeling of the on-core and the details that are too fine are just like a “sound board”. I mean, even if I listen to the genuine official video “TOKYO ROAD” one by one, I’m not defeated. It’s a superb sound of a ridiculous dimension.
I think that it was the “Goddess’s freaky power” that achieved such quality, but the recording artist’s ability is also great. After all, it is the taper that is said to be a legend in the history of recording in Japan that made this work a thing. He left a lot of historical super-name recordings such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Stones Paul McCartney, etc. mainly in the 1980s, and recently McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP’s “BUDOKAN 1988 2ND NIGHT (Zodiac 516) ) ”And Cyndi Lauper’s“ BUDOKAN 1986 2ND NIGHT (Zion-213) ”are also famous recorders. It is understandable that this alone is superb, but this work is a masterpiece of a different dimension, which is the highest level in such a legendary collection.
It is a treasure trove of the initial repertoire that can no longer be hoped for to be drawn with such a “completely official-class audience” sound. As mentioned above, the official video “TOKYO ROAD” is a symbol of your arrival in Japan in 1985, so let’s organize it while comparing it.
● Bon Jovi at Dawn (7 songs)
・ Roulette (★) / Breakout / She Don’t Know Me / Shot Through The Heart / Runaway / Burning For Love / Get Ready
● 7800 ° Fahren Height (6 songs)
・ Tokyo Road / Only Lonely / Silent Night / The Hardest Part Is The Night / In And Out Of Love / King Of The Mountain (★)
● Other covers (1 song)
・ Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
* Note: The “★” mark is a song that could not be heard even in the official video “TOKYO ROAD: LIVE IN JAPAN ’85”.
…… And it looks like this. A style in which “Bon Jovi” and “7800 ° Fahren Height” are concentrated and reduced, and a shale cover “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” is interwoven there. It is an album like the best compilation album that condenses “Before SLIPPERY WHEN WET” into one concert and explodes with stage tension.
There are many bands that leave a masterpiece live album at the turning point of their career, but if BON JOVI summarized the initial career on the live board … It is a two-disc set that makes such a delusion exactly as it is. Categorizing “official / unofficial” and “soundboard / audience” is convenient, but not absolute. The “music and sound” that you can actually hear is the absolute value. In that sense, it is no exaggeration to say that this work is equal to or better than “Bon Jovi” and “7800 ° Fahrenheit”. It is a blissful full live album left only in Japan. Enjoy it anytime, forever with the press 2CD that shines and never loses.
★ Recording of a transcendental audience for the performance of “April 25, 1985: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall”. The sound digitized from the legendary master’s original master is a sample of “like a sound board”, and it is awesome that you can listen to the genuine official video “TOKYO ROAD” one by one alternately. You can enjoy “Roulette” and “King Of The Mountain” that you can’t listen to in “TOKYO ROAD”, which is a complete recording of the full show that concentrated and reduced the initial two pieces with that sound. It is an absolute masterpiece that can be said to be equal to or better than “Bon Jovi” and “7800 ° Fahrenheit”.
★ Miraculous ultra-high sound quality. First appearance! !! !!
伝説の“SUPER ROCK ’84”から８ヶ月、早くも再来日が実現した『7800°ファーレンハイト』時代のBON JOVI。運命のブレイクスルー以前のフルショウを超・極上体験できる新発掘ライヴアルバムが登場です。
そんな本作に刻まれているのは「1985年４月25日：大阪厚生年金会館」公演。その超絶級オーディエンス録音です。『7800°ファーレンハイト』時代の来日公演は私たちにとってはあまりにメモリアルで、世界的にも貴重。当店ではその公式映像を『TOKYO ROAD』として復刻しているだけでなく、数々のライヴアルバムでもアーカイヴしてきました。まずは、当時のスケジュールを振り返り、そのコレクションを整理してみましょう。
・４月20日『TIME AND PLACE（中野）』
・４月21日：中野サンプラザ
・４月24日：名古屋市公会堂
・４月25日：大阪厚生年金会館 ←★本作★
・４月28日：渋谷公会堂 ←※公式映像
・４月29日：渋谷公会堂
・４月30日『ALWAYS RUN TO YOU（渋公）』
・５月２日：北海道厚生年金会館
以上、全８公演。武道館もなければ、スタジアムもなし。各地を巡りながらそのすべてがホール・クラスという1985年ならではのツアーでした。その大半が東京だったわけですが、本作の大阪公演はその合間に挟まれた４公演目にあたるコンサートでした。
そんなショウで記録された本作は…………………………………………………………衝撃。以前から大阪の記録は知られてきましたが、それとは完全別録音。と言いますか、これまでの記録はすべて忘れてください。本作の立つ地平は「この日のベスト」どころではない。「本当にオーディエンス？」の疑念に取り憑かれ、「BON JOVI全史でも最強じゃね？」の想いで頭がいっぱい。オンな芯のゼロ距離感も、細かすぎるディテールも「まるでサウンドボード」そのもの。と言いますか、正真正銘のオフィシャル映像『TOKYO ROAD』と１曲ずつ交互に聴いても負けていない。とんでもない次元の超々極上サウンドなのです。
それほどのクオリティが実現したのは「女神の気紛れパワー」もあったと思いますが、録音家の実力も大きい。何しろ、本作をモノにしたのは来日録音史において伝説とされるテーパー。80年代を中心にエリック・クラプトンやジェフ・ベック、ミック・ジャガー、ストーンズポール・マッカートニー等々、数々の歴史的な超名録音を大量に残し、最近ではMcAULEY SCHENKER GROUPの『BUDOKAN 1988 2ND NIGHT（Zodiac 516）』やシンディ・ローパーの『BUDOKAN 1986 2ND NIGHT（Zion-213）』も話題となった名録音家です。これだけでも超極上なのはご理解頂ける化ともいますが、本作はそんな伝説コレクションでも最高傑作レベルという異次元の名作なのです。
そんな「完全オフィシャル級オーディエンス」サウンドで描かれるには、今や望むべくもない初期レパートリーの宝庫。前述の通り、1985年来日は公式映像『TOKYO ROAD』が象徴となっておりますので、比較しながら整理しておきましょう。
●夜明けのランナウェイ（７曲）
・Roulette（★）／Breakout／She Don’t Know Me／Shot Through The Heart／Runaway／Burning For Love／Get Ready
●7800°ファーレンハイト（６曲）
・Tokyo Road／Only Lonely／Silent Night／The Hardest Part Is The Night／In And Out Of Love／King Of The Mountain（★）
●その他カバー（１曲）
・Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
※注：「★」印は公式映像『TOKYO ROAD: LIVE IN JAPAN ’85』でも聴けなかった曲。
……と、このようになっています。『夜明けのランナウェイ』『7800°ファーレンハイト』を濃縮還元し、そこにシェールのカバー「Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)」を織り交ぜたスタイル。まさに「SLIPPERY WHEN WET以前」を１つのコンサートに凝縮し、ステージ・テンションで爆上げしたベスト盤のようなアルバムなのです。
キャリアの節目に名作ライヴアルバムを残すバンドは数多くいますが、もしBON JOVIが初期キャリアをライヴ盤で総括していたとしたら……そんな妄想をそっくりそのままカタチにしてくれる２枚組です。「公式／非公式」「サウンドボード／オーディエンス」といったカテゴライズは便利ではありますが、絶対ではない。実際に耳に届く「音楽・サウンド」こそが絶対の価値です。その意味で、本作は『夜明けのランナウェイ』『7800°ファーレンハイト』と同等以上と言っても過言ではない超名作。日本だからこそ残された至福のフル・ライヴアルバムなのです。その輝き、永久に失わないプレス２CDでいつでも、いつまでのお楽しみください。
★「1985年４月25日：大阪厚生年金会館」公演の超絶級オーディエンス録音。伝説的名手のオリジナル・マスターからデジタル化されたサウンドは「まるでサウンドボード」の見本で、正真正銘のオフィシャル映像『TOKYO ROAD』と１曲ずつ交互に聴いても負けていない凄まじさ。そのサウンドで初期２枚を濃縮還元したフルショウを完全収録しており、『TOKYO ROAD』で聴けない「Roulette」「King Of The Mountain」も楽しめる。それこそ『夜明けのランナウェイ』『7800°ファーレンハイト』と同等以上とさえ言える絶対名盤です。
★奇跡的超高音質です。初登場！！！
Disc 1 (55:54)
1. Intro
2. Tokyo Road
3. Roulette
4. Breakout
5. Only Lonely
6. Drum Solo
7. She Don’t Know Me
8. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
9. Shot Through the Heart
10. Silent Night
11. The Hardest Part Is the Night
Disc 2 (36:43)
1. Guitar Solo
2. In and Out of Love
3. King of the Mountain
4. Runaway
5. Burning for Love
6. Get Ready
Jon Bon Jovi – Vocals, Guitar
Richie Sambora – Guitar, Vocals
David Bryan – Keyboards, Vocals
Alec John Such – Bass, Vocals (R.I.P)
Tico Torres – Drums
ZODIAC 518
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Bon Jovi / Tokyo Road Live In Japan ’85 / 1DVDR / Non Label
This work contains a multi-camera pro shot of the performance of “April 28, 1985: Shibuya Public Hall” three days after the main press 2CD. Yes, it is the official discontinued video “TOKYO ROAD”.
This video work is just a phantom official masterpiece. BON JOV is also a big band with an advanced archive, but “TOKYO ROAD” is a treasure that is overlooked in Wikipedia’s videography. Of course, even if it is a rare item, the quality is (naturally) the official image quality and sound quality. You can fully enjoy the appearance of young BON JOVI for 82 minutes. After all, BON JOVI at that time was 27 years old on average, and John David was just 23 years old. The dazzlingness of the lively stage, which is completely different from the big feeling afterwards!
Moreover, BON JOVI is not only the momentum of its youth. At our shop, the official video work for the first visit to Japan is also archived as “SUPER ROCK ’84 IN JAPAN & BREAKOUT”, but even though it has only been 8 months since then, the sense of stability has increased like a different person. Both performance and staging have improved wonderfully. You can see that it was in the midst of rapid growth into a professional. In the summer of 1986, 15 months after this work, it will make a big difference with “SLIPPERY WHEN WET” which can be said to be the second debut, but at this point, the band potential that has already shaken the world has already been realized. ing.
The best song selection from “Dawn’s Runaway” and “7800 ° Farrenheit” condensed with that potential is rare and fresh. While only his ability has grown to world class, he has smashed a number of masterpieces that are rarely played now, and his passion for “this is our music!” Is exposed innocently. is.
BON JOVI when he didn’t know the “winning equation” such as Bruce Fairburn and Desmond Child. Only Japan was aware of its true value. There is neither “Livin’On A Prayer” nor “You Give Love A Bad Name” in this work. But that’s why it’s irresistible. Those who are still here are “our band”. BON JOVI made me wonder why everyone doesn’t understand the goodness. You can fully experience it with a miracle sound in the main press 2CD “DEFINITIVE OSAKA 1985”, and this work can be witnessed in the official pro shot.
Probably, for BON JOVI fans all over the world, this work may be nothing more than a “live in the era of underlaying without hit songs”, but for us it is different. From the beginning, “Welcome back, Tokyo road. Sakura, Sakura, Yayoi no Sora …” A superb top quality set that blows out such feelings. Please chew it to your heart’s content.
