Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Skid Row, Quireboys / Final Countdown 1990 / 1DVDR

Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Skid Row, Quireboys / Final Countdown 1990 / 1DVDR / Non Label
Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan 31st December 1990 & 1st January 1991 PRO-SHOT(UPGRADE)

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The most countdown event “THE BIG JOINT TOUR” in which 3 bands who were young heroes participated, including BON JOVI who achieved world domination in “NEW JERSEY”. The best version is here.
This work was shot at the “December 31, 1990: Tokyo Dome” performance. It is a special program “FINAL COUNTDOWN” of the countdown live. BON JOVI performed a countdown live at the end of 1988, but it will be held again two years later. This time, it was a festival format with young HR / HM types such as CINDERELLA, SKID ROW, and THE QUIREBOYS.
Professional shots featuring such festivals have always been a staple, and are also popular as a gift title “FINAL COUNTDOWN: TOKYO DOME 1990” at our shop. Although the program itself is the same for this work, it is a new master with upgraded quality and recording time. In fact, the visual beauty of this work is the highest ever. At our shop, we are archiving various music programs with the best master by a core recording enthusiast, but this work is the latest bullet. It is a completely official quality that is so beautiful that you might think, “Is it officially released on a laser disc?”
And, the special number “FINAL COUNTDOWN” drawn by the visual beauty is not a live broadcast of the entire event, but a digest of all four groups. The flow is also a little different from the actual site, so let’s introduce it according to the structure of the program.

● First half of the program: Select the highlight songs of the performing band (4 songs)
The first half section of the program is a place such as “List of Appearing Bands”, and each band is broadcast one song at a time. The beginning is suddenly the main act BON JOVI. Of course, at the scene, it was a flow of “3 songs → New Year countdown → 14 songs”, but here the opening scene where the snow falls from the American national anthem to “Tokyo Road” is featured.
After that, the appearance band will be played one song at a time from the opening, “7 O’Clock” of THE QUIREBOYS → “Youth Gone Wild” of SKID ROW → “Shelter Me” of CINDERELLA. SKID ROW and CINDERELLA have been called “BON JOVI’s younger brother” from that time, but THE QUIREBOYS mixed there is also a perfect fit. Spike’s crouched husky voice stretches beyond Tom Keifer, even creating the appearance of the then-new British-American blues rock showdown.

● Second half of the program: Hit parade of the big bird BON JOVI (5 songs)
The latter half of the program, which included the “New Year’s Eve Countdown”, was filled with the live performance of the big bird BON JOVI. Although it is only 5 songs, the concentration of folding the deadly representative song is intense. In “Born To Be My Baby”, John also jumped into the audience seats, and the performance of the heyday ran through.

● A nostalgic commercial that shows through “Japan in 1990”
The program itself was enjoyable on the gift board, but this work is also a long expansion board for nearly 10 minutes. The amount of increase is actually the commercials that are played in the intervals. This event also commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Japanese telephone business, and the special sponsor is also one of the largest telephone companies. The commercial is played, but this is not normal. Reflecting the heyday of the tondy drama (dead language), it is a serial drama. Telephones and communication devices have appeared as props for human dramas. The idea is to introduce the communication services of that time.
And the performers are gorgeous like a movie. Kunie Tanaka, who came from the northern country, is assigned to the role of father, and Hiroko Yakushimaru, who has just married a safe zone, plays the role of daughter. Starless Taka ○, Naoto Ogata ○, and Takashi Nakai ○ who solidify the surroundings are all in their 20s. Miki Fujitani, who plays her younger sister, is still young at 16 years old. And while there are some services that are studded with cordless phones, such as late-night discounts, answering machines, call waiting, etc., which have become so pervasive that I think “Is it necessary to make commercials?” From a modern perspective, nostalgic items such as pocket bells and telephone cards are also active. .. Furthermore, mobile phones are big in the PET bottle class, and the city code is announced to be in 4 digits. By inserting these commercials between live performances, the scent of the times when young heroes were very popular drifts deeply.
★ Note: The serial drama CM recorded in this work is from episode 1 to episode 16. Please enjoy with Billy Joel’s “STORM FRONT TOUR: TOKYO DOME 1991” which will be released at the same time after the 17th episode.

CINDERELLA and THE QUIREBOYS, which was also a husky voice blues rock British-American confrontation, SKID ROW, which was a crazy hyper, and BON JOVI who got the world. Japan where the drama series was “Torende” and the four sets of dazzling live performances that were enjoying the spring of our world. Both are entertainment masterpieces that flow out with the highest quality in history. One piece that is fun to watch and the existence itself is also cultural history. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content.

★ The special program “FINAL COUNTDOWN” of the countdown live held at “December 31, 1990: Tokyo Dome”. The main BON JOVI is a digest program with 6 songs and the other bands are 1 song each, but you can enjoy the Japanese performance in the era when the 4 groups were the most shining for about 1 hour with official quality. Also, the nostalgic CM inserted in the meantime is also a point. It is a serial drama-style commercial featuring gorgeous casts such as Kunie Tanaka, Hiko Yakushi, and Kiichi Nakai.

『NEW JERSEY』で世界制覇を成し遂げたBON JOVIを筆頭に、若き勇者だった3バンドも参加した一番カウントダウン・イベント“THE BIG JOINT TOUR”。その極上版は登場です。
そんな本作が撮影されたのは「1990年12月31日:東京ドーム」公演。カウントダウン・ライヴの特集番組“FINAL COUNTDOWN”です。BON JOVIは1988年末にもカウントダウン・ライヴを行ったわけですが、その2年後にも再び実施。今度は、CINDERELLAやSKID ROW、THE QUIREBOYSといったHR/HM形の若手を従えたフェス形式でした。
そんなフェスを特集したプロショットは従来から定番で、当店でもギフト・タイトル『FINAL COUNTDOWN: TOKYO DOME 1990』として人気。本作も番組自体は同じであるものの、クオリティも収録時間もアップグレードした新マスターです。実際、本作の映像美は過去最高。当店ではコアな記録マニアによる極上マスターで様々な音楽番組をアーカイヴしておりますが、本作はその最新弾。「レーザーディスクで公式リリースされてたっけ?」と想ってしまうほど美しい完全オフィシャル級クオリティなのです。
そして、その映像美で描かれる特番“FINAL COUNTDOWN”は、イベント全編の生中継ではなく、4組全部を登場させつつもダイジェストでまとめ上げたもの。流れも現場とは少し違うので、番組の構成に従ってご紹介していきましょう。

●番組前半:出演バンドの目玉曲セレクト(4曲)
番組の前半セクションは「出演バンド一覧」といったところで、各バンドを紹介的に1曲ずつ放送しています。冒頭はいきなりのメインアクトBON JOVI。もちろん現場ではトリでして「3曲→新年カウントダウン→14曲」という流れでしたが、ここではアメリカ国歌から「Tokyo Road」へと雪崩れ込む開演シーンがフィーチュアされています。
その後は改めて出演バンドをオープニングから1曲ずつ、THE QUIREBOYSの「7 O’Clock」→SKID ROWの「Youth Gone Wild」→CINDERELLAの「Shelter Me」と続きます。SKID ROWやCINDERELLAは当時から「BON JOVIの弟分」とも言われてきましたが、そこに混じったTHE QUIREBOYSもジャストフィット。スパイクのしゃがれたハスキーヴォイスはトム・キーファーの向こうを張り、当時新鋭だった英米ブルースロック対決の様相さえ醸しています。

●番組後半:大トリBON JOVIのヒット・パレード(5曲)
「年越しカウントダウン」を夾んだ番組後半は、大トリBON JOVIのライヴで塗りつぶし。わずか5曲ではありますが、必殺の大代表曲を畳みかける濃度は強烈。「Born To Be My Baby」ではジョンも客席に飛び込む大熱演で、全盛時代パフォーマンスが駆け抜けてゆくのです。

●「1990年の日本」が透ける懐かCM
そんな番組自体はギフト盤でも楽しめましたが、本作は10分近く長い増量盤でもある。その増量分なのが、実は合間合間に流されるCMなのです。このイベントは日本の電話事業100周年を記念したものでもあり、特番のスポンサーも某最大手電話会社。そのCMが流されるのですが、これが普通じゃない。トンディ・ドラマ(死語)全盛の世相を反映してか、連続ドラマ仕立て。人間ドラマの小道具として電話や通信機器が登場。当時の通信サービスを紹介していくという趣向なのです。
そして、その出演陣がまるで映画のように豪華絢爛。父親役には北の国から来た田中邦○が配され、娘役は安全地帯と結婚したばかりの薬師丸ひろ○。その回りを固めるスターレス髙○、緒形直○、中井貴○もみんな20代。妹役の藤谷美○に至ってはまだ16歳という若々しさなのです。そして、散りばめられたサービスもコードレスホンに深夜割引、留守番電話、キャッチホン……と現代視点では「CMにする必要ある?」と思うほど浸透しきったものがある一方、ポケベル、テレホンカードなど懐かしいアイテムも現役。さらには携帯電話がペットボトル級にデカかったり、市内局番の4桁化を告知していたり……。こうしたCM群がライヴの合間に挿入されることで、若き英雄達が大人気だった時代の薫りが濃厚に漂ってくるのです。
★注:本作収録の連続ドラマCMは第1話から第16話まで。第17話以降は同時リリースとなるビリー・ジョエルの『STORM FRONT TOUR: TOKYO DOME 1991』でお楽しみ下さい

ハスキー・ヴォイスのブルースロック英米対決でもあったCINDERELLAとTHE QUIREBOYS、ブッ飛んでハイパーだったSKID ROW、そして世界を手にしたBON JOVI。我が世の春を謳歌していた4組の眩しいライヴと、連続ドラマが「とれんでー」だった日本。その両方が史上最高峰クオリティで流れ出す娯楽大作です。観て底抜けに楽しく、存在自体が文化史的でもある1枚。どうぞ、存分にお楽しみください。

★「1990年12月31日:東京ドーム」で開催されたカウントダウン・ライヴの特集番組“FINAL COUNTDOWN”。メインのBON JOVIが6曲、他バンドは1曲ずつというダイジェスト番組ですが、4組が一番輝いていた時代の日本公演をオフィシャル級クオリティで約1時間楽しめます。また、その合間に挿入された懐かCMもポイント。田○邦衛や薬師丸ひ○子、中○貴一といった豪華キャスト達が出演する連続ドラマ風CMで、トンディドラマ全盛だった1990年音日本の薫りが濃厚に漂うヒストリカルな名作です。

(60:29)
1. Intro

Bon Jovi
2. Tokyo Road
3. CM

The Quireboys
4. 7 O’Clock

Skid Row
5. Youth Gone Wild

Cinderella
6. Shelter Me
7. CM

Bon Jovi
8. Countdown
9. You Give Love A Bad Name
10. Born To Be My Baby
11. I’ll Be There For You
12. Blood On Blood
13. Livin’ On A Prayer
14. CM

PRO-SHOT COLOUR NTSC Approx.60min.

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