Caravan / Kawasaki 2022 2nd Night / 3CDR

A performance in Japan in 2022, when the unexpected string co-star was realized. Two latest live albums will be released at the same time, where you can experience the best of the symphonic shows that have been acclaimed in various places!
This work is the second of two simultaneous releases. This is a superlative audience recording of the performance of “September 18, 2022: Club Citta Kawasaki”. This visit to Japan is only for two performances at CLUB CITTA’. This work is a live album that vacuum-packed the whole story of the last day. These two works are also sister works. It was recorded by Mr. “West Japan’s strongest taper” who is familiar with our shop. In other words, you can fully experience the two performances in Japan with a sense of unity of the same venue, the same equipment, and the same recording artist.

The sound of this work is as superb as a painting. As mentioned in the commentary on the sister work “KAWASAKI 2022 1ST NIGHT (Amity 696)”, Mr. “Strongest” is unique in progressive rock along with HR / HM, and Club Citta Kawasaki, a mecca for progressive rock tours to Japan Naturally familiar. In addition, CARAVAN captured at “KAWASAKI 2019 (Amity 565)” three years ago, and this is the second day at the same venue. We are facing a perfect system with no bad elements.
Naturally, the sound of this work lives up to that expectation…not more. I wrote that the close contact with the sister work “KAWASAKI 2022 1ST NIGHT” is “like an official”, but this work has transcended even more! “I don’t know how to express this…” The guitar picking, the synth edge, the vocal breathing… all the edges are crisp and sharp, and even if you listen carefully with headphones, you can’t feel the presence of the atmosphere. If “1ST NIGHT” is a feeling right in front of you, this work will give you the immersive feeling of being on stage with the members. Far from zero distance, it is a synchronous feeling that the band rises into the brain.
“This factor is probably… or should I say, definitely position.” It seems that the sister work “1ST NIGHT” was around the 10th row, but this work is closer to the 5th row. Of course, if it is too far forward, there is a risk that the sound will wrap around, but the fifth row is not so far, and there is no way that the master craftsman “Strongest” would make such a rudimentary mistake in the first place. The sound captured after calculating the distance / direction to the PA is exactly “Isn’t this a sound board?” If “1ST NIGHT” is an official grade with a sense of pouring sound, this work is a “desktop sound board grade” that protrudes in a synchronized feeling that becomes one with the performance sound.
A full show similar to “1ST NIGHT” is drawn with such a different dimension sound. Let’s put it together in the same format as the sister work.

– DISC 1: Normal set (first part)
・70s: Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss/In the Land of Gray and Pink/Golf Girl/Winter Wine/Nightmare
・ Recent songs: Ready or Not (★) / Better Days Are to Come / It’s None of Your Business (★)

● DISC 2: Strings Co-starring (Part 2)
・70s: For Richard/The Love in Your Eye/A Hunting We Shall Go

● DISC 3: Normal set (Part 3 + encore)
・70s: The Dog, the Dog, He’s at It Again / Nine Feet Underground
・ Recent songs: Smoking Gun (Right for Me) / Every Precious Little Thing (★) / I’m on My Way (*)
* Note: The “★” marks are “KAWASAKI 2019” three years ago, and the “*” marks are songs that cannot be heard in “KAWASAKI 2022 1ST NIGHT”, which was released the day after the simultaneous release.

… and it looks like this. The difference from “1ST NIGHT” is the last encore. The day before closed with Classics’ “If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You”, but this work is finished with “I’m on My Way” of “PARADISE FILTER” .
“More important than that is the performance itself.” Mark Walker’s beat is youthful, tight and aggressive, and Lee Pomeroy, the bassist who has been my partner since last year, is a veteran master who is also known for his activities with ELO, YE feat. ARW, and Steve Hackett. There is no complaints about the lively performance that is currently in season, and it pulls the show. Jeffrey Richardson and Jan Schellhaas, who are the cornerstones of the ensemble, ride on it. They also play wonderfully as if they were rejuvenated. And above all, Pie Hastings. In advance, he said, “This time will be my last visit to Japan,” and the guitar and singing voice echoed with the depth of that feeling.
The previous visit to Japan three years ago was a miracle for the first time in 14 years, but this time it was a wonderful stage that made a big impression. This work is a 3-disc set that allows you to fully experience the final performance with an unbelievable sound of “desk directly connected sound board class”. This work itself is a masterpiece of the work that Japan is proud of, and if you combine it with the previous day’s work “KAWASAKI 2022 1ST NIGHT”, you can fully experience the entire visit to Japan. In other words, if you combine it with “KAWASAKI 2019”, you can complete 18 years of live in Japan at the same venue and the same recording artist collection. A masterpiece of three unrivaled sisters, full of pleasure that can only be made possible by super-superb audience recording. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content.

★ Superb audience recording of “September 18, 2022 Club Citta Kawasaki” performance. The latest work by master craftsman “West Japan’s strongest taper”, the sound captured in the close seat of the 5th row is “just like a table directly connected SBD” class. The direct feeling is even stronger than the previous day’s sister work “1ST NIGHT (Amity 696)”, which is an official work class. You can experience the superlative string concert that has been acclaimed in various places.

* A piece of miracle. The sound quality is scary.