GiGinJapan Artwork of Japanese CDs (mostly) Daryl Hall & John Oates / Budokan 1985 / 2CDR / Uxbridge
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“Western music” was a culture unique to Japan as well as imported music. Introducing an original recording that vacuum-packed the golden age of Hall & Oats, which reigned as a symbol of this.
The performance of “June 18, 1985: Nippon Budokan” was imbued with this work. It is the excellent audience recording. Strictly speaking, their climax was the “H2O Tour” in 1984, but the next year’s “BIG BAM BOOM Tour” came to Japan as well. Even at Nippon Budokan, it was showing its popularity as a performance for three consecutive days. First, let’s look back on the schedule and check the position of this work.
・ June 6: Sendai City Gymnasium
・ June 8: Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
・ June 11: Osaka Castle Hall
・ June 12: Osaka Castle Hall
・ June 13: Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
・ June 17: Nippon Budokan
・ June 18: Nippon Budokan ← ★ This work ★
・ June 19: Nippon Budokan
Above, all 8 performances. The highlight of Nippon Budokan 3DAYS is arranged at the end, and this work is a live album recorded in the middle of the day. The quality of this work that conveys such a show is also excellent. The most wonderful thing is the freshness. It’s not a close-fitting type that can be mistaken for a sound board, but that doesn’t mean it’s far away. In terms of balance, it feels like “the effect is a little thicker for a broadcast”, and you can clearly understand each phrase of the synth and guitar, and you can enjoy vocals and chorus clearly. And each element is beautiful one by one. The octagonal space is filled with Western-style yellow cheers, but each voice is fresh. And the performance sounds and vocals that reach through it are clear in every corner. As a matter of course, no dubbing marks or other fine dust can be felt, the treble stretches straight and the beat is beautiful at the vibe level.
The smash hit parade, which was also a symbol of the heyday of Western music, is drawn with such a fresh sound. Speaking of “June 1985”, the superb sound board album “BIG BAM BOOM IN MANCHESTER (Zion-029)” immediately after coming to Japan also reigns as the champion, but the set of this work is similar and different. .. Let’s organize them while comparing them here.
● Big Bang Boom (6 songs)
・ Dance on Your Knees ／ Out of Touch ／ Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid ／ Possession Obsession ／ Method of Modern Love ／ Going Thru the Motions
● Other classics (11 songs)
・ Sara Smile: Sara Smile
・ Modern Pop: Wait for Me (★)
・ Modern Voices: Kiss On My List / You Make My Dreams
・ Private Eyes: I Can’t Go for That / Private Eyes
・ H2O: Family Man / One On One (★) / Maneater
・ From A to ONE: Say It Isn’t So / Adult Education
* Note: The “★” mark is a song that cannot be heard even on the champion board “BIG BAM BOOM IN MANCHESTER”.
… And it looks like this. The real-time feeling of thickly selecting the new work “BIG BAM BOOM” is overwhelming, but at the same time, the luxury of single songs is amazing except for the new songs “Dance on Your Knees” and “Going Thru the Motions”. Of course, the two songs that you can’t listen to in “BIG BAM BOOM IN MANCHESTER” aren’t rare songs, they just mean that there are too many hit songs to fit in one show. Speaking of which, there were so many single songs, “Kiss on My List”, “Say It Isn’t So”, “She’s Gone” … It’s also a show that reminds me of what happened.
Hall & Oates went to a new chapter with “BIG BAM BOOM”, which ended in the golden RCA era. It is a masterpiece live album where you can fully experience the last performance in Japan in such a golden age with a beautiful sound. “Western music” oozes out not only in the famous songs but also in the yellow cheers that spread, and even though it’s the first time I’ve heard it, I don’t feel like that. Please inhale the scent of that era to your heart’s content.
★ Excellent audience recording of “June 18, 1985: Nippon Budokan” performance. The most wonderful thing is the freshness. In terms of balance, it feels like “the effect is a little thicker for a broadcast”, and you can clearly understand each phrase of the synth and guitar, and you can enjoy vocals and chorus clearly. And each element is beautiful one by one. The real-time feeling of thickly selecting the new work “BIG BAM BOOM” is overwhelming, but at the same time, the luxury of single songs is amazing except for the new songs “Dance on Your Knees” and “Going Thru the Motions”. It is a live album where you can experience the full show of Western music that summarizes the golden RCA era.
