David Bowie / Cleveland 1972 1st Night : Master Cassettes / 2CD

David Bowie / Cleveland 1972 1st Night : Master Cassettes / 2CD / Wardour

Public Hall, Cleveland, OH, USA 25th November 1972

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Bowie’s 1972 sensation as a Jiggy & Spiders is the first American tour of his career, as if to tell the story of his popularity explosion. At this time, Santa Monica is a rare masterpiece that is an eternal masterpiece, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is a first-class rock album that even non-Bowy fans should have. The definitive edition, “LIVE SANTA MONICA ’72: UK ADVANCE / PROMOTIONAL CD,” has become a bestseller that has reached the second press.
If the yokozuna of the sound board is Santa Monica, the yokozuna of the audience is probably Cleveland. For Santa Monica, who has become a staple since the analog era because it was broadcast on the radio in the rear tie, this is a powerful and superb audience known by the release of the CD “VA VA VA VOOM”. The sound is so close that when I hear it suddenly, I almost feel like “Is it a sound board for AM radio broadcasting?” It is a famous story that many people misunderstood that it was actually a sound board.
After that, “VA VA VA VOOM” gained the position of a classic American audience in 1972 enough to produce the copy board “ZIGGY’S IVASION OF AMERICA”, but it broke the position of “VA VA VA VOOM” which seemed immovable. “CLEVELAND 1972 1ST NIGHT” is a masterpiece from the WARDOUR label that surprised enthusiasts around the world as a new standard in the era after Bowie’s death. Not only did it reduce the distortion that tends to occur in vintage audiences with similar sounds and improve the freshness, but also the opening and ending of “O de To Joy” that was cut off in the ancient “VA VA VA VOOM”. Recorded a great bestseller as an undisputed upper version that captured even the scene.
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It was Cleveland in 1972, which was thought to have been mastered by the appearance of “CLEVELAND 1972 1ST NIGHT” (hereinafter referred to as “already released”) in 2017, but suddenly it was recorded by a person named Joe Ray this year. Master cassettes have been unearthed and amaze enthusiasts around the world. After all, since it is a master, the sound quality is of course improved compared to the existing board. This is natural, but compared to the master this time, the existing board sounds muffled or sounds like a veil. The difference in sound quality can be seen at a glance at the acoustic corner or around “John, I’m Only Dancing”.
The power of the master cassette will be reminded of the power of the master cassette just by the upper feeling that the very clean and clear is clear. However, there is a big point other than sound quality.
This recording is familiar to enthusiasts because some cuts have occurred in the performance, but the cut that occurs at the beginning of the opening “Hang on to Yourself” which was the most prominent part. This is cut off from the middle of the first chorus on the existing board, and from there it jumps to the lyrics “Tigers on vaseline” in the middle of the second. However, in the ancient “VA VA VA VOOM”, the first chorus is recorded to the end, and from there it moves to the middle of the second. In other words, the only drawback of “CLEVELAND 1972 1ST NIGHT” is that the problem cut started early.
Since that point is also a master cassette, this time it is longer than the existing board, in short, it is recorded in the minimum cut state of the same length as “VA VA VA VOOM”. And “O de To Joy” that was played after the performance was recorded much longer than the existing version, and as a result, this time it was recorded for two CDs.

And it is also very valuable that he captured the ever-evolving stage of Jiggy & Spiders with a powerful sound image, which was held almost a month after Santa Monica. The self-confidence and momentum after finishing the great radio broadcast of a rare masterpiece is brilliantly transmitted. That’s why Bowie just wrote the new song “Drive-In Saturday”, which he had performed several times since the beginning of November.
The song released later had an R & B ballad-like arrangement with the Spiders in the background, but the bare version heard here is a more introspective narration. Surprisingly, the live version, which was replayed at “TORON TO 1974 AFTERNOON SHOW” in 1974, returned to the arrangement at that time. Bowie may not have been satisfied with the finished version of the released version. And before starting this song, Bowie says, “I’m going to do a new song, so if you have a tape recorder, you should record it!”, It’s a masterpiece no matter how many times you hear it.
“Andy Warhol” sung before the new song was performed again, and it seems that this day is the best in the Jiggy period version played with Mick Ronson. After all, the humming that Bowie muttered here became the title of that “VA VA VA VOOM”, and other witty mutters such as “Jubila” fly around during the performance. The appearance of him singing freely and as his heart goes is also vivid because of the closeness of the sound.
In this way, although it is a well-known Jiggy period audience that has been well-established in terms of both sound quality and performance, it is the ultimate upgrade from the master cassette that is just right to call it the definitive edition. The final version of the 1972 American tour name sound source, which is paired with Santa Monica, will be released on a limited press CD. Please enjoy the upper feeling unique to the master cassette to your heart’s content!

 

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