David Bowie / Live Santa Monica 72 UK Advance Promotional CD / 1CD

David Bowie / Live Santa Monica 72 UK Advance Promotional CD / 1CD / Non label

Translated Text:
Live at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA. USA 20th October 1972 STEREO SBD

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The most important board of unknown Bowie history, surely, is a rainy day appearance. Its contents, the official release also has been Daimyo album “LIVE SANTA MONICA ’72”. I did not even know the core of mania, is the highest peak board.
Speaking of “1972, October 20, Santa Monica performance”, long in the FM broadcast, which is also known as “the most famous boot leg” · “ZIGGY STARDUST TOUR of the highest peak”, it has created a myriad of its outstanding group historical large classic. Continues to reign as the apex among many of the record, is looking for a difference of fine generation and sound is the pursuit of the highest peak. Is the name recorded in the name of recording that has such a long history. And, the end to its history has been struck, 2008. Official long-awaited has unearthed “LIVE SANTA MONICA ’72” is released, all of the quest with the official quality of super beautiful to reach the very top was supposed ……… ended. However, “apex”, “ultimate” Official Release was thought to “any more does not exist” is actually was not at the top. One that played the “summit beyond” is, I of this work.
The identity of such this work is, in fact, the official board. Of course, not in the release version of “LIVE SANTA MONICA ’72”. The sale EMI UK before has produced a very small number, we promo CD that was distributed to the parties concerned “THE EMI UK ADVANCE / PROMOTIONAL CD”. Usually, although the promo is a rare, speech Fujikoma product version and the same thing almost. Simply other than collectors to pursue a “rare thing” thing no edge. Also “THE EMI UK ADVANCE / PROMOTIONAL CD”, is why has been considered one of the such a promo, but in fact was also different contents. Create a promo in the excavation has been the master, I think then that it’s the full version through the finish of the process has been made, but about two minutes longer than what the retail version, you sound was also different. This fact has not been known to the core collector with the actual item, did not have it, therefore it hit the net. Here’s the sound you do not hear only.
2 minutes that have been cut in the product version, between songs such as tuning. Perhaps, but eyeing the easy degree of perfection listen even for beginners than the precious of the recording I think has been cut, what say violence in historical records. To begin with, only to human beings to be fed up to two minutes of the song, I do not think can be seen the value of this concert …. But Well, the comfort is is not is also the official.
That’s more than 2 minutes important is, sound through the whole book. Of course, the recording itself is the same as the retail version, natural to the much better of the promo CD. You sound of excavation master itself to listen. And say 2008 product version is released, name board of remastered recurrence Commercial Code also with a paragraph, “remastered remastered” is also time that has been spread. Or order to give it the difference, was the era of loudness war (sound pressure competition) had been intensified. At present, it wears calmly also simplistic sound pressure competition, at that time had raised the world and his wife pounding sound pressure. Or because the question in the world of that era, we product version of “LIVE SANTA MONICA ’72” is also radical equalization has been decorated. In fact, the sound of the promo CD will not only natural, the peak of the sound that had collapsed in the product version is also beautifully reproduced. If, if those who used the waveform editing software, we would like you to compare all means. The top is like the difference from the product version that had been crushed flat, will be in the eyes of the beautiful waves and clearly. Of course, the difference may not look like waveform is listen to one Ryozen. It was lost in an era that had pursued the mere force, “beautiful sound”. That is the penetrating between 76 minutes.
To enjoy the natural sound of the promo CD like such a miracle to direct it’s the this work. However, the actual product is not perfect, it has been vacant for every 1.75 seconds in between the tracks. Or officials of the “trial” because of What is of drastic is, I do not know how hated the outflow of the previous release, of course, carefully packed in this work, was trimmed to form to listen to chitin and seamless. Of course, it does not have added to any of the hand to the sound itself.

Too famous and decisive historical name sound source. Yet official not only obtained unearthed master, it super beautiful sound of before that did not was “the last of human work” is applied only in the icing on the cake was present. And on the ground highest version of the live album that becomes a vertex in Bowie history, one of the miracle that gave birth to the whim of the official. This weekend, you are to encounter a “true LIVE SANTA MONICA ’72”.

 

知られざるボウイ史上の最重要盤、まさか、まさかの登場です。その中身は、オフィシャル・リリースもされた大名盤『LIVE SANTA MONICA ’72』。コアなマニアも知らなかった、その最高峰盤です。
「1972年10月20日サンタ・モニカ公演」と言えば、長らく“もっとも有名なブートレッグ”・“ZIGGY STARDUST TOURの最高峰”としても知られるFM放送で、無数の既発群を生み出してきた歴史的大定番。幾多の記録の中でも頂点として君臨し続け、細かなジェネレーションやサウンドの違いを探しては最高峰を追い求められる。そんな長い歴史を持っている名録音中の名録音です。そして、その歴史に終止符が打たれたのが、2008年。満を持して公式が発掘した『LIVE SANTA MONICA ’72』がリリースされ、頂点を極める超美麗の公式クオリティをもって総ての探求は終了した………はずでした。ところが、「頂点」「究極」「これ以上は存在しない」と思われていた公式盤は、実は頂上ではなかった。その“頂上越え”を果たした1枚が、本作なのです。
そんな本作の正体は、実はオフィシャル盤。もちろん、リリース版『LIVE SANTA MONICA ’72』ではありません。その発売前にEMI UKが極わずかな枚数を制作し、関係各所に配布されたプロモCD『THE EMI UK ADVANCE/PROMOTIONAL CD』なのです。通常、プロモ盤はレアではあるものの、封じ込まれた音声は製品版と同一なことがほとんど。単に“珍しい物”を追い求めるコレクター以外には縁のないものです。『THE EMI UK ADVANCE/PROMOTIONAL CD』もまた、そんなプロモ盤の1つと思われてきたわけですが、実は中身も違った。発掘されたマスターでプロモ盤を作り、その後でフィニッシュの工程を経て製品版が作られたのだと思いますが、なんと製品版よりも2分ほど長く、サウンドも異なっていたのです。この事実は、現品を持つコア・コレクターにも知られておらず、それゆえにネットに出回ることもなかった。ここでしか聴けないサウンドなのです。
製品版でカットされた2分は、チューニング等の曲間。恐らく、記録の貴重さよりも初心者でも聴きやすい完成度を狙ってカットされたのだと思いますが、歴史的記録になんという暴挙。そもそも、わずか2分の曲間に辟易する人間に、このコンサートの価値が分かるとは思えない……。しかしまぁ、その気楽さがオフィシャルでもあるわけです。
その2分以上に重要なのが、全編を貫くサウンド。もちろん、録音自体は製品版と同じですが、プロモCDの方が遙かにナチュラル。発掘マスターそのもののサウンドが聴けるのです。製品版がリリースされた2008年というと、名盤のリマスター再発商法も一段落付き、“リマスターのリマスター”も蔓延してきた頃。違いだを出すためか、ラウドネスウォー(音圧競争)が激化していた時代でした。現在では、安易な音圧競争も落ち着いてはきましたが、当時は猫も杓子もガンガン音圧を上げていた。その時代の世界に問うためか、製品版『LIVE SANTA MONICA ’72』も過激なイコライジングが施されていたのです。実際、プロモCDのサウンドは鳴りが自然なだけでなく、製品版で潰れていた音のピークも綺麗に再生される。もし、波形編集ソフトを使われる方なら、ぜひ見比べていただきたい。トップが平坦につぶされていた製品版とはまるで違い、クッキリと美しい波を目にされることでしょう。もちろん、波形など見なくても違いは一聴瞭然。単なる迫力だけを追い求めていた時代に失われた、“美しい音”。それが76分間を貫くのです。
そんな奇跡のようなプロモCDのナチュラル・サウンドをダイレクトに楽しめるのが本作なのです。ただ、その現品は完璧ではなく、トラック間に1.75秒ずつの間が空いていた。関係者の“お試し”ゆえの荒っぽさなのか、リリース前の流出を嫌ったのかは分かりませんが、もちろん、本作ではていねいに詰め、キチンとシームレスに聴ける形に整えました。もちろん、サウンドそのものには一切の手を加えていません。

あまりにも有名で決定的な歴史的名音源。オフィシャルしか発掘し得ないマスターでありながら、蛇足でしかなかった“最後のひと仕事”が施される前の超美麗サウンドが存在したのです。ボウイ史上でも頂点となるライヴアルバムの地上最高峰版にして、オフィシャルの気まぐれが生んだ奇跡の1枚。今週末、あなたは“真のLIVE SANTA MONICA ’72”に遭遇するのです。

★これは凄いです。

(76:17)
1. Introduction 2. Hang on to Yourself 3. Ziggy Stardust 4. Changes 5. The Supermen
6. Life on Mars? 7. Five Years 8. Space Oddity 9. Andy Warhol 10. My Death
11. The Width of a Circle 12. Queen Bitch 13. Moonage Daydream 14. John, I’m Only Dancing
15. I’m Waiting for the Man 16. The Jean Genie 17. Suffragette City 18. Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide

David Bowie – guitar, vocals Mick Ronson – guitar, vocals Trevor Bolder – bass
Mick “Woody” Woodmansey – drums Mike Garson – piano

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