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Live at Palais des Sports, Dijon, France 3rd June 1978
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The era of “and the three remained”, in which they firmly maintained their pride in progressive rock while evolving into a catchy tune. The masterpiece sound board has been upgraded. A reprint album that revived the “sound of the time” with natural transfer and GRAF ZEPPELIN’s detailed mastering is now available.
“June 3, 1978 Dijon performance” is engraved on this work. It is the super superb stereo sound board recording. GENESIS is a band whose sound sources are well organized, and the masterpieces of each tour have been relatively confirmed. And the best masterpiece of “AND THEN THERE WERE THREE Tour” is the Chicago performance of “DEFINITIVE CHICAGO (Sirene207)” and the Dijon performance of this work. There are other superb class soundboards, but these two are the only ones that combine “top sound + complete recording”. What are the positions of those two? Speaking of 1978, it is a memorable place that the legendary first visit to Japan was realized, so let’s look back on the whole tour together.
・ March 26-31: North America #1a (4 performances)
《“…AND THEN THERE WERE THREE…” will be released on March 31》
・April 1-22: North America #1b (14 performances)
・ May 14-June 24: Europe #1 (26 performances)← here
・July 3-31: North America #2 (20 performances)
・ August 20-September 9: Europe #2 (10 performances)
・September 29-October 22: North America #3 (17 performances) ← * DEFINITIVE CHICAGO
・ November 27-December 3: First visit to Japan (6 performances)
This is the 1978 GENESIS. “DEFINITIVE CHICAGO” was the final stage of the world tour, and it was a bonus schedule that was added one month before the first visit to Japan. On the other hand, the Dejong performance of this work is the beginning of the tour. It was a concert that was the 17th performance of “Europe # 1”.
This show is known for its superb full soundboard, and has been upgraded many times over the years. At our store, the press masterpiece “DIJON 1978” became very popular more than 10 years ago. This work is one that has updated the top of such a masterpiece sound board. The point is super natural feeling. As a matter of fact, the “DIJON 1978” master is still the highest peak in terms of genera, but that album was slightly over-decorated. At that time, the sound pressure war (Loudness War) was in the midst, and even the newly excavated masters were digitally processed. “DIJON 1978” also reflects the fashion of the time, with an emphasis on impact and metallic. If the sound pressure is strong, the noise reduction is also applied vigorously, and even the echo of the bathroom was applied to the sound. That’s why it’s flashy and interesting to listen to now, but it was also far from the sound that GENESIS was spinning in 1978.
This work was born in such a situation. Instead of remastering the previous edition “DIJON 1978”, it returned to the original master of Natural Transfer. On top of that, it has been refined with the latest mastering that is in line with modern sensibilities. The modern sense is “accurate reproduction at the time of the live”. While maximizing the natural sound of the natural transfer, only the accuracy is improved. Pitch and phase deviations have been thoroughly adjusted down to 1/1000th of a second, and slight unevenness in playback that occurred during digitization has also been corrected. Furthermore, after analyzing the band from deep bass to treble, the balance is adjusted, and the left and right stereo balance is corrected without any deviation.
If I were to use an easy-to-understand metaphor for this method, it would be “painting/repair of cultural properties.” It has nothing to do with modern fashion, and it doesn’t decorate it flashy. The most important thing is the sound itself that was drawn at that time, and it is reprinted as faithfully as possible. Taking into account the effects of aging, we have regained the correct and beautiful playback sound, and have restored the “1978 GENESIS sound” that has been found from various materials. The resulting sound of this work is super natural and super real. When you listen to it, it doesn’t have the glaring feeling of the previous edition “DIJON 1978”, but the more you concentrate on headphones, the more you will fall in love with the resolution and beauty. Even though the noise is cleanly removed, there is no distortion like automatic reduction. The precision that makes you feel the master tape itself is the dimension of official high-quality CDs such as “Mobile Fidelity” and “Nimbus Supercut”.
A full show of the wonderful “AND THEN THERE WERE THREE Tour” is drawn with such an ultimate natural sound. From the beginning, I have repeatedly said “Chicago performance and two major SBDs”, but in fact the legs are different, so the set is also different. Let’s take a closer look at the comparison here.
●Peter Gabriel Era (4 songs)
・Tsukikage no Kishi: The Cinema Show / I Know What I Like
・Other: The Fountain Of Salmacis (★) / In The Cage
After that (13 songs)
・Trick of the Tale: Ripples/Squonk/Dance On A Volcano/Los Endos
・Seijaku no Arashi: Eleventh Earl Of Mar/One For The Vine/Afterglow
・And three people remained: Burning Rope／Deep In The Motherlode／Ballad Of Big（★）／Say It’s Alright Joe／The Lady Lies／Follow You Follow Me
* Note: “★” marks are songs that could not be heard in “DEFINITIVE CHICAGO”.
… and it looks like this. “One For The Vine”, “Deep In The Motherlode”, “Say It’s Alright Joe”, “The Lady Lies”, and other repertoires of that time are lined up, and limited songs only for this tour, “Burning Rope” and “Ballad Of Big”. delicious. In particular, “Ballad Of Big” and “The Fountain Of Salmacis” in the three-person era are rare songs that could not be heard even in “DEFINITIVE CHICAGO” or the performance in Japan. You can enjoy it with an official-grade natural sound board.
While it is a full soundboard that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with “DEFINITIVE CHICAGO”, the taste of the set is even more. It is exactly the live album of the king who will be the masterpiece of “AND THEN THERE WERE THREE Tour”. A cultural heritage that reproduces the “truth of 1978” without spoiling the taste of natural transfer. Please fully experience with the permanent preservation press 2CD.
★ Superb stereo sound board recording of “June 3, 1978 Dijon performance”. This is a masterpiece sound board that combines sound and complete recording, and this work is the highest peak update board. The previous edition “DIJON 1978” was flashy processed, but this work is finely mastered by “GRAF ZEPPELIN” for natural transfer. It is a masterpiece of “AND THEN THERE WERE THREE Tour” where you can enjoy a delicious full show with an extremely natural beautiful sound that jumps over time and space, and the precious “Ballad Of Big” and “The Fountain Of Salmacis”.
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REMASTERED BY GRAF ZEPPELIN
(remastered memo)
★Remastered based on a different Raw Master version from the previous edition.
This one is less flashy, but it doesn’t have the shimmering texture of digital noise reduction, and it doesn’t have excessive bathroom echo processing, so it sounds extremely natural.
* Phase correction and some EQ processing centered on low frequencies
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Virtuoso 478/479
