Guns N’ Roses / Definitive Saitama Super Arena 2022 2nd Night / 3CD

Guns N’ Roses / Definitive Saitama Super Arena 2022 2nd Night / 3CD / ZODIAC
Live at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 6th November 2022


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Axel, Slash & Duff …… GUNS N ‘ROSES in 2022 when the original front three people came back to Japan. A super-superb original recording that conveys the scene appears! “Emergency release decision for press 3CD with permanent storage specifications!”

[Completely new original recording suitable for permanent preservation] Their first visit to Japan in 5 years and 9 months will be only two consecutive performances at the Saitama Super Arena. This work is a transcendent audience recording recorded on the final day “November 6, 2022”. We have already introduced the breaking news board “SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2022 2ND NIGHT (Shades 1642)” and the gift board “SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2022 DAY 2”, but this work is a remastered reissue. . . No, then. Completely separate recording by a completely different person. And it is a super decision board that boasts sound quality suitable for permanent preservation press.
“That sound is certainly the best ever.” As a matter of fact, both the Shades label board and the gift board were being considered for pressing, and the fastest report was given priority to the CD-R release, but this time it completely surpasses the previous two works (I’m in a hurry. I’m really glad I didn’t press it…). The biggest difference is the close contact feeling. The Shades edition/gift edition had enough core strength and separate feeling, but the snare tone and vocal growth also had an atmospheric feeling. However, this work does not make you feel even a very slight air feeling at such a level, and a very thick core jumps into your ears without a time lag.
What’s more, it’s surprising that it will evolve further. At the start, it is the highest grade that surpasses the previous two works, but from around the third song “Chinese Democracy”, it exhibits a super-super-super-class/super-class closeness. It is no longer an audience recording, but it reaches a dimension comparable to even the official soundboard sound of the masterpiece pro shot “ROCK IN RIO 2022 (Shades 1606)”.
The factors behind that fierce directness are the skill and position of the recording artist. This work was created by a veteran recording artist who has been trained in a hundred battles. It’s the first time we’ve offered it to our store, but it’s actually a kuradashi that makes core collectors groan. Moreover, the special seat where the recording position is “in front of the slash of A block”. The closeness is clearly visible in the sound, and it is exactly “a new masterpiece that has become a masterpiece”.

[Full show on the final day with delicious songs released in Japan for the first time] With such a superlative sound, the full show is different from the last time (2019), with the original fronts lined up. It is different from the first day “SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2022 1ST NIGHT (Shades 1641)”, but there are more songs released in Japan for the first time. Let’s organize the set while summarizing that side.

Appetite for Destruction (7 songs)
・It’s So Easy/Mr. Brownstone/Welcome To The Jungle/Rocket Queen/Sweet Child O’Mine/Nightrain/Paradise City
Use Your Illusion (9 songs)
・I: Double Talkin’ Jive/Live And Let Die/November Rain/Coma/Don’t Cry (*)
・II: Estranged/You Could Be Mine/Civil War/Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
● Others (9 songs)
・Original: Shadow Of Your Love (★)/Reckless Life (★)/Chinese Democracy/Better (*)/Absurd (★)/Hard Skool (★)
・Cover, etc.: Slither (★)/Attitude (*)/Wichita Lineman (★*)
* Note: “*” marks are songs that were not performed on the first day, and “★” marks are songs that were not performed on the previous visit to Japan (2017).

… and it looks like this. In addition to the new songs “Absurd” and “Hard Skool”, there are plenty of songs released in Japan for the first time, such as “Reckless Life”, which was revived this year, “Shadow Of Your Love”, and “Slither”. Jimmy Webb’s cover “Wichita Lineman”, which was not played on the first day in particular, is the only Japanese performance of this work.
In addition to such precious songs, the real thrill is that you can fully experience the latest performances in Japan with the finest quality. I will do my best. A symbolic work of 2022 that is suitable for permanent preservation even in light of the latest standards of audience recording, whose hurdles are rising year by year. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content with this large-volume 3-disc set.

★ Superb audience recording of “November 6, 2022 Saitama Super Arena Performance”. The sound captured in the special seat “in front of the slash of the A block” has a tremendous direct feeling, and the thick core jumps into the ear without a time lag. It is no longer an audience recording, but a shock recording that rivals even the official soundboard sound of the masterpiece pro shot “ROCK IN RIO 2022”. You can fully experience the repertoire released in Japan for the first time, such as the new songs “Absurd” and “Hard Skool” and the one and only Japanese performance “Wichita Lineman” with super gorgeous sound.

★★ Super high sound quality. especially the guitar.

アクセル、スラッシュ&ダフ……オリジナル・フロント3人が揃っての再来日を果たした2022年のGUNS N’ ROSES。その現場を伝える超・極上のオリジナル録音が登場! 永久保存仕様のプレス3CDで緊急リリース決定です!

【永久保存に相応しい完全新作のオリジナル録音】
5年9ヶ月ぶりとなった今回の来日は、さいたまスーパー・アリーナでの2連続公演のみ。本作はその最終日「2022年11月6日」で記録された超絶級オーディエンス録音です。当店ではすでに速報盤『SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2022 2ND NIGHT(Shades 1642)』やギフト盤『SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2022 DAY 2』をご紹介していますが、本作はそのリマスター再発。。。では、ありません。まったくの別人による完全別録音。そして、永久保存プレス化に相応しいサウンド・クオリティを誇る超決定盤なのです。
そのサウンドは、確かに過去最高。実のところ、Shadesレーベル盤もギフト盤もプレス化が検討されつつ、最速レポートを優先されてのCD-Rリリースだったわけですが、今回は前2作を完全に凌駕しているのです(焦ってプレス化しなくて本当に良かった……)。一番の違いはオンなド密着感。Shades盤/ギフト盤も芯の力強さやセパレート感は十分だったのですが、スネアの音色やヴォーカルの伸びに大気感も宿っていました。ところが、本作はそんなレベルの極わずかな空気感さえも感じさせず、極太な芯がタイムラグなしで耳元に飛び込んでくるのです。
しかも、さらに進化するから驚き。スタート時点で前2作を上回る極上級なのですが、3曲目の「Chinese Democracy」辺りからは超極上級/超絶級のド密着感を発揮。もはやオーディエンス録音ではなく、名作プロショット『ROCK IN RIO 2022(Shades 1606)』のオフィシャル級サウンドボード音声にさえ匹敵する次元に達するのです。
その猛烈なダイレクト感の要因は、録音家の手腕とポジションの両面に渡る。本作を手掛けたのは、百戦錬磨のベテラン録音家。当店にご提供いただくのは初めてなのですが、実はコアなコレクターも唸らせる業師の蔵出しなのです。しかも、録音ポジションが「Aブロックのスラッシュ目の前」という特等席。その近さがサウンドにも明確に現れており、まさに「名作になるべくしてなった新名盤」なのです。

【日本初公開曲も美味しい最終日のフルショウ】
そんな超絶級サウンドで画かれるのは、オリジナル・フロントが勢揃いしつつ、前回(2019年)とはひと味もふた味も違うフルショウ。初日『SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2022 1ST NIGHT(Shades 1641)』とも異なりますが、それ以上に日本初公開曲もある。その辺をまとめつつ、セットを整理しておきましょう。

●アペタイト・フォー・ディストラクション(7曲)
・It’s So Easy/Mr. Brownstone/Welcome To The Jungle/Rocket Queen/Sweet Child O’Mine/Nightrain/Paradise City
●ユーズ・ユア・イリュージョン(9曲)
・I:Double Talkin’ Jive/Live And Let Die/November Rain/Coma/Don’t Cry(*)
・II:Estranged/You Could Be Mine/Civil War/Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
●その他(9曲)
・オリジナル:Shadow Of Your Love(★)/Reckless Life(★)/Chinese Democracy/Better(*)/Absurd(★)/Hard Skool(★)
・カバー他:Slither(★)/Attitude(*)/Wichita Lineman(★*)
※注:「*」印は初日にやらなかった曲で、「★」印は前回来日(2017年)で演奏していない曲。

……と、このようになっています。新曲「Absurd」「Hard Skool」の他、今年になって復活した「Reckless Life」や「Shadow Of Your Love」「Slither」など、日本初公開曲がたっぷり。特に初日にも演奏しなかったジミー・ウェッブのカバー「Wichita Lineman」は、本作が唯一無二の日本演奏です。
そんな貴重曲もさることながら、やはり「超極上のクオリティで最新の日本公演をフル体験できる」醍醐味。コレに尽きます。年々ハードルの上がっていくオーディエンス録音の最新基準に照らしても永久保存に相応しい2022年の象徴作品。どうぞ、大ボリュームの3枚組で思う存分、味わい尽くしてください。

★「2022年11月6日さいたまスーパー・アリーナ公演」の超極上オーディエンス録音。「Aブロックのスラッシュ目の前」という特等席で捉えられたサウンドは凄まじいダイレクト感で、オンで極太な芯がタイムラグなしで耳元に飛び込んでくる。もはやオーディエンス録音ではなく、名作プロショット『ROCK IN RIO 2022』のオフィシャル級サウンドボード音声にさえ匹敵する衝撃録音です。新曲「Absurd」「Hard Skool」や唯一無二の日本演奏となった「Wichita Lineman」など、日本初公開のレパートリーも超豪華サウンドでフル体験できます。

★★超高音質です。特にギター。

Disc 1 (59:47)
1. Intro
2. It’s So Easy
3. Mr. Brownstone
4. Chinese Democracy
5. Slither
6. Welcome to the Jungle
7. Better
8. Double Talkin’ Jive
9. Live and Let Die
10. Reckless Life
11. Estranged
12. Shadow of Your Love

Disc 2 (56:16)
1. Rocket Queen
2. You Could Be Mine
3. Attitude
4. Absurd
5. Hard Skool
6. Civil War
7. Band Introductions
8. Slash Guitar Solo
9. Sweet Child o’ Mine

Disc 3 (62:50)
1. November Rain
2. Wichita Lineman
3. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
4. Nightrain
5. Coma
6. Blackbird
7. Don’t Cry
8. Paradise City
ZODIAC 562

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