Jackson Browne / Philadelphia 1988 Soundboard / 2CDR

Jackson Browne / Philadelphia 1988 Soundboard / 2CDR / Uxbridge
Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA, USA 30th September 1988

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I can’t help thinking that Jackson Browne’s live sound source in the 1980s has stopped releasing items up to 1982, reflecting the general popularity of those days. Especially in his career, when it comes to “LIVES IN THE BALANCE” and “WORLD IN MOTION”, which has become more political, there are finally fewer items.
A rare soundboard recording appeared on the net as if to throw a stone in such a situation.
The precious sound source released this time is the 1988 Upper Derby performance. In terms of time, the impact of the route change that took shape with “LIVES IN~” has settled down, and “WORLD IN~”, which has reached the peak of an album with a strong political flavor, is in production.
Therefore, it is also a valuable sound board that captures the transitional period of Brown in the late 80’s like a picture, but first of all, the sound quality is wonderful.
It is definitely a PA out sound board that has been leaked by people involved, so even if you set aside the lack of realism, the sound quality is clear, and the recording state that allows you to enjoy even the stereo feeling is a level that you can fully enjoy even if you are not an enthusiast. It is very valuable just to say that it is a live sound source that captures Brown in an era when there were no items until now, but the fact that such a high-quality sound board was sleeping is surprising.

The interesting thing about the live performances during this period is the timing between the two albums mentioned earlier, so the first half of the set list is composed of songs from the latest album “LIVES IN~” at that time. In addition, it can be said that it is a valuable sound source that vacuum-packed the late 80’s Jackson-like band sound with synthesizers throughout the live.
As a result of these changes in sound and intensification of political coloration, his record sales at that time were on a downward trend, but time has passed and his powerful singing voice is still alive and well at this time. It is also a fact that I am reminded of that.
At the same time, the 1970s classics such as “For A Dancer” and “Late For The Sky” sung by Jackson in the middle of the live performance wiped out the 80s-ness until then, and revived his usual personality. If so, the reason why the “fall” in a good sense is captured is because of the vividness of the PA out.
It seems that Jackson himself was fully aware of such a situation, and on this day he tried to start the old number “Linda Paloma” in the same way, but stopped and started playing “For A Dancer” from there. From your point of view, there are few songs from the past, and it seems that you wanted to recommend songs from the 80’s if possible. That’s why he probably had already performed two songs in the first half of the live from the next work “WORLD IN MOTION” which was under production. This is also a valuable point of this sound source.
However, with the passage of time, the sense of incongruity at that time has been alleviated, and rather the unique charm of Jackson at the time, which produced the excellent 80’s rock sound, is freshly reflected in this surprising first appearance soundboard.
By the way, it’s a pity that the recording of this sound source stops at the end of the finale “For America”. In addition, after playing “Cocaine”, there was a deterioration of the cassette and a sound that seemed to be distorted, but when the sound quality changed, the discomfort was alleviated by equalization, and while it was released on CD-R, it was a valuable sound board. , no omissions!

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