Karla Bonoff / Tokyo 1980 / 1CDR

Karla Bonoff / Tokyo 1980 / 1CDR / Uxbridge
Live at Kouseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan 21st March 1980

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Karla Bonoff in 1980 made her first visit to Japan as a solo singer. Introducing an original recording that lets you experience the legendary scene in the best possible way.
The performance of “March 21, 1980: Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan” was imbued with this work. It is the best audience recording. Speaking of her first visit to Japan, it is memorable that “Trouble Again” won the gold medal at the 9th Tokyo Music Festival. First, let’s look back on the schedule at that time and confirm the position of the show.

・ March 21: Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan ← ★ This work ★
・ March 22: Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan
・ March 23: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall
・ March 30: Tokyo Music Festival (Nippon Budokan)

This is the first visit to Japan of the Carla legend. The Tokyo performance of this work was the stage of the first day, which was the first meeting with Japan. This show was recorded on the radio, and the FM sound board is also a big standard performance. Therefore, it is a secret master that the recorder has not disclosed. However, the sound and content are ridiculously wonderful. First, the recorded contents. All songs are recorded from the radio broadcast, but this work is about 5 minutes longer. The radio broadcast, which was thought to be uncut, including between songs, wasn’t exactly what it was on the spot.
And more than that is the sound itself. The FM sound board was also the best broadcast that I couldn’t think of as a radio broadcast at that time, but this work hasn’t taken a step. Although you can tell that it is different from that of FM broadcasting, the vividness of the core, the direct feeling of close contact, and the beautiful separation of each sound are unbelievable as a guest record. The subtle hall sound that can be understood from saying “This is an audience” is neat and fresh, giving the slide guitar an indescribable luster and adding dynamism to the delicate singing voice. If it weren’t for FM broadcasting, it would have been described as “sound board,” and if the broadcast wasn’t at the highest level, it would have been written as “beyond the sound board.” And even if you actually know it, it seems to be “a sound that has the beauty of the audience while being away from the audience.” It is such a beautiful recording.
The realism of such beauty is a full show that spells early masterpieces with a 28-year-old singing voice. As mentioned above, the FM broadcast was full, but it’s also a good opportunity, so let’s organize the set.

● Karla Bonoff (8 songs)
・ Lose Again ／ If He’s Ever Near ／ Home ／ I Can’t Hold On ／ Rose in the Garden ／ Someone to Lay Down Beside Me ／ Isn’t It Always Love ／ Falling Star
● Restless Nights (7 songs)
・ The Water Is Wide / Loving You / The Letter / Restless Nights / Way You Walk in the Room / Baby Don’t Go / Trouble Again

… And it looks like this. They will perform 15 of the first two 19 songs. The singing voice shows the tension and determination of seeing the audience seats with black hair for the first time, and it can be seen that it gradually loosens and turns into self-confidence. of course. The audience was also nervous, and the tension gradually changed from a tense feeling of not missing each voice to a clapping to enjoy a beautiful melody. You can experience the atmosphere that is only on the first day of your first visit to Japan with the best sound.
A name recording that has been kept secret because there is a legendary FM broadcast. What revived beyond the space-time of more than 40 years was the wonderful sound that did not yield to the FM broadcast and the reality because it was a guest record. This is a piece that we would like you to touch not only for those who have never heard of Carla’s first visit to Japan, but also for those who have loved FM sound boards. A live album of beauty and warmth that makes you want to convey from the bottom of your heart that “audience recording is really good”. Please enjoy it as if you were biting it.

★ First-ever sound source. Super high quality AUD. Recording time is longer than FM broadcasting.

★ Recording of the best audience of the performance of “March 21, 1980: Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan”. The FM sound board is also a big staple in this show, but it’s still a beautiful recording that I can’t help but introduce. The extra-thickness of the core, the direct feeling of close contact, and the beautiful separation of each note are so vivid that you can’t think of it as a guest record. The slight hall sound is neat and fresh, giving the slide guitar an indescribable luster, and adding dynamism to the delicate singing voice. It is a beautiful recording that has the beauty of the audience while being away from the guest record. The show concentrates and reduces the initial two “KARLA BONOFF” and “RESTLESS NIGHTS”, and the freshness is wonderful because it is the first day of the first visit to Japan. It is a live album of realism and beauty that is a treasure of Japanese Western music history.

ソロ・シンガーとして初来日を果たした1980年のカーラ・ボノフ。伝説の現場を極上体験させてくれるオリジナル録音が登場です。
そんな本作に吹き込まれているのは「1980年３月21日：東京厚生年金会館」公演。その極上オーディエンス録音です。彼女の初来日と言えば、第９回東京音楽祭で「Trouble Again」が金賞を受賞した事でも思い出深い。まずは、そんな当時のスケジュールを振り返ってショウのポジションを確かめてみましょう。

・３月21日：東京厚生年金会館　←★本作★
・３月22日：東京厚生年金会館
・３月23日：大阪厚生年金会館
・３月30日：東京音楽祭（日本武道館）

これがカーラ伝説の初来日。本作の東京公演は、その中でも日本との初対面であった初日のステージでした。このショウはラジオ収録され、FMサウンドボードも大定番となっている公演。そのため、録音家も公開してこなかった秘匿マスターなのです。ところが、そのサウンドも内容もとんでもなく素晴らしい。まず、収録内容。ラジオ放送からして全曲収録なのですが、本作はさらに５分ほど長い。曲間も含めてノーカットだと思われてきたラジオ放送も、実は現場通りではなかったのです。
そして、それ以上なのがサウンドそのもの。FMサウンドボードも当時のラジオ放送とは思えない極上放送だったのですが、本作も一歩も引いていない。FM放送と聴き比べるからこそ「アレとは違う」とは分かるものの、芯の極太感も、密着したダイレクト感も、１音１音の美しいセパレート感も客録とは思えない鮮やかさ。「コレはオーディエンスだ」と言い聞かせるから分かる程度のほんのりしたホール鳴りも端正で瑞々しく、スライドギターに得も言われぬ艶を与え、繊細な歌声にダイナミズムを添加している。FM放送がなければ「まるでサウンドボード」と表現していたでしょうし、その放送が極上レベルでなかったら「サウンドボード超え」と書いていたでしょう。そして、実際には知っていても「客録離れしながらもオーディエンスだけの美を宿したサウンド」と思える。そんな絶世の美録音なのです。
そんな美の臨場感で描かれるのは、初期の名曲を28歳の歌声で綴るフルショウ。前述の通りFM放送もフルだったのですが、良い機会でもありますのでセットの整理もしておきましょう。

●カーラ・ボノフ（８曲）
・Lose Again／If He’s Ever Near／Home／I Can’t Hold On／Rose in the Garden／Someone to Lay Down Beside Me／Isn’t It Always Love／Falling Star
●ささやく夜（７曲）
・The Water Is Wide／Loving You／The Letter／Restless Nights／Way You Walk in the Room／Baby Don’t Go／Trouble Again

……と、このようになっています。最初の２枚の全19曲中15曲を披露してくれる。その歌声には黒髪が広がる客席を初めて見た緊張感と決意がうかがえますし、それが徐々にほぐれて自信に変わっていく姿がアリアリとうかがえる。もちろん。緊張していたのは観客側も同じで、一声一声を聞き逃すまいというピンとした緊張感から、徐々に美しいメロディを楽しむ手拍子へと変わっていく。まさに初来日の初日にしかない空気感を極上サウンドで体感できるのです。
あまりにも伝説的なFM放送があるために秘匿されてきた名録音。40年あまりの時空を超えて甦ったのは、そのFM放送にも一歩も譲らない素晴らしいサウンドと、客録だからこその現実感でした。カーラの初来日を初めて耳にする方はもちろん、FMサウンドボードを愛されてきた方にこそ触れていただきたい１枚です。「オーディエンス録音って本当にイイよね」と心から伝えたくなる美と暖かみのライヴアルバム。どうぞ、噛みしめるようにお楽しみください。

★史上初登場音源。超高音質AUD。収録時間はFM放送より長いです。

★「1980年３月21日：東京厚生年金会館」公演の極上オーディエンス録音。このショウはFMサウンドボードも大定番となっていますが、それでもご紹介せずにはいられない絶世の美録音。芯の極太感も、密着したダイレクト感も、１音１音の美しいセパレート感も客録とは思えない鮮やかさ。ほんのりしたホール鳴りも端正で瑞々しく、スライドギターに得も言われぬ艶を与え、繊細な歌声にダイナミズムを添加している。客録離れしながらもオーディエンスだけの美を宿した美録音です。ショウは初期２枚『KARLA BONOFF』『RESTLESS NIGHTS』を濃縮還元しつつ、初来日の初日だからこその初々しさも素晴らしい。日本洋楽史の秘宝となる臨場感と美のライヴアルバムです。

(72:05)
1. Intro
2. Lose Again
3. If He’s Ever Near
4. Home
5. I Can’t Hold On
6. The Water Is Wide
7. Rose in the Garden
8. Loving You
9. The Letter
10. Restless Nights
11. Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
12. Isn’t It Always Love
13. Every Time You Walk in the Room
14. Band Introductions
15. Baby Don’t Go
16. Trouble Again
17. Falling Star

Karla Bonoff – Vocal, Guitar, Piano
Ed Black – Guitar, Pedal Steel
Brad Palmer – Bass, Vocal
Ira Ingber – Guitar, Mandolin
Brock Walsh – Piano, Guitar
Stan Kipper – Drums

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