Michael Jackson / Los Angeles 1989 Final Night / 2CD

Michael Jackson / Los Angeles 1989 Final Night / 2CD / Zion
Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA 27th January 1989

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Michael’s world-dominated “BAD” tour is a three-year-old mammoth tour unique to the late 1980s, with classic materials in 1987 and 1988, respectively. Speaking of 1987, we are proud of our eternal masterpiece Pro Shot Yokohama Stadium. “JAPAN TOUR ’87: YOKOHAMA STADIUM” is a DVD-R, but it is still a surprisingly long-selling product because it is recorded with clear images that are different from the image quality deterioration version that is rampant on YouTube.
The audience album that surprised enthusiasts all over the world is “NISHINOMIYA 1987 FINAL NIGHT”. The excavation of the shock that documented another day with the best audience from the performance in Japan in 1987, which had been devoted to Yokohama until now. It is a valuable sound source that even captured the Zukoke scene where Michael was about to inadvertently say “Tokyo”, and this is also a best-selling sound source.
On the other hand, in 1988, the audience came to Japan for the second consecutive year of the “BAD” tour, and in addition to the fragmentary footage of the performance at Tokyo Dome, which was just completed, the second stage of the “BAD” tour was wrapped in a veil. The “GREATEST MOMENTS IN THE EAST” CD-R that was revealed in the recording has been released, but there was no video or sound source such as “Korezo” like the previous year. It is the professional shot video of Wembley Stadium that has thrown a stone in such a situation officially. It’s a video that is now open to the public on YouTube, so it’s a good standard to watch easily.
 マイケルが世界を制した「BAD」ツアーは足掛け三年に渡って行われた1980年代後半ならではのマンモス・ツアーであり、87年と88年にはそれぞれ定番たるマテリアルが存在しています。まず87年と言えば我々が誇る永遠の名作プロショット横浜スタジアム。「JAPAN TOUR ’87: YOKOHAMA STADIUM」はDVD-RながらYouTube上に横行している画質劣化バージョンとは一線を画す鮮明画像にて収録という事から現在も驚異的なロングセラーと化しています。
 それ以上に世界中のマニアを驚かせたオーディエンス・アルバムが「NISHINOMIYA 1987 FINAL NIGHT」。これまで横浜一辺倒だった87年の来日公演から別の日を極上オーディエンスにてドキュメントしてくれた衝撃の発掘。マイケルがうっかり「トーキョー」と発しそうになったズッコケ場面まで捉えていた貴重音源であり、こちらもまたベストセラー続行中であります。
 一方88年の方は「BAD」ツアー二年連続の来日にて今度は出来たばかりの東京ドームでの公演の断片的な映像に加え、ベールに包まれていた二度目の来日ステージをオーディエンス録音で明らかにしてくれた「GREATEST MOMENTS IN THE EAST」CD-Rがリリースされてきましたが、前年のような「これぞ」といった映像や音源が存在しませんでした。そんな状況を堂々オフィシャルで一石を投じてくれたのがウェンブリー・スタジアムのプロショット映像。今や太っ腹にもYouTube上で公開してくれている映像ですので簡単に見られるのも定番に相応しい。
 
Disc 1 (58:17)
1. Intro
2. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
3. Heartbreak Hotel
4. Another Part Of Me
5. Human Nature
6. Smooth Criminal
7. I Just Can’t Stop Loving You (with Sheryl Crow)
8. She’s Out Of My Life
9. Jackson 5 Medley (I Want You Back/The Love You Save/I’ll Be There)
10. Rock With You
11. Thriller
 
Disc 2 (76:24)
1. Bad Groove Interlude (Band solos)
2. Working Day And Night
3. Beat It
4. Billie Jean
5. Bad
6. The Way You Make Me Feel
7. Man In The Mirror
 
STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING
 
Michael Jackson – lead vocals
Greg Phillinganes – Lead keyboards, synthesizers
Rory Kaplan – keyboards, synthesizers
Christopher Currell – Synclavier synthesizers, digital guitar, sound effects
Ricky Lawson – Drums, percussion
Jennifer Batten – Rhythm and lead guitar
Jon Clark – Lead and rhythm guitar
Don Boyette – bass guitar, synth bass
 
Background vocals
Darryl Phinnessee
Dorian Holley
Sheryl Crow
Kevin Dorsey
 
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