Mr Big / Budokan 1996 TV Broadcast / 1DVDR

Mr Big / Budokan 1996 TV Broadcast / 1DVDR / Non Label
Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 19th April 1996 PRO-SHOT


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“HEY MAN” finally won the 1st place on the Oricon chart, and MR. BIG in 1996 carried out the Japan tour, which was the biggest in his career. The finest master of the symbolic image is here.
This work was filmed at the “April 19, 1996: Nippon Budokan” performance. That multi-camera pro shot. Speaking of MR. BIG, if you come to Japan from the first visit to the present, you have been excited about various parts of the archipelago on a large-scale tour. And it was 1996 when the popularity of Japan reached its peak. First of all, let’s look back on the schedule that shows its popularity and confirm the position of the show.

・ April 8 + 9: Niigata Terusa (2 performances)
・ April 11: Sapporo Tsukisamu Green Dome
・ April 13 + 14: Sendai Sunplaza (2 performances)
・ April 16: Akasaka BLITZ
・ April 19: Nippon Budokan ← ★ This work ★
・ April 20: Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
・ April 22: Lilia Kawaguchi
・ April 24: Nippon Budokan
・ April 26 + 27: Fukuoka Sun Palace (2 performances)
・ April 28: Kagoshima Citizens’ Culture Hall
・ April 30: Osaka Castle Hall
・ May 1: Hiroshima Welfare Pension Hall
・ May 3 + 4: Nagoya Century Hall (2 performances)

Above, all 18 performances. In addition to the number of cars that will not burst the bubble economy, the scale feeling of visiting 11 cities all over Japan from Hokkaido in the north to Kagoshima in the south is also the largest in my career. Moreover, he has conquered all the famous venues that represent each region. It was a tremendous tour that showed the heights that Yngwie Malmsteen and HELOWEEN, which were extremely popular at the same time, did not reach.
Among them, the Nippon Budokan performance is also famous for being broadcast live on a certain satellite broadcasting station, and has produced a number of existing groups and has reigned as a symbol of the “HEY MAN Tour”. This work is also a familiar professional shot, but the quality is not familiar. In our shop, many music programs are archived by the best masters of core recording enthusiasts, and this work is one of them. The master, which has been recorded in an environment where not only the equipment and reception status but also the power distribution is carefully recorded and the humidity and temperature are controlled, is just the best. It is unavoidable that the analog image quality is the same as that of the times, but the vivid details and glossy colors that show no dubbing marks or deterioration over time remain the same at that time. That is the beauty of the image as if it was caused by the official VHS or LD.
The time travel quality is drawn with a full show that brings together the best of the original four-person era while featuring the new work “HEY MAN”. The pattern at that time is also the official live board “LIVE AT BUDOKAN”, but that is a mixture with 1994. This work has a different set only for non-stop one-shot live broadcasting, so let’s organize it while comparing here.

● Hey Man
・ Trapped In Toyland / Take Cover / Jane Doe / The Chain (★) / Out Of The Underground / Goin’Where The Wind Blows (★) / Where Do I Fit In? (★) / Fool Us Today / I Love You Japan (★)
● Other
・ MR. BIG: Medley (Had Enough / Big Love / Take A Walk / Merciless) / Added To That Rush
・ Lean into It: Green-Tinted Sixties Mind / Alive And Kickin’/ To Be With You (★) / Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (★)
・ Bump Ahead: Price You Gotta Pay (★) / Wild World (★) / Colorado Bulldog (★)
・ Cover etc .: Hoedown (★) / Suffragette City / Shy Boy (★) / Baba O’Riley (★)
* Note: “★” marks are songs that cannot be heard on the official live album “LIVE AT BUDOKAN”.

… And it looks like this. There are as many as 12 songs that you can’t listen to in “LIVE AT BUDOKAN”, but the contents are also Tokuno. “Why did you remove it” such as “To Be With You”, “Colorado Bulldog”, “Wild World”, “Price You Gotta Pay”, “Shy Boy”, etc. I want to say “!?” (Well, I released a lot of live albums), and there are plenty of famous songs. On the other hand, the rare area is also substantial. New songs “Goin’Where The Wind Blows” “Where Do I Fit In?”, Limited songs at that time “The Chain”, which is also called “I Love You Japan”, drum solo / bass solo Copeland’s “Hoedown” etc. included. You can fully enjoy the precious songs of the level that you are grateful for just listening to the live performance version with the official grade professional shots.
After the performance, four people rushing into the dressing room and the backstage where the viewer present corner is held (on the spot) are projected, and the clip of “To Be With You” is played to close the curtain, probably because of time adjustment. It’s also a real-time feeling, such as a mix where the big cheers are limited to the intervals between songs only for live broadcasting. A symbolic image instead of an official that you can enjoy the popular full show. The highest peak master. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content.

★ Multi-camera pro shot of “April 19, 1996: Nippon Budokan” performance. It is a live broadcast video that has reigned as a symbol of HEY MAN Tour, but this work is the highest peak master by a core recording enthusiast. The vivid details and glossy colors that show no dubbing marks or deterioration over time are the same as they were at that time, and the image beauty is as if it was caused by official VHS or LD. In “LIVE AT BUDOKAN”, the cut major songs are lined up in a row, and conversely, rare songs such as “Goin’Where The Wind Blows”, “Where Do I Fit In?”, “The Chain” and “I Love You Japan” are also available. Full load. It is an absolute video instead of an official that you can enjoy the popular full show.

『HEY MAN』が遂にオリコン1位を獲得し、キャリア最大となるジャパン・ツアーを実施した1996年のMR. BIG。その象徴映像の極上マスターが登場です。
そんな本作が撮影されたのは「1996年4月19日:日本武道館」公演。そのマルチカメラ・プロショットです。MR. BIGと言えば、初来日から現在まで来日すれば大規模なツアーで列島各地を沸かせてきました。そして、その日本人気が絶頂を迎えたのが1996年でした。まずは、その人気ぶりが透けるスケジュールを振り返り、ショウのポジションを確かめてみましょう。

・4月8日+9日:新潟テルサ(2公演)
・4月11日:札幌月寒グリーンドーム
・4月13日+14日:仙台サンプラザ(2公演)
・4月16日:赤坂BLITZ
・4月19日:日本武道館 ←★本作★
・4月20日:横浜文化体育館
・4月22日:川口リリア
・4月24日:日本武道館
・4月26日+27日:福岡サンパレス(2公演)
・4月28日:鹿児島市民文化ホール
・4月30日:大阪城ホール
・5月1日:広島厚生年金会館
・5月3日+4日:名古屋センチュリーホール(2公演)

以上、全18公演。バブル崩壊をものともしない本数もさることながら、北は北海道から南は鹿児島まで日本全国津々浦々の11都市を巡るスケール感もキャリア最大。しかも各地を代表する名会場をことごとく制覇している。同時期に絶大な人気を誇っていたイングヴェイ・マルムスティーンやHELOWEENでも到達しなかった高みを見せつける凄まじいツアーでした。
その中でも日本武道館公演は某衛星放送局で生中継された事でも有名で、数々の既発群を生み出して“HEY MAN Tour”の象徴として君臨してきました。本作もそのお馴染みプロショットなのですが、クオリティはお馴染みではない。当店ではコアな記録マニアの極上マスターによって数々の音楽番組をアーカイヴしておりますが、本作もそのひとつ。機材や受信状況だけでなく配電まで気を配って録画され、湿度温度も管理された環境で保管されてきたマスターは、まさに極上。さすがに時代柄アナログ画質なのは致し方ありませんが、ダビング痕も経年劣化も見られない鮮やかなディテールも艶やかな色彩も当時そのまま。それこそ公式VHSかLDから起こされたかのような映像美なのです。
その時間旅行クオリティで描かれるのは、新作『HEY MAN』をフィーチュアしつつ、オリジナル4人時代の粋を集結したフルショウ。当時の模様は公式ライヴ盤『LIVE AT BUDOKAN』にもなっているわけですが、あちらは1994年との混ぜ物。本作はノンストップ一発録りの生中継だけにセットも異なっていますので、ここで比較しながら整理してみましょう。

●ヘイ・マン
・Trapped In Toyland/Take Cover/Jane Doe/The Chain(★)/Out Of The Underground/Goin’ Where The Wind Blows(★)/Where Do I Fit In?(★)/Fool Us Today/I Love You Japan(★)
●その他
・MR. BIG:メドレー(Had Enough/Big Love/Take A Walk/Merciless)/Addicted To That Rush
・リーン・イントゥ・イット:Green-Tinted Sixties Mind/Alive And Kickin’/To Be With You(★)/Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy(★)
・バンプ・アヘッド:Price You Gotta Pay(★)/Wild World(★)/Colorado Bulldog(★)
・カバー他:Hoedown(★)/Suffragette City/Shy Boy(★)/Baba O’Riley(★)
※注:「★」印は公式ライヴアルバム『LIVE AT BUDOKAN』で聴けない曲。

……と、このようになっています。『LIVE AT BUDOKAN』で聴けないナンバーが12曲にも及ぶわけですが、その中身も特濃。大代表曲である「Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy」を筆頭に「To Be With You」「Colorado Bulldog」「Wild World」「Price You Gotta Pay」「Shy Boy」等々、「なぜそれを外した!?」と言いたくなる(まぁ、ライヴ盤を大量にリリースしてましたからね)名曲群がたっぷり。その一方で、レア方面も充実。日本でしか記録のない新曲「Goin’ Where The Wind Blows」「Where Do I Fit In?」や当時の限定曲「The Chain」、その名もズバリの「I Love You Japan」、ドラムソロ/ベースソロを盛り込んだコープランドの「Hoedown」等々。生演奏版が聴けるだけでもありがたいレベルの貴重曲がオフィシャル級プロショットでたっぷりと楽しめるのです。
終演後、楽屋に駆け込んでいく4人や(現場で)視聴者プレゼント・コーナーを行うバックステージが映され、時間調整のためか「To Be With You」のクリップが流れて幕を閉じる本作。生中継だけに大歓声は曲間だけに限定されるようなミックスなど、それもこれもリアルタイム感なのです。人気絶頂のフルショウを楽しめるオフィシャル代わりの象徴映像。その最高峰マスター。どうぞ、思う存分心ゆくまでお楽しみください。

★「1996年4月19日:日本武道館」公演のマルチカメラ・プロショット。HEY MAN Tourの象徴として君臨してきた生中継映像ですが、本作はコアな記録マニアによる最高峰マスター。ダビング痕も経年劣化も見られない鮮やかなディテールも艶やかな色彩も当時そのままで、公式VHSかLDから起こされたかのような映像美です。『LIVE AT BUDOKAN』ではカットされた大代表曲もズラリと並べ、逆に「Goin’ Where The Wind Blows」「Where Do I Fit In?」「The Chain」「I Love You Japan」などのレア曲も満載。人気絶頂のフルショウを楽しめるオフィシャル代わりの絶対映像です。

1. Intro
2. Trapped In Toyland
3. Take Cover
4. Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
5. Price You Gotta Pay
6. Jane Doe
7. The Chain
8. Had Enough / Big Love / Take A Walk / Merciless
9. Guitar Solo
10. Out Of The Underground
11. Wild World
12. Goin’ Where The Wind Blows
13. Alive And Kickin’
14. Hoedown / Drum Solo / Bass Solo
15. Where Do I Fit In?
16. Colorado Bulldog
17. Band Introductions
18. To Be With You
19. Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy
20. Fool Us Today
21. Addicted To That Rush
22. Suffragette City
23. Shy Boy
24. Baba O’Riley
25. I Love You Japan
26. After The Stage
27. To Be With You (Promo Clip)

Eric Martin – Vocal
Billy Sheehan – Bass
Paul Gilbert – Guitar
Pat Torpey – Drums

PRO-SHOT COLOUR NTSC Approx.123min.

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