Rainbow / A Paris 1981 / 2CDR

Rainbow / A Paris 1981 / 2CDR / Non label

Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK 26th July 1981,Taken from the original 2LP (SPOT LIGHT XL 1508 A/B & 1510 A/B)

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Kinney’s “A PARIS 1981” original press 3-disc set is reproduced from the master. In recent years, reissues of LP bootlegs have been well received for bonuses and gift titles, but this work is also a collection of domestic core collectors who provided those original LPs. As many reissues have proved, this time it is an analog record in the best condition that seems to be new, and it is digitized straight. We have reproduced the LP sound itself, which is completely untouched (cannot be put in), except for the treatment of the slight needle crackling noise.
The sound that has been loved for many years flows out of this work. The warm, soothing taste violently stimulates the nasal passages, as if it penetrates the memory center of the brain. The pitch is a little low, and the cheering parts such as before the start, before the end, encore, and “Over The Rainbow” are cut as well as the analog record. In terms of audio, it is not as good as the press 2CD of the vivid original cassette, but its clearness can only become a legend, and it is a high quality sound that is outstanding among many LP reissues. If the original cassette wasn’t found, it wouldn’t be strange to fix the pitch and make it a press CD.

It is recorded on the 3rd day of the London Hammersmith performance on July 26, 1981, which is different from the title. Also, of the 3-disc LP, the Hammersmith performance is up to the 3rd A-side. For some reason, the third B-side contains the Budokan “August 26, 1981”. In this work, this part is also reproduced in its entirety. It’s a bold composition that seems to be in the analog era, but it is also a high quality sound that is comparable to the main story Hammersmith.
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 キニー製「A PARIS 1981」のオリジナル・プレス3枚組を原盤より復刻。近年はLPブートレッグの復刻盤がボーナスやギフト・タイトルで好評を頂いておりますが、本作もまた、それらの元LPを提供してくださった国内コアコレクターのコレクション。数々の復刻盤が証明してきたとおり、今回も新品かと思うような極上状態のアナログ盤でして、それをストレートにデジタル化。わずかに入る針パチノイズをトリートメントした他は、一切手を入れない(入れようがない)LPサウンドそのものを復刻いたしました。
 その本作から流れ出るのは、長年愛してきたあのサウンド。暖かく、落ち着きのある味わいが猛烈に鼻腔を刺激し、脳の記憶中枢まで貫くかのよう。若干ピッチが低く、開演前・終演前・アンコール等の歓声部分や「Over The Rainbow」がカットされているのもアナログ盤通り。オーディオ的には鮮烈なオリジナル・カセットのプレス2CDに及ばないわけですが、そのクリアさは流石に伝説となるだけのことはあり、数々のLP復刻盤の中でもズバ抜けたハイクオリティサウンド。もし、オリジナル・カセットが発掘されなかったら、ピッチだけ直してプレスCD化してもおかしくないほどです。
 
 収録されているのはタイトルとは別の1981年7月26日のロンドン・ハマースミス公演3日目。また3枚組LPのうち、ハマースミス公演は3枚目のA面まで。3枚目のB面はなぜか武道館「1981年8月26日」が収録されています。本作では、この部分もそっくり復刻しました。なんともアナログ時代らしい大胆な構成ですが、これまた本編ハマースミスにも負けないハイクオリティ・サウンドです。
 
Disc 1 (53:45)
1. Over The Rainbow 2. Spotlight Kid 3. Love’s No Friend 4. I Surrender
5. Man On The Silver Mountain 6. Catch The Rainbow 7. Can’t Happen Here 8. Keyboard Solo
9. Lost In Hollywood 10. Guitar Solo incl. A Light In The Black
 
Disc 2 (51:02)
1. Difficult To Cure 2. Drum Solo 3. Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll 4. Maybe Next Time
5. All Night Long 6. Woman From Tokyo / Rule Britannia 7. Since You Been Gone 8. Fire
 
Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 26th August 1981
 
9. All Night Long 10. Smoke On The Water 11. Maybe Next Time 12. Since You Been Gone
13. Blues

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