Ratt / Yokohama 1986 Definitive Master /  2CD

RATT in 1986, which was at the height of its popularity with two big hits of “OUT OF THE CELLAR” and “INVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY”. The legendary recording that conveys the majestic performance in Japan has been brushed up. Introducing the permanent storage press 2CD.
The legendary recording was recorded at the “April 23, 1986: Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium” performance. It is the best audience recording. Speaking of 1986, it is remembered as the year when the 3rd album “DANCING UNDERCOVER” was released, but the second performance in Japan was four months before that. It was the final edition of “INVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY Tour”. And this visit to Japan was also the moment when RATT’s popularity in Japan reached its peak. Let’s look back on the schedule of arrival in Japan at that time and confirm the position of this work in the sense that you can feel the tremendous support.

・ April 7 + 8: Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan (2 performances)
・ April 10 + 11: Nakano Sunplaza (2 performances)
・ April 12: Shibuya Public Hall
・ April 14: Fukuoka Sun Palace
・ April 15: Osaka Festival Hall
・ April 16 + 17: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall (2 performances)
・ April 19: Kyoto Kaikan
・ April 21: Nagoya City Assembly Hall
・ April 22: Shizuoka Culture Hall
・ April 23: Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium ← ★ Coco ★
・ April 24: Nakano Sunplaza
・ April 25: Miyagi Sports Center
・ April 27 + 28: NHK Hall (2 performances)

Above, all 17 performances. From Tohoku in the north to Fukuoka in the south, it is the first time to thoroughly bomb all parts of Japan. RATT has visited Japan 9 times including the reunion era, but the average number of performances is 5.6 times, which is a calculation that has completed 3 full live performances in the past year alone. The Yokohama Park of this work was the 13th concert of the heyday of the Japan tour, which was about to reach its climax.
This work recorded at such a site is exactly the best audience recording. As a matter of fact, the recording itself has been known to enthusiasts for a long time, and it is a legendary famous recording that was said to be “the best RATT recording in the world”. This work is a copy of it. .. .. Instead, it is the ultimate version that is directly digitized from the genuine Omoto cassette with the latest equipment in 2021. In fact, if you want to express that sound in one word, “Is this a sound board?” Anyway, the core is very thick, there is no sense of distance, and the details are super clear. When I listen with headphones, I feel that the vocal growth includes hall noise, but even if I listen to it microscopically, it is indistinguishable from the on-site effect and I can’t help but feel it. Even with that growing singing voice, the feeling of air bubbles in the rough voice quality that is typical of Stephen Pearcy is clear.
Although this work is completely FM broadcast, it is the low audience noise that further enhances the sound board feeling. There is a vast swell between the songs, but it is strangely far and small for the thick playing sound. The distance of the customer is so great that it feels as if it was recorded from the dressing room (it is just an image of perspective. If you really record in the backstage, the performance will not be recorded so beautifully). The balance is “You Should Know By Now”, and even if a big call and response (as expected, the climax era!) Blows up, the dust will not collapse.
The best sound with such “super” is drawn with a perfect full show that concentrates the famous songs from the debut EP “RATT” to “INVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY”. Let’s organize the set here so that you can feel the concentration.

● Rat (4 songs)
・ Back for More / Walkin’the Dog / You Think You’re Tough / Sweet Cheater
● Out of the Cellar (4 songs)
・ Wanted Man / In Your Direction / The Morning After / Round and Round
● Invasion of Your Privacy (9 songs)
・ Dangerous But Worth The Risk / Give It All / Never Use Love / Closer To My Heart / Between The Eyes / What You Give Is What You Get / You Should Know By Now / Lay It Down / You’re in Love

… And it looks like this. It is important that this work is a record of performances in Japan, but it is a rush of masterpieces and representative songs that are dazzling no matter where the live is. Moreover, unlike the Greatest Hits Live in recent years, the balance that occupies half of “INVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY” has a real-time feeling. What’s more, you can fully enjoy the extremely rare repertoire that can only be found in the 1980s, such as “Give It All,” “Between The Eyes,” and “What You Give Is What You Get.”
RATT is not blessed with official live works, whether it is an album or a video. This work is one that also serves as such an “official substitute”. Although it is actually an audience recording, it goes beyond the dimension of “memories of coming to Japan” and is thinned into an official work. The original sound of the legendary recording that enthusiasts once praised as “the best in the world”. Please enjoy it anytime, forever with the permanent storage press 2CD.

★ Recording of the best audience of the performance of “April 23, 1986: Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium”. The legendary famous recording, which has been acclaimed as “the best RATT recording in the world” by enthusiasts, is digitized directly from the Omoto cassette. Anyway, the core is very thick, there is no sense of distance, and the details are super clear. Furthermore, the popular climax is strangely far away, and it is a famous recording like an FM sound board. By concentrating and reducing from the debut EP to “INVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY”, you can enjoy not only the deadly major songs but also the famous songs such as “Give It All”, “Between The Eyes” and “What You Give Is What You Get”. It is a masterpiece that can be a “official substitute” for RATT, who is not blessed with official live works.

★ Only the first 50 sheets will be released with numbered stickers.