GiGinJapan Artwork of Japanese CDs (mostly) Rickie Lee Jones / Kansas City 1982 Soundboard / 2CDR / Uxbridge
Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO, USA 23rd August 1982
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Ricky Lee Jones in 1982, who was in the midst of a great heyday, sending “Pirates” to fifth place in the US following “Roman”. A sound board album that should be said to be a symbol of it is now available.
“August 23, 1982 in Kansas City” is recorded in this work. It is the stereo sound board recording. Since there are many vague points and contradictions in the materials at that time, the tour outline is omitted, but speaking of 1982, it is also known for excavation boards such as “LIVE AT THE ROXY” and “EUROPE 1982”. The Kansas performance of this work was a concert about 4 months after the former and about 1 month after the latter (although the official credit is not quite reliable, such as the date of the festival being shifted).
Also, to be more certain, the ultra-superb audience recording “HOFFMAN ESTATES 1982 (Uxbridge 1282)”, which was very popular at our store, is still fresh in our memory. This work is also a live album just five days later.
Such a show has a wonderful soundboard recording, and is also a show that represents the “PIRATES” era. Even if you say “sound board” in one word, there are various personalities, but in the case of this work, it is a “mix desk direct connection system”. Although the loud cheers of popular climax are sucked in between songs, it also sounds like a strangely distant ripple, and on the contrary, live performances and singing voices are completely zero distance. It is also in a different dimension from “there is no sense of distance” in audience recording.
The balance that specializes not only in cheers but also in immersive feeling has nothing to do with the “concert experience”, but it is not a drawback even if it is a good point for soundboard enthusiasts who are worn out. In the first place, there is nothing that surpasses audience recording in the sense of a tool for re-experiencing the scene, and “HOFFMAN ESTATES 1982”, which is the highest peak board, also reigns. The significance of this work is not there but in “musical expression by live performance”. In that sense, this work, which records the raw performance of the stage without processing, surpasses even the official work.
With such a directly connected sound, a big enthusiastic performance in the middle of the big moment is depicted. “HOFFMAN ESTATES 1982” was also a 2-disc set of about 94 minutes, but this work is a long show of 2 hours and 43 minutes that greatly exceeds it. Let’s organize the set while comparing here.
● Romance
・Young Blood (Under The Boardwalk)／Weasel and the White Boys Cool／Coolsville（★）／The Last Chance Texaco（★）／Chuck E.’s in Love（★）／Danny’s All-Star Joint（★）
●Others
・Pirates: We Belong Together/Living It Up (★)/Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)
・Cover: Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee/Walk Away Renee/My Funny Valentine/Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (★)/Greenback Dollar Bill/Iko Iko (Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking) (★)
・Other: I Won’t Dance／Instrumental（★）／Kansas City（★）
* Note: “★” marks are songs that could not be heard in either of “HOFFMAN ESTATES 1982”.
… and it looks like this. It’s already full of “★” marks, and the number of songs is so overwhelming that it’s impossible to list points one by one. I mentioned the excavation boards “LIVE AT THE ROXY” and “EUROPE 1982” earlier, but even with these two works, “Weasel and the White Boys Cool”, “The Last Chance Texaco”, “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O -Dee,” “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat,” “Greenback Dollar Bill,” and “Kansas City.”
Not to mention the directly connected sound quality, it is a masterpiece of an overwhelming live album with a huge number of songs. One of the most important works of the heyday “PIRATES” era in all respects. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content.
★ Stereo sound board recording of “Kansas City performance on August 23, 1982”. With a soundboard directly connected to the mix desk, the loud cheers can be heard like distant ripples, while the live performances and singing voices are completely zero distance. Ricky himself sings in his brain and you can enjoy the synchronized feeling that the instruments are ringing. It is the most important board of the “PIRATES” era, where the repertoire that cannot be heard on the excavation board “LIVE AT THE ROXY” and “EUROPE 1982” is poured into the brain for 2 hours and 43 minutes.
Uxbridge 1812
