Rod Stewart / LA Forum 1979 Final Night: Mike Millard 1st Generation Tapes /  2CDR

Rod Stewart / LA Forum 1979 Final Night: Mike Millard 1st Generation Tapes /  2CDR / Uxbridge

The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA 28th June 1979

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Mike Millard’s latest Audience Master is his first recording, The Who, a 1973 LA Forum pitch-corrected feint (laughs), as well as 1979 Rod Stewart. As usual, the outstanding mirrored quality is the wonderful sound quality of the explosion, but this time it is released on CD-R.
Speaking of the 1979 “BLONDES’AVE MORE FUN” tour where Rod was at the height of stardom, the masterpiece audience “REFLECTION OF LIFE” from the Japanese performance has already been released.
Besides, the LA Forum in June recorded by Millard this time is Chiaki Raku of the tour, one of which (date unknown) was shot as a live video, later released as “LIVE AT THE LOS ANGELES FORUM”, and now Is the current situation that some takes from June 21 have been adopted for the live best “LIVE 1976-1998”.
And regarding this sound source, the reason why it was released on CD-R was that Millard was late for the live and missed recording two songs “Hot Legs” and “Born Loose”. Speaking of which, the 1977 mirrored recording “L.A. FORUM 1977” was even more incomplete, so it seems that the 70’s rod stage and mirrored were incompatible for some reason.

However, the sound quality is really great this time as well. The sounds of the golden rhythm section, Carmine Appice and Phil Chen, also approach the listener with a powerful balance. In that respect, it is certain that the quality is completely at the level of a press CD.
And … rest assured, it’s a completely different day’s record from the previous live video and live vest at the same June LA Forum. For example, if you compare it with the video “Maggie May”, it’s easy to understand because the appearance of the rod talking at the beginning is totally different.
In the first place, this sound source is a record of a historic day, the last day of the “BLONDES’AVE MORE FUN” tour that started the previous year. If it can be heard with stable mirrored quality, the unrecorded first two songs are insignificant.

On the last day of such an enthusiastic tour, it is the miracle recording that conveys the realism of excitement that shows attachment to the forum so much that it is a rod and “This is home” more than the previous live video.
It is unique to Millard that it captures the lustful stage of Rod who was at the height of the song, but if the excitement of the surroundings is stressful in the call and response with the audience that occurs in some songs. The exquisiteness of his recording is that you can listen to it without having to listen to it.
Above all, the live video is far from complete recording, yet the live best is an excerpt of several songs. You can’t miss the fact that this sound source is the longest in total.
And “Layla” is included in “(I Know) I’m Losing You”, and the finale is the golden pattern of 1979 that “I’m Sexy” is played again. In particular, the ending that closes the curtain with the latter pattern is a scene that was not seen in the example video, and Millard is also amazing this time in that it conveys the whole picture of the 1979 show that can not be captured by various official groups. rice field. Excellent sound quality and performance!

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