Rod Stewart / Budokan 1981 Final Night / 2CDR

Rod Stewart / Budokan 1981 Final Night / 2CDR / Uxbridge
Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 13th May 1981

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Rod Stewart during the “FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR” era, which carried out the biggest Japan tour of his career. An original recording that allows you to experience the special performance is now available.
The performance of “May 13, 1981: Nippon Budokan” is imbued in this work. It is the best audience recording. Speaking of the 1881 Budokan, the TV pro shot broadcasted on the “Young Music Show” symbolizes and reigns, but it is a different performance from this work. In order to explain the circumstances around that, let’s first unravel from the schedule of coming to Japan at the time when it was at the peak of popularity.

・ April 24th + 25th: Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (2 performances)
・ April 27th + 28th: Nippon Budokan (2 performances)
・ May 1 + 2: Osaka Festival Hall (2 performances)
・ May 5th + 6th: Fukuoka Sports Center (2 performances)
・ May 8: Nippon Budokan
・ May 11: Nippon Budokan
・ May 12: Nippon Budokan ← * TV broadcast
· May 13: Nippon Budokan ← This work

[The final day of the phantom not even on the tour date] A total of 12 performances. The total number is amazing, but 6 times at Nippon Budokan is also intense. Of these, the TV broadcast was the second to last show, and what was recorded in this work was the concert on the final day of the next day. Also, this day was also a phantom live that was not easily listed on the tour date. Actually, this day was a special performance sponsored by a certain publisher S. Tickets are not sold to the general public, but distributed free of charge as a gift for readers. Of the approximately 100,000 applicants, 150,000 were selected and were able to view it.
The quality of this work, which vacuum-packed such a special scene, is also special. It is an original recording excavated on the initial Trial label, but the sound is really clear and fresh. Although the tone that feels a little distant is not the type to be mistaken for a sound board, the feeling of air is beautifully transparent, and the core that penetrates the middle is sharp like a laser beam. Despite the large family of eight people, the performance sound of each person is transmitted firmly. Of course, the singing voice of the leading rod that reaches the performance team is so detailed that you can hear every word of the lyrics.

[Full show full of masterpieces that could not be seen on TV] What is more wonderful than the clear sound is the full show woven by the masterpieces of the heyday. The TV broadcast pro shot mentioned above was digested along the broadcast frame of about 50 minutes, but this work is a consistent recording unique to the audience. You can fully experience the show for about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Let’s organize the set while comparing it with the TV broadcast pro shot, even in the sense of realizing the scale.

Kick off to tomorrow (4 songs)
・Hot Legs / You’re In My Heart / (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right (★) / I Was Only Joking
● Pandora’s Box (4 songs)
・Gi ‘Me Wings／Passion（★）／She Won’t Dance With Me（★）／Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight
● Others (8 songs)
・ Solo: Maggie May (★) / (I Know) I’m Losing You / Sweet Little Rock’n’Roller / Sailing (★) / Tonight’s The Night (★) / Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
・Others: Stay With Me (★) / I Just Want To Make Love To You (★)
* Note: “★” marks are songs that could not be heard in the TV broadcast pro shot.

… and it looks like this. Although it was in 1981, I came to Japan about half a year before the release of “TONIGHT I’M YOURS”. While focusing on the two works “FOOT LOOSE & FANCY FREE” and “FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR”, he will show off plenty of famous songs from the 70’s. I can understand that the rare Muddy Waters cover “I Just Want To Make Love To You” was cut on TV, but if you look closely, you can see classics such as “Maggie May” and “Tonight’s The Night” and the popular song “Sailing”. ” was also deleted. In this work, you can fully enjoy such famous songs.
The final performance was jam-packed with young fans who finally won after sending out many postcards. It is an original recording that allows you to experience the scene of such a special Nippon Budokan with exquisite clear sound. It is also a wonderful piece of music that allows you to enjoy a full show at the height of its popularity, and it is also a sound evidence that there was a live performance known to those in the know. A piece of cultural heritage that is irreplaceable no matter how you listen to it. Please enjoy it to the fullest.

★ “May 13, 1981: Nippon Budokan” performance of the best audience recording. It is a live album of a special performance where tickets were distributed as a present for Shogakukan readers on the final day different from the famous TV broadcast. It is a clear and fresh beautiful recording, the air is beautifully transparent, and the core that penetrates the middle is sharp like a laser beam. “I Don’t Want To Be Right,” “Passion,” “She Won’t Dance With Me,” “Maggie May,” “Sailing,” “Tonight’s The Night,” “Stay With Me,” “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” etc. , You can enjoy plenty of famous songs that were not in the TV broadcast pro shot.

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