Rolling Stones / Dusseldorf 2017 / 2CD

Rolling Stones / Dusseldorf 2017 / 2CD / Non Label

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Live at Esprit Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany 9th October 2017


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As a result, I have been off for about a week but this week again two titles will be released from Stones’ latest tour. In the beginning of the tour, there were scattered performances that really made you hiyahiya, but the performance of “NO FILTER” this time it got better and better since I grasped the condition in Zurich. Rather, Stones was reluctantly recognized that it was a band that is going up in order as the tour goes on, and at the same time listening to the performance from the beginning of the tour to the current demodulation It is a really fun tour to compare. It is no longer necessary to listen to all the performances. Still, the demodulation after Zurich is remarkable, when is everyone’s next performance? Is not it looking forward to it? The first Düsseldorf performance on October 9 introduced this time is a day suitable for calling as a new masterpiece without multiplication.

It is an audience recording that caught such a wonderful day, but it falls a bit from the rank which can be called “best” in terms of sound quality. First of all, the sound image has a sense of distance, and it has become a recording of a thin state of the line. Perhaps the position of the taper was not clear. So in this release we have succeeded in upgrading the sound quality that seems to have been labeled as “B class” in the “NO FILTER” tour with elaborate treatments.
Although the original sound source has the splendor of capturing Mick’s singing voice with a large balance, the weakness of the sound image of performance and the low degree of separation are negative due to the previous recording condition. As a result of applying equalization to solve those problems, it has evolved to a state that can be heard much more than the state of the original sound source. Among them, the difference between the original sound source and the point that the performance became clearly heard clearly.
Because it is such a wonderful performance, it is something that I want to listen to in a recording condition that is reasonable for that too. The thinness of the line touched earlier was eliminated at once, but the sound quality with improved clearance was a level that even beginners could fully hear. As expected it will not be as high quality as Hamburg or Lucca Summer Festival. Still the overall balance improved all at once, and even clearance was improved, so this was the release that was overwhelmingly easy to hear. Besides the realistic feeling is exquisite balance.

As I have repeated so far, the performance is wonderful on this day anyhow. Originally from the opening “NO FILTER” tour The momentum beyond usual tone is clearly transmitted … Well, today it will be cool. I can not help failing such premonition. In this tour, not only Keith and Charlie, but also Mick who continues to provide high level of performance all the time have scattered scenes that scattered scenes made me feel uneasy about the worldwide enthusiasts. But how is it, Mick on this day fly away from the opening. He was fueled by the greatest band, and the whole band has plenty of momentum. Since the engine is fully open before entering the usual blues corner, “Just Your Fool” is finally performing the best performance. The center is Mick here as well. It is the first performance that I should call this good condition.
While plenty of musical performances are showing off quickly enough to call it another dimension as compared to just after the start of the tour, the exquisite selection continues to raise the tone of Stones. First of all, “Bitch”. On the stage of the decade, the same song has been useful as a repertoire that makes the Stones engine fully open. That is the atmosphere as if the band will explode because the engine is already full on this day. This will not have been thought of in the early stages of the tour too.
From this momentum it was exquisite to say “Get Off of My Cloud” that was chosen for today’s request tune. As it turned out, until the actual performance started, it was Hiyahiya. Let’s say that this song was played in the condition that it touched like the beginning of the tour. Such worry became frustrating for being happy. The tempo where I ran from Charlie of the intro and running cod was the best. Again the momentum is completely different from the beginning of the show on this day. Just to show off the expressions that accelerated, the performance here is wonderful. “NO FILTER” It may be said that it was judicious judgment that it was not played from the start of the tour until this day. It is no exaggeration to say that the demonization of Stones is condensed to this one more than that.

Even though such a special repertoire naturally, Stones in this day notes that he was able to recover the momentum that was not felt at the beginning of the tour even for subsequent songs. This is surely the utility of Charlie who hit “Get Off of My Cloud” energetically. For a while from the start of the tour, the point that “Paint It Black” that was being played extensively as if it seems to stop will be completely demodulated also in the Stones where the momentum of this day was overflowing. In addition, although the songs go back and forth, “You Can not Always Get What You Want” is a terrible Ronnie! Although I may have experienced surgery this year, in fact it seems to be his guitar play that I am more excited than anyone on the “NO FILTER” tour.
Of course he is doing fine even at “Midnight Rambler”. However, it is not only him but also that it is unique only after Zurich that the whole band is exciting together. In this tour, “Gimme Shelter” which was promoted to the position of live end of live, Mick and Sasha Allen’s duets are more hot than usual. As this is a fulfilling performance, it is natural for Düsseldorf to release on limited press CDs as well. Not only the performance full of momentum that is unique to after-Zurich, but also finished in one piece that can be enjoyed greatly as an upper version that showed the original thin sound quality of the line to Otama. A new masterpiece came from the latest “NO FILTER” tour!

結果として一週間ほどお休みしてしまいましたが、今週は再びストーンズ最新ツアーからのリリースが一挙二タイトル登場します。ツアー開始当初は本当にヒヤヒヤさせられるような演奏が散見されたものの、チューリッヒで調子をつかんでからは演奏がどんどん良くなってきた今回の「NO FILTER」ツアー。むしろストーンズというのはツアーが進むにつれて調子を上げていくバンドであったことを図らずも再認識させられたと同時に、今となってはツアー開始当初のもたついた演奏から現在の復調ぶりまでを聞き比べるのが本当に楽しいツアーとなってきました。もはやすべての公演を聞いてみたくなるほど。とはいえチューリッヒ以降の復調は目覚ましいものがあり、誰もが次なる名演はいつ?と楽しみにされているのではないでしょうか。今回最初に紹介する10月9日のデュセルドルフ公演は掛け値なしに新たなる名演と呼ぶに相応しい一日。

そんな素晴らしい一日を捉えてくれたオーディエンス録音ですが、音質的には「ベスト」と呼べるランクから少し落ちてしまう。まず音像に距離感があり、なおかつ線の細い状態の録音となっています。おそらくは今回のテーパーのポジションが冴えなかったのでしょう。そこで今回のリリースに当たっては入念なトリートメントによって「NO FILTER」ツアーの中では「B級」の烙印が押されてしまいそうな音質のグレードアップに成功。
元々の音源はミックの歌声を大きなバランスで捉えているという素晴らしさがある反面、先の録音状態のせいによって演奏の音像の弱さや分離度の低さがマイナスとなっています。それらの問題点を解消するためにイコライズを施した結果、元の音源の状態と比べて格段に聞き込める状態へと進化を遂げてくれたのです。中でも演奏が鮮明に聞き取れるようになったという点は元の音源との差が歴然と。
せっかくの素晴らしい演奏ですから、やはりそれに見合う録音状態で聞きたいと思うもの。先に触れた線の細さが一気に解消され、それでいてクリアネスも向上した音質は初心者でも十分に聞き込めてしまうレベル。さすがにハンブルクやルッカのサマー・フェスティバルのような極上クオリティには及びません。それでも全体のバランスが一気に向上し、なおかつクリアネスまでもが向上してくれたことから、圧倒的に聞きやすく仕上がったのが今回のリリースなのです。おまけに臨場感がまた絶妙なバランス。

ここまで繰り返してきたように、とにかくこの日は演奏が素晴らしい。そもそもオープニングからして「NO FILTER」ツアーいつもの調子以上の勢いがはっきりと伝わってくる…うーん、今日はイケるぞ。そんな予感がよぎらずにはいられない。今回のツアーではキースやチャーリーはもちろん、いつも水準の高いパフォーマンスを提供し続けるミックまでもがふらつき気味な場面が散見されたことが世界中のマニアに不安を覚えさせることになりました。しかしどうでしょう、この日のミックはオープニングから飛ばしまくり。絶好調な彼に煽られ、バンド全体の勢いもたっぷり。いつものブルースコーナーに入る前からエンジン全開ですので、「Just Your Fool」はいよいよ最高の演奏を披露。その中心はここでもミック。これぞ絶好調と呼ぶべきパフォーマンスぶり。
ツアー開始直後と比べて別次元と呼びたくなるほど勢いたっぷりな演奏が矢継ぎ早に披露されるなか、さらにストーンズの調子を上げてくれる絶妙な選曲が続きます。まずは「Bitch」。ここ十年のステージにおいて、同曲はストーンズのエンジンを全開にさせてくれるレパートリーとして重宝がられてきたもの。それがこの日は既にエンジン全開ということでバンドが爆発するかのような雰囲気。これもまたツアー序盤では考えられなかったことでしょう。
この勢いから本日のリクエスト・チューンに選ばれたのが「Get Off of My Cloud」と言うのがまた絶妙。実を申しますと実際の演奏が始まるまではヒヤヒヤものでした。この曲がツアー序盤のようにもたついた調子で演奏されてしまったとしたどうしよう…ところが、です。そんな心配は嬉しいことに杞憂となったのです。イントロのチャーリーからしてやタラに走りまくったテンポが最高。やはりこの日はショー序盤から勢いが全然違う。それが加速した挙句の披露だけに、ここでの演奏は素晴らしいもの。「NO FILTER」ツアー開始からこの日まで演奏されなかったは賢明な判断と言えるかもしれません。それ以上にストーンズの復調ぶりがこの一曲に凝縮されていると言っても過言ではない。

そうしたスペシャル・レパートリーは当然のこととしても、この日のストーンズが特筆すべきは以降の曲でもツアー開始時には感じられなかった勢いをようやく取り戻してみせたということ。これはやはり「Get Off of My Cloud」を元気いっぱいに叩いたチャーリーの効用に違いありません。ツアー開始からしばらくは、まるで止まってしまいそうなほどゆったりと演奏されていた「Paint It Black」が完全復調している点もまた、この日の勢いに溢れたストーンズならでは。さらに曲は前後しますが「You Can’t Always Get What You Want」はロニーが凄い!今年は手術を経験したこともあるでしょうが、実は「NO FILTER」ツアーにおいて誰よりも気を吐いているのが彼のギタープレイではないかと思えるほど。
もちろん「Midnight Rambler」でも彼は絶好調。ですが彼だけに留まらず、バンド全体で一丸となって盛り上がるのがチューリッヒ以降ならではというもの。今回のツアーではライブ終盤と言う位置に昇格した「Gimme Shelter」ではミックとサーシャ・アレンのデュエットがいつも以上に白熱。これだけ充実した演奏が聞かれる一日ですので、もちろんデュセルドルフも限定のプレスCDでのリリースは当たり前。アフター・チューリッヒならではの勢いに溢れた演奏はもちろん、線の細い元の音質を大蒲に改善してみせたアッパー・バージョンとしても大いに楽しめる一枚に仕上がっています。最新「NO FILTER」ツアーから新たなる名演がやってきた!

 

Disc 1 (66:08)
1. Intro 2. Sympathy for the Devil 3. It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll 4. Tumbling Dice
5. Just Your Fool 6. Ride ‘Em on Down 7. Bitch 8. Get Off of My Cloud
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want 10. Paint It Black 11. Honky Tonk Women
12. Band Introductions 13. Happy 14. Slipping Away

Disc 2 (59:38)
1. Miss You 2. Midnight Rambler 3. Street Fighting Man 4. Start Me Up 5. Brown Sugar
6. Jumping Jack Flash 7. Gimme Shelte 8. Satisfaction

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