GiGinJapan Artwork of Japanese CDs (mostly) Rolling Stones / Rotterdam 1982 Day 1 / 2CD / Non label
Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2nd June 1982
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Rolling Stones 1982 Europe Tour with the feeling that items are available on CD. Even recently, masterpiece audience albums such as “PARIS 1982 1ST NIGHT” have been released on “FRANK FURT 1982”, but this time it is the first sound source from Rotterdam, the starting point of the tour. At the end of May, they held an arena show that doubled as a warm-up in their home country of England, and it was Rotterdam that kicked off during the tour from June. Three shows have been held there, and all CD items have been released except on the first day.
However, on the first day of June 2nd, even LPs, let alone CDs, recorded only a few songs as a bonus of “MOJO’S FINEST ’82” which recorded the third day of Rotterdam. Certainly, the audience recording used as a bonus for the LP has B-class sound quality, and the release by itself is of strict quality. However, apart from that, audience recordings with easy-to-hear sound quality were distributed among traders.
Although this recording is monaural, the sound image is large (although it is not in the range that can be described as a sound board), the texture of the audience recording like an outdoor stadium is not bad, and it is said that it has never been released on a press CD until now. Mysteriously.
However, for the above reason, it is undeniable that there is a squeaky feeling that is common in outdoor cassette recording, and at the time of this limited press CD release, we will equalize to alleviate that point. As a result, the monaural audience recording with excellent features is easier to hear, and the outline of the performance is pushed forward. It was a level that enthusiasts can enjoy as it is, but with this restoration, the quality has been improved to a level that even beginners can fully enjoy.
Because it was an outdoor stadium and a venue in Europe, the surroundings were very lively, and there was one audience who “hit the next song” near the taper, and most of the songs were guessing that. However, this is something that makes me smile. Rather, in the latter half of the concert, the excitement suddenly became hot from around “Miss You” and there were many parts that were jarring, but it was okay, but as the performance progressed, the area around the taper became tired and the noise faded out (laughs).
The performance of Stones itself has already been raised because the latter half of last year was spent on the US tour and the warm-up was done in Scotland in May. As expected, the sense of speed peculiar to 1982, which becomes noticeable after a few weeks, has not been born, but it is clear that some songs have a different momentum of performance from the previous year. The area around “Neighbours” may be called the first example.
And speaking of 1982, the rare repertoire is the cover of The Big Bopper “Chantilly Lace”. Although he had already made his stage debut in Scotland, it seems that Mick’s song is still suppressed at the beginning of the tour. The atmosphere is clearly different from “PARIS 1982 1ST NIGHT” two weeks later and “FRANK FURT 1982” one month later, so it will be interesting to hear and compare. What’s wrong is that the laughing scene that the audience who wants to predict the next song does not know about this song and does not shout the song title unlike other times is a new repertoire that has just introduced the tour. It reminds me of.
The performance of Stones after that seems to be in good condition, but the double saxophone of “Hang Fire”, which was also a specialty of 1982, does not sound due to a mistake on the PA side at the beginning of the performance, which is also a happening that seems to be the beginning of the tour. It’s also interesting that I was hit. The first day of the 1982 European Tour, which includes the scene that seems to be the beginning of the tour, but still has a high degree of perfection, will be released on a limited press CD!
CDでもアイテムが揃ってきた感のローリング・ストーンズ1982年ヨーロッパ・ツアー。ここ最近でも「FRANKFURT 1982」に「PARIS 1982 1ST NIGHT」といった名作オーディエンス・アルバムがリリースされてまいりましたが、今回はツアーのスタート地点であるロッテルダムからの初登場音源。彼らはまず5月末に母国イギリス・エリアでウォームアップを兼ねたアリーナショーを行い、6月からのツアー本番においてキックオフを果たしたのがロッテルダムでした。同地では都合三回のショーが行われていて、初日以外はすべてCDアイテムがリリース済。
ところが6月2日の初日に関してはCDどころかLPですらロッテルダム三日目を収録した「MOJO’S FINEST ’82」のおまけで数曲収録されたのみ…という状態が何と現在まで続いていたという。確かに同LPのおまけに使われたオーディエンス録音はB級音質であり、なるほど単体でのリリースは厳しいクオリティ。ところがそれとは別に聞きやすい音質のオーディエンス録音がトレーダー間に流通していたのです。
こちらの録音、モノラルながらも音像大きめ（さすがにサウンドボードと形容される域ではありませんが）、いかにも野外スタジアムらしいオーディエンス録音といった質感も悪くなく、今までプレスCDでリリースされた一切なかったというのが不思議なくらい。
ただし先の理由から野外でのカセット録音にありがちなギスギスした感が否めず、今回の限定プレスCDリリースに際してはその点を緩和させるべくイコライズを敢行。これによって素性の優れたモノラル・オーディエンス録音がさらに聞きやすく、中でも演奏の輪郭が前に押し出される状態へと生まれ変わりました。そのままでもマニアなら余裕で楽しめるレベルでしたが、今回のレストアによって初心者でも十分に楽しめるレベルにまでクオリティアップを遂げています。
野外のスタジアム、おまけにヨーロッパの会場ということから周囲は大いに盛り上がっており、テーパーの近くには「次の曲を当てる」オーディエンスが一人おり、ほとんどの曲でその予想を当てていました。ですが、これは聞いていて微笑ましくあるもの。むしろコンサートの後半、「Miss You」辺りからは盛り上がりが一気に白熱して耳障りな部分も少なくありませんが大丈夫、演奏が進むにつれてテーパーの周囲が疲れてきて騒ぎもフェイドアウト（笑）。
ストーンズの演奏自体は何と言っても昨年の後半をアメリカ・ツアーに費やしたこと、さらに5月のスコットランドでウォームアップをこなしてきたことから既にレベル高め。さすがに数週間後から顕著となる82年特有のスピード感は生まれていませんが、それでもいくつかの曲では前年と違った演奏の勢いが芽生えていることがはっきり判る。「Neighbours」辺りがその最初の例と呼べるかもしれません。
そして82年と言えばのレア・レパートリーがビッグ・ボッパー「Chantilly Lace」のカバー。先のスコットランドにて既にステージ・デビューを果たしていたものの、まだミックの歌が抑え気味なところがツアー序盤らしいところ。二週間後の「PARIS 1982 1ST NIGHT」や一か月後の「FRANKFURT 1982」と比べてもはっきり雰囲気が違っており、聞き比べてみると面白いでしょう。何がおかしいって、次の曲を例の予想したがるオーディエンスもこの曲のことを知らず、他の時と違って曲名を叫ばないという爆笑シーンが却ってツアー導入したての新レパートリーであることを偲ばせてくれます。
その後のストーンズの演奏は快調そのものといった感じですが、これまた82年名物だった「Hang Fire」のダブル・サックスが演奏の開始当初はPA側のミスから鳴らないという、これまたツアー序盤らしいハプニングに見舞われてしまったのも面白い。このようにツアー序盤らしい光景も含みつつ、それでいて完成度の高い演奏を聞かせてくれる1982年ヨーロッパ・ツアーの初日が満を持して限定プレスCDにてリリースされます！
Disc 1 (70:49)
1. Take The A Train
2. Under My Thumb
3. When The Whip Comes Down
4. Let’s Spend The Night Together
5. Shattered
6. Neighbours
7. Black Limousine
8. Just My Imagination
9. Twenty Flight Rock
10. Going To A Go-Go
11. Chantilly Lace
12. Let Me Go
13. Time Is On My Side
14. Beast Of Burden
15. Let It Bleed
Disc 2 (64:22)
1. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
2. Band Introductions
3. Little T&A
4. Tumbling Dice
5. She’s So Cold
6. Hang Fire
7. Miss You
8. Honky Tonk Women
9. Brown Sugar
10. Start Me Up
11. Jumping Jack Flash
12. Satisfaction
