Rolling Stones / Tokyo 1998 4th Night Dat Master / 2CD

Rolling Stones / Tokyo 1998 4th Night Dat Master / 2CD  / Non Label

Live at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan 17th March 1998

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The 1998 performance that was provided this time, the first appearance sound source on the 4th day of Tokyo Dome is also an audience recording with excellent sound quality. Compared to the third day, Mick’s singing voice is a distant sound image, but Keith’s sound is still close on this day. This was a fact that was often overlooked at the time, but it was also the attraction of the Babylon Tour that it pushed out the sound of Keith’s guitar more than before on the tour after the restart of Stones. In addition, this sound source has an interesting stereo feeling centered on Mick’s sound image, and when you listen with headphones, you will feel the unique expanse of the reverberation of the singing voice returning from the right. In that respect, it may be said that this sound source is in a recording state for headphones compared to the third day.
Since this is also the first appearance and an original sound source, the disc is also used for the atmosphere of the venue before the appearance of Stones. Under such circumstances, the voice of a woman selling drinks passes by, which makes me smile as if it were before the start of the Tokyo Dome concert. The day before was such a maniac number night, so I wondered what kind of song would be played today … The maniac who was excited by her expectations would bring back memories of the day.

Also on this day, the performances of the Stones and below Mick are wonderful. When I listened to it in this way, I was reminded of how “TOKYO 1998 2ND NIGHT” became a flash point in the 1998 performance in Japan, and the performance is also vigorous on this day. On the contrary, all of the new songs show excellent performance, as if to show the active feeling unique to Stones at that time. “Flip The Switch”, which was wonderful even the day before, has a higher tension, and it is because of the recording state of this sound source that Keith plays a phrase that makes Keith attack after the song part is over.
“Anybody Seen My Baby?”, Which is also included in “BRIDGES TO BABYLON” and was played every day as the first single at the beginning of the tour, is because it was difficult to reproduce the atmosphere of the song that was in the album version on the stage. In 1998, the number of performances decreased, and this was the second time that it was performed in Japan. At first, it was the second day of Mick’s best performance in Tokyo, but here you can hear his song with even higher tension. From here as well, it is a masterpiece that clearly shows that Mick and Stones maintained their strong performance.

In this way, it was a day when the past numbers were surprisingly different from the day before, and I felt a flash in the new song group, but even so, the song selection of the repertoire of yesteryear was practically “BLACK AND BLUE” night. It was also a day that pleased the enthusiasts in that they turned into. That was the “Memory Motel” that was chosen as the voting number. It was a masterpiece that had already been performed in Japan in 1995, but the excitement is not comparable to that time. It’s because 1998 when enthusiasts who love Stones gathered in the dome.
However, the ultimate in “BLACK AND BLUE” night is “Crazy Mama”! At the time of writing this sentence, El Mocambo was released in 1977, which is a sunny and holy grail, but it seems as if this song was played on the B stage and it became a space like “Petit Mocambo”. But now that El Mocambo has finally been released. In other words, the meaning of the performance at this time has changed in a good way. In the first place, this song was not played frequently on the Babylon Tour, and even more so, many enthusiasts were delighted with the performance of the day.
Even if it wasn’t, the El Mocambo item released at that time was in a state where the recording was interrupted when Mick started singing in this song, so such a frustrating state and the mania that overlapped the performance here Should not have been few. In addition, the sound image of this sound source becomes closer to the B stage, and it also has the great appeal that the only “Crazy Mama” that has been shown in Japan until now is heard with powerful sound quality. As a result, the releases at the perfect time will overlap. It’s still fun to compare El Mocambo’s take, which enthusiasts from all over the world have been waiting for, with “Crazy Mama”, which was unveiled in Japan in 1998!

★ High sound quality with a natural texture.

今回提供された98年来日公演、東京ドーム四日目の初登場音源も素晴らしい音質のオーディエンス録音。三日目と比べるとミックの歌声に距離のある音像ですが、この日も相変わらずキースの音が近い。これは当時は見過ごされがちな事実だったのですが、ストーンズ再始動後のツアーでそれまで以上にキースのギターの音を押し出してくれていたのもバビロン・ツアーの魅力でした。またミックの音像を中心とした面白いステレオ感がこちらの音源にはあり、ヘッドフォンで聞くと歌声の残響が右から返ってくる独特の広がりが感じられるでしょう。その点こちらの音源は三日目と比べてヘッドフォン向けな録音状態だといえるかもしれません。
こちらでも初登場かつ独自入手音源ということからストーンズ登場前の会場の雰囲気にもディスクを割いています。そうした中でドリンクを売る女性の声が通り過ぎてゆくのが東京ドーム・コンサートの開始前らしい臨場感として微笑ましくもある。前日があのようなマニアック・ナンバー・ナイトでしたので、今日はどんな曲をやってくれるのだろう…と期待に胸を膨らませていたマニアは当日の思い出が蘇ることかと。

それにこの日もミック以下、ストーンズの面々の演奏ぶりが素晴らしい。こうして聞いてみると、いかに「TOKYO 1998 2ND NIGHT」が98年来日公演におけるフラッシュポイントになったのかを思い知らされ、この日もまた勢いのある演奏が繰り広げられています。それどころか当時のストーンズならではの現役感を知らしめるかの如く、新曲のどれもが見事な出来栄えを示している。前日でも素晴らしかった「Flip The Switch」はさらにテンションが高めで、歌パートが終わった後奏でキースがグイグイ攻めるようなフレーズを弾く様も今回の音源の録音状態だからこそ伝わってくる。
同じく「BRIDGES TO BABYLON」収録曲であり、なおかつファースト・シングルとしてツアー開始当初は連日演奏されていた「Anybody Seen My Baby?」はアルバム・バージョンにあった歌の雰囲気をステージで再現しずらかったせいで98年に入ると演奏回数が減ってしまい、日本公演で演奏されたのはこれが二回目。最初があのミック絶好調な東京二日目だったのですが、ここではさらにテンションの高い彼の歌が聞かれます。ここからもミックやストーンズが好調ぶりを維持していたことがはっきり分かる名演。

このように過去のナンバーが驚きの選曲だった前日と打って変わって新曲群で閃きが感じられた日だったのですが、それでもなお往年のレパートリーの選曲が実質的に「BLACK AND BLUE」ナイトと化してくれた点でやはりマニアを喜ばせた日でもありました。それが投票ナンバーとして選ばれた「Memory Motel」。既に95年に日本でも披露済みな名曲ではありましたが、盛り上がりはその時と比較にならない。やはりストーンズを愛するマニアがドームに集えた98年だからこそ。
しかし「BLACK AND BLUE」ナイトの極めつけは何と言っても「Crazy Mama」！この文章を書いているタイミングでは晴れて聖杯たる77年エル・モカンボがリリースされていますが、本曲がBステージで演奏されたことで「プチ・モカンボ」的な空間と化したかのように映るのも、こうして遂にエル・モカンボがリリースされた今だからこそ。つまり、この時の演奏の意味合いがいい意味で変わってしまったのです。そもそも本曲はバビロン・ツアーにおいて頻繁に演奏された訳ではなく、なおさらこの日の披露に狂喜したマニアは多かった。
そうでなくとも当時リリースされていたエル・モカンボのアイテムでは本曲でミックが歌い始めると録音が途切れてしまうという寸止め状態でしたので、そんなもどかしい状態とここでの演奏をオーバーラップさせたマニアは少なくなかったはず。おまけに今回の音源はBステージになると音像が近くなり、この現在に至るまで日本で披露された唯一の「Crazy Mama」が迫力満点な音質で聞かれるという大きな魅力も兼ね備えている。結果として絶好のタイミングでのリリースが重なったことになるでしょう。いまだからこそ、世界中のマニアが待ち望んだエル・モカンボのテイクと1998年に日本で披露された「Crazy Mama」を聞き比べてみるのも楽しい！

★自然な質感の高音質です。

★チケットあり　アリーナA16列1番

Disc 1 (79:59)
1. Pre-Show ★17分30秒収録
2. Introduction
3. Satisfaction
4. Let’s Spend The Night Together
5. Flip The Switch
6. Gimme Shelter
7. Anybody Seen My Baby?
8. You Got Me Rocking
9. Saint Of Me
10. Out Of Control
11. Memory Motel
12. Miss You

Disc 2 (79:34)
1. Band Introductions
2. Thief in the Night
3. Wanna Hold You
4. Little Queenie
5. Crazy Mama
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. Sympathy For The Devil
8. Tumbling Dice
9. Honky Tonk Women
10. Start Me Up
11. Jumping Jack Flash
12. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
13. Brown Sugar