David Bowie / The White Duke At Wembley / 2CDR

David Bowie / The White Duke At Wembley / 2CDR /Trial

Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, UK 8th May 1976.

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From UK tour due to the 1976 “STATION TO STATION”, London Wembley final performance that was carried out in a continuous six days, complete recording, first appeared May 8 live in an ideal high-quality audience recording! At this time analog boot of London performances take had recorded a performance the day before May 7 of “THE WEMBLEY WIZARD TOUCHES THE DIAL” (authorities of unprecedented who built in order to crack down on piracy “for undercover record”) only , since the other had not been around for all different performances of the concert complete recording board will be a single very happy to fan. Sound is enough high-quality sound, but when compared to the Boston performances of simultaneous release, there is the impression that muffled large venue because slightly. However, since there is no problem such as irregular rotation of the tape, you can Kikiiru with confidence. (However, Although it is faint in treble, analog tape peculiar noise due to the master has riding.) Hard upsurge the enjoyable Stay and Waiting For The Man, even it is played in medley from Life On Mars? Panic featuring drum solo of Five Years and Dennis Davis In Detroit is one of the listening stations. Original Jesus of Tony Kay has put out a good taste in the piano, seasoning and of Waiting For The Man, mellow arrangements beautiful Changes, is the best piano Pulling the whole in Diamond Dogs. (It is Queen Bitch of the organ is also good.) Because Boston is too good, but I have written as sound quality good enough, this is it’s a high enough quality. First appeared in 1976 the whole picture of the London Wembley performances are all of Bowie-mania must listen definitely!

★ It is a review summary of beatleg magazine vol.73 (August 2006 issue). In case you’re wondering.

Continuous performances in London Wen blade over six days from May 3, 1976 up to 8 days has become a live show in this year of Bowie only the United Kingdom, everyone is everyone Anyhow British prominent bands of this time home country fans for performances was less in the UK or because it was across the other countries for the sake of tax avoidance will that was frustrating. And show of this six days but was expected a very interesting performance between mania from its rarity, and on May 6th in the past called famous from analog boot leg era “Do not Touch That Dail” only about one hour had been excavated from the quotient, that finally this work will be in 2006 has been released is worth much all Bowie fan is not completely even grateful. Moreover, to have been recorded in a stable balance in the excavation sound source by the full version, the audience of the noise is almost no sense of realism of live is recorded in ultra-high sound quality of compelling while audience recording sound source, housed indeed plenty even more happy Tokoro who is. Wonderfully hits that enough outrageous even band of momentum and are on the glue, especially playing in the middle and later bands fiercely, the peak becomes a thing to be greeted with “Panic In Detroit”, the tension from the moment the song that began The one-act that I want you to listen to all means different to you because it is the moment really great, but also the fact that in every time for Dennis Davis. This label is I am going to not be removed They will release a large number of excellent sound source.

1976年「STATION TO STATION」に伴うUKツアーより、6日間連続で行われたロンドン・ウェンブリー最終公演、5月8日ライブを理想的な高音質オーディエンス録音で完全収録・初登場!この時のロンドン公演のテイクは前日5月7日公演を収録したアナログブート「THE WEMBLEY WIZARD TOUCHES THE DIAL」(当局が海賊盤を取り締まるために造った前代未聞の「おとり捜査用のレコード」)のみで、他は一切出回っていなかったので別公演のコンサート完全収録盤はファンにはとても嬉しい1枚になることでしょう。サウンドは十分な高音質ですが、同時発売のボストン公演と比べると、大会場ゆえ若干こもっている印象があります。しかし、テープの回転むらなどの問題がないので、安心して聴き入ることができます。(ただし、高音域にうっすらですが、マスターに起因するアナログテープ特有のノイズがのっています。)ハードな盛り上がりを楽しめるStayやWaiting For The Man、更にはLife On Mars?からメドレーで演奏されるFive Yearsやデニス・デイヴィスのドラムソロをフィーチャーしたPanic In Detroitは聴き所のひとつです。元イエスのトニー・ケイがピアノでいい味を出しており、Waiting For The Manの味付けや、メロウなアレンジが美しいChanges、Diamond Dogsでの全体を引っ張るピアノプレイも最高です。(Queen Bitchのオルガンもいいですね。) ボストンがあまりに良いので、音質いまひとつのように書いてしまいましたが、これはこれで十分な高音質です。初めて登場した1976年ロンドン・ウェンブリー公演の全貌は間違いなく全てのボウイ・マニア必聴です!

★beatleg誌 vol.73(2006年8月号)のレビュー要約です。ご参考まで。

1976年5月3日から8日までの6日間に渡るロンドンウェンブレーでの連続公演がこの年のボウイ唯一のイギリスでのライブショウとなっており、どうにもこの時期のイギリスの著名バンドは皆が皆税金逃れのために諸外国に渡っていたためかイギリスでの公演が少なかったため本国のファンはイライラとしたことだろう。そしてこの6日間のショウはその希少性からマニアの間では大変興味深いパフォーマンスと期待されていたが、過去にはアナログブートレッグ時代から有名な「Don’t Touch That Dail」と呼ばれる5月6日のショウから一時間程度が発掘されていたのみで、2006年になりようやく本作がリリースされたことはボウイファン全てが感謝してもしきれないくらい価値がある。しかも完全版による発掘音源で安定したバランスで収録されているし、観客のノイズはほとんどなく、ライブの臨場感は実にたっぷりと収められたオーディエンス録音音源ながらも迫力満点の超高音質で収録されているトコロが更に嬉しい。バンドの勢いもとんでもないくらいにノリに乗っているあたりが素晴らしく、特に中盤以降のバンドの演奏は凄まじく、そのピークは「Panic In Detroit」で迎えられることとなるが、曲は始まった瞬間からテンションは違うしデニス・デイヴィスについても毎度のことことではあるが本当に素晴らしい瞬間なのでぜひ聴いてもらいたい一幕。このレーベルは多数の秀逸な音源をリリースしてくれるので外せないところだ。

Disc 1
1. Station To Station 2. Suffragette City 3. Fame 4. Word On A Wing
5. Stay 6. Waiting For The Man 7. Queen Bitch

Disc 2
1. Life On Mars? 2. Five Years 3. Panic In Detroit incl. Drums Solo
4. Member Introduction 5. Changes 6. TVC 15 7. Diamond Dogs
8. Rebel Rebel 9. The Jean Genie

David Bowie – Vocals Carlos Alomar – Rhythm Guitar Stacy Heydon – Lead Guitar
Dennis Davis – Drums Tony Kaye – Keyboards George Murray – Bass

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