Sting / Makuhari 2019 2nd Night / 2CD

Sting / Makuhari 2019 2nd Night / 2CD / Wardour
Live at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan 10th October 2019

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“MY SONGS JAPAN TOUR” is the ultimate best set. Transcendent original recording which becomes the masterpiece is the appearance with permanent preservation press 2CD.
Starting from last week’s first album “MAKUHARI 2019 (Uxbridge 1139)”, masterpiece recordings have popped out from all over the place, but this work is one of the vertices that suppresses all of them. It is a super-best audience recording of “October 10, 2019: Makuhari Messe” performance. It is a masterpiece that transcends even the dimension of which show was recorded, but this week, other performances will be released and rushed at the same time. For collectors, let’s organize the sound sources by schedule.

・ October 7: Fukuoka International Center
・ October 9 “MAKUHARI 2019” DISC 1-2
・ October 10: Makuhari Messe ← ★ This work ★
・ October 13 “ SENDAI 2019 ”
・ October 15 “ OSAKA 2019 ”
* Note: Only representative works on each day.

Above, all 5 performances. In this way, we have live albums of all performances except Fukuoka on the first day. But don’t get me wrong here. The dimension where this work stands is not “one of the collections in the line”. It is “the top without the side by side”. Of course, our collection is a collection of masterpieces and masters from all over Japan. It’s just something that goes beyond the world’s high-level Japanese recording standards. However, even in that, this work has a different dimension. It is also a masterpiece of masterpieces that provided this work, but such a collection of people is also missing. In addition to “recording tech” and “site sound”, this is a miracle transcendental recording that also includes “luck of time”.
Although it has become only an image word, the sound of this work is really amazing. Everything is suitable for calling it a “sound board” with zero distance and de sticking, but if it ends only that, it will be rude to the sound source. Everything from high-pitched sounds to deep basses is glossy, and the strength of the core and the vibe of the fine parts are brilliant. Not only prominent sounds such as drums, guitars and vocals, but also beautiful separation of gender chorus singing and a little percussion. Even if it’s based, it feels like a bouncing groove at the vibration level of the strings (even though the volume is not big).
】 It’s super-high-quality sound that surprises me the moment I listen to it, but it’s even more surprising because it doesn’t flick. From the beginning of the performance to the end of the performance, there is no subtle sound shaking, and there is no chatter or crack. I breathe in real (and modest) moths, and when analyzed microscopically, there is no remnant of space in the moment when the vocals disappear. However, there is a sense of separation that seems to have been recorded in multiples for each instrument, a feeling of closeness that cannot be thought of as sound that has been output once from a speaker, and a sense of stability that is immovable as the atmosphere freezes. In the sound that has all of them, the question “Is this really a spatial recording through the air?”
It is the ultimate best selection show that condenses the life of Sting. The set changed slightly in this visit to Japan, but this work is the most standard. As introduced in the explanation of “MAKUHARI 2019”, this work will be handed down as an eternal masterpiece and will be organized again.

● THE POLICE (9 songs)
・ OUTLANDOS D’AMOUR : So Lonely / Roxanne
・ REGGATTA DE BLANC: Message In A Bottle / Walking On The Moon
・ ZENYATTA MONDATTA: Driven to Tears
・ GHOST IN THE MACHINE: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
・ SYNCHRONICITY: Wrapped Around Your Finger / Every Breath You Take / King Of Pain

● Solo and others (11 songs)
・ THE DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES: If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
・ … NOTHING LIKE THE SUN: Englishman In New York / Fragile
TEN SUMMONER’S TALES: If I Ever Lose My Faith In You / Seven Days / Fields Of Gold / Shape Of My Heart
・ BRAND NEW DAY: Brand New Day / Desert Rose
・ SACRED LOVE: Whenever I Say Your Name
・ 44/876: If You Can’t Find Love

Rush of gorgeous masterpieces, fresh and uncomfortable deep arrangement, ensemble of iron wall, and Sting singing voice that will not let you fade away at the age of 68. Sting has always been on a high-level dimension, but his special feeling is exceptional even in his career. Currently, it has become a storm of acclaim for Japan performances that have just ended, but this work is an eternal live album that contains such a show with a miracle sound
There are many people who are asked to remember the audience that came to the audience recording immediately after coming to Japan, but this work is not in that dimension. A vertex that has nothing to do with the actual show, even if it has never been seen. The best masterpiece of a visit to Japan … No, it is a super masterpiece of 2019 that will be a symbol of “MY SONGS TOUR” even from a global perspective. A wonderful piece of music that is comparable to “MY SONGS” itself, even if you have the feeling of being a Japanese. Please enjoy the permanent preservation press 2CD anytime and forever.

★ It is one of the highest quality CD titles released by our shop. Miracle super high-quality sound board.

究極のベスト・セットで日本中を湧かせた“MY SONGS JAPAN TOUR”。その最高傑作となる超絶オリジナル録音が永久保存プレス2CDで登場です。
先週の第一報アルバム『MAKUHARI 2019(Uxbridge 1139)』を皮切りに各地から傑作録音が飛び出しておりますが、本作はそのすべてを制圧する頂点の1本。「2019年10月10日:幕張メッセ」公演の超・極上オーディエンス録音です。もはや、どのショウで録音されたかといった次元さえ超越した最高傑作なのですが、今週は他公演も同時にリリース・ラッシュされる。コレクターの方のために、日程で音源を整理しておきましょう。

・10月7日:福岡国際センター
・10月9日『MAKUHARI 2019』DISC 1-2
・10月10日:幕張メッセ ←★本作★
・10月13日『SENDAI 2019』
・10月15日『OSAKA 2019』
※注:各日とも代表作のみ。

以上、全5公演。このように当店では初日の福岡以外、全公演のライヴアルバムが出揃いました。しかし、ここで誤解しないで頂きたい。本作が立つ次元は「居並ぶコレクションの1つ」ではない。「並び立つ物のない頂」なのです。もちろん、当店コレクションは日本各地の名手・達人たちが腕に寄りをかけた逸品ぞろい。世界的にもハイレベルな日本の録音基準の、その上を行くものばかりです。しかし、その中にあっても本作はさらに次元が違う。本作を提供してくださったのも大傑作連発の名匠なのですが、そんな人物のコレクションでもズバ抜けている。“録音テク”・“現場音”に加え、“時の運”までもが味方した奇跡の超絶録音なのです。
なにやらイメージ・ワードばかりになってしまいましたが、本作のサウンドは本当に凄い。すべてがゼロ距離&ド密着で「まるでサウンドボード」と呼ぶに相応しいのですが、それだけで終わらせたら音源に失礼にあたる。気持ちよく伸びる高音から重低音まで、すべてが艶やかで芯の力強さも微細部のヴァイヴも克明。ドラムやギター、ヴォーカルといった目立つ音だけでなく、男女コーラスの歌い分けやちょっとしたパーカッションも綺麗にセパレート。ベースにしても(特にヴォリュームが大きいわけでもないのに)跳ねるようなグルーヴも弦の振動レベルで感じるのです。
聴いた瞬間にびっくりする超・高音質なのですが、それが微動だにしないからさらに驚く。開演前から終演に至るまで極微細な音揺れも感じられず、ビビリも割れも当然なし。リアルな(それでいてささやかな)喝采も吸い込んでいますし、顕微鏡的に分析すればヴォーカルが消えゆく瞬間の伸びに空間の名残もなくはない。しかし、楽器ごとにマルチで録音したような分離感、一度スピーカーから出力された音とは思えない密着感、大気が凍り付いたように不動の安定感。それらがすべて揃ったサウンドには「これが本当に空気を介した空間録音?」という疑問が頭をグルグルと回るのです。
そんな奇跡のサウンドで描かれるのは、スティングの人生を凝縮した究極のベスト選曲ショウ。今回の来日では微妙にセットも変化しましたが、本作はその中でも最も標準的なもの。『MAKUHARI 2019』の解説でもご紹介しましたが、本作は永遠の名作として語り継がれるでしょうし、改めて整理しておきましょう。

●THE POLICE(9曲)
・OUTLANDOS D’AMOUR:So Lonely/Roxanne
・REGGATTA DE BLANC:Message In A Bottle/Walking On The Moon
・ZENYATTA MONDATTA:Driven to Tears
・GHOST IN THE MACHINE:Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
・SYNCHRONICITY:Wrapped Around Your Finger/Every Breath You Take/King Of Pain

●ソロ他(11曲)
・THE DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES:If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
・…NOTHING LIKE THE SUN:Englishman In New York/Fragile
・TEN SUMMONER’S TALES:If I Ever Lose My Faith In You/Seven Days/Fields Of Gold/Shape Of My Heart
・BRAND NEW DAY:Brand New Day/Desert Rose
・SACRED LOVE:Whenever I Say Your Name
・44/876:If You Can’t Find Love

豪華極まる名曲のラッシュ、新鮮で違和感のない深いアレンジ、鉄壁のアンサンブル、そして68歳にして衰えを感じさせないスティング歌声……。常にスティングはハイレベルな次元に立ってきましたが、その彼のキャリアでも今回の特別感は格別。現在、終わったばかりの日本公演に絶賛の嵐となっておりますが、本作はそんなショウを奇跡のサウンドで封じ込めた永遠のライヴアルバムです
来日直後のオーディエンス録音というと足を運んだショウの想い出として求められる方も多いのですが、本作はその次元にはない。実際にどこのショウを見ようと、たとえ1回も見ていなかろうと関係のない頂点。まさに来日公演の最高傑作……いえ、世界的に見ても“MY SONGS TOUR”の象徴となるであろう2019年の超名盤です。日本人としての思い入れをヌキにしても、『MY SONGS』そのものにも匹敵する素晴らしい音楽作品。どうぞ、永久保存プレス2CDでいつでも、いつまでもご堪能ください。

★当店がリリースしたCDタイトルで、最も高音質な一枚です。奇跡の超高音質盤。

 

Disc 1 (47:56)
1. Intro
2. Message in a Bottle
3. If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
4. Englishman in New York
5. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
6. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
7. Band Introductions
8. Brand New Day
9. Seven Days
10. Whenever I Say Your Name
11. Fields of Gold
12. If You Can’t Find Love

Disc 2 (56:23)
1. Shape of My Heart
2. Wrapped Around Your Finger
3. Walking on the Moon
4. So Lonely
5. Desert Rose
6. Every Breath You Take
7. King of Pain
8. Roxanne
9. Driven to Tears
10. Fragile

Sting – Vocals, Bass
Dominic Miller – Guitar, Backing Vocals
Rufus Miller – Guitar
Josh Freese – Drums
Kevon Webster – Keyboards
Gene Noble – Backing Vocals
Melissa Musique – Backing Vocals
Shane Sager – Harmonica

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