Talking Heads / Catch The 80s Live In Tokyo 1979 / 1CD

Talking Heads / Catch The 80s Live In Tokyo 1979 / 1CD  / Epic Lotus Records

Live At Shinjyuku Nipponseinenkan July 20, 1979

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Talking Heads’ performance in Japan, which was named “the most intelligent band in the world” and “catch the 80’s”, which came from New York just before the arrival of the new era of the 80’s, caused a big whirlpool of the era. Revive on the board!

The swell of punk new wave that started in the mid-1970s rushed to the distant island country of Japan, and Talking Heads came from New York with full satisfaction. The Japanese media introduced them as “the most intelligent band in the world”, which is different from the punk rockers such as Ramones and Pistols who push through with momentum. Brian Eno was co-produced on the second album, and Robert Fripp, who had disbanded King Crimson and was searching for confidence in the following third album, also joined. Among them, the attitude of boldly searching for new musicality such as incorporating Afro beat, and the appearance on the stage of David Byrne who feels some intelligence there, may have been described as “intelligent”. .. This live sound source, which was organized by the original members at the start of Talking Heads, makes full use of the existing sound board part, and the missing part is completely complemented by super good audience recording. The audience section from 1 to 6 tracks uses a monaural audience with powerful sound pressure, and the 7th and subsequent songs are stereo sound boards with outstanding separation of instruments. The sixth song is over and the applause spreads to the left and right, and the middle and second half of the game is finished in a wonderful edit that folds up with a stereo sound source. Talking Heads’ performance in Japan, which stimulated the sensibilities of young people who were excited by the arrival of a new era at that time and entrusted themselves to the new wave of music, and the jacket was designed as a homage to the pamphlet of that time, giving the atmosphere of that time. It is a wonderful item that is also trapped. Press board. A must-have collection.

80年代という新しい時代の到来を目前にニューヨークからやって来た“世界で最も知的なバンド”“80年代を捕まえろ”と銘打たれ、時代の節目に大きな渦を巻き起こしたトーキングヘッズの来日公演がプレス盤にて蘇る！

70年代半ばに始まったパンク・ニューウェイヴのうねりは遠い島国日本にも押し寄せ、満を持してニューヨークからやって来たのがトーキングヘッズである。勢いで押し切るラモーンズやピストルズと言ったパンク勢とは一線を画し“世界で最も知的なバンド”と、彼らを日本のマスコミは紹介した。セカンド・アルバムではブライアン・イーノを共同プロデュースに迎え、続くサード・アルバムにはキング・クリムゾンを解散し自信の方向を探っていたロバート・フリップも加勢。その中でアフロ・ビートを取り入れるなど果敢に新たな音楽性を模索し続ける姿勢、そこにどこか知性を感じるデヴィッド・バーンのステージでの佇まいもあいまって“知的”と評されたのであろう。トーキングヘッズ始動時のオリジナル・メンバー編成によるこのライヴ音源は、現存するサウンドボード部分をフル活用し、不足部分は超良好なオーディエンス録音で完全補完されている。1から6トラックまでのオーディエンス部は音圧に迫力のあるモノラル・オーディエンスが使われており、7曲目以降は楽器の分離抜群のステレオ・サウンドボードだ。6曲目が終わりじわりと拍手が左右に広がり、中後半戦はステレオ音源で畳みかけるという素晴らしい編集に仕上がっている。当時新たな時代の到来に沸き、新しい音楽の波に身をゆだねた若者たちの感性を刺激したトーキングヘッズの来日公演、ジャケットには当時のパンフレットへのオマージュがデザインされ、当時の空気感をも閉じ込めた素晴らしいアイテムに仕上がっている。プレス盤。必携コレクションである。

01. THE BIG COUNTRY
02. WARNING SIGN
03. LOVE-BUILDING ON FIRE
04. THE BOOK I READ
05. PAPER
06. MIND
07. STAY HUNGRY
08. HEAVEN
09. AIR
10. ARTISTS ONLY
11. NEW FEELING
12. MEMORIES CAN’T WAIT
13. PSYCHO KILLER
encore 1
14. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
encore 2
15. THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME AN ANGEL

1-6 Excellent Audience Recording
7-15 Excellent Stereo Soundboard Recording

DAVID BYRNE – vocal, guitar
JERRY HARRISON – guitars, keyboards, vocal
TINA WEYMOUTH – bass, vocals
CHRIS FRANTZ – drums

Epic Lotus Records ELCD-21001