Yngwie J Malmsteen’s Rising Force / First Rising Night / 2CDR

Yngwie J Malmsteen’s Rising Force / First Rising Night / 2CDR / Shades

Live At Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka Japan 22nd January 1985.

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On January 22, 1985, the performance at the Osaka Welfare Pension Hall was completely recorded with the finest audience recording from the original master who has never been on the market among traders. Live for the first time since Alcatrazz the previous year. There has never been a take that recorded Japan’s first live performance of Rising Force with such high sound quality, so enthusiasts will be amazed at the powerful sound! !! The opening is Carmina Burana, who is familiar with Ozzy. The power of I’ll See The Light Tonight, which starts from the roar of one chord without a break, is goosebumps. Jeff Scott Soto’s first full-scale live performance in Yngwie’s band, so I still don’t remember the composition of the song well (I sang it as it was even if I entered a drum solo such as Anguish And Fear. Throughout the whole, you can hear the vocal performance of the stone that entered the hall. There are places where the composition of the entire band is in jeopardy, but it is real to survive with the momentum and youthfulness. I made a title call before the third song, As Above, So Below, but I couldn’t start right away, probably because of a technical problem, and it took a while. After all, Yngwie’s play at this time was really wonderful, and the accurate and unrivaled high-speed play, which is different from the rough playing method later, is terrifying. There is a part where the drum attack is a little strong and there is a feeling of excessive input, but the guitar solo that pierces through the speaker just like popping out is a masterpiece, and everyone will be surprised to hear it. The solo of each song is great, but the 9-minute guitar solo that follows Kree Nakoorie in the latter half of the show is the best listening place. The very supreme piece that you can fully enjoy the first day Osaka performance of the first solo tour colored by the early masterpieces with the super high sound quality master that appeared for the first time!

★ This is a review summary of beatleg magazine vol.105 (April 2009 issue). For your reference.

The long-awaited sound source of early Ingee fans first appeared. The first performance in Japan in January 1985 was performed at Nakano Sunplaza in Tokyo, which is famous for its boot sound source and video images, but the performance in Osaka on the 22nd recorded in this work did not see the light of day, so here. I think there is a strong feeling that the definitive edition has finally come out. The set list is also youthful, and the sudden pop-up of Caught In The Middle at the beginning of the show is a scene that is too nostalgic for fans who know the time. A trouble occurred in the guitar from the middle of As Above, So Below, and a little troubleshooting before the performance of Far Beyond The Sun is also recorded, but the charm of this work from this Far Beyond The Sun after the problem was solved Deepens further. It goes without saying that Ingee’s youthful guitar work is the most brilliant, but at Little Savage and Now Your Ships Are Burned, it’s fun to hear the good performance of the bass work played by Marcel Jacob, who will be dismissed later. .. Immediately before this performance in Japan, Rising Force did a short gig that doubled as a warm-up in Los Angeles, USA, but it was from this performance in Japan that they started their live activities in earnest. In January 1985, the Japanese version of the 2nd album “MARCHING OUT” had not been released yet, and the American version should have been just after the release or the night before the release, but when listening to this work, the members fully grasped the composition of the song. The part of the lack of rehabilitation that has not been completed is quite conspicuous. Jeff is still unfamiliar and hard as a frontman, there is no MC that incites the audience, and honestly I can not deny the feeling like an amateur band that the next song starts silently when the song ends. However, I think the biggest attraction of this work is that you can re-examine the young rising force, which is full of traumatic and rough ambitions, through the stage of the first performance in Osaka, which has been buried for a long time.

1985年1月22日、大阪厚生年金会館公演をトレーダー間でも一切出回っていないオリジナルマスターより極上オーディエンス録音で完全収録。前年のアルカトラス以来となるライブ。ライジング･フォースの日本初ライブをここまでの高音質で収録したテイクはこれまで存在しなかったので、マニアはその迫力満点のサウンドに驚愕することでしょう！！オープニングはオジーでお馴染みのCarmina Burana。ワンコードの轟音から間髪入れずスタートするI’ll See The Light Tonightの迫力は鳥肌モノです。ジェフ・スコット・ソートにとってもイングヴェイのバンドでの初の本格的なライブのため、まだ楽曲構成を良く覚えていないところもあったりますが（Anguish And Fearなどドラムソロに入ってもそのまま歌ってしまったりします。） 、全体を通しては、堂に入った流石のボーカル･パフォーマンスを聴かせてくれます。バンド全体も構成が危うくなるところもありますが、勢いと迸る若さで乗り切る様がリアルです。3曲目のAs Above, So Belowの前にタイトルコールするものの、テクニカルな問題が発生したのか、すぐにスタートできず、若干間が出来てしまったりします。何といってもこの時期のイングヴェイのプレイは本当に素晴らしく、後の荒削りな弾き方とは別物の正確無比な高速プレイは呆気に取られるほどの凄まじさです。若干ドラムのアタックが強いところで入力過多気味になる部分もありますが、スピーカーを飛び出さんばかりに突き抜けてくるギターソロは圧巻のひとことで、誰しもが呆然と聴き入ってしまうことでしょう。各曲のソロも凄いですが、ショウ後半にKree Nakoorie に続いて披露される9分に及ぶギターソロは最高の聴き所です。初期の名曲群に彩られたファースト･ソロ･ツアーの初日大阪公演を完全初登場の超高音質マスターでたっぷりと楽しめるまさに至高の一枚！

★beatleg誌　vol.105（2009年4月号）のレビュー要約です。ご参考まで。

初期インギーのファン待望の音源が初登場。この85年1月の初来日公演は東京・中野サンプラザで行われた公演がブート音源やビデオ映像で有名だが、本作に収録された22日の大阪公演はなかなか日の目を見ず、ここにきてようやく決定版が出てくれたという感が強いと思う。セットリストも若々しく、ショウの序盤でいきなりCaught In The Middleが飛び出してくるのは当時を知るファンには懐かし過ぎる情景だろう。As Above, So Belowの途中からギターにトラブルが発生し、Far Beyond The Sunの演奏前にちょっとしたトラブルシューティングの様子も収録されているが、問題が解決したこのFar Beyond The Sun以降から本作の魅力が更に深まってゆく。インギーの若々しいギターワークが一番輝いている事は言うまでも無いが、Little SavageとNow Your Ships Are Burnedではこの後解雇されるマルセル・ヤコブが奏でるベースワークの健闘振りがよく聴こえて愉しい。この日本公演の直前、ライジングフォースは米国L.Aでウォームアップを兼ねたショート・ギグはやったものの、彼等が本格的にライブ活動を始動させたのはこの日本公演からだった。この85年1月はまだ2ndアルバム『MARCHING OUT』の日本盤はまだ発売されておらず、アメリカ盤も発売直後か発売前夜だった筈だが、本作を聴くとメンバーが充分に楽曲構成を掴みきれていないリハ不足の箇所がかなり目立っている。ジェフもフロントマンとしてまだ不慣れで固く、観客を煽る様なMCも特に無く、曲が終わると無言のまま次の曲が始まるといった素人バンドの様な感じも正直否めない。しかしその、たどたどしくも粗々しい野心に溢れた若いライジングフォースを、長く埋もれていた初の大阪公演という舞台を通して見つめ直せる点こそが本作最大の魅力だと思う。

Disc 1
1. Carl Orff “Carmina Burana” 2. I’ll See The Light Tonight 3. Caught In The Middle
4. As Above, So Below 5. Don’t Let It End 6. Far Beyond The Sun 7. On The Run Again 8. Black Star
9. Icarus’ Dream Suite Opus 4 10. I Am A Viking

Disc 2
1. Anguish And Fear 2. Drums Solo 3. Little Savage 4. Keyboards Solo 5. Kree Nakoorie
6. Guitar Solo 7. Disciples Of Hell 8. Kojo No Tsuki 9. Now Your Ships Are Burned 10. Jet To Jet

Yngwie Malmsteen – Guitar Jeff Scott Soto – Vocal Jens Johansson – Keyboards
Marcel Jacob – Bass Anders Johansson – Drums

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