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ULTRAVOX reached the height of its popularity in Japan in 1983 with “QUARTET” featuring George Martin. An original recording of the second performance in Japan is now available. What is recorded in this work is the “May 3, 1983: Fukuoka Postal Savings Hall” performance. This is a masterpiece audience recording. They returned to Japan about a year after their first visit in 1982, and their popularity has skyrocketed during that time. The scale of the tour was also rapidly expanded. First, let’s check the show’s position from the schedule.・April 26th + 27th: Nakano Sunplaza (2 performances) ・April 28th: Tokyo Postal Savings Hall ・April 29th + 30th: Shibuya Public Hall (2 performances) ・May 2nd: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall ・May 3rd: Fukuoka Postal Savings Hall ←★This work★ May 4th: Nagoya Civic Center A total of 8 performances. The number of performances has increased significantly from the first time they came to Japan, with 5 performances in Tokyo alone. Not only the Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka performances, but also the Fukuoka performances were realized. This work recorded at such a night in Fukuoka is truly an exquisite audience recording. The original master handed down by the recording artist himself is directly converted into a CD, but the most wonderful thing is the powerful core. The solid performance sounds and singing voices fly straight into your ears, and the details are also extremely vivid. It’s a little different from the close feeling of a sound board, but that doesn’t mean it feels far away. Although the audience’s proof is engraved in the vocal growth and snare tone, it far exceeds the standards of guest recordings in the early 1980s and is a beautiful recording that is easy to listen to like the latest recording as of 2019. What is depicted with such sound is the scene at the height of its popularity. Speaking of the early 1980s, there are official live albums such as the traditional version “MONUMENT” and the excavated version “BBC RADIO 1 LIVE IN CONCERT,” but this work offers a full show experience that could not be experienced with either of them. Let’s organize the contents of the set here. VIENNA (6 songs)・Mr. the Afternoon) (★) / The Voice QUARTET (5 songs) / Reap The Wild Wind / When The Scream Subsides (★) / Visions In Blue / Mine For Life / Hymn *Note: “★” marks are “MONUMENT”, “BBC” A song not on “RADIO 1 LIVE IN CONCERT”. …and it looks like this. The well-balanced set from the three albums “VIENNA”, “RAGE IN EDEN” and “QUARTET” released after Midge Yure joined is the greatest hits of that time. You can enjoy plenty of 4 songs that you can’t listen to even if you combine the two official live albums mentioned above. And the Japanese atmosphere of joy at such a set is wonderful. Of course, the atmosphere is Japanese style. During the performance, they listen quietly and attentively, and between songs there is an explosion of Japanese-ness. Moreover, the contrast is even greater than his first visit to Japan. I don’t know if it’s because of their popularity, or if it’s just the concentration that comes from being in Fukuoka, where they couldn’t experience their first visit to Japan, but the silence during the performance was as if they were thinking, “I shouldn’t disturb you.” A huge eruption with loud applause and whistles between songs. Speaking of the precise and expansive clapping that erupts during the lighthearted intro of “We Stand Alone,” it’s as if the whole venue has become a rhythm section. Local performances were realized as the popularity grew. The venue was filled with Japanese-style enthusiasm, with the performers concentrating sincerely on their performance and welcoming them with loud applause. Because it was such a venue, the performance was so passionate that it tried to draw the audience in, and the silence made the performance stand out. This work is a valuable record of his visit to Japan, but at the same time it is also an extremely musical live album. A masterpiece that could only have been born in Japan in 1983, when it was at the height of its popularity, and also in Fukuoka. This is truly a piece that Japan should be proud of to the world. Live at Fukuoka Yubinchokin Kaikan, Fukuoka, Japan 3rd May 1983 PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) (77:25) 1. Reap The Wild Wind 2. When The Scream Susides 3. The Thin Wall 4. We Stand Alone 5. I Remember 6. Visions In Blue 7. Mr. Cross – Bass Warren Cann – Drums, Electronic Percussion Billy Currie – Keyboards, Violin, Viola
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