Rolling Stones/London,UK 7.4.1990

The Rolling Stones 1990 Urban Jungle Tour made its triumphant return to London for the first time since 1982, with five performances held at Wembley Stadium. Initially, everything was scheduled for July, but it is well known that Keith injured his finger and the latter two performances were postponed to the Chiakiraku tour in August. The radio broadcast on July 7th is the most popular among enthusiasts at Wembley in these 90 years, but the series of performances began on the 4th. No items have ever been released on this day, and it seems to be an unknown day for enthusiasts. Of course, audience recordings do exist, and as a result of cassette boots like those sold at street stalls in the UK making their way to Japan, I got my hands on them in the early 1990s when cassette boots were still barely being sold. There must have been some kind of maniac. Even in this era when the CD boot bubble exploded, cassette boots were still sold here and there. It’s really nostalgic, isn’t it? In fact, the sound source of the 4th of July recorded by a street vendor cassette boot was introduced in a fan club magazine at the time, and aside from the sound quality, the content was really interesting, so there were not many enthusiasts who wanted to listen to it. I guess it wasn’t there. This time, the first release in the history of the July 4th sound source will be realized, but of course it is not the original sound source from the street vendor cassette boot. It is true that the same sound source as the street vendor cassette has been circulating on the CD trade, but this time we received a completely different master sound source from a British taper that was not even available among traders. This time’s sound source has a sense of distance in the sound image, and if you say that it is an audience recording that reminds you of Wembley’s “MAKE THE WORLD GO ‘ROUND” exactly 8 years ago, you can imagine it for enthusiasts. The sound quality of that street cassette boot was completely in the realm of rough recording, but compared to that it was much easier to listen to. For a while from the opening, everything other than Mick’s voice was quite dumpy, and as evidenced by that, when “Sad Sad Sad” ended, Taper himself complained, “The sound (coming from the PA) is bad.” However, from around “Tumbling Dice” the balance of the performance improved, and perhaps because the taper was moved to a slightly earlier position, it became clearer and easier to hear. By the way, the street vendor cassette boot sound source had quite a lot of cuts, but this time’s sound source has extremely few such problems. As is the fate of cassette recording, I only used the sample sound source to fill in the cuts that occurred when changing sides or tapes. This will allow you to feel the difference in sound quality. Although it is such a distant sound image, it still clearly conveys how the group below Mick is giving a powerful performance (this area is also similar to “MAKE THE WORLD GO ‘ROUND”). It is also interesting that the sound source captures the Stones syndrome, where the voltage of the performance increases in large venues and large cities, in such an easy-to-understand manner. Mick sings twice as passionately as usual from the opening “Start Me Up”, and the guitar solo that Ronnie took over from Bobby Keys in the interlude of “Miss You” is also quite enthusiastic. However, on this day, there were several scenes in which the audience suddenly cheered loudly at points that were clearly unrelated to the development of the performance. The best example is “Almost Hear You Sigh.” Even though it’s a quiet ballad, the audience gets excited to a strange degree. Of course, July 4th, 1990 was the day England played Germany in the semi-finals of the World Cup. The time coincided with the Stones’ concert, and the match was projected on the screen that day. It was an indescribably extravagant day, as we were able to watch Britain’s national event, which involved advancing to the World Cup finals, and the national band at the same time at the stadium. In the end, England lost, but the match was still in progress during the concert, and the cause of the loud cheers during the previous song was that an England player had scored a goal. However, the audience didn’t neglect the concert, and the next song, “Ruby Tuesday,” had a really great chorus! In such a special situation, the Stones at Wembley Stadium performed a wonderful performance that was as good as soccer. It runs smoothly with the tight performance and momentum typical of the Stones from 1989 to 1990. “Midnight Rambler” has a tremendous roar from Mick, and is it perhaps the best take of this tour? The workmanship is amazing. Then, during “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” England once again received a huge cheer as they scored a goal. In an atmosphere that could be described as enthusiastic in every sense of the word, the live performance started with “Brown Sugar” and was followed by a barrage of killer tunes. Toward the end of the show, the chorus of Stones songs reached its climax. Even though there are no noisy customers nearby, the great chorus from the entire stadium is captured with exquisite balance, making it a great listening experience. You can enjoy the enthusiasm that cannot be conveyed from the radio broadcast on the 7th. A masterpiece of urban jungle performances that will excite enthusiasts with both the performance and the excitement! Direct use of the first original master cassette SA90 received from a British taper Live at Wembley Stadium, London, UK 4th July 1990 PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (62:23) 1. Continental Drift 2. Start Me Up 3. Sad Sad Sad 4. Harlem Shuffle 5. Tumbling Dice 6. Miss You 7. Almost Hear You Sigh ★The audience gets excited halfway through 8. Ruby Tuesday ★Large chorus Impressive! ! 9. Rock And A Hard Place 10. Mixed Emotions ★5:06 – Compensation for previous releases until the end 11. Honky Tonk Women ★0:00 – 0:08 Compensation for previous releases (Although the previous releases are also tape changes, so they are not connected) 12. Midnight Rambler Disc 2 (79:57) 1. You Can’t Always Get What You Want 2. Little Red Rooster 3. Can’t Be Seen 4. Happy 5. Paint It Black 6. 2000 Light Years From Home ★0: 00 Tape change Intro missing 7. Sympathy For The Devil 8. Street Fighting Man 9. Gimme Shelter 10. Band introductions 11. It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll 12. Brown Sugar 13. Jumping Jack Flash 14. Satisfaction ★0:00 Tape change Missing intro