Rolling Stones/Perth,Australia 2014

The Australian tour was postponed due to Mick’s misfortune in March and began again at the end of October, but the sound source has not appeared, which is unusual for a live performance these days. In the United States, Japan, and Europe, sound sources have appeared one after another as soon as the live performance is held, but is Australia a different country? In such a situation, the fact that the state of each performance can be glimpsed on YouTube videos reflects the era when it has become easy to shoot videos with a mobile phone. Moreover, not only can video shooting these days be captured at a reasonable angle and image quality even if it is shot from a distance, but the sound can also be recorded with a considerable quality. When you actually watch YouTube, don’t you think “The angle is normal, but the sound is good”? In the meantime, the Perth performance on October 29th will be released as the first batter from the Australian tour, where sound sources have not appeared for a while. As many of you may already know, this audience recording is a compilation of the sound from a YouTube video extracted and put together into one live performance. Therefore, it is in a patchwork state, and cuts between some songs are inevitable. In “Sympathy For The Devil”, it even bites into the intro. But still, I was surprised at the good sound quality of the compiled sound source. If you listen to it without prior knowledge, you will be under the illusion that “the cut between songs is a flaw, but the recording has good sound quality”. If you look at the DVD-R “PERTH ON FIRE” that comes with this first release, you can see that the main video of this day was shot from the stands, but it gives you a sense of amazing clarity and surprisingly on-sound pressure centered on Mick’s vocals, which is not a concern. What will the Stones’ performance in Australia be like this year after their Asian tour and European tour? As for this day, there is a good sense of variation in the performance, which is very fun to listen to. It’s obvious, but Mick is in top form. And the Australian tour was postponed due to his misfortune, and he is full of confidence from continuing the tour up to that point and spirit before the performance that has finally come true. You will feel Mick singing with a flexible leg from the opening. However, “Get Off Of My Cloud” is not as aggressive as it was in Europe in the summer, perhaps because it was taken up early in the live performance. It is Mick who pulls it. However, even Mick’s singing of “Worried About You” is unexpectedly calm, and it is an exaggeration to say that it predicted the disaster that would befall him on the tour after this. However, if you watch the video above, you will understand that this performance, as Mick who sings while playing the keyboard, urges Ronnie to “step forward and play!”, and the guitar solo is superb. It is definitely one of the best three moments he played in Australia. Furthermore, the sharp performance of “Bitch” is also exceptional. The performance full of momentum heard at the Tokyo Dome is also attractive, but the jagged performance here and the power of the two guitars that comes from it are also wonderful. It can be said that it is a spirit that transcends technique. However, on this day, Mick Taylor’s spirit also exploded with “Midnight Rambler”. His playing was originally trying to reach the next level in Europe, but the phenomenon of “the same old speedy phrases getting stuck” that was seen from his guest appearance in 2012 has finally been wiped away. The guitar phrases he plays here are rich in composition and are enchanting. At the end, he makes you smile wryly as if he has run out of phrase material, but even if you ignore that, his playing here is amazing. The sound source that captures such a fulfilling playing of each person, combined with the clear outline of the performance by our mastering, makes you forget that the original was a YouTube video. The CD of the 2014 Australian sound source has finally appeared, and I wonder if this is where the Australian releases will finally start… I’m getting excited! Live at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia 29th October 2014 PERFECT SOUND Disc 1 (74:05) 1. Intro 2. Start Me Up 3. Get Off Of My Cloud 4. It’s Only Rock’n Roll 5. Tumbling Dice 6. Worried About You 7. Doom And Gloom 8. Bitch 9. Out Of Control 10. Honky Tonk Women 11. Band Introductions 12. You Got The Silver 13. Can’t Be Seen 14. Midnight Rambler(with Mick Taylor) Disc 2 (52:50) 1. Miss You 2. Gimme Shelter 3. Jumping Jack Flash 4. Sympathy For The Devil 5. Brown Sugar 6. You Can’t Always Get What You Want (with The Giovanni Consort Choir) 7. Satisfaction(with Mick Taylor)