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■Complete recording of the Lorelei Festival on June 22, 1996■Perfect high-quality soundboard sound source■The performance in Rome on July 9, 1996 is also recorded on a soundboard Bowie released the album “Outside” in 1995. As a new concept album following “BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE”, it was an impressive era with Bowie with short hair and scary makeup, just as the album imaged. The album also attracted attention for its long-awaited collaboration with Brian Eno. The album was released on September 25, 1995, and the OUTSIDE TOUR accompanying the album began on September 14, 1995, without waiting for the release. This tour was very large-scale, continuing until February of the following year, 1996, and counting 68 performances. Following the success of the OUTSIDE TOUR, the tour, which had been suspended, was resumed in June 1996. The first stop was Japan, where the tour drew large crowds not only in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, but also in Hiroshima, Kokura, Fukuoka, and other cities, and I’m sure many fans experienced it at the time. In Bowie’s history, the tour that resumed at this time is called the OUTSIDE SUMMER FESTIVALS TOUR to distinguish it from the OUTSIDE TOUR. This tour title comes from the fact that the European tour following the Japan performance mainly focused on the stages of various festivals. It’s amazing how many rock festivals were held in various countries, and this work is a complete recording of one of them, the Lorelei Festival held in Germany on June 22, 1996, on a soundboard. Although it was a tour accompanying the album “Outside,” the outside color was weak, and if anything, it was more like a Bowie classic stage interpreted by Bowie at that time. In Bowie’s case, it doesn’t matter if a song was released or not. The release of a new song is just a process of accumulating his own songs, and it feels like he is choosing the song that best satisfies his desire to express himself from his vast catalog at that time for each stage. After all, it’s an interesting choice that the first song is “Look Back in Anger.” Reeves Gabres of TIN MACHINE accompanied him on this tour, and the arrangement features intense guitars throughout, with a hard feel to the forefront. It is interesting to see how the break is inserted in the middle, transforming the song into something that is completely like OUTSIDE. The third song, “Diamond Dogs,” also has a hard arrangement with a sound effect that sounds like a dog growling, and it would not feel out of place if it was included as it is on OUTSIDE. This is a 1996 Bowie-like interpretation. The focus is on “Andy Warhol.” An old song from the early 70s has been given a bold arrangement and re-performed as a completely different song. The beginning is almost a cappella, but suddenly the tempo increases, and female chorus and piano solos are inserted, destroying the original song. The same goes for “The Man Who Sold the World,” which is transformed into a quiet ballad arrangement, as opposed to the original song, which had an impressive guitar. TIN MACHINE’s “Baby Universal” is also an interesting selection. Originally, TIN MACHINE was supposed to be a project that was distinct from Bowie’s solo work, but here it is set on the same level. Compared to the TIN MACHINE live performance, the hardness is subdued, and the arrangement highlights Bowie’s vocals. Bowie uses different vocal tones depending on the song, and it is interesting that in this song he is clearly conscious of his vocal style from the TIN MACHINE days. Personally, I like the selection of “Jump They Say.” Since there was no tour when the album “BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE” was released, live performances of songs from this album are very rare, and this is one of them. Although it is not a song suitable for live performances, the original song was somehow reproduced, although it was difficult. The concert ended with a fairly old song, a song that could be called a milestone for Bowie. After “Heroes” which is almost the same as the original, “White light White Heat” which was the highlight of the concert at the end of the Ziggy tour. Then there is “Daydream on the Moon”. The arrangement of this song has also been changed significantly, and the guitar solo part in the latter half takes a long time. It can be said that it is a masterpiece that develops a very dense worldview. The concert ends with “All the Young Men”. It is a characteristic of Bowie’s stage to place a heavy song before the last one and end with a light song at the end. On this day, the perfect composition of the sad “All the Young Men” that the whole venue can become one at the end fills the heart. In addition to the Lorelei Festival, this work also includes another performance from the same tour, the July 9, 1996 Rome performance, also recorded on a soundboard in the second half of disc 2. This was broadcast on FM at the time, and the sound quality is also perfect with the sound board. At the time of broadcast, it was not completely recorded, and the Italian DJ overlaps, but it is included as a valuable sound board sound source of this tour. From the OUTSIDE SUMMER FESTIVALS TOUR, the stage at the Lorelei Festival on June 22, 1996 was completely recorded on the sound board. In addition, the Rome performance on July 9, 1996 from the same tour was also recorded on the sound board, although it was incomplete. This is probably the definitive version of this tour. LORELEY FESTIVAL St. Goarshausen Germany June 22, 1996 DISC ONE 01. Introduction 02. Look Back In Anger 03. Scary Monsters 04. Diamond Dogs 05. The Hearts Filthy Lesson 06. Outside 07. Aladdin Sane 08. Andy Warhol 09. Voyeur Of Utter Destruction 10. The Man Who Sold The World 11. Telling Lies 12. Baby Universal 13. Hallo Spaceboy 14. Breaking Glass 15. We Prick You 16. Jump They Say 17. Lust For Life 18. Under Pressure DISC TWO 01. “Heroes” 02. Whitelight White Heat 03. Moonage Daydream 04. All The Young Dudes Curva Sud dello Stadio Olimpico Rome Italy July 9, 1996 05. Look Back In Anger 06. Scary Monsters 07. The Heart’s Filthy Lesson 08. Outside 09. Aladdin Sane 10. Voyeur Of Utter Destruction 11. The Man Who Sold The World 12. Hallo Spaceboy 13. Breaking Glass 14. Telling Lies 15. Jump They Say 16. Under Pressure 17. “Heroes”
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