David Bowie/Tokyo,Japan 12.12.1978 Complete

From the Japan tour that David Bowie, who released the masterpiece albums “LOW” and “HEROES” in succession, performed in December 1978, the performance at NHK Hall on December 12th, the final day, was recorded in high quality audience recording. A must-have for fans that uses the original master cassette directly, which is not available even among traders! The live performance on this day was broadcast as a one-hour program on national television at the time, and is the most familiar performance to fans during the 1978 Japan tour. The complete audience recording of this day was first released in 2002 by MP label under the title “Beast”, which is a counterpart to “Beauty”, which also recorded the Budokan performance the day before, which was also the first time, and shocked fans. This board “Blackout” is a completely different master from the existing master, and is characterized by a closer sound and a clearer and clearer recording than “Beast”, which felt a slight distance in the sound. The sound image is stable from beginning to end, and there are no noisy spectators around, so you can concentrate on the music without stress and listen to it. It seems to use an advanced microphone, and the characteristic of this product is that each and every sound particle is recorded firmly, and you can enjoy a sound that is irresistible for sound source enthusiasts. Bowie’s high-quality performance, which shows a highly complete live performance with one of the best supermen who are called the strongest band in Bowie’s history, is a perfect score from beginning to end. Adrian Belew’s technical guitar and Simon House’s violin create a very original sound image, and you can feel it realistically from this natural PA sound. The playing of former Utopia member Roger Powell, who creates a colorful sound, is also excellent. The intense rhythm section of George Murray and Dennis Davis is overwhelming, and the fact that such amazing music was played at that NHK Hall makes you feel dizzy. The cut point of the tape change is about 30 seconds in the latter half of Blackout from 2:58, but that part has been inserted so that you can listen to it uncut. Since it is an audience recording from that time, it is not recommended for beginners, but for enthusiastic Bowie collectors, it is inevitable that they will be astonished and ask “Did such a sound source exist!?” It is a high-quality must-have for enthusiasts. As a bonus track, a valuable interview that was broadcast on a certain commercial TV program on December 6, 1978 during his visit to Japan is recorded for 10 minutes and 40 seconds. The recording was done at the hotel where he was staying through a certain commentator and a female interpreter, and the recorded sound is very clear, probably because the tape was well preserved. “This is my second visit to Japan as a musician, but I have been to Japan many times for sightseeing.” “Japanese milk has an interesting taste. It’s different from the taste in Europe…” “I like Yukio Mishima. I also painted his oil paintings.” “If you live in Japan, it’s better to live in Kyoto or further south than Tokyo.” You can listen to many interesting remarks through Bowie’s voice at that time with clear sound. You can watch this video in “INTERVIEW IN TOKYO 1978”. Live at NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan 12th December 1978 PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 1. Warsawa 2. Heroes 3. What In The World 4. Be My Wife 5. Jean Gene 6. Blackout 7. Sense Of Doubt 8. Breaking Glass 9. Fame 10. Beauty And The Beast Disc 2 1. Five Years 2. Soul Love 3. Star 4. Hang On To Yourself 5. Ziggy Stardust 6. Suffragette City 7. Art Decade 8. Alabama Song 9. Station To Station 10. TVC 15 11. Stay 12. Rebel Rebel 13. Interviews in Japan 1978(Broadcast on 6th December) David Bowie – Vocals, Keyboards Adrian Belew – Guitar Carlos Alomar – Guitar George Murray – Bass Dennis Davis – Drums: Simon House – Violin: Sean Mayes – Piano: Roger Powell – Keyboards