David Bowie/Tokyo,Japan 1973 & more

Bowie’s first performance in Japan is full of high quality recordings, but the one that is by far the best is the performance at Shibuya Public Hall on April 20, 1973, the final day of the tour. Rumor has it that someone involved was recording the tape, and the recording was so quiet and close to the stage that the theory seems more plausible. This high quality recording is one of the best of the Ziggy Stardust tours. This work records the Shibuya Public Hall performance on April 20, 1973. As it was the final day of the tour, you can tell from the sound alone that they were performing a very fulfilling performance. In particular, the part at the end of “Ziggy Stardust” where he stretches out “Na, Ziggy~~~~Play~~~Gita~~~~~~~~~~~~~~” is very long compared to other performances, and you can see that he was feeling it. By reaching the final day of the tour, he must have been convinced of the success of his first Japan tour. He must have met many creators during his stay in Japan and been inspired by them. It is clear that the final day of the tour at Shibuya Public Hall was a special stage for a warm audience, with many fruitful encounters that contributed to Bowie’s subsequent activities. What makes this day special is that the stage that ends with “Rock and Roll Suicide” is the only one in the long Japan tour to respond to an additional encore. That is “Round and Round.” Since it is a cover song, the Bowie version at this point is an unreleased oldie number. The original was by Chuck Berry and was released as the B-side of that “Johnny B. Goode.” It is interesting that the final song on the final day of the Japan tour for Bowie, who has previously performed a futuristic worldview on stage and played the role of an androgynous starman, is a very ordinary rock and roll cover. The bonus track includes “Width of a Circular Orbit” from the same Japan tour, Hiroshima performance on April 14, 1972. It is unclear whether this song was not performed at the Shibuya concert or was not recorded, but in any case, it is a song that was not included in the main program. The final day of the first performance in Japan, the Shibuya Public Hall performance on April 20, 1972, was recorded with unprecedented high sound quality. The sound quality is probably the best in 1972. Moreover, the service of playing “Round And Round” at the end of the encore. Wasn’t this first performance in Japan a performance that deepened Bowie’s longing for Japan? SHIBUYA KOKAIDO TOKYO JAPAN April 20, 1973 01. Ode To Joy 02. Hang On To Yourself 03. Ziggy Stardust 04. Changes 05. Moonage Daydream 06. John I’m only Dancing 07. Watch That Man 08. The Jean Genie 09. Time 10. Five Years 11. Let’s Spend the Night Together 12. Starman 1 3. Suffragette City 14. Rock’n’Roll Suicide 15. Round and Round YUBIN CHOKIN HALL HIROSHIMA April 14, 1973 16. Width Of A Circle