Duran Duran Duran/Tokyo,Japan 4.28.1982

The legendary first visit to Japan in the spring of 1982. A live album vacuum-packed with the finest sound from start to finish is now available. This work contains the “April 28, 1982 Nakano Sun Plaza performance”. Yes, it is the same show as “TOKYO 1982 2ND NIGHT”, which appeared the other day and shocked people with its amazing quality. In fact, it is a permanent copy of that shocking work. “TOKYO 1982 2ND NIGHT” has received a really great response. After all, the content was amazing. The biggest point is the superb sound. The clarity is on an incredible level, and all kinds of praises such as “ultimate”, “miraculous”, “transcendent”, “like a sound board” etc. fit perfectly. Although the recording position is not known, the sparkling performance is an extraordinary beauty for an audience recording, and each individual note is clear and distinct. The bass, which tends to be a drawback in audience recordings, is also lustrous, and John Taylor’s bass roars sticky. Andy Taylor’s guitar is clear even to the slightest picking nuance, and Nick Rhodes’ synth also shines. Of course, Simon Le Bon’s singing voice is also extremely vivid. Each one is as straight as if you were pressing your ears against the speakers. Moreover, the greatness of this work is not just in the sound. The rich and fragrant sense of the era of “1982” is too wonderful. Here, let’s take a look at the schedule at that time to evoke memories of that time.・April 25th: Nippon Seinenkan, Tokyo ・April 26th: Expo Hall, Osaka (Roger’s birthday) ・April 27th: Kinro Kaikan, Nagoya ・April 28th: ​​Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo 【This work】 ・May 1st: Shibuya Public Hall, Tokyo In this way, the first visit to Japan was 3 performances in Tokyo + 1 performance in Osaka + 1 performance in Nagoya. This work is the 4th performance, but the atmosphere of the site “Nakano Sun Plaza” is amazing. This is also a tremendous on-site sense of “Kyaa Kyaa”. (Of course, the direct performance and singing voice are never defeated) Yellow screams that tear silk fly from all over the place clearly. Although such cries occur whenever they come to Japan, the mood of this work is clearly different from later years. They took a leap up the ladder of success, performing at the Nippon Budokan in their second performance in 1984, and at Korakuen Stadium in their third performance in 1987, but this film is set at Nakano Sun Plaza. There is no sense of a vast, yellow frenzy spreading across the sky, but rather a sense of being confined in a limited space. The joy of finally meeting them, the closeness of watching them up close… It’s full of that. Writing this makes it seem like it’s filled with screams like a domestic idol concert, but that’s not quite it. After all, the people here are “Western music girls” who are serious about music. Even though DURAN DURAN had a sensational debut at the time, they had not yet conquered the world, and their PVs had not yet become popular among the living room audience, only six months after the launch of MTV. The people who are gathering in Japan for the first time are not girls who admire trends. They are all girls who can sniff out stars with their own eyes, ears, and sense. Even their breathing comes out ferociously. The scent of that era is also strongly exuded by DURAN DURAN themselves. At the time when “RIO” was being created but not released, the majority of the set was from their debut work “DURAN DURAN”. Not only were all the songs except “Tel Aviv” performed, but the single B-sides “Late Bar” and “Faster Than Light” were also featured, and “Girls On Film” was even played twice. The performance also had a more band-like feel than the gorgeous feel of their later years. What’s even fresher are the new songs from “RIO”. It’s refreshing to introduce the killer “Hungry Like The Wolf” as “Next is a new song”, but no one reacts to the song name call, just listening intently. For ears that are used to hearing a storm of screams just from the intro, the pause feels strange. Furthermore, the classics “Rio” and “Save A Prayer” are not included, and instead the first singles “My Own Way” and “Last Chance on the Stairway” are chosen. Before their signature songs became their signature songs, their standards had not yet been established, and there was a strong mood that they were about to grow in the hearts of their fans. They conquered the world in one go with three albums: “DURAN DURAN”, “RIO”, and “SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER”. Of their “hop, step, jump”, this is a live album that captures the “moment they took the first step”. DURAN DURAN is genuinely happy and excited to be welcomed in a faraway foreign country. This is a great recording of the five members, whose average age was 21.2 years old, and the breathing of the Western music girls who found them with their own cheers, flowing from the speakers with a clarity that is greater than that of a soundboard. Live at Nakano Sunplaza, Tokyo, Japan 28th April 1982 ULTIMATE SOUND (70:27) 1. Sound of Thunder 2. Girls on Film 3. Anyone Out There 4. To the Shore 5. Late Bar 6. Last Chance on the Stairway 7. Hungry Like the Wolf 8. (Waiting of the) Night Boat 9. Friends of Mine 10. Faster Than Light 11. Planet Earth 12. Hold Back the Rain 13. Careless Memories 14. My Own Way 15. Girls on Film (Night Version) Simon Le Bon – lead vocals Andy Taylor – guitar Nick Rhodes – keyboards John Taylor – bass Roger Taylor – drums