Echo & the Bunnymen/Canada 1984

Their masterpiece “OCEAN RAIN” became a hit, and their legendary first visit to Japan was realized. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN in 1984 were enjoying their heyday. A live album that captures the scene with the best sound is now available. This work includes “March 25, 1984 Toronto Performance”. This is the best audience recording. Our store has delivered the soundboard albums “THE KILLING MOON IN TOKYO” and “SOLID & CLEAN” that recorded them in their heyday, but the Toronto performance of this work will be held two months after the former and five days before the latter. It was. Although there is a definitive soundboard from almost the same period, this work is still a masterpiece that cannot be helped but introduced. First and foremost, it’s long. The two works mentioned above are excellent sound boards, but neither is a full show. In contrast, this work is a long recording lasting over 85 minutes from the opening to the end. Unfortunately, the remaining tape capacity ran out on the last song “Do It Clean,” but even with the two soundboards, I couldn’t listen to “Gods Will Be Gods,” “Stars Are Stars,” “No Dark Things,” and “Ocean.” Also includes “Rain”. You can enjoy plenty of the best set, which has been evenly selected from the first four works. Especially delicious is “Gods Will Be Gods” by “PORCUPINE”. The other three songs are played with reunion words, but “Gods Will Be Gods” is a repertoire that is only recorded in the 1980s. You can experience it live with the full potential of the four original members. Of course, it’s not just long. The sound that pierces through that long piece is also exquisite. There is no mistaking it for a sound board because the breathing feeling at the scene is so realistic, but it becomes easy to mistake it once the performance begins and the audience becomes quiet. The core that reaches straight is extremely active with no sense of distance, and the details are unusually vivid. The bass, which tends to be a weak point in audience recording, is also clear, and Les Pattinson’s bass line is powerful and clear. Of course, Ian McCulloch’s singing voice is beautifully drawn, not only one word of the lyrics, but even one of the accents, and Will Sargent’s guitar can be heard even when switching effects. As for Pete de Freitas, even if you listen carefully with headphones, you can’t feel any reverberation at all, and the sharp drumming with a frightening edge roars out. Moreover, this work is also the highest peak of such a famous recording. In fact, this recording itself has been known for a long time, but this work is an upgraded version that has been digitized directly from the 1st Gene Cassette that was discovered in recent years. It is a masterpiece that can be rightly called “just like a sound board.” In any case, it’s a super high quality on-site experience from the heyday. That’s all. Not only does it have a strange sound that rivals the official works, but it also has a realistic feeling of breathing at the scene, and there are plenty of famous songs that can’t be tasted on the representative soundboard. I regret that it ended in the middle of the last song “Do It Clean”. On the other hand, there are no other flaws other than that. Along with the sound board masterpieces “THE KILLING MOON IN TOKYO” and “SOLID & CLEAN”…no, this is a rare masterpiece that you should enjoy even if you put it aside. Live at the Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 25th March 1984 TRULY PERFECT/ULTIMATE SOUND Disc 1 (43:17) 1. Introduction (Gregorian chant) 2. Going Up 3. Villiers Terrace 4. Heads Will Roll 5. Back Of Love 6. Gods Will Be Gods 7. All That Jazz 8. Stars Are Stars 9. Killing Moon 10. A Promise 11. All My Colours 12. Never Stop Disc 2(43:13) 1. Thorn Of Crowns 2. The Cutter 3. Heaven Up Here 4. No Dark Things 5. Crocodiles 6. Over The Wall 7. Ocean Rain 8. Do It Clean Ian McCulloch – vocals, guitar Will Sergeant – guitar Les Pattinson – bass Pete De Freitas – drums