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EL & P Emerson,Lake & Palmer/Tokyo,Japan 1992 2Days

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Many of you may remember that extremely hot autumn night in 1992. Yes, that tour where ELP returned to Japan for the first time in 20 years will be revived this week! This is a 4-disc album that includes two performances at Shibuya Public Hall from ELP’s return to Japan tour with the finest sound. The master released as “REACH HIGH NOON” about 10 years ago has been digitized again from the original cassette and has now been remastered and finished! The sound is just perfect. Compared to modern recordings, where digital has long been the norm, this is not even half a step behind, and the extremely clear and direct musical tones are gradually gaining depth. It’s exquisite. Due to its great popularity, it was added one after another, and the Japan tour had a total of 8 performances, but this work is definitely the pinnacle. The top of the tour is not just the sound. The cheers that poured down as clearly as autumn rain were also wonderful. After all, this is my first visit to Japan in 20 years. There were everyone there, including those who experienced Korakuen in 1972, those who couldn’t, and those who discovered ELP afterward. Memories of youth, longing for dreams, and resentment for not coming to EL&POWELL (lol) are all compressed into Shibuko’s space. From the cheers that greet the opening song “Karm Evil 9”, the feeling of “Finally!” explodes, but it doesn’t turn into a big fuss… As soon as the performance begins, there is a sense of tension as you try not to miss every move of the three members, not to miss a single voice, not to miss a single note. The enthusiasm for their first visit to Japan was a frenzy with huge stadiums full of idol popularity, but the excitement 20 years later is a concentration overflowing with music and feelings. Moreover, this Shibuko is not an additional performance, but the originally announced schedule. In other words, this was the day when fans who had been wishing from the bottom of their hearts to come back to Japan jumped all at once and competed for tickets. The venue was filled with the fiercest fighters who had won. Shibuko’s narrow space where the most passionate thoughts swirl. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the “No. 1 Live in Japan”! It is only possible with a real audience recording that those feelings are passionately ingrained in your eyes. For example, the loud cheers that erupt at the beginning of the song quickly subside, and until the roar returns as the song unfolds, only the music of the three members resonates in the venue. During this time, the audience did not make a single sound. In the silence, you can hear the tension of concentration. When you hear the last note of “Close To Home” or “Creole Dance,” the applause and cheers burst out at once. Even if the sound board of this day was excavated, this “hot silence” would not have been captured. The passionate performance of the three in response to the “hot silence” is truly the best live performance of the reunited ELP. At this time, Keith was 47 years old, Greg was 44 years old, and Carl had just turned 42 years old. Although she doesn’t have the youthfulness of idols, she has plenty of fat as a musician. In the album “BLACK MOON”, I felt uncomfortable with Greg’s thick voice, but in the live performance, the thickness was transformed into depth and persuasiveness. The deep voice that can be heard in three consecutive songs, “From The Beginning,” “Still You Turn Me On,” and “Lucky Man,” is even more touching now. Even so, the audience was surprised and delighted with each song, and during “Honky Tonk Train Blues,” the audience turned into a rhythm section, clapping in unison. The feelings of that time come back to me in a painfully real way. Both the 18th and 19th have a beautiful sound with the same taper, and while they have a lot of unity, they each have their own distinct flavors. Especially big is “Tarkus”. On the 18th, towards the end of the performance, Keith jumped into the audience with a ribbon controller, causing an uproar in the audience. On the 19th instead, the performance stopped in the middle of “Eruption” due to a tuning problem with Greg’s bass. A famous accident occurs that forces you to start all over again. Both can be heard ultra clear. And, the climax of the show comes at the end when a lot of masterpieces and medleys are played three times in a row. In particular, the approximately 23-minute “Pictures At An Exhibition” is a masterpiece take that brings that scene back to life before your eyes. It started with the chants of “Enjoy City Masuka!” (on the 18th), a mischievous break, a shower of sparkling synthesizers, a strangely fresh orchestral hit, and a drum solo… Ah, that’s right. It was like this! The excitement of the grand finale, united with the audience’s uncontrollable emotions. And then there was the fanfare that cut through the orderly but never-ending applause!! Sweat was dripping from the corners of my already heated eyes… The series of titles that first came to Japan in 1972, which packed the frenzy of the times, were wonderful, but this one is definitely the one that grabs your heart and shakes you. There are few live albums that can convey the audience’s feelings so passionately, not only to those who were there that day, but also to those who saw it at other venues, and to those who watched it afterwards. At the end of disc 2, one audience member exclaims, “I enjoyed it!” Live at Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan 18th & 19th September 1992 PERFECT/TRULY PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Live at Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan 18th September 1992 Disc 1(55:22) 1. Karn Evil 9 2. Tarkus 3 Knife Edge 4. Paper Blood 5. Black Moon 6. Close To Home 7. Creole Dance 8. From The Beginning 9. Still You Turn Me On 10. Lucky Man 11. Honky Tonk Train Blues 12. Romeo And Juliet Disc 2( 52:16) 1. Pirates 2. Promenade 3. The Gnome 4. Promenade 5. The Hut Of Baba Yaga 6. Carl Palmer Drum Solo 7. The Hut Of Baba Yaga 8. The Great Gates Of Kiev 9. Fanfare For The Common Man/America/Rondo 10. Finale Live at Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan 19th September 1992 Disc 3(58:16) 1. Karn Evil 9 2. Tarkus (Breakdown) 3. Tuning 4. Tarkus (Re-start) 5. Knife Edge 6. Paper Blood 7. Black Moon 8. Close To Home 9. Creole Dance 10. From The Beginning 11. Still You Turn Me On 12. Lucky Man 13. Honky Tonk Train Blues 14. Romeo And Juliet Disc 4(52 :36) 1. Pirates 2. Promenade 3. The Gnome 4. Promenade 5. The Hut Of Baba Yaga 6. Carl Palmer Drum Solo 7. The Hut Of Baba Yaga 8. The Great Gates Of Kiev 9. Fanfare For The Common Man /America/Rondo 10. Finale

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