Eric Clapton/Tokyo,Japan 4.18.2019 Upgrade

Following the first, last and third days of Eric Clapton’s Japan Tour 2019, the performance on Thursday, April 18th, which was the fourth day, will also be released on a superb sound disc! We have already released the 2CD “Budokan 2019 Day 4” on the same day at super speed within one week after the performance, but the master of this board is our original master by famous taper recording, and it is a stereo audience source that exceeds the high sound quality. I think you will be convinced that this clarity, sound balance, grain of musical tone, stereo feeling, and power of drums are of high quality quality. It is definitely a recording in front of the arena A block. On this fourth day, the set list was settled, and it was a time when Clapton and the band’s performance finally presented a rock-solid play quality. The highlight is the opening Pretending. The two solos that make full use of wah are very smooth and thrilling. And the hidden masterpiece Wanna Make Love To You that is also irresistible with melancholy. After listening to the high-quality titles released this time, many people may have paid attention to this song and listened to the studio version again (included in the 4CD box “CROSSROADS”). In the performance of this song on that day, the highlight is that you can hear Clapton’s heart-stirring hand vibrato. The solo in the following I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man is also very thrilling! And the singing in I Shot the Sheriff, which was placed in this position every performance as the highlight of the first half, is also powerful, and the clever phrase composition of the postlude and the way it was built up is probably the best of all five performances on this day. In the acoustic set that follows, Clapton plays steadily, moistly, and tightly. The flow of the electric set in the second half is also solid. It’s a charm that he misses the first tone of the arpeggio in the bridge part of Badge. It’s a rare scene in a sense, but just when you think he’ll drag it out and end up with a mediocre solo, Clapton is on fire at the end of the solo. And Crossroads, which started with a long intro peculiar to this day, Little Queen of Spades, where the members played more than usual in solo rotations, and Cocaine, which showed a climax worthy of the finale, made each number with above-average play quality. Clapton’s closing solo in Little Queen of Spades is especially amazing. And in the middle solo of Cocaine, the playing, including the habit phrase, is full of listening. I haven’t heard such a hot Cocaine solo for a while! In the solo of the encore High Time We Went, you can hear the play with the wah pedal, which is rare for this song. In general, it can be said that there were few mistakes and the play quality was high. The cheers and applause at the end are also captured realistically, and even the announcement of the in-house broadcast at the end is recorded. The whole story conveys that the stage of this day was not bad. We assert that this board, which conveys everything with a realistic sound, is the definitive version of the fourth day’s performance. Moreover, since it is a recording from the original new master, it is a unique title. Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 18th April 2019 TRULY PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (57:17) 1. Intro 2. Pretending 3. Key to the Highway 4. Wanna Make Love to You 5. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man 6. I Shot the Sheriff 7. Driftin’ Blues 8. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out 9. Tears in Heaven 10. Layla 11. Running on Faith Disc 2 (45:30) 1. Badge 2. Wonderful Tonight 3. Crossroads 4. Little Queen of Spades 5. Cocaine 6. High Time We Went Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals Doyle Bramhall ? – guitar, vocals Chris Stainton – piano, keyboards Paul Carrack – organ, keyboards, vocals Nathan East – bass Sonny Emory – drums Sharon White – backing vocals Katy Kissoon – backing vocals