Europe/Hiroshima,Japan 2005 DAT Master

A new series of shocking super-excellent original recordings has been born! Previously unknown soundboard-class master collections are being newly unearthed one after another. The first of the series, three super masterpieces, were released at once, and the first public release of the new master collection was chosen by Yngwie Malmsteen, EUROPE, and Michael Schenker. This work is the EUROPE edition. It is a super-class audience recording of the “January 13, 2005: Hiroshima Club Quattro” performance, which was reunited and returned to Japan for the first time in 13 years. It was their first visit in 13 years, but if it was “those five people” including John Norum, it was the first time since their legendary first visit to Japan. A tour comparable to the heyday was organized only for the miraculous return to Japan for the first time in 19 years. First of all, let’s check the position of the show from the whole view.・January 7: Tokyo International Forum・January 8: SHIBUYA-AX・January 9: Grand Cube Osaka・January 11: Nagoya Welfare Pension Hall・January 13: Hiroshima Club Quattro ←★This work★・January 14: Fukuoka Civic Hall・January 16: Fukuoka Civic Hall A total of 7 performances. The number of performances is the highest in their history of coming to Japan, but the breadth of their performances, which are not limited to Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, is like the 1990s. In fact, their local performances were last realized in 2005, and this Hiroshima performance was one of those. This work, recorded at such a site, is truly “super” superb. It makes you want to line it up one after another, saying “super super … It’s like a sound board, if the recorder hadn’t given it to me, I would have thought, “A great sound board has leaked out!” without even thinking about the audience’s possibilities. For example, the 2005 EUROPE is a classic pro shot from St. Petersburg, but it is much more beautiful and clearer than that sound board sound. Despite the audience, it is a transcendental recording that I would like to call “completely official class”. Anyway, the full show by “those five people” who returned is drawn with a transcendental sound that keeps blowing my mind. I mentioned the TV broadcast pro shot of St. Petersburg earlier, but this work is a full set with even more masterpieces. Let’s organize it while comparing it here. Start from the Dark (6 songs) Got to Have Faith/America/Hero/Wake Up Call/Start from the Dark/Flames Final Countdown (5 songs) Heart of Stone (★)/Carrie (＊)/Rock the Night/Cherokee/The Final Countdown Other Classics (9 songs) Wings of Tomorrow (★)/Scream of Anger (★)/Dreamer (★＊) Out of This World: Ready or Not/Superstitious/Sign of the Times Others: Seven Doors Hotel/Girl From Lebanon/Yesterday’s News *Note: The “★” mark indicates a song that could not be heard on the St. Petersburg TV broadcast pro shot. The “＊” mark indicates an acoustic corner. …And so it goes. There are four more songs than the Russian pro shot, but I’m happy that they are all 80’s classics. Of course, even the revival work “START FROM THE DARK” features rare songs that are only available in real time, and the repertoire that is not available today, such as “America”, “Hero”, and “Wake Up Call”, is delicious. Even so, it is a shockingly superb sound. Even in the present day of 2022, when PA and equipment have further evolved, it is a miraculous level of transcendent live album. Although EUROPE had reunited, the official live album was Oazuke until “LIVE AT SHEPHERD’S BUSH, LONDON”, but now you can enjoy a lively full show immediately after the restart at any time. Although it is in fact an audience recording, the sound that flows out is an amazing new excavation live album that is no different from the official work. “January 13, 2005: Hiroshima Club Quattro” performance super-class audience recording. It is an original recording released worldwide for the first time, and the sound is “completely official class” despite the customer record. If it hadn’t been handed over to me by the recorder himself, I would have believed that “a great sound board has leaked out.” You can also enjoy the delicious full show with classics that you can’t hear even with the standard Russian pro shots, and the precious “America”, “Hero”, and “Wake Up Call”. Live at Hiroshima Club Quattro, Hiroshima, Japan 13th January 2005 ULTIMATE SOUND(from Original Master)*New Source Disc 1 (59:11) 1. Intro 2. Got to Have Faith 3. Ready or Not 4. Superstitious 5. America 6. Wings of Tomorrow 7. Heart of Stone 8. Scream of Anger 9. Hero 10. Wake Up Call 11. Keyboard Solo 12. Sign of the Times 13. Band Introductions 14. Guitar Solo 15. Girl From Lebanon Disc 2 (50:42) 1. Start from the Dark 2. Dreamer (Acoustic) 3. Carrie (Acoustic) 4. Flames 5. Yesterday’s News 6. Rock the Night 7. Seven Doors Hotel 8. Cherokee 9. The Final Countdown Joey Tempest – vocals John Norum – guitars John Leven – bass Mic Michaeli – keyboards Ian Haugland – drums