Fleetwood Mac/Tokyo,Japan 12.5.1977 S & V

The legendary first visit to Japan was realized in 1977. Introducing the super best live album and professional shots that recorded the highlight show. This work includes the “December 5, 1977: Nippon Budokan” performance. This is a 3-disc set with the full live album on DISC 1-2 and the professional shot footage on DISC 3. FLEETWOOD MAC’s first visit to Japan took place amid a whirlwind of rumors sweeping the world, and it was a particularly symbolic night at Nippon Budokan. First, let’s check the show’s position from the schedule at that time. 1977《Rumour” released on February 4th》 February 24th – April 1st: North America #1 (14 performances) April 2nd – 26th: Europe (15 performances) – May 1st – October 4th: North America #2 (54 performances) November 6th – 23rd: Oceania (9 performances) November 6th – December 10th: First visit to Japan (4 performances) ←★Here★・12 July 10th: Hawaii performance July 17th – August 30th, 1978: North America #4 (17 performances) This is the overall picture of “RUMOURS TOUR”. The astronomical success of “Rumor” seemed to have come as a surprise to them as well, and as they continued to tour, they sold out quickly. The legendary first visit to Japan was at the end of such a world tour. In particular, the Nippon Budokan performance was the final day, and the 1977 schedule would have ended if they performed one more performance in Hawaii. This work is a set that further upgrades the top record of the Nippon Budokan performance. Now, let’s introduce each one individually. [DISC 1-2: Superb full live album by those involved] First up is the main full live album of this work. It is an audience recording recorded at the Nippon Budokan site, but this is different from a normal guest record. The person who recorded it was the record company staff at the time. It was digitized directly from the original cassette. In fact, this recording itself was previously released on CD as “FANTASTIC RUMOURS”. In this work, the best recording has been further refined through careful mastering, and the three missing encore songs “The Chain”, “Second Hand News”, and “Songbird”, as well as tape change cuts between songs, are supplemented with separate recordings. It is a major update to the longest and highest peak in history. In fact, the sound is “super” excellent. In fact, the Nippon Budokan performance was also a rich harvest area of ​​the best recordings that are not unique, but this recording by those involved is definitely No. 1. Other recordings also had a direct feel, but this work is on a different level. The core, which has no sense of distance, is strangely thick, and the snare and bass drum, which tend to show the audience-likeness, are also extremely dense. The hugely popular applause and handclaps typical of Western music have a balance that can be heard far away from the extremely thick performance sound, and the sense of stability that does not make the slightest movement is outside the norm for guest records. It makes me think that it is a sound board directly connected to the desk. Moreover, it is fully recorded. As mentioned above, the tape change part and three encore songs are supplemented with the masterpiece “TAPED RUMOURS”. Seamless and complete recording of the night at Nippon Budokan. As expected, it is not possible to expect as much close contact as the main person recording, but this recording is also a superb recording that was very popular at the time. You can enjoy the full show with a clarity that you can’t believe is from the 70s. [DISC 3: A classic multi-camera pro shot expanded with the leaked master] Following such a full live album is a pro shot that elevated the Nippon Budokan performance to a symbol. In the first place, this show became famous when it was broadcast on TV on a certain broadcasting association’s famous program “Young Music Show.” This disc is a video work that is based on that TV pro shot and expanded with leaked pro shots that were discovered later. Even if you add the leaked master, it will not be full, but it will still increase the number of songs by 5 songs. Here, let’s compare the full set along with the live album. Fantastic Mac (8 songs) / Say You Love Me (live album only) / Monday Morning / Rhiannon / Landslide (★) / Over My Head / I’m So Afraid (live album only) / World Turning / Blue Letter (live Album only) Rumor (9 songs) Dreams (live album only) / Oh Daddy (★) / Never Going Back Again (★) / Gold Dust Woman (★) / You Make Loving Fun (★) / Go Your Own Way / The Chain/Second Hand News (live album only)/Songbird Others: Oh Well *Note: Songs marked with a “★” are supplemented with working masters. …These are all the songs from that day. There are 5 songs that are only available on the live album (DISC 1-2), but the rest can also be enjoyed with videos. The increased part is a working professional shot with a time counter, and the editing is quite rough as it seems to be in the middle of the process. However, you can fully enjoy the real pleasure of enjoying the heyday of FLEETWOOD MAC’s performance with multi-camera video and sound board. Although Stevie Nicks caught a cold during his visit to Japan and is not in his best condition, it is a superb live set where you can enjoy a hard and passionate live performance that far exceeds the albums “Fantastic Mac” and “Rumors”. After this, Lindsey Buckingham, who became a non-playing guitarist, played a lot, and in “World Turning”, you can enjoy Mick Fleetwood’s percussion solo, which was a hot topic at the time (multi-camera!). A three-disc set of cultural heritage that dazzles the ensemble that reached the peak of its career and the Japanese enthusiasm that witnessed it. Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 5th December 1977 TRULY PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (43:44) 1. Intro. 2. Say You Love Me 3. Monday Morning 4. Dreams 5. Oh Well 6. Rhiannon 7 Oh Daddy 8. Never Going Back Again 9. Landslide 10. Over My Head Disc 2 (60:24) 1. Gold Dust Woman 2. You Made Loving Fun 3. I’m So Afraid 4. Go Your Own Way 5. World Turning 6. Blue Letter 7. The Chain 8. Second Hand News 9. Songbird DVD(70:52) 1. Monday Morning 2. Oh Well 3. Rhiannon 4. Oh Daddy 5. Never Going Back Again 6. Landslide 7. Over My Head 8. Gold Dust Woman 9. You Make Loving Fun 10. Go Your Own Way 11. World Turning 12. The Chain 13. Songbird PRO-SHOT COLOR NTSC Approx. 71min. Stevie Nicks – Vocal Christine McVie – Keyboards & Vocal Mick Fleetwood – Drums John Mcvie – Bass Lindsey Buckingham – Guitar & Vocal