Glenn Hughes/Tokyo,Japan 1997 DAT Master

Glenn Hughes’ solo visit to Japan was realized only twice in the 90s. A precious original recording that allows you to experience the scene in real life has been excavated. This work is recorded in “February 9, 1997: Shinjuku Liquid Room Performance”. It is a powerful audience recording. Glenn, who made a comeback in the 90s, has the image of having visited Japan many times, but in fact, his solo visit to Japan is very valuable. In order to explain the meaning, let’s look back on Glenn’s history of visits to Japan this time. DEEP PURPLE visit to Japan: December 8th-15th, 1976 (4 shows)Solo visit to Japan: May 21st-25th, 1994 (4 shows) ← *Official BURNING JAPAN LIVE: February 9th-15th, 1997 (5 shows) ← ★Here★ Japan visit with Joe Lynn Turner: October 18th-22nd, 2000 (4 shows) May 11th-19th, 2002 (7 shows) *HTP: July 31st + August 4th, 2002 (2 shows) *VOICES OF CLASSIC ROCK: February 3rd-8th, 2004 (5 shows) *HTP Solo visit to Japan: August + 9th December 2015 (2 shows)This is Glenn’s history of visits to Japan to date. Of the 8 times and 33 performances, about half (4 times and 18 performances) were in Japan with Joe Lynn Turner. His first solo visit to Japan in 1994 was also recorded in the official “BURNING JAPAN LIVE”, but this work is the next live in Japan from the “ADDICTION” era. Since it is a time when we have a good opportunity to touch on it, let’s introduce the schedule at that time here. ・February 9: Shinjuku Liquid Room ←★This work★ ・February 10: Shinjuku Liquid Room ・February 12: Sapporo Penny Lane 24 ・February 14: Nagoya Club Quattro ・February 15: Namba Warhol This work, which conveys the precious scene in 1997, is a closed-room audience full of club mood. Anyway, it’s close…or rather, it’s narrow. In terms of tone, it is a spatial recording with an airy feeling, but the sound feels like it clings to the core. Before the sound spreads, the vivid core reaches your ears without any time lag. In 1994, they first came to Japan with a large group of six people, but in 1997, they became a quartet. Therefore, the gaps are clearly felt, and the contours of each sound emerge vividly. The closed-room sound depicts a full show that is completely different from “BURNING JAPAN LIVE”. First, let’s organize the set. 70’s Medusa: Touch My Life Linked: Way Back To The Bone / Coast to Coast (*) Purple Flame: You Fool No One / Burn (*) Come Taste the Band: Gettin’ Tighter (*) / You Keep On Moving (*) 80’s and after Fuse/Thrall: First Step Of Love Feel: Push! Addiction: Talk About It / Cover Me / I Don’t Want To Live That Way Again / Addiction *Note: * marks are songs that overlap with the official live album “BURNING JAPAN LIVE”. … and so on. Normally, I would mark songs that I can’t hear on official works with a “★” mark, but if I did that with this work, it would be full of marks. This time, I’m marking the overlapping songs with a “*”, and the other songs are the focus of attention. In other words, all but four songs were released in Japan for the first time, but the best one is “You Fool No One”. It’s a famous song from “BURN”, which goes without saying, but it wasn’t played by Purple IV…or rather, it wasn’t played by the entire Purple family (WHITESNAKE only played it in 2015). As mentioned above, the Shinjuku performance of this work is the first day of 1997, so it is truly the first time it has been released in Japan. And the performance that spins such a set is also excellent. In 1994, it was a stylized sound by a special band that also included members of EUROPE, but this work is Glen’s regular band. The guitar is JJ Marsh (Joachim Marsh at the time), who has been his partner for many years, and the keyboard is mainly electric piano rather than Hammond, which is brilliant. Among them, Morgan Ågren is an interesting choice. He is a drummer who was also active in the Zappa band, and is a genius known for playing with his family members Steve Vai and Terry Pozzio. He is currently a master who is also a member of the reunion of Nordic progressive rock hero KAIPA. The highlight of the album is “You Fool No One,” which starts with Ågren’s solo and then snowballs into a fierce jam with all the band members throwing phrases at each other. It’s a highlight that heats up for over 10 minutes. Since 1994, when he made repeated visits to Japan with Joe, based on his EUROPE connections, and 2000, when he came to Japan many times…if you think about it, Glen’s performances in Japan were all strongly colored by “former DEEP PURPLE.” Among them, 1997 was a rare tour of Japan where “Glen’s typical Japanese performance” was held. This work is a masterpiece that allows you to experience the scene with a sense of closeness. This is the first live album that transfers the sound that the original DAT master absorbed to the subtleties of the subtleties. A powerful audience recording of “February 9, 1997: Shinjuku Liquid Room Performance”. It’s close…or rather, narrow. The sound is a spatial recording with an airy feel, but the sound feels like it’s clinging to the core. Before the sound spreads, the vivid core reaches your ears without any time lag. The gaps between the four people are clearly felt, and each sound has a vivid outline. This is a live album that allows you to fully experience Glen’s precious “Glenn-like Japan performance” with his partner JJ Marsh, with a completely different set and ensemble from his first solo visit to Japan, “BURNING JAPAN LIVE”. Liquid Room, Tokyo, Japan 9th February 1997 TRULY PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (52:29) 1. Intro 2. Way Back To The Bone 3. Touch My Life4. Push! 5. First Step Of Love 6. Talk About It 7. Coast To Coast 8. Gettin’ Tighter 9. Band Introduction 10. Cover Me Disc 2 (53:15) 1. I Don’t Want To Live That Way Again 2. You Keep On Moving 3. Addiction 4. Dram solo 5. You Fool No One 6. Burn Glenn Hughes – Vocals, Bass Joachim Marsh – Guitar Morgan Agren – Drums Lars (Lasse) Pollack – Keyboards