Jeff Beck, Stanley Clarke Jeff Beck/Osaka, Japan 11.29.1978

Jeff Beck’s third tour of Japan, accompanied by the virtuoso Stanley Clarke. A new recording that conveys the scene is now available. The new recording is engraved with the performance “November 29, 1978: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall”. “DEFINITIVE NAGOYA 1978” was also released at the same time. First, let’s check the relative positions of the two on the schedule at that time. ・November 20: Ibaraki Prefectural Cultural Center・November 22: Ishikawa Welfare Pension Hall・November 23: Kurashiki Civic Hall・November 24: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium・November 26: Nagoya City Public Hall “DEFINITIVE NAGOYA 1978″・November 28: Nippon Steel Otani Gymnasium・November 29: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall [This work]・November 30-December 2: Nippon Budokan (3 performances) A ​​total of 10 performances. The highlight was the three consecutive performances at the Nippon Budokan, but the Osaka performance of this work was the show in the second half of the tour, which was the one before that. In fact, this is delicious. In 1978, there was a change in the members just before the visit to Japan, so the first few performances were not in good condition, and the second half was basically better. This work is an upbeat show with the accelerator stepped on towards the Nippon Budokan. The second performance in Osaka has been known for two types of recordings, such as “OSAKA 1978 DAY2”, but this work is completely different from those. It is the third masterpiece recording. In fact, the sound of this work is as wonderful as a radio sound source. The direct feeling with almost no sense of distance is excellent, the strong and on core roars without time lag, and the details are detailed. While the sound has a vintage feel, the cheers feel farther away than the close performance sound. The sound quality changes from “Diamond Dust” to the middle of “Scatterbrain” because the microphone direction has changed, so the audience can be sure that it is the same, but it sounds like listening to an air check recording of an AM broadcast. The point unique to the new master is the tape change point. It is an unavoidable gap only for cassette recordings at that time, but the timing of the tape change is different because it is a different recording from the previous release. Therefore, in this work, the missing parts are filled in with the previous release, and a complete live album where you can enjoy the full show seamlessly was realized. The show depicted with such quality is also wonderful. As mentioned above, the more this tour went through the experience, the more the anamble became familiar, and the whole show became more fulfilling. This work is full of that flavor. The heated “Freeway Jam”, the awesome bass solo of “School Days”, Jeff’s slide is brilliant in “Lopsy Lu”, the two main characters have a heated battle in “Rock’n’Roll Jelly”, etc. You can enjoy the ensemble that has been getting better. What’s a bit interesting is after “Cat Moves”. Jeff plays the riff of “Superstition” briefly, and the audience reacts to it and roars, and a huge applause occurs. In the end, that’s all, but perhaps there was something about this reaction that made them feel something, and “Superstition” was played as the final encore at the Nippon Budokan 3DAYS the next day. Although the permanent preservation press was missed due to the instability of the sound changing along the way, it’s a wonderful sound that doesn’t seem to have jumped over 40 years of time and space. It’s a masterpiece live album where you can enjoy the whole performance of the great performance that has been getting better with a direct feeling as if Jeff is right in front of you. No matter how amazing the apex work “DEFINITIVE NAGOYA 1978” is, the scene of 1978 that can’t be told in one piece. Live at Koseinenkin-Kaikan, Osaka 29th November 1978 TRULY AMAZING/PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (42:05) 1. Darkness/Earth In Search Of A Sun 2. Star Cycle 3. Freeway Jam 4. Cat Moves 5. Stanley Clarke Solo/School Days 6. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 7. Journey To Love Disc 2 (40:23) 1. Lopsy Lu 2. Diamond Dust 3. Scatterbrain incl. Drums Solo 4. Rock ‘n’ Roll Jelly 5. Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers 6. Blue Wind Jeff Beck – Guitar Stanley Clarke – Bass Tony Hymas – Keyboards Simon Phillips – Drums