Jeff Beck/Tokyo,Japan 11.30.1978

The 1978 Japan tour was touted as “The first collaboration between a genius guitarist and the No. 1 bassist!” and immediately attracted the attention of Western music fans. The original vacuum-packed recording of the night at the Nippon Budokan, which returned after five years of BB&A’s first visit to Japan, is being released for the first time in the world. This work features the “November 30, 1978: Nippon Budokan” performance. This is a newly excavated audience recording. Jeff Beck has always been very popular in Japan, but 1978, when he moved Stanley Clarke, was exceptional. We have archived the performance in many masterpieces at our shop. This is a new excavation after a long time, so let’s first check the position of the show while organizing the collection by date.・November 20th: Ibaraki Prefectural Cultural Center・November 22nd: Ishikawa Welfare Pension Hall・November 23rd: Kurashiki Civic Hall・November 24th: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium・November 26th: “DEFINITIVE NAGOYA 1978″・November 28th: ​​”CAT MOVES (Fukuoka)”・November 29th: “OSAKA 1978 2ND NIGHT”・November 30th: Nippon Budokan ←★This work★・December 1st: “BUDOKAN 1978 2ND NIGHT”・December 2nd: “BUDOKAN 1978 FINAL NIGHT”※Only representative works on each day. A total of 10 performances. In 1975, the last time they came to Japan, they were unable to perform three shows due to poor health, but they planned a long tour as a revenge. The highlight was the three consecutive performances in Tokyo, and this work was recorded on the first day. It was a monumental night when they stood on the stage of Nippon Budokan for the first time in 5 years, 6 months and 16 days after the first performance of BB&A. This work, which vacuum-packed such a show, is a direct recording with a wonderful sense of intimacy. When you play it, you may feel familiar with the somewhat noisy venue, but in fact, this is a supplementary part recorded separately. The new master starts from the beginning of the first song, “Darkness/Earth In Search Of A Sun”, and it becomes powerful at once. It is an original master brought by a unique route, but it seems to have been recorded near the PA desk, and the thick core jumps into your ears without any sense of distance. There is a sense of audience because you can hear real clapping and cheers from a woman who seems to be a child of the returnee, but if you concentrate on the sound of the performance, it is a direct feeling that you might mistake it for a sound board. And at the same time, it is vivid. Although the heavy bass tends to be a little bit vibrating because it is too powerful, the darkness of the silent part is deep and the air is crystal clear. The guitar and bass dancing in the middle of it all stand out with a clear outline, and even when they overlap in a complex way, they never mix. The phrases of each instrument are as taut as a single thread, and the ensemble, which is made up of multiple layers, is like a twill. This is a great recording that combines clarity and three-dimensionality. The vivid sound depicts the full show in 1978, which improved with each performance. The collaboration with Stanley is not only in the ensemble, but also in the set. This is a good opportunity, so let’s organize it here. Jeff Beck’s side: Blow by Blow: Freeway Jam/Diamond Dust/Scatterbrain/’Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers; Others: Darkness/Earth In Search Of A Sun/Star Cycle/Cat Moves/Goodbye Pork Pie Hat/Blue Wind/Superstition Stanley Clarke’s side: School Days/Journey To Love/Lopsy Lu/Rock ‘N’ Roll Jelly… and so on. Stanley’s four songs are of course only available on the joint tour, but the opening song “Darkness/Earth In Search Of A Sun” is also only available in the 70s. Furthermore, “Cat Moves,” which will be included in Cozy Powell’s “TILT,” was a rare song only available in Japan. And the performance that spells out such a set is wonderful. As I have said many times before, in 1978 the members were replaced just before coming to Japan, and they became more skilled during the Japan tour. This work is the eighth performance, so it has become quite mature, and the fulfillment has increased dramatically, coupled with the tension of the highlight, Nippon Budokan. “Darkness” and “Star Cycle” are wonderful, as they are played carefully, and the slow and fast “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” and delicate “Diamond Dust” are perfect to listen to. “Superstition” is not perfect, as the ending is suspicious, but it is one of the best performances throughout the tour. Also, the mood of the venue that witnessed such a show is really good. As mentioned earlier, there is a female customer in the nearby seats, and her words are very real. She is not making noise during the performance because she is enjoying the performance well, but the words she occasionally speaks between songs seem to be very fun. One example would be “Rock ‘n’ Roll Jelly”. It is also known that Stanley learned Japanese on this day and started counting “Ichi Ni San Shi”, and the female customers also laughed and counted together. It’s also amusing to count to “5” in the excitement. Jeff Beck has successfully achieved his revenge in 1975, which ended unsatisfactorily. This is a live album that allows you to fully experience the historic tour with Stanley with 100% real sound. A treasure of Japanese Western music history that has been sleeping for nearly 45 years. A newly excavated audience recording of the “November 30, 1978: Nippon Budokan” performance. It seems to have been recorded near the PA desk, and the thick core jumps into your ears without any sense of distance. The darkness of the silent part is deep, and the air is crystal clear. The guitar and bass dancing in the middle of it all have a clear outline, and even if the ensemble with Stanley Clarke overlaps in a complex way, they never mix. This is the birth of a new masterpiece that allows you to fully experience the performance that has become familiar after eight performances in Japan. Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 30th November 1978 TRULY PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (46:32) 1. Intro. 2. Darkness/Earth In Search Of A Sun 3. Star Cycle 4. Freeway Jam 5. Cat Moves 6. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 7. Stanley Clarke Solo/School Days 8. Journey To Love 9. Lopsy Lu Disc 2 (38 :53) 1. Diamond Dust 2. Scatterbrain 3. Drum Solo/Scatterbrain(reprise) 4. Rock ‘n’ Roll Jelly 5. ‘Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers 6. Blue Wind 7. Superstition Jeff Beck – Guitar Stanley Clarke – Bass Tony Hymas – Keyboards Simon Phillips – Drums