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Speaking of Paige Plant’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire, it is a super-classic soundboard recording from 1998. It was released in small quantities as a coupling for the single “Shining In The Light”, but the full-length version leaked out and became popular all at once. Nowadays, the one that was dubbed to the audience shot video on the day is very famous, and has been released as an item from our shop. If you are a maniac, you should have been exposed to either the sound source or the video. There are probably many maniacs who think, “Shepherd’s Bush in 1998?” Of course, our shop would not release a simple Shepherd’s Bush on CD. In fact, Shepherd’s Bush up to now was circulated through cassette dubbing several times at the leak stage. By 1998, digital recording was the norm, and if an analog generation was introduced, the sound quality would naturally deteriorate. Nevertheless, Shepherd’s Bush was able to become one of the standard tours of 1998, simply because it was a soundboard recording. However, this time, we obtained a digital master sound source without any analog dubbing from our own route. Since the original was a sound board, the recording state was outstanding in clarity, but the pure digital sound board recorded without analog degradation is a striking word. The clarity has improved so much that it seems as if it has been peeled off, not just one layer, but two layers. The 1998 tour, which now seems to have been overlooked more than 1995 and 1996, will surely look fresh because of the upper. In particular, the recording balance of the master Michael Lee’s drumming running from left to right was the charm of the sound source, but the fact that you can enjoy the stick handling with a vivid stereo feeling is so good that you will be fooled into thinking that the mix is ​​different from the past version. If you play it with headphones, you will easily realize the amazing upper of this time. There are other excellent soundboard recordings from 1998, but the value of the SBD, which captured the earliest show after the start of the tour, has not faded, and finally in 2017, a version that can be called the definitive version appeared. The show itself is still in the early stages of the tour, so the performance in the first half is stiff. The atmosphere of the band is conveyed only by the soundboard. The 1998 tour was originally intended to promote the album “WALKING INTO CLARKSDALE”, so the set list development, which was the norm in 1995 and 1996, did not occur. The opening pattern was a continuation of the most popular set list at that time. However, unlike the tour at that time, “No Quarter” has an arrangement that returns to the atmosphere of the ZEP version, which is attractive. However, on this day, Plant’s singing up to this song was not so good. This is also because it is a soundboard, but “No Quarter” is not a voice. This is especially true considering that he was able to sing more in the summer in America. However, I also vividly remember how Plant’s performance improved from the slow new song “When I Was A Child” from “WALKING INTO…”. And from “How Many More Times”, which was also included in the previous single, the band performed a wonderful performance in unison. Not only was this song featured on the 1998 tour a big topic, but it should not be forgotten that the performances every day were also excellent. Page’s play was also wonderful, as if he had traveled back in time to 1969. After that, it was as incandescent as expected. The sound source that tended to attract attention was the performance of “Crossroads” at the end of the live, but listening to it now, the two songs “WALKING INTO…”, “Most High” and “House Of Love”, are outstanding. From the perspective of both Page and Plant, it is natural that they put effort into singing and playing because it is a new song on a new album. Even so, it was a powerful performance, and it is easy to understand the rock sound that the two were aiming for in 1998. And the liveliness that is unique to the early part of the tour is conveyed only through soundboard recording. As I have repeated so far, the original sound source has excellent sound quality, but I think you will be captivated by the upper performance this time. This is the definitive version of Shepherd’s Bush in 1998. Live at Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK 25th March 1998 STEREO SBD(from Original Master) UPGRADE Disc 1 (58:36) 1. Egyptian Intro. 2. The Wanton Song 3. Bring It On Home 4. Heartbreaker 5. Ramble On 6. Walking Into Clarksdale 7. No Quarter 8. When I Was A Child 9. Going To California 10. Tangerine 11. Gallows Pole 1 2. Burning Up Disc 2 (56:46) 1. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You 2. How Many More Times 3. Most High 4. Whole Lotta Love 5. House Of Love 6. Cross Road Blues 7. Thank You 8. Rock And Roll STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING Jimmy Page – Guitars Robert Plant – Vocals Charlie Jones – Bass Michael Lee – Drums Philip Andrews – Keyboards
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