Kiss/Tokyo,Japan 4.2.1977 Broadcast Ver.

The first visit to Japan by the KISS legend who inspired healthy (?) Japanese youth into rock music. The super-excellent multi-camera pro shot has been decided to be released. [Superb quality of 21st century broadcasting] This work includes the “April 2, 1977: Nippon Budokan” performance. This show was broadcast on TV at the time and is a classic that has produced many previous episodes. It was made official as part of “KISSOLOGY VOLUME ONE: 1974-1977”, and the US broadcast version was also included in “ALIVE AT BUDOKAN 1977” and became very popular. However, this work is a broadcast version of Japan’s “Young Music Show” that is different from either of those. It is also not the version from 1977, but the super best version that was rebroadcast in 2004. Before we get into the details, let’s first review the dates of his monumental first visit to Japan. ・March 24th + 25th: Osaka Welfare Pension Center ・March 26th: Kyoto Kaikan ・March 28th: ​​Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium ・March 30th: Fukuoka City Kyuden Memorial Gymnasium ・April 1st: Nippon Budokan・April 2nd: Nippon Budokan (2 performances day and night) [This work] ・April 4th: Nippon Budokan A total of 9 performances. This number of performances is amazing for their first visit to Japan, but the four consecutive performances at Nippon Budokan is also a highlight. Among these, the pro shot was recorded on “April 2nd”, and it was an edit that mixed two performances day and night. Of course, I’m sure many people have only seen it because it’s a classic, but you can’t help but be surprised by the quality. In fact, this video is not just a rebroadcast. An archive program of a certain Broadcasting Corporation purposely unearthed the 3/4-inch master and digitally remastered it independently. Although it is a broadcast version and has fewer songs than the official DVD, the reprint, which seems to have staked the prestige of Japan’s leading broadcasting station, is even close to the official KISS archive. The nostalgic program logo and Japanese captions such as the MC are also super vivid. Exactly as it was back then… no, the visual beauty of modern standards, which is far more advanced than that time, will be unfolded. [Shocking historical documentary before and after the live show] I’m full just by being able to witness the first visit to Japan in its prime with its super visual beauty, but that’s not all. Another must-see is actually before the live performance. A female narrator and Japanese musicians appear and talk about the importance of this video. This is a masterpiece that will leave you stunned. As usual, the narrator of the Broadcasting Corporation is elegant, easy to understand, and polite. The explanatory manuscript, probably written by rock fan staff, is also appropriate. However, rock is usually talked about in the tone of someone reading the news or a world history documentary manuscript, and the more appropriate it is, the more something goes wrong. BAY CITY ROLLERS’ lyrics include the elegant phrase “very popular with women,” and even the pronunciation of “Jimi Hendrix” is as if it’s the first time you’ve heard it. Even so, his voice is full of the power of trying to speak for young people, and when he introduces Gene, he says, “He has a devilish expression of anger and a long tongue,” and on the first jacket he carefully writes “The current members… It even has a caption that says “This is different from the original.” Furthermore, they read out emotional letters from viewers looking back on their youth, and the usually playful musicians looked back on those days and remembered face-to-face recordings on TV and teleco, and with a solemn look on their faces, they said, “I felt like I was looking at a cultural property.” I want you to see it.” The shock of KISS’s visit is told through the “common sense”, “goodwill” and “all the best” of the Broadcasting Corporation, which we are familiar with on a daily basis. I’m happy that KISS will be on that stage, and at the same time it’s a ticklish prequel. Then, the main part of the best live show will be aired, but after that it is even more amazing. It talks about the hardships faced by the broadcasting staff at the time and the social conditions at the time. At the request of KISS, there were more than twice the number of cameras as usual to evenly film the four members, a camera was even prepared specifically for Gene’s tongue, it was the first broadcast to use multi-recording and time code, etc. Interesting anecdotes come out one after another that can only be expected from the Japan Broadcasting Corporation. And the worst thing about it was the social situation in the 1970s, when people didn’t understand rock. A video recording of the educational program “Teenage Educational Consultation: Obsessed with Rock” has appeared, and it also introduces complaints about the “Young Music Show.” Parents are worried that “I started to skip school without permission because I was obsessed with the guitar (there was no such thing as truancy.”), and complaints that “Why are they broadcasting such unnecessary noise on public radio waves?” . It’s so serious that it’s almost ridiculous now. And the director at the time, who continued to play rock as if to combat this, speaks passionately. Finally, “Kiss Symphony” appears as the latest video at the time of the rebroadcast, and the film concludes. It is a superb live professional shot of the golden age of KISS, but at the same time, it is a piece that vividly depicts “KISS as a history of Japanese culture.” A masterpiece that has a strong impact on all Japanese people who love rock, regardless of whether they are KISS fans or not. Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 2nd April 1977 PRO-SHOT Broadcast Date: 7th May 2004 (79:05) 1. Opening 2. Introduction 3. Detroit Rock City 4. Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 5. Firehouse 6. Makin ‘ Love 7. Paul MC 8. Cold Gin 9. Ace Frehley Solo 10. Nothin’ To Lose 11. Gene Simmons Solo 12. God Of Thunder 13. Peter Criss Solo 14. God Of Thunder (reprise) 15. Rock And Roll All Nite 16. Back On Stage 17. Black Diamond 18. Episode 19. Kiss Symphony Detroit Rock City with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on 28th February 2003 PRO-SHOT COLOR NTSC Approx.79min.