Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-John/Aichi,Japan 2003

Olivia Newton-John in 2003, who realized the first Japan tour in 25 years since the 70s. The superb original recording that conveys the scene is now available for the first time in the world. This work is engraved with the “April 2, 2003: Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater” performance. It is a superb audience recording. Speaking of the visit to Japan in 2003, the TV broadcast pro shot of the Tokyo performance is also famous, and “OSAKA 2003” has also been loved as a standard. Including that, let’s first check the positional relationship of each show on the schedule at that time. ・April 2: Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater ←★ This work ★ ・April 4: Tokyo International Forum * TV broadcast ・April 6: Tokyo International Forum ・April 7 “OSAKA 2003 (Festival Hall)” ・April 8: Fukuoka Civic Hall All five performances. The Nagoya performance of this work is the first day. It was the very first day when the singing voice resonated in Japan beyond 25 years. The sound of this work recorded on such a memorable night is truly the best with “super”. It’s so good that it can’t be stopped with “super super super super…”. Anyway, there is no sense of distance at all, and if the core is extremely thick, the details are super clear. Even with a large group of eight people, each sound of each person is intertwined, and the sense of separation that does not mix at all is tremendous. It is the world’s first appearance master handed over by the recording artist himself, but if there was no background, there is no doubt that I thought “broadcast sound source? Leaked sound board!?” However, if you just say “It’s like a sound board”, you will not be able to convey the charm of this sound. If you cool your head from the first shock and listen to it as if you look into a microscope with headphones, you can feel the slight hall sound at the edge of the sound, and the applause that falls finely like a rain shower is super real. There is certainly evidence of the audience. And this is what raises this work to the “miracle” level. At first, the core that could only be heard on the sound board had a warmth of blood, and the ensemble had a sense of unity because they were playing simultaneously with a sense of separation that was too impressive. And Olivia’s singing voice. The core has a zero distance feeling, but at the same time, it also has a sense of uplifting that stretches straight to the end, and it exudes a feeling of embrace that gently fills the entire venue. Just as the church organ creates beauty with the sound of the entire building, this work depicts a world of beauty that cannot be reached by a mere sound board. In fact, the TV broadcast pro shot is famous for coming to Japan in 2003, but it is far more beautiful and moving than the sound board sound. No matter how lightly it is thought, it is a sound that can only be described as “miraculous”. The beautiful sound depicts a garden of masterpieces that fills the gaps of a quarter century. As I have said many times, the TV broadcast pro shot of the Tokyo performance reigns as a symbol, so let’s organize it by comparison. MCA/RSO era: If Not For You: If Not For You/Banks Of The Ohio; Breeze Temptation: Have You Never Been Mellow/I Honestly Love You; Twilight Love: Sam (★)/Don’t Stop Believin’; Grease: You’re The One That I Want/Hopelessly Devoted To You (★)/Summer Nights; Xanadu: Xanadu/Magic/Suddenly; Acoustic Medley: If Not For You/Banks Of The Ohio/Let Me Be There/Please Mr. Please/Jolene; Others: Take Me Home, Country Roads/Come On Over/Physical After that: Gaia (A New Journey): Not Gonna Give Into It/Don’t Cut Me Down; Duet with Olivia: I Love You Crazy (★)/I’ll ​​Come Runnin’ (★); Others: Over The Rainbow (＊)/Reason To Cry (＊★) / It Takes Two (＊★) / (They Long To Be) Close To You *Note: * marks are songs performed with her daughter Chloe Rose. ★ marks are songs that could not be heard in the Tokyo performance pro shot. …And so it is. The previous Japan tour was “TOTALLY HOT”, but the masterpieces released after “XANADU” and “PHYSICAL” are also included. Two songs are selected from her comeback work “GAIA” and her latest work at the time “2”, and she also sings the Carpenters cover “(They Long To Be) Close To You”. And more than the repertoire, her daughter Chloe Rose Lattanzi is the most moving. She was 17 years old at the time and it was her first time in Japan. She performs beautiful mother-daughter duets in “Over The Rainbow” and “It Takes Two”, and gives a magnificent solo performance in “Reason To Cry”. Olivia has been away from music for a while to watch her daughter grow up. It was sad, but the duet that transcended that era is especially touching. In any case, the audience sound is miraculously beautiful, even making the soundboard out of the question. This is a newly excavated live album that allows you to experience the full show for the first time in 25 years with its beautiful sound. It was released only because of Olivia’s death, but the contents were filled with eternal brilliance beyond sentimentality. A miracle of a music record with beautiful singing voices, famous songs from the past, and above all, the sound itself sparkling. A superb audience recording of the performance “April 2, 2003: Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater”. The original master, the world’s first public release, has no sense of distance at all, and if the core is extremely thick, the details are super clear. It is a miraculous recording that is far more beautiful and moving than the TV broadcast soundboard of the Tokyo performance. This is a cultural heritage album that allows you to fully experience the first performance in Japan in 25 years, including the masterpieces that were cut from the professional shots and a duet with his daughter Chloe Rose Lattanzi. Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, Nagoya, Japan 2nd April 2003 ULTIMATE SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (62:00) 1. Announcement / Pre-Show ★7 minutes recording 2. Instrumental Medley 3. I Honestly Love You(Intro) 4. Have You Never Been Mellow? 5. Xanadu 6. Magic 7. Band Introduction 8. I Love You Crazy 9. Sam 10. If Not for You 11. Banks of the Ohio 12. Let Me Be There 13. Please Mr. Please 14. Jolene 15. Physical 16. I’ll Come Runnin’ 17. Not Gonna Give Into It Disc 2 (60:11) 1. Don’t Cut Me Down 2. Somewhere Over The Rainbow (with Chloe Lattanzi) 3. Reason To Cry (Chloe Lattanzi) 4. It Takes Two (with Chloe Lattanzi) 5. Take Me Home, Country Roads 6. (They Long to Be) Close to You 7. Don’t Stop Believin’ 8. Suddenly 9. You’re the One That I Want 10. Hopelessly Devoted to You 11. Summer Nights 12. Come on Over 13. I Honestly Love You Olivia Newton-John – Vocals Andy Timmons – Guitar Dane Bryant – Keyboards Lee Hendricks – Dan Wojciechowski- Drums Warren Ham – Harp, Horns, Vocals Steve Real – Vocals,Percussion Marien Landin-Chapman – Vocals