Pat Metheny Group/Iowa, USA 1989

A treasured live tape containing the original Pat Metheny Group’s earliest and rare live performance, which was held after the Pat Metheny Group’s memorable debut album “Memory of San Lorenzo” was released by ECM in 1978. Lifting the ban! ! ! From the legendary 1978 U.S./Canada tour that ran throughout the United States for a year, the famous taper’s amazing high-quality master tape of the live performance at Geben Walkers in Iowa on April 4th. Items that have been completely recorded for over 2 hours with the highest quality stereo sound that has been carefully mastered by the label have arrived! ! ! Gottlieb and Egan, who Metheny had been playing with since their days at the University of Miami, and Mays, who had played together since Metheny’s second album, “Water Colors,” and hit it off, were so compatible that the four of them deliberately decided to form a group rather than individual names. Metheny was concerned. When you listen to this live performance, you will be convinced that the four members are already a perfect ensemble, and it is hard to believe that they have just been formed.They communicate deeply, and the direction of the sound they are aiming for is completely the same, which is why it has a great quality. He is full of intelligence and deep spirituality! The recording is a little distorted at the beginning, but after that it continues to be played live as PMG’s signature songs, including the freshly recorded “Phase Dance”, “San Lorenzo”, “Unity Village”, “Jaco” and others at the time. ‘s best number, the Brazilian-style “Lone Jack” with a comfortable high-speed samba rhythm, unreleased songs with a fresh Latin flavor, “My Girl” by The Temptations, and “Lui Rui” by The Kingsmen. Even the rare covers, the sublime rhythm section of Gottlieb and Egan, who perfectly match each other, firmly supports the backbone, and the brilliant Metheny and the various piano/keyboards of Maze melt into one, resonating like a lark chirping, and producing live music. They will be able to freely perform the outstanding improvisation that can only be achieved on stage. Furthermore, the ensemble as a group is impregnable, based on the experience they have cultivated while touring all over the United States, and their confident performances exceed their own abilities, unleashing a sound that can be said to be the true essence of the “original” Pat Metheny Group! They are showing off their best performance, which is a perfect mix of movement and stillness, and is enough to foretell the birth of a new super group! Live at Hancher Auditorium,Iowa City,IA,September.17.1989 EX – AUD 2020 Original Remaster 136 min Disc – 1 1. Phase Dance 2. Have you Heard 3. Every Summer Night 4. Hermitage – Better Days Ahead 5. Last Train Home 6. First Circle 7. Scrap Metal Disc – 2 1. The Road to You – Spring Ain’t Here – Straight on Red – Are you Going With Me? 2. The Fields, The Sky – Are We There Yet? – Vidala 3 . Slip Away 4. Letter from Home 5. Beat 70 6. Minuano