Paul McCartney/CA,USA 11.29.1989 Remastered

The release of the Mike Millard master by JEMS, which has become a weekly treat for enthusiasts, continues to surprise and delight us with questions such as “A live show like this?” or “Are you an artist like that?” Paul McCartney’s 1989 LA Forum performance, which was released to the public, would be one such event. Speaking of Paul’s sound source recorded by Millard, the last day of the Wings Over America tour in 1976 was captured at the LA Forum, which is also famous, but it is not known that he even went to the Forum in 1989. It was completely unknown until now. Speaking of Paul’s 1989 LA Forum performance, which was held five times in total, the November 27 performance where Stevie Wonder jumped in and performed a duet of “Ebony And Ivory” (also based on the JEMS sound source “EBONY AND IVORY 1989”) ”) is famous, but Millard recorded it on the 29th, the final day of the LA schedule. On this day, an audience recording with intermediate-level sound quality was quietly released on a CD-R called “BRILLIANT FOR US TO BE BACK HERE IN THE U.S. OF A.” It is also a historical excavation that revealed the fact that Millard had recorded Paul’s 1989 tour. Speaking of 1989, it is the latter half of his recording career, and the texture of this recording is a little different. For a while after the show started, there was a great balance between Paul’s voice and Robbie Mackintosh’s guitar, but apparently this was because Millard’s microphone was facing the wrong way, and when “Got To Get You Into My Life” started, Adjust the position to improve the balance of your performance. This is an on-sound image that is quite direct. Still, the balance of Robbie’s guitar sound is basically great, and for example, in songs where the piano is the center of the ensemble, such as “Let It Be” and “Hey Jude,” it’s hard to imagine what kind of backing Robbie is playing. It can be said that it is a valuable document that conveys the true meaning of the world. On the other hand, this time’s sound source has picked up quite a bit of excitement from the surrounding people. For example, when the audience saw Hamish Stewart playing the intro at the beginning of “We Got Married”, there were people who said, “Paul, if you do it with Jesse Ed Davis… It was a good thing!” (he passed away the previous year), and then there’s a strange voice in “Good Day Sunshine”, which captures the American raucousness realistically. However, the excitement that was unique to this day, which was understandable because he picked up the excitement from those around him, was surprisingly enjoyable. For example, on the masterpiece “BACK IN THE U.S.A.,” which captures the first day of the L.A. performance, when I announced that I would be playing “We Got Married,” which was also a new song at the time, there were jeers like “Let’s play the old songs!” which is very American. The scene captured it, but on this day, the reaction to the songs included in the latest album “FLOWERS IN THE DIRT” at the time was very positive. At first glance, it seems like the audience would start chatting with “This One,” but they were listening intently to the first half of the show, and in fact, there were even female fans who cheered every time they heard a song from “FLOWERS IN~” (that’s what Beatlemania is all about) (like screaming). Why was it possible to record the performance and the surrounding excitement with such good clarity? On this day, Millard was recording from the third row from the front. No wonder the instruments have such a strong direct feel. The charm of the 1989 tour is that it featured repertoire that was not played in the following year’s tour of Japan, such as “Ebony And Ivory” which preceded “Twenty Flight Rock”, but Robbie’s guitar playing had a very direct feel. Because it is captured with this, you can enjoy the elegant play in the interlude of “Twenty Flight Rock” with a vivid balance. On the contrary, in “Coming Up” you can hear Robbie and Hamish’s guitar play separately. Chris Witten’s hyper drumming on this song is also nostalgic. Moreover, since it is the last day of the forum performance that was held over five times, Paul himself sings passionately everywhere. “Yesterday,” which was a rare arrangement only available in 1989, with a raised key (that is, played with a guitar in normal tuning), is a song that is sung with enthusiasm. Furthermore, even the momentary mistake incident where Paul plays the wrong piano in the finale “Golden Slumbers” can be heard clearly because the recording has an outstanding direct feeling. For this release, the previous “BRILLIANT FOR US TO BE BACK HERE IN THE U.S. OF A” sound source is used for the cut parts only between songs. Since it is a mirrored sound source that is a hot topic every week, it is expected that many items will appear, but this title is probably the only one that makes full use of other sound sources to compensate for the cut parts. And the high pitch, which can be said to be a familiar phenomenon with mirrored tape, is also precisely adjusted. Unlike the first day and the 27th, the last day of the LA Forum, where there was no definitive sound source until now, will be revamped with an unexpected mirrored recording! (Remastered Memo) Although the sound quality is high, due to the good characteristics of the playback deck, I get the impression that the hall sound is strongly reproduced, and since it particularly affects the bass line, I have softened it to make it easier to listen to. The previously released “BRILLIANT FOR US TO BE BACK HERE IN THE U.S. OF A” has a fast pitch, so I corrected it and compensated by equalizing it at the appropriate time. The pitch has been corrected. Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA 29th November 1989 PERFECT SOUND Disc 1 (61:13) 1. Figure Of Eight 2. Jet 3. Rough Ride 4. Got To Get You Into My Life 5. Band On The Run 6. Ebony And Ivory 7. We Got Married 8. Maybe I’m Amazed 9. The Long And Winding Road ★4:17 Tape change (already released) 10. Fool On The Hill 11. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 12. Good Day Sunshine 13. Can’t Buy Me Love Disc 2 (76:27) 1. Bourree In E Minor (snippet) 2. Put It There 3. Things We Said Today 4. Eleanor Rigby 5. This One 6. My Brave Face 7. Back In The U.S.S.R. ★3:24 – 3:27 Compensated with the previous release of another sound source on the same day (The part that was not originally a tape change is cut off – did you hate the strange voice of “E”?) 8. I Saw Her Standing There ★3:18 – 3:28 Compensation with previous releases of different sound sources on the same day (tape change) 9. Twenty Flight Rock 10. Coming Up 11. Let It Be 12. Ain’t That A Shame 13. Live And Let Die 14. Hey Jude ★7:50 – 9:37 Compensation with previous releases of different sound sources on the same day (tape change) 15. Yesterday 16. Get Back 17. Golden Slumbers 18. Carry That Weight 19. The End