Paul McCartney/CA,USA 7.10.2019

The great thing about Paul McCartney right now is that he keeps improving as he continues to perform live. This week’s latest tour release clearly conveys this fact. This time it’s the San Jose performance on July 10th. Yes, this is the show before Chiakiraku LA. We will deliver the final stage of the latest American tour as soon as possible. The first thing that should be noted upon its release is its sound quality. As expected, it is a little different from the “almost soundboard-like recording state” like “GREEN BAY 2019”, which established itself as the world’s best audience album on this tour. However, when it comes to the ease of listening to the unique taste of this audience recording. Even if the sound image is not looming in front of you, the clarity is sufficient, yet the calm and deep texture is mild enough to make you want to listen to it carefully whether it is played through speakers or through headphones. In terms of sound image balance, the image is similar to San Jose this time, and on the other hand, “LEXINGTON 2019” had a clear sense of transparency, but this one has a truly moist and calm sound that is easy on the ears. The analog feel in a good sense fits Paul’s sound very well. Another thing worth mentioning is that Paul is in great shape. It was exhilarating to hear a series of energetic and passionate songs from the opening. It would be interesting to compare it with Lexington, who unexpectedly had to omit “Band On The Run” due to a throat problem. The difference in conditions is clearly visible. It seems like Paul’s voice is getting better and better as he continues to tour. However, Paul probably skipped too much in the beginning, from “Let ‘Em In” that moved to the piano to “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five”, there are times when the voice seems to be suffering. However,… This is also an interesting thing about Paul now, but I was surprised because he regained his momentum from “Maybe I’m Amazed”, which is even more difficult to sing. From then on, just like in the first half of the show, she continued to sing to the end, which is great. That’s not all. As the tour reaches its final stage, you can realistically see how Paul is relaxing and challenging the stage. In the familiar scene where they read out a message board from fans, the venue erupted into excitement as they read out the message, “Thank you for remembering the journey to San Jose and coming (to perform).” It was so much fun. During the encore, two female fans were called to the stage and danced around the pole, one of whom was wearing a walrus cosplay (remembering “I Am The Walrus”). Please watch the video on YouTube for this scene. From such scenes, you can see Paul’s freedom and confidence that can only be seen at the end of the tour, and above all, you can’t help but listen carefully to Paul’s momentum with the sound quality of this timeless sound source. Live at SAP Center, San Jose, CA, USA 10th July 2019 TRULY PERFECT SOUND Disc 1(75:34) 1. Intro 2. A Hard Day’s Night 3. Junior’s Farm 4. All My Loving 5. Letting Go 6. Who Cares 7. Got to Get You Into My Life 8. Come On to Me 9. Let Me Roll It 10. I’ve Got a Feeling 11. Let ‘Em In 12. My Valentine 13. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five 14. Maybe I’m Amazed 15. I’ve Just Seen a Face 16. In Spite of All the Danger 17. From Me to You Disc 2(73:32) 1. MC 2. Dance Tonight 3. Love Me Do 4. Blackbird 5 Here Today 6. Queenie Eye 7. Lady Madonna 8. Eleanor Rigby 9. Fuh You 10. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! 11. Something 12. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 13. Band on the Run 14. Back in the U.S.S.R. 15. Let It Be 16. Live and Let Die 17. Hey Jude Disc 3(27:09) 1. Audience 2. Birthday 3. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 4. Helter Skelter 5. Golden Slumbers 6. Carry That Weight 7. The End