Praying Mantis/Aichi,Japan 1993 DAT Master

PRAYING MANTIS in 1993, who returned to Japan after sending out the super famous melodic hard album “A CRY FOR THE NEW WORLD”. This is an original recording that allows you to fully experience the performance in Japan accompanied by the phantom singer Mark Thompson Smith. This work is recorded at the “Nagoya Bottom Line” performance on November 24, 1993. This is the best audience recording. Speaking of PRAYING MANTIS, the live album “NAGOYA 1998” from the “FOREVER IN TIME” era, which was released the other day, was very well received, but this work is a sister work by the same venue and the same recording artist collection, and is the “A CRY FOR THE NEW WORLD” edition. [A close-up sound like IEMs] In fact, the sound is also a superb product with “super”. Basically, it is a thick, zero-distance sound that is also common to “NAGOYA 1998”, but if I had to say, the type of sound is a little different. In “NAGOYA 1998,” the thick core was coated with a closed-room sound that is typical of a club, but in this work, the “sound component” itself is hardly felt. If I had to say, the snare tone has a spatial taste, but the crystal clear vividness and the sharpness that shines to the edge of the bridge of the edge deny the existence of the atmosphere. In reality, it is definitely an audience recording because it absorbs real clapping and chanting, but the vividness that I heard at a glance sounds like only a line recording. Including the balance that prioritizes the rushing force of the core over the thickness, it is a super vivid sound that I would like to call “just like IEMs”. Such a zero-distance sound depicts the super masterpiece rush of “A CRY FOR THE NEW WORLD” colored by the singing voice of Mark Thompson Smith. When it comes to PRAYING MANTIS in the 90s, the standard is still “CAPTURED: ALIVE IN TOKYO CITY”. Let’s organize it while comparing it here. Classics (6 songs)・Mantis: Cheated/Lovers To The Grave/Flirting With Suicide/Children Of The Earth・Others: Captured City/Turn The Tables After the restart (10 songs)・Predator in Disguise: Can’t See The Angels・A Cry For The New World: A Cry For The New World/Dream On/Dangerous (★)/A Moment In Life (★)/Journeyman (★)/Letting Go/Rise Up Again・Only The Children Cry: Only The Children Cry/Who’s Life Is It Anyway (★) *Note: The “★” mark indicates a song that cannot be heard on “CAPTURED: ALIVE IN TOKYO CITY”. …And so on. The “A CRY FOR THE NEW WORLD” number was also a key element in “CAPTURED” and “NAGOYA 1998,” but the seven songs were a big hit only in 1993. Furthermore, the set, which also includes the sequel-like masterpiece EP “ONLY THE CHILDREN CRY,” can be said to be the best, most beautiful, and most tear-jerking in the history of PRAYING MANTIS. [The singing voice of Mark Thompson Smith was actually amazing] And the singing voice of Mark Thompson Smith, who spells out such a set… he’s amazing! Mark was written about quite harshly in magazines at the time, probably because Colin Peel left the band before coming to Japan, but when you listen to this live album like this, you wonder, “What was he dissatisfied with!?” His transparent voice fits PRAYING MANTIS’ sad melodies perfectly, and even in pop songs, the sharp edges don’t become too sweet. His well-extended high notes also seem to sparkle. It’s not a negative feeling like “There’s no sense of incongruity” or “Better than Gary Barden in the next work”, but I think he’s even better than Tony O’Hora who came later. As you know, Mark left the band after coming to Japan, and this arrangement of PRAYING MANTIS ended in a bubble. It’s true that I still want to hear a live performance with Colin Peel, but Mark was also one of the best vocalists of all time…no, maybe No. 1. This work is a testament to the sound that conveys his true value. If they had made an official live album at this time instead of “CAPTURED”…This new masterpiece brings up the regret of 30 years. A superb audience recording of “Nagoya Bottom Line Performance on November 24, 1993” with Mark Thompson Smith. The core is a very thick zero-distance sound, and the crystal clear vividness and sharpness that shines to the edge of the bridge of the edge are so tight that it’s hard to believe it’s a spatial recording. The album is packed with great songs from the super-famous album “A CRY FOR THE NEW WORLD,” including “Dangerous,” “A Moment In Life,” and “Journeyman.” Mark also performs a stunning vocal that makes it hard to believe that the music magazines at the time wrote negative reviews about it. This is a superb sound that tells us the truth about the fantastic year of 1993. Live at THE BOTTOM LINE, Nagoya, Japan 24th November 1993 ULTIMATE SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (56:33) 1. Intro 2. A Cry For The New World 3. Can’t See The Angels 4. Turn The Tables 5. Cheated 6. Dream On 7. Lovers To The Grave 8. Only The Children Cry 9. Who’s Life Is It Anyway 10. Dangerous 11. A Moment In Life Disc 2 (46:23) 1. Flirting With Suicide 2. Journeyman 3. Letting Go 4. Rise Up Again 5. Captured City 6. Children Of The Earth Mark Thompson-Smith – Lead Vocals Tino Troy – Guitar, Vocals Chris Troy – Bass, Vocals Dennis Stratton – Guitar, Vocals Bruce Bisland – Drums