Queen/Tokyo,Japan 5.9.1985

“VIENNA 1984 1ST NIGHT” is the middle stage of “THE WORKS TOUR” as a whole, but it was a live show in the latter half of the 1984 schedule. On the other hand, “STOCKHOLM 1986” is definitely the first day of “THE MAGIC TOUR 1986”. Both were passionate performances that will remain in QUEEN history, but the circumstances behind them were completely different. For customers who purchase both works, we would like them to feel the turbulent years of 1984, 1985, and 1986, so we will be giving them a special 2CD, “AT LAST BUDOKAN,” which includes the passionate performances of 1985. I’m here. Something like “turbulent”. I’m afraid to explain this to QUEEN fans, but let me briefly look back on it. QUEEN, who started “THE WORKS TOUR”, will conclude the European leg in two days in Vienna, which can also be heard on “VIENNA 1984 1ST NIGHT”. The problem comes after that. They decided to tour the Republic of South Africa, which had been criticized around the world for its apartheid policy. In addition to the time when there were strong rumors of their disbandment, they also received intense criticism from all over the world, and they were left with scars all over their bodies. In early 1985, she performed at “ROCK IN RIO” in Brazil, which is known throughout the world for its “pro-QUEEN” band. They were hurt by this and thought they would make a comeback, but their cross-dressing performance of “I Want To Break Free” was met with loud boos. The song was loved locally as a liberation song for oppressed people, but the members, who were unaware of the situation, appeared in women’s clothes just like in the PV. The audience, who felt it was an insult, became angry. The South African and South American performances, which QUEEN thought were good, turned out to be a double whammy and turned the whole world into enemies. Their “last light” was Japan, the final destination of their tour. The Japanese audience that loved the four from early on never changed, even if the rest of the world became their enemy. Exhausted by the storm of criticism, they received the same hospitality and enthusiasm as usual. This work is an audience album containing the second performance of the 1985 Japan tour, “May 9, 1985, Nippon Budokan” performance. It is a direct CD version of the original cassette provided by the recording artist himself, and when it first appeared in 2004, it was an album that received worldwide acclaim as “the best audience recording in QUEEN history.” did. I will refrain from writing too many words about its transcendent sound quality. It is enough if you understand from the point of “best of QUEEN history” instead of “best of this day” or “best of THE WORKS TOUR”. As it is a super masterpiece of such outstanding quality, it sold out in an instant. “THE LAST TOUR IN JAPAN”, which has been upgraded with a neat remaster, is the best, but this work allows you to enjoy the sound of the master cassette that directly breathed the air of the scene as it is. The very air that was breathed by the four injured people and the Japanese fans who never let them down flows out of the speakers. After finishing “THE WORKS TOUR” with the Japan performance in 1985, they performed a miraculous comeback at LIVE AID two months later, and moved forward to “STOCKHOLM 1986”, the first day of “THE MAGIC TOUR”. Masu. “VIENNA 1984 1ST NIGHT”, which gave a passionate performance even though they were in a slump, and “STOCKHOLM 1986”, which has made a comeback and is about to set out on a journey to the world. And in the meantime, this work “AT LAST BUDOKAN” allows you to listen to a passionate performance that found a light of hope in the midst of despair. These three masterpieces were born from different backgrounds, and their true faces are engraved with 100% original sound. We would like you to feel the progress of these artists, who were at the mercy of fate in just eight months as they created a new masterpiece. Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 9th May 1985 TRULY PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 1. Machines 2. Tear It Up 3. Tie Your Mother Down 4. Under Pressure 5. Somebody To Love 6. Killer Queen 7. Seven Seas Of Rhye 8. Keep Yourself Alive 9. Liar 10. Vocal Improvisation 11. It’s A Hard Life 12. Yeah Yeah Yeah 13. Dragon Attack 14. Now I’m Here 15. Is This The World We Created? 16. Love Of My Life Disc 2 1. Guitar Solo/Brighton Rock 2. Another One Bites The Dust 3. Hammer To Fall 4. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 5. Bohemian Rhapsody 6. Radio Ga Ga 7. I Want To Break Free 8. Jailhouse Rock 9. We Will Rock You 10. We Are The Champions 11. God Save The Queen