Rolling Stones/IL,USA 11.23.1981 Remastered

Among the many multi-track recording rough mixes from the 1981 tour unearthed nearly 10 years ago, the consecutive performances at Rosemont Horizon in Illinois were as popular as the East Rutherford consecutive performances. “CHICAGO 1981,” which contains the first day of the tour on January 23, was a masterpiece that sold out shortly after its release. The secret to its popularity is that it was recorded with the highest sound quality possible only in multi-track recordings, and there were no cuts in performances or songs that occurred in most of the series of sound sources that appeared at that time, and it captured the entire live performance of that day. After nearly 10 years, this masterpiece will be re-released this week at the same time as “EAST RUTHERFORD 1981 1ST NIGHT.” First of all, the title of the previous release was “CHICAGO 1981,” but this time it has been changed to “ROSEMONT 1981 1ST NIGHT.” This means that, like “TEMPE 1981,” it was renamed to a place name that corresponds to the actual location. The venue, Rosemont Horizon, was near Chicago, so it has been often associated with the same place, but in fact, it is in Rosemont, not Chicago, in the same state of Illinois. This title reflects the same situation as “TEMPE 1981,” which was not actually held in Phoenix. When the multi-track recording rough mix of this day was released at the time, it had the drawback that the positioning of Keith and Ronnie was upside down at the beginning of the live performance, but this was properly adjusted at the time of the 2012 release. The secret to its popularity was that the highest quality sound source could be listened to with peace of mind. In addition, the sound source of this day had a unique charm unique to the rough mix, which was different from East Rutherford, and that was the vivid presence of the two guitars of Keith and Ronnie. Therefore, correcting the positioning was a prerequisite for the release. Of course, there was also another rough mix-like feeling in that the saxophone solo played by Ernie Watts was almost inaudible during the interlude of “Neighbours.” The charm of this album is the balance and vividness of the two guitars, the key to the Stones’ live sound. On the other hand, there were no other problems with the sound source, and this time, there was no need for a new overhaul (also handled by Graf Zeppelin) more than with “EAST RUTHERFORD 1981~”. And speaking of November of the 1981 tour, Mick switched to a more saving style of singing, saying that his voice would not last as the tour continued with his previous momentum-based singing style, but “EAST RUTHERFORD 1981~” still had traces of Mick’s mischievous singing style, and it was also a record of a time when the performance was also full of chaos. However, from around the Cedar Falls performance, which took place three days before the Rosemont Horizon, the chaos began to subside, and the performance began to be faster and more complete than before. On the first day of Rosemont, a wonderful performance that can be called a day of such sharpening is being played. The sense of speed is clear from beginning to end, and thanks to the vividness of the guitar by this rough mix, you can see how the two of them are getting more and more heated up. Therefore, “Let Me Go” etc. are at full throttle. It can be said that this speedy performance is a typical scene where the 81 tour has reached the next level. Thanks to this, the scene where Mick forgot the lyrics at the beginning of “Tumbling Dice” and started singing with a jumble of words does not look negative at all, but rather looks like a heartwarming scene with too much momentum. Anyway, the overall performance is very well-made, and the performance before the encore “Jumping Jack Flash” is a masterpiece with Keith pulling the band with the strongest sense of speed. Although it is the same November representative sound source, East Rutherford with a wild performance and Rosemont with a sharpened performance. Such a contrasting masterpiece and famous sound source will be revived for the first time in a long time! REMASTER & CHECKED BY GRAF ZEPPELIN (Remaster Memo) Phase correction only. No other problems originally. It seems to have been a rough mix originally, with Mick’s vocals leaning to the right until the beginning of “Let’s Spend”. However, the performance other than the vocals is not biased, so this is not a phase problem, and it seems that the mix was originally rough like this. Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, USA 23rd November 1981 STEREO SBD Disc 1 (75:45) 01. Take The A Train 02. Under My Thumb 03. When The Whip Comes Down 04. Let’s Spend The Night Together 05. Shattered 06. Neighbours 07. Black Limousine 08. Just My Imagination 09. Twenty Flight Rock 10. Going To A Go -Go 11. Let Me Go 12. Time Is On My Side 13. Beast Of Burden 14. Waiting On A Friend 15. Let It Bleed 16. You Can’t Always Get What You Want Disc 2 (54:26) 01. Band Introductions 02. Little T & A 03. Tumbling Dice 04. She’s So Cold 05. Hang Fire 06. Miss You 07. Honky Tonk Women 08. Brown Sugar 09. Start Me Up 10. Jumping Jack Flash 11. Satisfaction 12. The Star Spangled Banner STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING