Rolling Stones/WI,USA 1989 S & V

A few years after the end of the 1989 “STEEL WHEELS” US tour, when the Stones raised the signal for their revival, several soundboard recordings were leaked. It is divided into two types, one is a stereo recording via a PA desk, and the other is a mono sound of a video recorded on the screen at the venue. What’s interesting is that the first peak of soundboard leaks occurred just after the tour started, from the dress rehearsal just before the tour started. The East Troy performance on September 9th, the seventh performance since the start of the tour, is one of the performances that benefited from such a leak. There were three performances at the same venue, but the show on the 9th was the middle day. Speaking of soundboard recordings after the tour entered September, the Toronto performance on the 3rd is famous and has already been released by our shop in the past, but this is another soundboard from September. To tell the truth, this one has also been released before. No, it was not a “release” but an appearance as a “gift”. That’s right, the promotion of the East Troy 1989 Upper Edition, which our shop released as a gift a few years ago and caused a big reaction, to a limited press CD is finally realized. The East Troy SBD had a few songs missing in the middle and latter half of the show, and the VGP “WHEELS ARE ROLLING”, which supplemented it with an audience recording, has been considered the best. However, the supplementary audience recording that appeared on the Internet a few years ago and was used for the gift was a completely different sound source, and in addition, the recording of the main SBD itself also used a copy of a lower generation state, and the impression of the muffled sound quality was strong on this day, which was literally an “upper version” with much better sound quality. However, in the meantime, the sound sources of the Stones’ latest tour had appeared in rapid succession, and the timing of the release was lost, and it was rather close to being left unattended. In this release, the extremely high pitch, which was the biggest problem, was thoroughly adjusted. It was a problem that really made me tilt my head as to why the upper version had neglected the large pitch deviation. Also, although not as much as before, the remaining muffled sound and the muddy state of the cymbals were carefully corrected by equalization. The upper version was originally extremely clear, but with this processing, it has evolved into a state that is so easy to listen to that you will want to call it “Is this East Troy?” And the greatest attraction of this upper version is not only to use the new audience recording with excellent sound quality as a patch factor for the missing parts, but also to create a remarkable sense of realism by combining it with the entire SBD and matrixing it. Yes, the fatal weakness of this kind of SBD is the lack of realism. It has been brilliantly solved, and if I may quote the famous phrase from the beginning of the gift, it has been reborn as “rich and thick sound”. The interesting thing about the “STEEL WHEELS” US tour at the beginning of the tour is that the Uptown Horns’ schedule did not match up and they were not yet included. Therefore, the horn parts required for some songs are supplemented by the synth played by Matt Clifford, who played an important role in this tour. For example, in “Harlem Shuffle”, the synth is still effective, but in “Rock and a Hard Place”, where the horns are fully opened, Clifford’s tone, which is not as powerful as the horns, is like a synth pop, which is pleasing. In addition, this performance was not included in the SBD, but because of the good sound quality of the audience recording, the cheapness is also transmitted realistically. The next performance, “One Hit”, is a rare number that is regrettably missing on the sound board, but here again, because of the good sound quality of the audience recording, you can listen to the precious performance carefully. Because of the strong impression of this day and Toronto, it is a song that gives the impression of being a September repertoire, but in fact it was played sporadically until the end of October. In addition, since it is only the seventh performance since the start of the tour, the fact that the performance of the whole band has not yet been refined sounds fresh. Speaking of this day, Mick’s mistakes were surprisingly found here and there, and he forgot the lyrics in “Paint It Black”, and even misjudged the timing in the development of the break from the count of “Satisfaction”, and there was even a scene that said it was almost. The audience shot of the same day, which was also set at the time of the previous release, makes up for the visual aspect of such a performance that seems to be at the beginning of the tour. It was shot in a spurt of just under an hour, and unfortunately it is not a complete recording. However, the state of the image taken from a fairly front row position on the left side of the stage is surprisingly easy to see. Overall, the closeness is a disadvantage, and the members’ expressions are blown away by the lighting and cannot be reflected, but even so, when the members come to the runway in front of them, the angle will be as good as a professional shot, so it is worth seeing. Especially in the interlude of “Honky Tonk Women” and “Jumping Jack Flash”, you can enjoy the powerful angles as if you were there. And in “Dead Flowers”, Mick’s microphone breaks down in the middle, and when he stops singing in a sulky mood and concentrates on the acoustic guitar, the staff who couldn’t stand it hurriedly replaced the microphone. However, when it still doesn’t get fixed, Mick disappears from the view of this image. Just when you think he has retreated, you can hear Mick’s singing voice on the contrary. In other words, he couldn’t stand it and sang in front of the microphone of the chorus corps to get through the emergency. No matter how upper the sound board recording, it’s impossible to tell that it was such a happening just by the sound. It feels so real thanks to the audience shot, so the power of the visual is great. Furthermore, the SBD sound source also seemed to be missing from the upper state sound source for this “Dead Flowers”, and this song and the subsequent MC were patched in at the stage when the SBD and audience recording of the previous “WHEELS ARE ROLLING” were uploaded to the net. When this song ended and Mick announced that he would be playing a new song, the surrounding audience persistently muttered “Mixed Emotion”. Ironically, this processing makes the clarity of the SBD and audience recording of the main part even more prominent! Live at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI. USA 9th September 1989 Disc 1 (77:28) 1. Continental Drift 2. Start Me Up 3. Bitch 4. Sad Sad Sad 5. Undercover Of The Night 6. Harlem Shuffle 7. Tumbling Dice 8. Miss You 9. Ruby Tuesday 10. Play With Fire 11. Dead Flowers 12. Rock And A Hard Place 13. One Hit 14. Mixed Emotions 15. Honky Tonk Women 16. Midnight Rambler Disc 2 (70:42) 1. You Can’t Always Get What You Want 2. Little Red Rooster 3. Before They Make Me Run 4. Happy 5. Paint It Black 6. 2000 Light Years From Home 7. Sympathy For The Devil 8. Gimme Shelter 9. Band Introductions 10. It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll 11. Brown Sugar 12. Satisfaction 13. Jumping Jack Flash 14. Outro. (Sound Processing) *Fixed the 10% faster pitch. *The mid-high range overhang and the squashed sound of the cymbals were uncomfortable, so we adjusted them to improve the sound quality. *The overall sound pressure was averaged. DVD (61:29) 1. Continental Drift 2. Start Me Up 3. Bitch 4. Sad Sad Sad 5. Play With Fire 6. Dead Flowers 7. Honky Tonk Women 8. Before They Make Me Run 9. Happy 10. 2000 Light Years From Home 11. Sympathy For The Devil 12. Gimme Shelter 13. Band Introductions 14. Brown Sugar 15. Satisfaction 16. Jumping Jack Flash COLOUR NTSC Approx. 61min.