The Police/Kyoto, Japan 1981

The 1981 Japan tour is as legendary as the first visit to Japan. Introducing a masterpiece live album recording THE POLICE’s return to Kyoto in 1981. This work includes the “January 29, 1981: Kyoto Kaikan” performance. This is the best audience recording. Speaking of Kyoto, it is the place where, during his first visit to Japan in 1980, an incident occurred where his show was disrupted due to troubles surrounding the management of the venue at Kyoto University’s Seibu Auditorium. Although the venue was different, a year later they decided to perform the show again at the same location. First of all, let’s look back at the 1981 schedule and check the show’s position. ・January 25th: Nagoya City Public Hall ・January 26th + 27th: Osaka Festival Hall (2 performances) ・January 29th: Kyoto Kaikan ←★This work★ ・January 30th: Kurashiki Civic Center ・January 31st Sunday: Fukuoka City Kyuden Memorial Gymnasium, February 2nd: Nippon Budokan, February 4th: Hokkaido Welfare Pension Hall, February 6th: Utsunomiya City Cultural Center, February 7th: Sendai Electric Power Hall, total of 10 performances. . The number of performances has increased significantly since the first visit to Japan. It was a major tour that traversed the archipelago, from Sapporo in the north to Fukuoka in the south. It started with four performances in Kansai, and the Kyoto performance of this work was the last concert. This work, which records such a show, is a classic recording that has been known for a long time. Anyway, the sound is excellent. You won’t mistake it for a sound board because of the vivid clapping and snare sounds, but other than that, there is almost no audience-like feeling. A powerful yet beautiful core approaches the front, and the atmosphere is crystal clear. Above all, there is almost no hall sound, and the sound is so tight that it sounds like it was squeezed to the limit, giving no sense of distance. Even with the snare mentioned above, the only thing that makes it feel like a guest record is the tone, and there is no reverberation from each hit. And the audience noise is also noteworthy. As mentioned above, the clapping can be heard, but for some reason the cheers are unnaturally far away from the clear performance sound. Of course, it’s not like they’re running out of steam, and there’s a huge ovation between songs, and you can even hear a big chorus during songs like “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da.” However, even with these, each individual’s singing voice cannot be discerned, and the singers are simply sucked in like a vast carpet of singing voices. It’s a perfect balance that’s enough to enjoy the spectacle, but not get in the way of the performance. The legendary Live in Japan is depicted with such a super tight and spectacular sound. Speaking of THE POLICE’s live shows during their heyday, the official version “LIVE!” will be the standard (although the tour is different), so let’s compare and organize the sets. ●OUTLANDOS D’AMOUR (4 songs)・Truth Hits Everybody/Roxanne/Can’t Stand Losin’ You/So Lonely ●REGGATTA DE BLANC (6 songs)・Walking On the Moon/Bring On the Night/The Bed’s Too Big Without You/Message in a Bottle/Reggatta De Blanc・Songs that cannot be heard on official edition LIVE!: Deathwish●ZENYATTA MONDATTA (7 songs)・Don’t Stand So Close To Me/De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da・Official edition Songs that cannot be heard on LIVE!: Voices Inside My Head/Man in a Suitcase/Shadows in the Rain/When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around/Driven To Tears ●Other (1 song): Fall Out …and it looks like this. It goes without saying, but there are a lot of famous songs from the first three albums. In particular, their latest work “ZENYATTA MONDATTA” is a huge album of 7 songs, and there are 5 songs that cannot be heard on “LIVE!”. You can enjoy valuable numbers such as “Deathwish” and “Man in a Suitcase” that are not played even by Sting’s solo with the best sound. And the performance that spells out such a set is also refreshing. Both Sting and Stewart Copeland were in their 20s at the time, and their voices were fresh and strong, and their performances were crisp. As mentioned above, Kyoto was a place that had a deep connection to his first visit to Japan, but this work has no problems at all. I was thrilled to see such a splendid performance, as if her original potential was exploding. Although it is iron-clad and precise, the force with which it plays is dazzling. After a legendary first visit to Japan due to chaotic management, the second performance in Kyoto became legendary for its brilliant performance. This is a cultural heritage-level live album that allows you to witness the scene with the best sound. The mature solo Sting is also wonderful, but the youthfulness of 1982 is exceptional. Zenyatta Mondatta Japan Tour 1981 Live at Kyoto Kaikan, Kyoto, Japan 29th January 1981 TRULY PERFECT SOUND Disc 1(39:53) 1. Voices Inside My Head 2. Don’t Stand So Close To Me 3. Walking On the Moon 4. Deathwish 5. Fall Out 6. Man in a Suitcase 7. Bring On the Night 8. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da 9. Truth Hits Everybody 10. Shadows in the Rain Disc 2(41:46) 1. When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around 2. The Bed’s Too Big Without You 3. Driven To Tears 4. Message in a Bottle 5. Roxanne 6. Can’t Stand Losin’ You/Reggatta De Blanc 7. So Lonely Sting – Bass, Vocals Andy Summers – Guitar Stowart Copeland – Drums