UFO Michael Schenker/Aichi,Japan 1998

Nagoya in 1998 became the “last full live” for UFO and Japan. The original recording, vacuum-packed with the finest sound, is now available. The last night was “April 22, 1998: Diamond Hall performance”. It is a superb audience recording. For us Japanese, the only real experience of “UFO with Michael Schenker” was the two Japan tours that took place in the 1990s. Our shop has archived the scene with various classic live albums. It’s a good opportunity to take a bird’s-eye view of all the performances from 1994/1998. 1994 June 12: Simple Insurance Hall June 14: FORWARD TO RETURN (Yokohama) June 15: Nakano Sun Plaza June 16: FORWARD TO RETURN (Nakano) LIGHTS OUT TOKYO 1994 June 18: LIGHTS OUT OSAKA 1994 (Sankei Hall) 1998 April 21: OSAKA 1998 (IMP Hall) April 22: Diamond Hall ←★This work★ April 24: Nakano Sun Plaza * Interrupted after 7 songs × April 25: Nakano Sun Plaza (Cancelled) × April 26: Nakano Sun Plaza (Cancelled) This is the entire Japan tour of “UFO with Schenker”. In 1998, the “Nakano Incident” that ended with the guitar being slammed is famous, but the Nagoya performance of this work was one before that. It was the last night that the show was completed safely. This work, which vacuum-packed such a memorable scene, is truly superb. The day before this work, “OSAKA 1998”, also had a wonderful clear sound, but this work is on a different level! The core is extremely thick, the details are super delicate, and there is no sense of distance… Although the sound of the snare feels like an audience, on the other hand, there is no other evidence of the audience record. It is a super-realistic immersion as if the five members of UFO had climbed into my brain with their shoes on and were performing a live show inside my head. If you have experienced RAINBOW’s masterpiece “NAGOYA 1995 DAT MASTER”, you might get the idea of ​​”the UFO version of that masterpiece”. Particularly strong is the natural, eye-catching Flying V. The sharpness and nuance of each picking is a mochi theory, and the vibrato’s swing and the depth of the choking are also finely detailed. Even whispered phrases don’t feel hollow, and even loud crying and screaming doesn’t faze him at all. It captures the vibes of the string vibration level, and the sweet luster shines. It’s a guitar album that feels like it was made to order for the Flying V. The last full show in Japan is depicted with the flying sound right in front of you. Let’s organize the memorable set here. 70’s Classics (12 songs) Phenomenon: Doctor Doctor / Rock Bottom Force It: Mother Mary / This Kid’s / Out in the Street No Heavy Petting: Natural Thing New Murder: Electric Phase (★) / Love to Love / Too Hot to Handle / Lights Out Conquest of Space: One More for the Rodeo (★) / Only You Can Rock Me Walk on Water (3 songs) A Self-Made Man (★) / Venus (★) / Pushed to the Limit (★) *Note: The “★” marks are songs that were not heard during the 1994 visit to Japan. …And so it goes like this. Unlike “OSAKA 1998”, there is no last “Shoot Shoot” and it ends with “Rock Bottom”. This is not a recording omission, there was no 2nd encore in Nagoya. This work even includes the closing announcement “With this, today’s concert is over…”, which tells us the truth of the scene. Although there is one less song, the passionate performance that makes it no problem is wonderful. As you can see from the schedule above, the Nakano incident will occur two days later, but there is no sign of it from this work. This work closes with the words “It was a long time ago” muttered by the audience around the taper, and a rich full show symbolized by those words is played out. It is a shocking and thick sound that is not often heard by modern standards in 2022. It is a newly excavated master who can experience a memorable full show on the spot with a miraculous audience sound that I would like to call “official class”. With both Pete Way and Paul Raymond dead and Phil Mogg expressing his intention to retire, you will no longer be able to experience “UFO with Schenker”. Their true value overflowed in their “last performance in Japan”. A superb audience recording of the show “April 22, 1998 Diamond Hall performance”, one show before the interrupted “Nakano Incident”. The newly excavated original DAT master has a very thick core, super delicate details, and no sense of distance… It’s a super realistic immersive sound, as if the five members of UFO had entered your brain with their shoes on and were performing a live show inside your head. This is a cultural heritage album that allows you to experience “Japan’s last full show” on site with superb sound. Live at Club Diamond Hall, Nagoya, Japan 22nd April 1998 ULTIMATE SOUND(from Original Masters)★Amazingly high sound quality Disc 1 (48:03) 1. Intro 2. Natural Thing 3. Mother Mary 4. A Self-Made Man 5. Electric Phase 6. This Kid’s 7. Out in the Street 8. One More for the Rodeo 9. Venus 10. Pushed to the Limit Disc 2 (4 7:34) 1. Love to Love 2. Too Hot to Handle 3. Only You Can Rock Me 4. Lights Out 5. Doctor Doctor 6. Rock Bottom Phil Mogg – Vocals Michael Schenker – Guitar Pete Way – Bass Paul Raymond – Keyboards & Guitar Simon Wright – Drums