Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s Rising Force Yngwie Malmsteen/PA,USA 1988

Yngwie Malmsteen in the Joe Lynn Turner era, when a powerful chemistry unlike any other era exploded. A live album that allows you to experience the real American performance on site is now available. This work is recorded in “Allentown performance on April 14, 1988”. It is the best audience recording. Until now, the audience recordings from the Joe era were mostly from Japan, but this work is a live recording from the real America. First of all, let’s look back at the overall world tour and check the position of the show. 1988 {April 8th “ODYSSEY” released} April 10th-16th: North America #1 (5 performances) ←★Here★ May 19th-July 30th: North America #2 (49 performances) August 16th-25th: Japan (6 performances) November 14th-December 19th: Europe (28 performances) 1989 January 18th-February 10th: Russia (21 performances) ←※TRIAL BY FIRE {October 12th “TRIAL BY FIRE” released} This is the whole picture of the famous duo era. The full-scale US tour started in May, but the Allentown performance of this work was the warm-up leg before that. It was the third concert of “North America #1”, which was a mini tour of only five performances. This work recorded at such a show is a masterpiece recording that depicts the best. Anyway, the clear atmosphere and direct feeling are overwhelming. I don’t know the capacity of “Airport Music Hall” because I’m not well informed, but the sound I hear is as close as a club or a rehearsal room. Although I can tell that it is a spatial recording from the sound of the snare, it doesn’t feel like a distance, and the core that approaches is on and powerful. When I close my eyes, Joe singing passionately appears in front of me, and I feel so close that I think I could touch him if I reached out. There are many masterpieces in the Japanese recordings, but this closeness is not something you can expect from a performance in Japan at the height of their popularity. Such a close-up sound depicts a lively full show that has just started the tour. The set is also very different from “TRIAL BY FIRE”, so let’s organize it by comparing them. Odyssey (8 songs) Rising Force/Deja Vu/Crystal Ball/Heaven Tonight/Now Is The Time (★)/Krakatau (★)/Faster Than The Speed ​​Of Light (★)/Riot In The Dungeons Others (6 songs + α) Rising Force: Icarus Dream Suite Op.4/Far Beyond The Sun/Black Star Trilogy: Liar/Queen In Love/You Don’t Remember, I’ll Never Forget/Fury (★) *Note: The ★ mark indicates songs that could not be heard in the video version of “TRIAL BY FIRE”. …And so on. The core of the album is, of course, the masterpiece “ODYSSEY”. Eight of the 12 songs are performed on a grand scale, and if we focus on the songs, all songs except “Hold On” and “Dreaming (Tell Me)” are performed. The best ones are “Now Is The Time”, “Riot In The Dungeons”, and “Faster Than The Speed ​​Of Light”. These three songs are rare songs that were only available on the combination tour and were not performed in the solo activities of either Yngwie or Joe. Also, the aggressive masterpiece “Fury” is particularly noteworthy among the classics. You can enjoy Joe’s version with direct sound, but it is also a rare song that was not performed at the end of the “ODYSSEY Tour”. And the performance of such a set is also the best! Yngwie, who is often said to have had a lot of things said after his traffic accident, is in top form in this work, but Joe is even better than that. Anyway, his voice is good. He is in good form, which is rare even in the RAINBOW era, and he handles Mark Boals’ repertoire with ease. Moreover, he is not just tracing the edge, but also has a flickering edge here and there, which is great. There is a pop feeling from the voice quality, but more than that, there is a wild feeling of rock. Although there were a few cover collaborations after that, Yngwie & Joe’s full-scale tag ended with “one album / one tour”. However, their compatibility is the best in their careers, and they were able to listen to the famous combination of “David Coverdale & John Sykes” and “Don Dokken & George Lynch”. This work is a piece that allows you to experience such a miraculous tour in its original place. The best audience recording of the “Allentown performance on April 14, 1988”. Anyway, the clear air and direct feeling are overwhelming, and the core that approaches is on and powerful. When you close your eyes, Joe singing passionately appears in front of you, and it’s so close that you think you can touch it if you reach out. There are plenty of famous songs that you couldn’t hear even in “TRIAL BY FIRE”, such as “Now Is The Time”, “Faster Than The Speed ​​Of Light”, and “Fury”, and Joe is in great form. This is a masterpiece that allows you to fully experience the great performance of the famous combination with the best sound. Airport Music Hall, Allentown, PA, USA 14th April 1988 TRULY PERFECT SOUND (79:46) 1. Intro 2. Rising Force 3. Liar 4. Queen In Love 5. Deja Vu 6. You Don’t Remember, I’ll Never Forget 7. Keyboard Solo 8. Crystal Ball 9. Icarus Dream Suite Op.4/Far Beyond The Sun 10. Heaven Tonight 11. Now Is The Time 12. Drum Solo 13. Fury 14. Krakatau / Guitar Solo 15. Faster Than The Speed ​​Of Light 16 Black Star 17. Riot In The Dungeons Yngwie Malmsteen – Guitars, Vocals Joe Lynn Turner – Vocals Jens Johansson – Keyboards Barry Dunaway – Bass, Vocals Anders Johansson – Drums