Prince / Nagoya 1989 1st Night / 2CD

Prince / Nagoya 1989 1st Night / 2CD / Zion

Live at Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan 7th February 1989 STEREO SBD

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“LOVESEXY Tour” is the largest in Prince’s life. Introducing the finest soundboard album of Japan Tour, which was also the final destination.
The performance of “February 7, 1989: Nagoya Rainbow Hall” is engraved in this work. It is the stereo sound board recording. At our shop, we have archived various masterpieces in 1989, starting with the iconic sound board “SENDAI 1989 (Zion-089)”. This week is also a good opportunity for the rehearsal album “OSAKA REHEARSALS 1989 (Zion-198)”, so let’s organize the collection according to the schedule at that time.

・ February 1st “SENDAI 1989”
・ February 4 “TOKYO DOME 1989 1ST NIGHT”
・ February 5: Tokyo Dome
・ February 7: Nagoya Rainbow Hall ← ★ This work ★
・ February 8: Nagoya Rainbow Hall
・ February 10: Kitakyushu City Gymnasium
* February 11th? 12th? “OSAKA REHEARSALS 1989”
・ February 12: Osaka Castle Hall
・ February 13: Osaka Castle Hall (last day of world tour)

Above, all 8 performances. It was the largest in the world, but the performance in Japan is also the best in my career. Although the number of performances was one step away in 2002, it was an overwhelming climax overrunning the famous venues that symbolize various parts of the archipelago. In particular, Higashi-Meihan was held with two performances each, and this work was also the fourth performance concert in the middle of it.
This work recorded at such a show is just a superb stereo sound board recording. As a matter of fact, this show has long been known for leaked soundboards and has reigned as one of the most popular classics. This work is also a copy of the same sound board. .. .. Well, there isn’t. Obtain a miracle of the master who became the origin. It is the highest peak update board that has been made into a press CD again.
In fact, its quality is transcendent. It is a mix table direct connection type with almost no cheers, and the playing sound and singing voice are reproduced in the brain with the core exposed. The vividness for on-site PA is fully open, and the stereo feeling that jumps left and right with bread is also great. Its awesomeness has become famous and half-legendary even in the conventional version, but this work is an even more intense Omoto master sound. Anyway, it is bright and shining brightly. If the outline is vivid, the edges are sharp, and the darkness of the silent part is extremely deep. Perhaps because of that, the ensemble itself feels three-dimensional, and even such an amazing existing board can now be heard flat and moody.
The original master sound is a full show of “LOVESEXY Tour” that Andy Warhol called “the most wonderful concert ever”. As mentioned above, “SENDAI 1989” is also very popular, but this work is even longer. Let’s organize the set while comparing here.

● Classics (16 songs)
・ Dirty Mind: Sister / Head / When You Were Mine
・ Dreadful nobleman: Jack U Off / Do Me, Baby / Controversy
・ 1999: Delirious / Little Red Corvette
・ Purple Rain: Let’s Go Crazy / When Doves Cry / Purple Rain
・ Around the World in a Day: Raspberry Beret (★) / Condition Of The Heart (★)
・ Parade: Girls & Boys / Kiss / Venus De Milo (★)
● Sign of the Times (7 songs)
・ Housequake / Slow Love / Adore / U Got The Look / The Cross / Starfish And Coffee (★) / Strange Relationship (★)
● LOVE SEXY (7 songs)
・ Anna Stesia / Eye No / Lovesexy / Glam Slam / I Wish U Heaven / Dance On / When 2 R in Love (★)
● Others (3 songs)
・ Black Album: Superfunkycalifragisexy / Bob George
・ Others: A Love Bizarre
* Note: “★” marks are songs that cannot be heard on the Sendai performance sound board “SENDAI 1989”.

… And it looks like this. Although it is not a simple increase because there is no “Alphabet St” played in Sendai, the total number of songs is overwhelming. Moreover, the additional songs included in the set cannot be heard in the definitive edition of the Tokyo performance “TOKYO DOME 1989 1ST NIGHT (Zion-096)” or in the simultaneous release “OSAKA REHEARSALS 1989”. You can enjoy such a group of famous songs with a transcendent sound board that can be completely synchronized with Prince.
At that time, it was said to be a problematic work, but instead of being weathered over the years, it became more brilliant, and now it is also called one of the best masterpieces, “LOVESEXY”. It is a transcendental sound board album in which the artist power that created such a masterpiece can be completely synchronized with the full show. History of Japanese Western music … No, a press 2CD that permanently preserves the famous recordings that are famous as a World Heritage Site of popular music with Omoto Master Sound. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content.

★ Superb stereo sound board recording of “February 7, 1989: Nagoya Rainbow Hall” performance. Although it is a classic outflow sound board from before, it is the highest peak update board that was made into a CD from the newly excavated Omoto master. It is a mix table direct connection type with almost no cheers, and the playing sound and singing voice are reproduced in the brain with the core exposed. If the stereo feeling that flies left and right with bread is also great, the glaring luster unique to the Omoto master is also amazing. You can enjoy the full show of the LOVESEXY Tour with plenty of famous songs that you can’t even hear in the classic “SENDAI 1989”, with an upgraded sound that sounds flat and moody even though it was such a great already-released board.

 

プリンス生涯でも最大規模となった“LOVESEXY Tour”。最終地でもあったジャパンツアーの極上サウンドボード・アルバムが登場です。
そんな本作に刻まれているのは「1989年2月7日:名古屋レインボーホール」公演。そのステレオ・サウンドボード録音です。当店では象徴的サウンドボード『SENDAI 1989(Zion-089)』を筆頭に、様々な名作で1989年来日をアーカイヴ。今週はリハーサル・アルバム『OSAKA REHEARSALS 1989(Zion-198)』良い機会でもありますので、当時のスケジュールでコレクションを整理して看ましょう。

・2月1日『SENDAI 1989』
・2月4日『TOKYO DOME 1989 1ST NIGHT』
・2月5日:東京ドーム
・2月7日:名古屋レインボーホール ←★本作★
・2月8日:名古屋レインボーホール
・2月10日:北九州市総合体育館
*2月11日?12日?『OSAKA REHEARSALS 1989』
・2月12日:大阪城ホール
・2月13日:大阪城ホール(ワールドツアー最終日)

以上、全8公演。世界的にも最大規模でしたが、来日公演もキャリア随一。公演数は2002年に一歩譲るものの、列島各地を象徴する名会場を蹂躙する圧倒的な絶頂期でした。特に東名阪は2公演ずつ実施され、本作はそのド真ん中となる4公演目のコンサートでもありました。
そんなショウで記録された本作は、まさに超極上のステレオ・サウンドボード録音。実のところ、このショウは以前から流出サウンドボードが知られており、定番中の大定番として君臨してきました。本作もまた、同じサウンドボードで既発のコピー。。。では、ありません。その大元になったマスターを奇跡の入手。改めてプレスCD化した最高峰更新盤なのです。
実際、そのクオリティは超絶。歓声もほとんどないミックス卓直結タイプで、演奏音・歌声が芯も丸出しに脳内再生。現場PA用の生々しさ全開で、パンで左右にブッ飛ぶステレオ感も絶大です。その凄みは従来盤でも有名で半ば伝説と化してきましたが、本作はさらに強烈な大元マスター・サウンド。とにかく鮮やかでギラッギラに輝きまくっているのです。輪郭も鮮やかならエッジもシャープで、無音部の闇もえらくディープ。そのせいかアンサンブル自体が立体的に感じられ、あんなに凄かった既発盤も今となっては平坦でモッサリして聞こえるのです。
その大元マスター・サウンドで描かれるのは、アンディ・ウォーホールをして「今まででもっとも素晴らしいコンサート」とまで言わしめた“LOVESEXY Tour”のフルショウ。前述のように『SENDAI 1989』も大人気となっているわけですが、本作はさらに長い。ここで比較しながらセットを整理しておきましょう。

●クラシックス(16曲)
・ダーティ・マインド:Sister/Head/When You Were Mine
・戦慄の貴公子:Jack U Off/Do Me, Baby/Controversy
・1999:Delirious/Little Red Corvette
・パープル・レイン:Let’s Go Crazy/When Doves Cry/Purple Rain
・アラウンド・ザ・ワールド・イン・ア・デイ:Raspberry Beret(★)/Condition Of The Heart(★)
・パレード:Girls & Boys/Kiss/Venus De Milo(★)
●サイン・オブ・ザ・タイムズ(7曲)
・Housequake/Slow Love/Adore/U Got The Look/The Cross/Starfish And Coffee(★)/Strange Relationship(★)
●LOVESEXY(7曲)
・Anna Stesia/Eye No/Lovesexy/Glam Slam/I Wish U Heaven/Dance On/When 2 R in Love(★)
●その他(3曲)
・ブラック・アルバム:Superfunkycalifragisexy/Bob George
・その他:A Love Bizarre
※注:「★」印は仙台公演サウンドボード『SENDAI 1989』で聴けない曲。

……と、このようになっています。仙台で演奏していた「Alphabet St」がないために単純な増量ではないものの、トータルの曲数ボリュームは圧倒している。しかも、セット入りした追加曲は東京公演の決定盤『TOKYO DOME 1989 1ST NIGHT(Zion-096)』でも、同時リリースの『OSAKA REHEARSALS 1989』でも聴けない。そんな名曲群をプリンスと完全シンクロできる超絶サウンドボードで味わえてしまうのです。
当時は問題作と言われながら長い年月に風化するどころか輝きが増し、今や最高傑作のひとつとも呼ばれる『LOVESEXY』。それほどのまでの名盤を創り上げたアーティスト・パワーが全開のフルショウと完全シンクロできる超絶サウンドボード・アルバムです。日本洋楽史の……いえ、ポピュラー・ミュージックの世界遺産として名高い名録音を大元マスター・サウンドで永久保存したプレス2CD。どうぞ、思う存分ご堪能ください。

★「1989年2月7日:名古屋レインボーホール」公演の超極上ステレオ・サウンドボード録音。以前から定番の流出サウンドボードながら、新発掘の大元マスターからCD化された最高峰更新盤です。歓声もほとんどないミックス卓直結タイプで、演奏音・歌声が芯も丸出しに脳内再生。パンで左右にブッ飛ぶステレオ感も絶大なら大元マスターならではのギラッギラに輝く艶も凄い。あんなに凄かった既発盤も今となっては平坦でモッサリして聞こえるアップグレード・サウンドで、定番『SENDAI 1989』でも聴けない名曲もたっぷりのLOVESEXY Tourのフルショウを楽しめます。

 

DISC 1 (53:01)
01. Housequake
02. Slow Love
03. Adore
04. Delirious
05. Jack U Off
06. Sister
07. Do Me, Baby
08. I Wanna Be Your Lover (Intro)
09. Head
10. Girls And Boys
11. A Love Bizarre
12. When You Were Mine
13. Little Red Corvette
14. Controversy
15. U Got The Look
16. Superfunkycalifragisexy-Controversy
17. Bob George
18. Anna Stesia
19. Cross The Line (SE)

DISC 2 (61:19)
01. Cross The Line (SE)
02. Eye No
03. Lovesexy
04. Glam Slam
05. The Cross
06. I Wish U Heaven
07. Kiss
08. Dance On (Instrumental Version)
09. Sheila E. Drum Solo
10. When 2 R in Love
11. Venus De Milo
12. Starfish And Coffee
13. Raspberry Beret
14. Condition Of The Heart
15. Strange Relationship
16. When 2 R In Love
17. Let’s Go Crazy
18. When Doves Cry
19. Purple Rain
20. 1999 / Ending (SE)

Prince – vocals, piano, guitar
Miko Weaver – guitar and vocals
Levi Seacer, Jr. – bass guitar and vocals
Doctor Fink – keyboards and vocals
Boni Boyer – keyboards, organ and vocals
Sheila E. – drums, percussion and vocals
Eric Leeds – saxophone
Atlanta Bliss – trumpet
Cat – dance and vocals

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