Aerosmith / Definitive Zurich 1976 / 1CD + 1Bonus CDR

Aerosmith / Definitive Zurich 1976 / 1CD + 1Bonus CDR / Zodiac
Live at Volkhaus, Zurich, Switzerland 30th October 1976 plus Bonus CDR “ROCKS OFFENBACH”


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The legendary original recording that was touted as “the strongest 70’s bootleg” and “the masterpiece of the ROCKS Tour” is reprinted. Appeared on a press CD that permanently preserves the master sound with a new outfit.
“Performance in Zurich on October 30, 1976” is engraved on this work. Strictly speaking, it is a “super-class official recording”. Yes, it was not the audience who worked on this recording. He was a soundman who toured with the band at the time. At our shop, we received a treasured master that was not open to the public for trade and digitized it … that is the true nature of this work.
Its origin alone sounds amazing, but the actual content is beyond imagination. Apparently it looks like a spatial recording with a microphone, but the sound that flows out has no sense of air. The core that turns on violently is very thick and the sense of distance is completely zero. Along with that, if the details are extremely clear, the separate feeling is also great. It was probably recorded with a professional high-end microphone near the PA desk, but if there was no memo written by the person concerned saying “It’s a microphone recording”, it can only be thought of as a sound board, super direct, super fat, super dynamic.・It’s the sound. If you are a seasoned collector, you may think of the equation “ROCKS Tour masterpiece = Offenbach performance”, but this work is above that historical name recording. It is also not a 1st rank 2nd rank, but a masterpiece that stands on a completely different dimension. That’s why it was called “the strongest in the 70’s”.
The master of such shocking people has undergone the latest mastering and has been permanently preserved and pressed as “ROCKS ZURICH (Zodiac 088)”. It was a big hit that was sold out and out of print in no time. This work is a precise reproduction of that daimyo board.
Of course, sound quality alone cannot be called a “masterpiece”. The show drawn with the strongest sound is overwhelming. After all, at that time it was the heyday of the heyday. It’s also a good opportunity, so let’s check the show’s position in the process.

●1976
・ April 16-May 1: North America #1a (6 performances)
《“ROCKS” released on May 3rd》
・ May 5-September 13: North America #1b (58 performances)
・October 13-November 1: Europe #1 (12 performances) ← Coco
・ November 10-December 19: North America # 2 (4 performances)
●1977
・ January 29-February 9: First visit to Japan (7 performances)
・ June 21-July 8: North America # 3 (11 performances) ← ※ HOUSTON 1977
・ August 13-27: Europe #2 (7 performances)
・September 28-December 8: North America #4a (19 performances)
《“DRAW THE LINE” released on December 9》
・ December 10th-27th: North America # 4b (6 performances) ← * LARGO 1977

This is the 1976/1977 AEROSMITH. The legendary first visit to Japan was also realized in the “ROCKS Tour”, but the Zurich performance of this work was three months before that. It was the 11th performance of “Europe # 1”. In the 70’s AEROSMITH has various masterpiece sound boards / pro shots, but speaking of the latest of this work, the multi-camera pro shot released at the 50th anniversary project “50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults” the other day “HOUSTON 1977: UPGRADE (Shades 1580)” is fresh in my memory. Of course, that pro shot was an edited incomplete version, but this work is a complete recording of the full show. There is a lot of repertoire that you can not listen to even in that masterpiece video. Let’s organize the set while comparing here.

● Rocks (5 songs)
・Lick And A Promise/Rats In The Cellar/Last Child(★)/Sick As A Dog/Get The Lead Out(★)
● Others (11 songs)
・Birth of the Beast: Mama Kin/Write Me A Letter (★)/Dream On
·fly! Aerosmith: S.O.S. (Too Bad) / Lord Of The Thighs / Same Old Song and Dance / Train Kept A Rollin’ (★)
・Yamiyo no Heavy Rock: Big Ten Inch Record (★) / Sweet Emotion / Walk This Way / Toys in the Attic
* Note: “★” marks are songs that could not be heard on the Pro Shot “HOUSTON 1977 UPGRADE”.

… and it looks like this. Just enjoying the rare “Write Me A Letter”, “Sick As A Dog”, and “Get The Lead Out” with the transcendent sound of the sound board barefoot is exciting, but the heat of the performance is even more amazing. Joe Perry, who creates an outstanding sense of speed in the intro riff of “Mama Kin”, Steven Tyler, who raises the tension with a hard medley of about 10 minutes, “S.O.S. (Too Bad)”, “Lord Of The Thighs” Brad Whitford, who listens to the best playing rolls, Joey Kramer & Tom Hamilton, who listens to the backing of “Lick And A Promise” and “Walk This Way” mixed with ad-libs.
And then, “Dream On” is a very vivid and emotionally moving “Dream On” that brings all five of them together. Even in the history of AEROSMITH, which made Jon Bon Jovi say, “I would be satisfied if I could be half successful in half their time,” I experienced an overwhelming full show that makes me think that there will be no more heyday. You can.
“It’s a wonderful recording of cultural heritage-class people involved.” If you follow the conventions of the collector world, it will be called “audience recording”, but if you are in front of the sound of this work, such a type is meaningless. One piece that stands at the highest peak of the culture of “recording the sound of a concert” rather than what kind of method it is. A press CD that leaves the shine forever, it is a magnificent reprint here.

★ Superb audience recording of “October 30, 1976 Zurich performance”. Recorded with a microphone by a band official, the sound is so close that you can’t believe it’s through space. The core that turns on violently is very thick and the sense of distance is completely zero. Along with that, if the details are extremely clear, the separate feeling is also great. It is a super direct, super fat, super dynamic sound that can only be thought of as a sound board. The rare “Write Me A Letter”, “Sick As A Dog”, and “Get The Lead Out” are also cultural heritage albums where you can fully experience the delicious heyday of the “ROCKS Tour”.

「最強の70年代ブートレッグ」「ROCKS Tourの最高傑作」と謳われた伝説のオリジナル録音が復刻。装いも新たにマスター・サウンドを永久保存するプレスCDで登場です。
そんな本作に刻まれているのは「1976年10月30日チューリッヒ公演」。その超絶級オーディエンス………と言いますか、厳密に申しますと「超絶級の関係者録音」です。そう、この録音を手掛けたのは観客ではない。当時バンドと共にツアーを巡っていたサウンドマンなのです。当店では、トレード公開もされていなかった秘蔵マスターを譲り受けてデジタル化した……それが本作の正体なのです。
その出自だけでもスゴそうですが、実際の中身はその想像を超える凄まじさ。どうやらマイクによる空間録音のようなのですが、流れ出てきたサウンドには空気感がまるでない。猛烈にオンな芯は極太で距離感は完全ゼロ。それに伴ってディテールも極めて鮮明ならセパレート感も絶大。恐らくPA卓付近でプロ仕様のハイエンド・マイクで録音したのでしょうが、関係者による「マイク録音だ」とのメモ書きがなければ、サウンドボードとしか思えない、超ダイレクト・超ファット・超ダイナミックなスーパー・サウンドなのです。年季の入ったコレクター諸兄であれば「ROCKS Tourの代表作=オッフェンバッハ公演」の等式が思い浮かぶかも知れませんが、本作はあの歴史的名録音よりも上。それも1ランク2ランクではなく、完全に別次元の地平に立つ最高傑作。だからこそ「70年代最強」とまで呼ばれたのです。
そんな衝撃の関係者マスターは最新マスタリングを経て『ROCKS ZURICH(Zodiac 088)』として永久保存プレス化が実現。あっと言う間に完売・廃盤になる大ヒットを記録しました。本作は、あの大名盤を精緻に復刻したものなのです。
もちろん、音質だけでは「最高傑作」とまでは呼ばれない。その最強サウンドで描かれるショウこそが圧倒的なのです。何しろ、当時は全盛中の大全盛期。良い機会でもありますので、その歩みの中でショウのポジションも確認しておきましょう。

●1976年
・4月16日ー5月1日:北米#1a(6公演)
《5月3日『ROCKS』発売》
・5月5日ー9月13日:北米#1b(58公演)
・10月13日ー11月1日:欧州#1(12公演)←★ココ★
・11月10日ー12月19日:北米#2(4公演)
●1977年
・1月29日ー2月9日:初来日(7公演)
・6月21日ー7月8日:北米#3(11公演)←※HOUSTON 1977
・8月13日ー27日:欧州#2(7公演)
・9月28日ー12月8日:北米#4a(19公演)
《12月9日『DRAW THE LINE』発売》
・12月10日ー27日:北米#4b(6公演)←※LARGO 1977

これが1976年/1977年のAEROSMITH。“ROCKS Tour”では伝説の初来日も実現しましたが、本作のチューリッヒ公演はその3ヶ月前。「欧州#1」の11公演目にあたるコンサートでした。70年代AEROSMITHには様々な名作サウンドボード/プロショットがありますが、本作の直近と言えば、先日の50周年プロジェクト“50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults”で公開されたマルチカメラ・プロショット『HOUSTON 1977: UPGRADE(Shades 1580)』が記憶に新しいところ。もちろん、あのプロショットは編集された不完全版だったのに対し、本作はフルショウ完全収録。あの名作映像でも聴けないレパートリーも山盛りです。ここで比較しながらセットを整理しておきましょう。

●ロックス(5曲)
・Lick And A Promise/Rats In The Cellar/Last Child(★)/Sick As A Dog/Get The Lead Out(★)
●その他(11曲)
・野獣生誕:Mama Kin/Write Me A Letter(★)/Dream On
・飛べ!エアロスミス:S.O.S. (Too Bad)/Lord Of The Thighs/Same Old Song and Dance/Train Kept A Rollin’(★)
・闇夜のヘヴィロック:Big Ten Inch Record(★)/Sweet Emotion/Walk This Way/Toys in the Attic
※注:「★」印はプロショット『HOUSTON 1977 UPGRADE』で聴けなかった曲。

……と、このようになっています。レアな「Write Me A Letter」「Sick As A Dog」「Get The Lead Out」がサウンドボード裸足の超絶サウンドで楽しめるだけででも胸アツですが、演奏の熱量はさらにスゴい。「Mama Kin」のイントロリフの抜群の疾走感を醸し出すジョー・ペリー、約10分に及ぶハードなメドレーでグングンテンションを上げていくスティーヴン・タイラー、「S.O.S. (Too Bad)」「Lord Of The Thighs」で絶好調の弾きまくりを聴かせるブラッド・ウイットフォード、アドリブを織り交ぜた混ぜた「Lick And A Promise」や「Walk This Way」の裏打ちで見事なキレを聴かせるジョーイ・クレイマー&トム・ハミルトン。
そして、そんな5人のすべてが噛み合い、あまりに生々しくエモーショナルな大感動の「Dream On」。ジョン・ボン・ジョヴィをして「彼らの半分の期間、半分の成功ができたら満足だ」と言わしめたAEROSMITH史でも、これ以上の全盛はないだろうと思わせる圧倒的なフルショウを現場体験できるのです。
あまりにも素晴らしい文化遺産級の関係者録音です。コレクター界の慣例に従えば「オーディエンス録音」という事になるのでしょうが、本作のサウンドを前にしたら、そんな種別など意味がない。どんな方式かではなく「コンサートの音記録」という文化の最高峰に立つ1枚。輝きを永久に残すプレスCDで、ここに堂々の復刻です。

★「1976年10月30日チューリッヒ公演」の超絶級オーディエンス録音。バンド関係者によるマイク録音で、そのサウンドは空間を介しているとは思えないほど超ド密着。猛烈にオンな芯は極太で距離感は完全ゼロ。それに伴ってディテールも極めて鮮明ならセパレート感も絶大。サウンドボードとしか思えない、超ダイレクト・超ファット・超ダイナミックなスーパー・サウンドです。レアな「Write Me A Letter」「Sick As A Dog」「Get The Lead Out」も美味しい全盛の“ROCKS Tour”をフル体験できる文化遺産アルバムです。

(77:05)
1. Intro
2. Mama Kin
3. Write Me A Letter
4. S.O.S. (Too Bad)
5. Lick And A Promise
6. Big Ten Inch Record
7. Sweet Emotion
8. Rats In The Cellar
9. Dream On
10. Lord Of The Thighs
11. Last Child
12. Walk This Way
13. Sick As A Dog
14. Same Old Song And Dance
15. Train Kept A Rollin’
16. Get The Lead Out
17. Toys In The Attic
18. Outro

Steven Tyler – Vocals
Joe Perry – Guitar
Brad Whitford – Guitar
Tom Hamilton – Bass
Joey Kramer – Drums

 

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Aerosmith / Rocks Offenbach / 1CDR / Nom label
Live at Stadthalle, Offenbach, West Germany 24th October 1976 PERFECT SOUND

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The main press CD is “ROCKS Tour’s greatest masterpiece”. It is a live album of legendary people who deserve to be called a cultural heritage. As I mentioned in the commentary, it was the audience recording of the Offenbach performance that was the “rocks tour masterpiece” before the transcendental recording was discovered. Therefore, as a bonus to celebrate the reprint of the new name board, we also prepared the highest peak board of the old recording.
So, what is imbued in this work is “October 24, 1976 Offenbach performance”. It is an excellent audience recording. This show is the ninth performance of “Europe # 1”, which is said in the schedule of the main commentary. It was a concert before two performances of the main press CD.
This work, which is a vacuum-packed version of such a show, has a beautiful and neat sound with a detailed sound. The main press CD was a shocking sound that did not know the recording method, but this is an audience-like audience. Of course, that’s not a drawback at all. The on core is so powerful that you can hardly feel the distance, and it looms in front of you. Although the roundness of the edge does not convey the fine details, it is only the miraculous Zurich recording. There is no problem in light of the 70’s audience standards … No, it is far enough away from the customer record.
Moreover, this work is the highest peak updated board that has been refinished with meticulous mastering, with such a famous recording made by a master known as the best. In the original sound, the hiss noise was somewhat large, but in this work, it was alleviated by applying the last-minute noise reduction that does not affect the performance sound. In addition, the direct feeling of the original recording is emphasized by correcting the balance to bring the performance forward. It draws out the potential of the original sound and makes it a much easier-to-listen sound.
The best sound depicted is a masterpiece performance equivalent to the main press CD. As expected, the set is the same as there is only a difference between the two performances. In the main press CD, we compared it with the latest pro shot, but let’s reorganize it by comparing it with the official traditional board “LIVE! BOOTLEG”.

● Rocks (5 songs)
・Lick And A Promise (*) / Rats In The Cellar (*) / Last Child / Sick As A Dog / Get The Lead Out
● Others (11 songs)
・ Birth of the Beast: Mama Kin / Write Me A Letter (*) / Dream On
·fly! Aerosmith: S.O.S. (Too Bad) / Lord Of The Thighs / Same Old Song and Dance (*) / Train Kept A Rollin’
・Yamiyo Heavy Rock: Big Ten Inch Record (*)/Sweet Emotion/Walk This Way/Toys in the Attic
*Note: “*” marks are songs that cannot be heard on the traditional edition “LIVE! BOOTLEG”.

As expected, it is a famous recording that has been loved by many maniacs during its long history and has reigned as a “rocks tour masterpiece”. Although the throne was chased by the appearance of the abnormal main press CD called the official recording, it has not lost its brilliance in terms of the realistic experience of the concert audience. A valuable full live album that can be present at the site of the famous “ROCKS Tour” in rock history. Please enjoy the full stomach along with the miracle main press CD.

★伝説の関係者録音を精緻に永久保存した超・極上のライヴアルバム『DEFINITIVE ZURICH 1976』。その初回限定ナンバー入りステッカー付きに限り、長い間“ROCKS Tour”の象徴であった名録音『ROCKS OFFENBACH』が特別に付属致します。

AEROSMITH – ROCKS OFFENBACH(Bonus CDR)
Live at Stadthalle, Offenbach, West Germany 24th October 1976 PERFECT SOUND

本編プレスCDは、問答無用の「ROCKS Tourの最高傑作」。文化遺産と呼ぶに相応しい伝説の関係者ライヴアルバムです。その解説でも触れましたが、その超絶録音が発掘される以前に「ROCKS Tourの代表作」だったのはオッフェンバッハ公演のオーディエンス録音でした。そこで新名盤の復刻を祝うボーナスには、旧録音の最高峰盤もご用意致しました。
というわけで、本作に吹き込まれているのは「1976年10月24日オッフェンバッハ公演」。その絶品オーディエンス録音です。このショウは本編解説の日程で言うところの「欧州#1」の9公演目。本編プレスCDの2公演前にあたるコンサートでした。
そんなショウを真空パックした本作は、きめ細やかな鳴りが美しい端正サウンド。本編プレスCDは録音手法が分からないくらいの衝撃サウンドでしたが、こちらはオーディエンスらしいオーディエンス。もちろん、それはまったく欠点ではない。オンな芯は距離をほとんど感じさせないほど力強く、グイグイと前に迫ってくる。エッジに丸みのある鳴りは細やかなディテールまでは伝え切れていないものの、それも奇跡のチューリッヒ録音が相手というだけ。70年代オーディエンス基準に照らせば問題なし……いや、十二分に客録離れしているのです。
しかも、本作はそんな名録音をベストとして知られるマスターで起こしており、さらに細心マスタリングで磨き直した最高峰更新盤なのです。原音ではヒスノイズがやや大きめでもありましたが、本作では演奏音に影響が出ないギリギリのノイズリダクションを施して緩和。さらに演奏をグッと前に出すバランス修正で元々の録音が持っていたダイレクト感を強調。原音の可能性を引き出し、格段に聴きやすいサウンドに仕上げているのです。
そんなベスト・サウンドで描かれるのは、本編プレスCDと同等の大名演。さすがに2公演違いだけあってセットは同一。本編プレスCDでは直近プロショットと比較しましたが、ここではオフィシャルの伝統盤『LIVE! BOOTLEG』との比較で整理し直してみましょう。

●ロックス(5曲)
・Lick And A Promise(*)/Rats In The Cellar(*)/Last Child/Sick As A Dog/Get The Lead Out
●その他(11曲)
・野獣生誕:Mama Kin/Write Me A Letter(*)/Dream On
・飛べ!エアロスミス:S.O.S. (Too Bad)/Lord Of The Thighs/Same Old Song and Dance(*)/Train Kept A Rollin’
・闇夜のヘヴィロック:Big Ten Inch Record(*)/Sweet Emotion/Walk This Way/Toys in the Attic
※注:「*」印は伝統盤『LIVE! BOOTLEG』で聴けない曲。

さすが長い歴史の間に幾多のマニア達に愛され、「ROCKS Tourの代表作」として君臨してきた名録音です。関係者録音という異常な本編プレスCDの登場によって王座を追われはしましたが、コンサート客席のリアルな体験感という意味では未だ輝きを失ってはいません。ロック史に名高い“ROCKS Tour”の現場に居合わせられる貴重なフル・ライヴアルバム。どうぞ、奇跡の本編プレスCDと併せてお腹いっぱいご堪能ください。

(68:48)
1. Intro
2. Mama Kin
3. Write Me A Letter
4. S.O.S. (Too Bad)
5. Lick And A Promise
6. Big Ten Inch Record
7. Sweet Emotion
8. Rats In The Cellar
9. Dream On
10. Lord Of The Thighs
11. Last Child
12. Walk This Way
13. Sick As A Dog
14. Same Old Song And Dance
15. Train Kept A Rollin’
16. Get The Lead Out
17. Toys In The Attic

Steven Tyler – Vocals
Joe Perry – Guitar
Brad Whitford – Guitar
Tom Hamilton – Bass
Joey Kramer – Drums

ZODIAC 544

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