The 2022 Japan tour saw a surprise string collaboration. Two latest live albums that will give you the ultimate experience of the symphonic show that has been acclaimed everywhere will be released at the same time! This is the first of two simultaneous releases. This is a super-class audience recording of the "September 17, 2022: Club Citta Kawasaki" performance. This visit to Japan will only feature two performances at Club Citta. This work is a live album that vacuum-packs the entire first day. In addition, these two works are sister works. The recording was done by Mr. "Western Japan's Strongest Taper," who is familiar to us at our store. In other words, you can experience the entire two performances in Japan with the unity of the same venue, the same equipment, and the same recorder. Of course, it is meaningless to simply be able to experience the complete experience. The quality is the biggest point, and this is incredibly superb. After all, Mr. "Strongest" is a master among masters who is always praised as "like a sound board" and "better sound than when heard on site." Although he has an image of being strong in HR/HM, he is also very good at progressive rock and has worked on a large number of titles. Just the other day, the ultra-high sound quality of YES's ``OSAKA 2022'' and ``NAGOYA 2022'' was well received. It was talked about as ``No. 1 performance in Japan'' and ``No, maybe the best tour in the world.'' Moreover, for Mr. ``Saikyō,'' ``Club Citta + CARAVAN'' is also a winning formula. Up to this point, we have been talking about ``two performances in Japan in 2022 = sister works,'' but in fact this work is also one of three sisters. CARAVAN's last visit to Japan was realized three years ago, and it was Mr. ``Saikyō'' who worked on its best album ``KAWASAKI 2019.'' Since it accurately traces the bands/venues that have already been conquered, it can't be bad. In fact, the sound of this work is the optimal solution to the winning formula. Frankly speaking, it's "just like an official work", and the clarity, the sense of zero distance, the fineness of detail, the sense of separation... everything is perfect. No, no, no, it's not the time to be condescending and say "perfect". Even if we try our best to find fault with it, we can't. After all, it's not inferior to the genuine official masterpiece "CARAVAN AND THE NEW SYMPHONIA", so it's a perfect sound that makes you prostrate yourself before the speakers and say "I'm sorry". Moreover, it's the normal part that is not inferior to the official one. This Japan tour is in a three-part format, with the normal "band arrangement" and "strings collaboration" alternating. Let's organize the set here while comparing it with the sister work. DISC 1: Regular set (Part 1) - 70's: Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss/In the Land of Grey and Pink/Golf Girl/Winter Wine/Nightmare - Recent songs: Ready or Not (★)/Better Days Are to Come/It's None of Your Business (★) DISC 2: Strings collaboration (Part 2) - 70's: For Richard/The Love in Your Eye/A Hunting We Shall Go DISC 3: Regular set (Part 3 + encore) - 70's: The Dog, the Dog, He's at It Again/Nine Feet Underground/If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You (★＊) - Recent songs: Smoking Gun (Right for Me)/Every Precious Little Thing (★) *Note: "★" indicates "KAWASAKI 2019" from three years ago, and "＊" indicates "KAWASAKI 2022 2ND" released the day after the simultaneous release. Songs that can't be heard on "CARAVAN AND THE NEW SYMPHONIA". ...And so it goes. The first and third parts are of official quality, but the sound of the main attraction, "Part 2: Strings Collaboration", transcends the official!!! The brilliance of each sound and the deep resonance are even better than the masterpiece "CARAVAN AND THE NEW SYMPHONIA", and a more dynamic and majestic sound world emerges. This is probably the result of about 50 years since "CARAVAN AND THE NEW SYMPHONIA". In the half century, rock/orchestra collaboration has become a common know-how, and the venue sound, PA, and recording equipment have evolved to a completely different dimension. And with the addition of the technology of the famous "strongest" master of today, audience recording has finally reached the level of "beyond the official". The 70s are now a distant and unreachable past, and it is undeniable that progressive rock's performances in Japan have become based on nostalgia, admiration, and preciousness. However, this CARAVAN was different. As the great praise of "It's so wonderful!" has erupted in various places, it has stirred up a great impression on a level unrelated to nostalgia. This work is a three-disc set that allows you to enjoy a full show that can be said to be more than "CARAVAN AND THE NEW SYMPHONIA" with a superb sound that is more than official. A superb audience recording of the performance of "Club Citta Kawasaki on September 17, 2022". The latest work by the master "Western Japan's Strongest Taper", the sound is "just like the official" class. In fact, it is not inferior to the masterpiece "CARAVAN AND THE NEW SYMPHONIA", and the songs performed with strings are more beautiful, deep, and dynamic than the official. In the past half a century, rock/orchestra collaboration has become a common know-how, and the venue sound, PA, and recording equipment have evolved to a completely different dimension. It is an amazing new masterpiece that even makes you realize the progress of such humanity. Live at CLUB CITTA', Kawasaki, Japan 17th September 2022 ULTIMATE SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (63:12) 1. Intro 2. Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss 3. In the Land of Gray and Pink4. Golf Girl 5. Ready or Not 6. Better Days Are to Come 7. Winter Wine 8. Nightmare 9. It's None of Your Business Disc 2 (35:25) With Strings Section 1. For Richard 2. The Love in Your Eye 3. A Hunting We Shall Go Disc 3 (48:07) 1. Band Introductions 2. The Dog, the Dog, He's at It Again 3. Smoking Gun (Right for Me) 4. Every Precious Little Thing 5. Nine Feet Underground 6. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You Pye Hastings - guitar, vocals Geoffrey Richardson - guitar, viola, violin Jan Schelhaas - keyboards Mark Walker - drums, percussion Lee Pomeroy - bass
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