The late George Harrison's Japan tour in December 1991 was the only one in the world to be held in Japan, and was fully backed by his best friend Eric Clapton and his band, making it a super event that proved the strong friendship between the two men, and has already become a legend in the history of Japanese Western rock music. Officially, a live album under George's name was released by cutting Clapton's set in the middle and selecting the best takes from the performances from the 12th to the 17th, but of course up to this day, many recordings of this Japan tour have been released from complete audience sources. Among them, when it comes to "Nagoya," the standard is "FOURTH NIGHT LIVE" and "4TH NIGHT REVISITED," which were recorded using DAT, which was still rare at the time, and captured the musical sounds at close range like a soundboard. However, the original DAT master had a problem where the battery capacity was low because the recorder was an early model, and the pitch suddenly dropped after Devil's Radio due to the battery running out. Therefore, the released version was recorded completely by connecting the audience source from another day, which had a much poorer sound quality, to the main DAT master. Furthermore, since the two previously released versions were produced using cassette tapes copied from the DAT master as the master, the hiss noise of the cassette tape was present throughout the entire work, and the pitch was about 40% higher by a semitone. Since it was a master copied to a cassette, the drawback of the high notes being crushed was also exposed. The reverberation of the cymbals was not a beautiful sound like a bell, but a splashing sound. This time, our shop received the DAT itself from the recorder of the original DAT master. When I verified it, there was no hiss at all, the pitch was normal, and the recording started about 6 minutes before the start of the recording of the previous board, and the intro part of the pre-show was there. There was also a voice of an audience member near the recorder saying "I was freaked out!" at the sound of the drums just before the performance started, which was a nice touch. This board was produced from a master with a normal pitch of DAT Direct, and after 1:08 of Devil's Radio, which is affected by the battery problem, we used "DEFINITION OF LEGEND" (Tricone 089/090), which is the highest sound quality board of our DAT master that exceeds any of the compensation sources of the previous boards, and recorded the Osaka Castle Hall performance on December 2nd, as compensation. It is not just a compensation, but a compensation that has been remastered to approach the sound quality of the original Nagoya DAT master. The original Nagoya DAT master was too close in tone, and even if you listen to the clarity of the snare, you can not equate it with this texture, but it is a connection with less sound quality difference than any of the previous boards. Now, let's take a look at the tour schedule from that time to see why this Japan tour became legendary. ・January 21-29, 1991: Tour rehearsals at The Point, Dublin, Ireland ・January 31, February 2, 1991: Warm-up performances at The Point ・February 5-March 9, 1991: 24 consecutive performances at the Royal Albert Hall, London ・September 4, 1991: Drop-in to Buddy Guy's gig at the Roxy, Los Angeles ・September 26, 1991: Appeared in a comedy show recorded at The Palace in Hollywood, with Nathan East as the house band leader. This was broadcast on Sunday the 29th on FOX Channel.・December 1st to December 17th, 1991: Fully backed up George Harrison's Japan tour with his own band December 1st: Yokohama Arena performance (additional performance) December 2nd and 3rd: Osakajo Hall performance December 5th: Nagoya International Trade Fair Hall performance ←★This work★ December 6th: Hiroshima Sun Plaza performance December 9th: Fukuoka International Hall performance December 10th, 11th, and 12th: Osakajo Hall performance December 14th, 15th, and 17th: Tokyo Dome performance As you can see, he was off from March 9th to September. Clapton had intended to take a complete rest after the "Journeyman World Tour" the previous year and the two consecutive hard Royal Albert Hall performances that he had performed for two years in a row, and enjoy life with his young son Connor, who had just turned four years old. However, on March 20th, that incident occurred. From then on, Clapton, in his own words, became "like a stone." Shocked by the loss of his young son, he stayed at home without contacting anyone. Keith Richards, Elton John, and George Harrison sent letters of concern and comfort to Clapton. Encouraged by the kind words of his musician friends, Clapton attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and went out to sea on his manager's cruiser, somehow managing to keep his mind normal. At that time, when he met George, Clapton told him that in South America, where he had toured the previous year, fans had been asking him about George's recent activities. George laughed at Clapton's words, "Maybe it's okay to return to the stage?" and decided to forget about the matter, but one day George suddenly realized. "If I asked Eric to help me return to the tour, he would be busy with the implementation of the work and would be able to recover from that painful incident?" And even though George had no intention of doing so, he told Clapton that he was returning to live performances and asked for his cooperation. Clapton was surprised by George's decision, but he was willing to help. He called together his own band, decided on the set list from George's repertoire, assigned the instruments to the parts, selected the third guitarist, arranged the rehearsal venue, and took charge of all the schedules. However, even during the rehearsals, George repeatedly said, "I'm not going to come back after all." He was traumatized by the media's criticism of the US tour in 1974. He didn't really want to come back to live performances. So Clapton recommended Japan, where people listen to music warmly and seriously, as a tour location, and convinced George. And finally, the Japan tour was realized. This Japan tour was, so to speak, a testament to the lifelong friendship between George and Clapton. All the performances from this tour have been released, and if you listen to them chronologically, you can see George's tension easing with each passing day and regaining his original form. This was completed in Nagoya. The amount of MCs has increased, and you can see that he is getting more comfortable. This is the definitive version that records the DAT master of the Nagoya performance, which achieved the highest sound quality during George's Japan tour in 1991, in the best possible form, and connects Devil's Radio and beyond in the most natural way! Please listen to the "legendary" stage. Please confirm the deep friendship between the two. ★ Direct recording from the original DAT master provided by the recorder. Miraculous ultra-high sound quality ★ The sound quality of the DAT master has not been changed, so this is the sound of the master. I can't believe it. Live at Nagoya International Exhibition Hall, Nagoya, Japan 5th December 1991 ULTIMATE SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (77:33) 1. Pre-Show Music (6 minutes) 2. I Want To Tell You 3. Old Brown Shoe 4. Taxman 5. Give Me Love 6. If I Needed Someone 7. Something 8. What Is Life 9. Dark Horse 10. Piggies 11. Pretending 12. Old Love 13. Badge 14. Wonderful Tonight Disc 2 (61:09) 1. Got My Mind Set On You 2. Cloud Nine 3. Here Comes The Sun 4. My Sweet Lord 5. All Those Years Ago 6. Cheer Down 7. Devil's Radio * 8. Isn't It A Pity * 9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps * 10. Roll Over Beethoven * *...Live at Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka, Japan 2nd December 1991 George Harrison - guitar, vocals Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals Andy Fairweather Low - guitar Chuck Leavell - keyboards Greg Phillinganes – keyboards Nathan East - bass, vocals Steve Ferrone - drums Ray Cooper - percussion Katie Kissoon - backing vocals Tessa Niles - backing vocals
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