The great masterpiece is reprinted with the original sound. The famous recording is the best audience album of "December 13, 1976: Kyuden Memorial Gymnasium". Yes, it is "HAKATA 1976", which was once hailed as "the best of 1976". First of all, let's check the position of the show where the masterpiece was born from the legendary first visit to Japan schedule. ・December 2: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium・December 5: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall・December 7: Nagoya City Public Hall・December 8 + 9: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall・December 10: Kyoto Hall・December 13: Kyuden Memorial Gymnasium [This work]・December 14: Hiroshima City Public Hall・December 16: Nippon Budokan All 9 performances. Ritchie Blackmore had been extremely popular nationwide since the DEEP PURPLE era, but the tour expanded with RAINBOW. This was also the first concert outside of Honshu. This work, which recorded a show that symbolizes such popularity, is an excellent audience recording that is worthy of being called a masterpiece and a shocking work. RAINBOW, which produced countless masterpieces, first came to Japan and was highly praised as the "number 1 sound audience recording", and it was a great hit as the press title "ALLIED FORCE". This work is a reproduction of that original sound. The natural sound is vivid even to today's ears. The freshness peculiar to the original master is beautiful, and the recording itself is even more ferociously clear. Cozy's every hit is captured sharply and on, and the sound of the Stratocaster is glossy and full of sex appeal. And above all, Ronnie's singing voice is wonderful. Not only one word of the lyrics, but even the intonation of one syllable sounds clear, and the romantic line and heroic sound flow out with the freshness as if they were recorded yesterday. I am fascinated by the wonderful and powerful performance / singing voice, but on top of that, this work also has an excellent sense of the scene unique to the audience. The air is noisy from the moment the house lights go out. Of course, the thick and meaty performance sound overwhelms everything during the performance, but as soon as it is between songs, a raw enthusiasm erupts. The heat of that breath tells us about 1976. The excitement of finally seeing the real thing, the shock of being hit with the best of British hard rock. The voice shouting "Richie!" contains a strange passion that has been removed from the sane tag, and the occasional screams of "I can't see it!" and "Wait!" depict the tumultuous mood of the scene. Of course, RAINBOW's passionate performance was also given a tremendous applause, and screams like small explosions rose from all over the venue. The dramaticism of the early RAINBOW is also tremendous explosive power, but the audience seats directly opposite it were also exploding. You can stand in the middle of it. A bit of a digression. The main character of this work is the live performance itself that draws out the enthusiasm. The previous Kyoto performance was tired from the daily performances, but this work after the break was the first in Kyushu, so the spirit is full. Even in the first visit to Japan without a bad show, you can hear one of the best performances. Among them, "Stargazer" is a little interesting. It's a shame that there is a (slight) tape change chip in the keyboard intro, but as soon as the main story starts, the heavy sound world spreads out at once. And when the song comes in, Ronnie sings in a slightly different way. The song breaks off as if he is distracted by something, and in the middle, he breaks the melody and writes the lyrics in a poetry recitation style. When it rides on the dynamic medieval hard rock, it's a bit Phil Lynott-like. It's an interesting version that suits the mysterious mood strangely. The venue was ignited by a fierce guitar crash. The performance ends with "Over The Rainbow" playing to soothe the katakana "Encore! Encore!" that would continue forever if left alone. The 1976 record has now been unearthed and is no longer easily ranked as number one. However, at the time of its discovery, it was undoubtedly this work that reigned supreme as the best of the first visit documents, drawing rave reviews as "BEST OF BEST" and "KING OF KINGS". A famous recording that instantly raised the reputation of the Langley label. This is an accurate reproduction of its first appearance. Live at Kyuden-Kinen Taiikukan, Fukuoka, Japan 13th December 1976 TRULY AMAZING SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1(41:33) 1. Intro. 2. Over The Rainbow 3. Kill The King 4. Mistreated 5. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves 6. Catch The Rainbow Disc 2(65:27) 1. Man On The Silver Mountain/Blues/Starstruck 2. Keyboard Solo 3. Stargazer 4. Still I'm Sad incl. Keyboard Solo 5. Drum Solo 6. Still I'm Sad 7. Do You Close Your Eyes 8. Over The Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar Ronnie James Dio - Vocal Cozy Powell - Drums Jimmy Bain - Bass Tony Carey – Keyboards
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