It is a fact that is rarely ignored, but during the 1972 American tour, the Rolling Stones performed a small gig, a live performance using a small venue, for the first time. It is essential that the Stones, who had a hugely successful tour in 1969, expand their tour in 1972. However, surprisingly, at the beginning of the tour, they held a series of small gigs in venues with a capacity of 5,000 people. The event concluded at the Hollywood Palladium on June 9th, with a capacity of 3,000 people. The gig here was released as the nostalgic LP "BURNING AT HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM", and I think there were many enthusiasts who were overwhelmed by the aggressive performance at the beginning of the tour and the excitement that seemed to be a small venue. Speaking of the 1972 tour, there is a strong image of the speedy performances seen and heard in "Firaspe" and the movie "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN," but this hidden gem captures the Stones' rough and energetic gigs before that. It was a masterpiece. Small gigs were also held in front of the Hollywood Palladium, and that was Winterland, the 5,000 class concert hall mentioned earlier. This venue is familiar to rock fans as a venue (so-called ballroom) where famous artists and groups like Jimi Hendrix and ZEP at the time of their debut performed, along with the Fillmore. However, as you can guess from the size of the venue, it is not a place where superstars or super groups will perform. The appearance of the Stones in 1972 was noteworthy enough to look back on it now. For them, it would have been a good situation to hold a lively gig at such a venue instead of a large venue tour full of arenas. At this time, four gigs were held at Winterland. We performed twice a day on each of the two days. However, due to the nature of small gigs where tickets are difficult to obtain, sound sources of all performances do not exist. On the contrary, only the second show on June 8th, which is the last stage, completely records the stage at the Winterland series of gigs. VGP's "MIDNIGHT MAGIC" released this valuable sound source. However, in terms of the sound image, it was a monaural sound quality audience recording with a sense of distance, so it did not become a big topic. From an enthusiast's point of view, the excavation of the 1972 tour since the Hollywood Palladium, the small gig, is equivalent to a historical excavation, and I think it was a sound source that should have attracted a lot of attention. In addition, there is a big rare point of playing “Loving Cup” on this day. As is well known among enthusiasts, this song was performed on the first two days of the tour in Vancouver and Seattle, and then was removed from the set list. Among them, the first day in Vancouver was a set list that featured songs from the century masterpiece “Main Street Rogue”. Here, Keith played "Loving Cup" on electric guitar, and the next day in Seattle, he switched to acoustic guitar. As you can guess from that, Keith was probably doing trial and error on how to handle this song as a live repertoire. It was a very attractive song, but unfortunately it was the last attempt to perform it as an acoustic number that was played following "Sweet Virginia" at Winterland, and it was not played on this tour. It was never done. There is also an incident in ``Street Fighting Man'' where it is speculated that Charlie may have dropped his stick during ``Bye Bye Johnny,'' which begins without introducing any members. There, even though the song starts, he has a hard time getting into the performance, and in the end, even Mick gets distracted by Charlie and stops singing, which is typical of the early stages of a Stones tour. Is it a scene? Then, “Honky Tonk Women” was played without a pause and ended the live performance. This also disappeared after being played in the first half of the set in Vancouver, and from this stage it was promoted to the closing number and played. The up-tempo performance, which was different from other tours, created a unique atmosphere, but it was a surprising rare number that such a famous song was only played a few times on the 1972 tour. This Winterland is not only a valuable small gig that took place during the glorious period along with the 1973 European tour, but it can also be said to be a sound source full of listening points as mentioned above. This limited press CD release includes new versions that have appeared in recent years. Although there was no generation notation of the original sound source, the hiss noise was significantly reduced compared to the previously mentioned "MIDNIGHT MAGIC", which is compatible with this release. There, the hiss was heard at a level that approached the performance, but this time the difference is that you can clearly "listen to the performance". If you listen and compare, you will easily realize that this is not an equalization, but an upper state caused by a difference in generation. Of course, there is no change in sound images that were originally far apart, making them closer together, and in that regard, I would like to say that it is a sound source that I would recommend listening to through speakers. And in "You Can't Always Get What You Want", there is a tape change-like cut, but this part was edited beautifully in "MIDNIGHT MAGIC", but this time I intentionally left it as it is. Recorded. As a result, a few phrases by Taylor that have not been heard before appear, albeit in small numbers. If you are an enthusiast, you will definitely be surprised at how easy it is to listen to. Live at Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA. USA 8th June 1972 (2nd Show) *Upgrade Disc 1 (49:45) 01. Introduction 02. Brown Sugar 03. Bitch 04. Rocks Off 05. Gimme Shelter 06. Happy 07. Tumbling Dice 08. Love In Vain 09. Sweet Virginia 10. Loving Cup 11. You Can't Always Get What You Want Disc 2 (32:54) 01. All Down The Line 02. Midnight Rambler 03. Bye Bye Johnny 04. Rip This Joint 05. Jumping Jack Flash 06. Street Fighting Man 07. Honky Tonk Women
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