The hero URIAH HEEP's first visit to Japan came a year and a half after LED ZEPPELIN and seven months after DEEP PURPLE. A superb 3-disc set of vacuum-packed highlight performances is now available. The historic highlight performance took place on March 16, 1973: Nippon Budokan. This is a super definitive edition with famous recordings from the audience that have handed down the legendary night on DISC 1-2, and TV broadcast pro shots (newly discovered long color version!) on DISC 3. Following ZEP/PURPLE, this British HR hero stepped on the Nippon Budokan stage on his first visit to Japan. First, let's look back at the schedule at that time.・March 16: Nippon Budokan ←★This work★ ・March 17: Nagoya City Public Hall ・March 19: Nagoya City Public Hall ・March 20: Osaka Employees' Pension Hall ・March 21: Osaka Employees' Pension Hall [DISC 1-2: A full live album conveying the one and only Budokan performance] There are 5 performances in total. The Nippon Budokan was the first concert of Lee's first visit to Japan, where they met for the first time. By the way, speaking of “March 1973”, YES was also visiting Japan for the first time, but their Tokyo performance was “March 8th-10th”. About a week after YES, I experienced URIAH HEEP for the first time, and it was an incredibly luxurious and rich spring. And, this work is the highest peak set of URIAH HEEP's one and only Budokan live. First of all, it is a 2-disc full live album (DISC 1-2), but this is an audience recording that has long been known as Budokan's best record. In fact, the sound is so clear that you can't believe it's Budokan. Anyway, the core is strong and the details are vivid. The clear performance sound and vocals arrive sharply like a laser beam. If you go out of your way to look for evidence of guest records with headphones, you can hear a sense of space in Byron's voice and the sound of the snare/bass drum. However, even this is limited to the tone, and no matter how much the chorus overlaps, it doesn't blur at all. It's a vivid sound with a sharp outline that doesn't seem like Odins. Even more surprising is the lack of audience noise. Although it absorbs the lively applause, it is so small and distant that it feels unnatural compared to the solid performance sound. It's a balance that makes you wonder if it was recorded on stage, and if it had been recorded in the modern era, it might have been mistaken for IEMs. Of course, the performance is full of the scent of the 70's that cannot be mistaken, but it is a direct sound that is far away from the audience. What is depicted with such a straight-forward sound is a full show of the one-of-a-kind URIAH HEEP and their first meeting in Japan. The set roughly follows the official traditional edition "URIAH HEEP LIVE", but it is not exactly the same, so let's organize it here.・First (1 song): Gypsy ・Anti-self nuclear (4 songs): July Morning (★) / Tears In My Eyes (★) / Look At Yourself (★) / Love Machine ・Devil and Wizard (2 songs): Traveler In Time (★) / Easy Livin' - Devil's Feast (2 songs): Sunrise (★) / Sweet Lorraine - Others: Rock 'n Roll Medley (★) *Note: "★" marks are TV broadcasting programs on DISC 3. A song that can also be seen in shots. [DISC 3: Color long version of the legendary TV pro shot] Such a full live album alone is a cultural heritage, but what is even more valuable and irresistible is the video version of DISC 3. Their Nippon Budokan live was broadcast on TV and has become a standard professional shot, but a new master has been discovered who will update the highest peak. Moreover, this is not just about improving image quality. Until now, two versions of this video have been known: a short color version (approximately 22 minutes) and a long black and white version (approximately 38 minutes). Long version. You can watch the full 38 minutes of the broadcast in color. The color reproduction and fineness of detail seem to be better than the conventional short color version, but this is only a small difference compared to the impressive full-length color version. And the sense of the era that emanates from the screen is Japan in 1973. Only in Japan Broadcasting, there is a Japanese narration at the beginning, but this is overwhelming. In the tone of a newscaster reading out a manuscript, he conveys the excitement of youth culture. Let's write it down a bit. "On March 13, 1973, Uriah Heep's group arrived at Haneda and performed at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on the 16th. A record 15,000 people (original mother) attended since the beginning of a rock concert. The large crowd at Budokan was buzzing with excitement and enthusiasm from young people waiting for Uriah Heep to appear. Uriah overwhelmed the audience with their violent volume and hard action. To commemorate the 50,000-sold release of ``Taijikoku'', Japan Columbia also presented a gold disc to the members of Uriah Heep and Bronze Records. Now your big excite music, URIAH HEEP!!'' Japan. Budokan's maximum capacity is 14,471 people, and it will be much smaller for concerts that require a stage and equipment. No matter how you look at it, I think it would be difficult to reach 15,000 people, but I have to say it. Speaking of HEEP, they have been known for their fantastic rock that embodies the middle ground between hard rock and progressive rock, and he introduces them as ``violent volume and hard action.'' Truly unique to 1973. And the narration is unique to Japan at the time. URIAH HEEP's first visit to Japan was a disaster due to some clumsiness on the part of the host. Therefore, you can feel the members suffering from not being able to hear the pitch of the chorus in this work, and unlike DEEP PURPLE, you cannot expect a great performance that will surpass the official version "URIAH HEEP LIVE". However, this is also a document. For the hero URIAH HEEP, this is the truth of the only Nippon Budokan live performance. Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 16th March 1973 TRULY PERFECT SOUND Disc 1(52:59) 1. Intro/Tuning 2. Sunrise 3. Sweet Lorraine 4. Traveler In Time 5. Easy Livin' 6. July Morning 7. Gypsy 8 . Keyboard Solo 9. Gypsy (reprise) 10. Drum Solo Disc 2(44:04) 1. MC 2. Tears In My Eyes 3. Circle Of Hands 4. Look At Yourself 5. Love Machine 6. Rock 'n Roll Medley DVD(38:02) ★First color version! ! ! ! 1. Intro 2. Look at yourself 3. Sunrise 4. Traveler In Time 5. Tears In My Eyes 6. July Morning 7. Rock & Roll Medley David Byron - Vocals Mick Box - Guitars Ken Hensley - Keyboards Gary Thain - Bass Lee Kerslake - Drums Color NTSC Approx.38min.
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