Van Halen/Tokyo,Japan 6.22.1978 Upgrade

The legendary VAN HALEN's first visit to Japan, which marked its 40th anniversary this June. Their... no, rock's ultimate masterpiece has been brushed up and reprinted. The ultimate version is the "June 22, 1978: Nakano Sun Plaza" performance. It is a super-excellent audience recording of the legendary VAN HALEN's first visit to Japan. This recording is different from any other audience record. No, including the sound board, it is a super masterpiece that cannot be matched by many bands' live albums, even if there are many stars. It is a standard recording that has been included in titles such as "ATOMIC PUNK" and "ERUPTION IN TOKYO" for a long time, but this work is the complete and best version. In fact, it was recorded by the famous taper who recorded historical masterpieces such as Eric Clapton's "BRITISH PRIDE", Jeff Beck's "MOVING FINGER", and the Rolling Stones' "DOME ON WHEELS", and was digitized directly from the original cassette. The first appearance of "TOKYO'S ON FIRE" was a shock with its fresh sound and the scale of the full recording. In fact, the sound is abnormal. It feels as direct as if a plug is stuck in your ear, and the detail is so clear that you can even feel the unevenness of the guitar strings. There are many audience recordings that can be called "sound board-like", but there are few perfect sounds so far. While it is a line recording, it also has the liveliness unique to the audience. To put it in a metaphor, it feels like you are in the studio where the great masterpiece of the century "Flame of Fire" is being recorded. And it is on top of the hyper tension of the live stage. "TOKYO'S ON FIRE" was sold out and out of print in an instant because it was such a super masterpiece. A 2nd edition was also released, but it also disappeared from the market. And this work is the 3rd edition. It is the highest peak version brushed up with the latest and meticulous remastering. The mastering concept is "sound board feeling". As mentioned above, it was originally a very soundboard-like recording, but this work has taken it even further. The details stand out clearly without the slightest cloudiness, and the direct feeling approaches a touch level of "close contact" from "in front of your eyes". Of course, it also absorbs the real feeling of the first visit to Japan, and there is no forced force-pushing equalization. The vividness is achieved by simply carefully organizing each range from high to low tones, and there is no peak collapse or distortion. The show revived with such a sound is so wonderful that it goes beyond the realm of one band and makes you want to call it "the greatest masterpiece of rock". I wrote earlier that "stage tension is added to the fuse of the flame", but that is different from just the tension of the performance. It caused a revolution in both the home country and Europe, and finally landed in unknown Asia. Here, let's look back on the position of the show from the schedule of the first visit to Japan.・June 17: Tokyo Welfare Pension Hall・June 18: Tokyo Welfare Pension Hall・June 21: Nakano Sun Plaza・June 22: Nakano Sun Plaza 【This work】・June 24: Nagoya City Public Hall・June 25: Osaka Festival Hall・June 26: Kyoto Hall・June 27: Osaka Festival Hall・June 28: Osaka Expo Hall A total of nine performances. This work was the fourth performance, approaching the middle stage. In front of the sea of ​​black hair that they may have never seen before, they had the spirit to prove their music and the fulfillment of being accepted in a grand manner. Since all the shows up to this point were in Tokyo, they were already full of confidence that they were guaranteed to be a big hit. Many bands talk about their performances in Japan as proof of success, but this work is packed with a show that could be said to be the ideal form of that. VAN HALEN has produced many masterpieces in its long history, but "Flame of Fire" was still a one-time miracle. This recording is also a miracle. Even if hundreds or thousands of recordings remain, it is only one masterpiece. Of course, the value of the "truth" of the original cassette engraved in the original edition has not faded, but this work is a masterpiece that has been thoroughly polished with an eye on its "possibility". This is the birth of a definitive edition worthy of the 40th anniversary. Live at Nakano Sunplaza, Tokyo, Japan 22nd June 1978 ULTIMATE SOUND(UPGRADE) (from Original Masters) (72:45) 1. Intro. 2. On Fire 3. I'm The One 4. Bass Solo 5. Runnin' With The Devil 6. Atomic Punk 7. Little Dreamer 8. Down In Flames 9. Feel Your Love Tonight 10. Ain't Talkin' Bout Love 11. Ice Cream Man 12. Somebody Get Me A Doctor 13. Eruption 14. D.O.A. 15. You Really Got Me 16. Bottoms Up