Name: AEROSMITH - DEFINITIVE HOUSTON 1988 SOUNDBOARD - 2 CD + DVD-R
SKU: KE6252505
Availability: BackOrder

Description

The Summit, Houston, TX, USA 15th February 1988 STEREO SBD

　AEROSMITH from the “PERMANENT VACATION” era, which played a revival that remains in rock history and rose to the top of the scene in one fell swoop. This superb soundboard album is the official replacement for that.

　The work that is permanently preserved in this work is the “Houston performance on February 15, 1988”. It is a stereo soundboard recording that pours the whole story into your brain. Speaking of the “PERMANENT VACATION Tour”, “DEFINITIVE HAMPTON 1987 (Zodiac 594)” reigns as a symbol, but this work should be said to be a new masterpiece that stands alongside that great masterpiece. First of all, let’s check the positional relationship of each from the overall picture of the world tour that made a comeback.

●1987
《August 25th release of “PERMANENT VACATION”》
・October 16th – December 31st: North America #1 (44 performances) ←※DEFINITIVE HAMPTON 1987
●1988
・January 16th – February 28th: North America #2 (29 performances) ←★Here★
・March 21st – May 22nd: North America #3 (36 performances)
・June 17th – 26th: Japan (6 performances)
・July 2nd – September 15th: North America #4 (40 performances)

　This is AEROSMITH in 1987/1988. A big tour beyond the 70s was organized, and a miracle return to Japan was realized. Among them, “DEFINITIVE HAMPTON 1987” was the early “North America # 1”, but the Houston performance of this work was three months later. It was the 20th concert of “North America # 2”.

　Many of you may already know this, but this show is famous for the professional shots that represent the tour. It is also a big staple in our shop with gifts and bonus titles. This work is not a sound drop… Another master provided by a researcher overseas. It is also the highest peak master that is much better than video sound.

　In fact, the sound is “completely official grade”. If you trace it back to the source, it seems that the mix is the same as the sound board of the pro shot sound, but the new master is even bolder and thicker. The sound quality itself is about two ranks higher than the video version, but what is even more powerful is the phase that is perfectly aligned. In fact, the phase of one channel of the pro shot sound was inverted, making it very thin. However, this new master has a perfectly aligned phase and perfectly reproduces the original sound of the band. The intense stereo feeling that blows away and the extremely thick feeling that imprints on the brain are wonderfully revived.

　Such a sound depicts AEROSMITH, who is in the middle of the famous historical revival. As mentioned above, the symbolic soundboard of the “PERMANENT VACATION Tour” is “DEFINITIVE HAMPTON 1987”, but this work has a different set because the legs are different. Let’s organize the full set while comparing it here.

●Permanent Vacation (6 songs)
Dude (Looks Like a Lady) / Rag Doll / Hangman Jury (★) / Permanent Vacation (★) / Angel (★) / I’m Down (★)
●Heavy Rock in the Dark (4 songs)
Toys in the Attic / Big Ten Inch Record / Sweet Emotion / Walk This Way
●Other (8 songs + α)
Fly! Aerosmith: Same Old Song And Dance / Train Kept A Rollin’
Rocks: Back In The Saddle / Last Child
Other: Lightning Strikes / Draw the Line / One Way Street (Darkness) (★) / Dream On
*Note: Songs marked with “★” are not included in the soundboard masterpiece “DEFINITIVE HAMPTON 1987 (Zodiac 594)”.

…And so it goes like this. In “DEFINITIVE HAMPTON 1987,” the band was still waiting to see what would happen, so it was mainly classics, but in this new album, “PERMANENT VACATION” has been greatly expanded. “Angel” and “I’m Down,” which have not been performed much since then, are now also being performed. One of the classics worth listening to is “One Way Street.” This song itself is valuable, but it also includes the even rarer “Darkness,” and you can enjoy the unusual arrangement that flows straight into “Dream On.”

　This is a high-end soundboard album that has been significantly upgraded, while still being the same live as the standard professional shot. It is a new masterpiece that boasts the same quality as that “DEFINITIVE HAMPTON 1987” and has climbed to the two major apex works with a mutually complementary set. Please enjoy it anytime and forever with the press 2CD that will keep its brilliance forever.

★ Stereo soundboard recording of the “Houston performance on February 15, 1988”. A new master provided by an overseas researcher, this upgraded version has better sound quality than the pro shots from the same day. The sound of the pro shots, which were at the highest level, feels so thin that you can enjoy plenty of the masterpieces of “PERMANENT VACATION” that you couldn’t hear in the classic “DEFINITIVE HAMPTON 1987”. This is the birth of a new masterpiece that marks the culmination of the two tours, “DEFINITIVE HAMPTON 1987”.

Disc:1 (55:57)
1. Intro.
2. Toys in the Attic
3. Same Old Song and Dance
4. Big Ten Inch Record
5. Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
6. Lightning Strikes
7. Rag Doll
8. Hangman Jury
9. Permanent Vacation
10. Angel
11. Back in the Saddle
12. Guitar Solo(Brad Whitford)
13. Last Child

Disc:2 (47:49)
1. Guitar Solo(Joe Perry)
2. Draw the Line
3. One Way Street / Darkness
4. Dream On
5. The Train Kept A-Rollin’
6. Drum Solo
7. Sweet Emotion (with “Peter Gunn Theme”
8. I’m Down
9. Walk This Way