Name: ROUGH CUTT - READING FESTIVAL 1986 FRIDAY ROCK SHOW
SKU: K61125RC
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Richfield Avenue, Reading, England 23rd August 1986 STEREO SBD

　ROUGH CUTT, which produced the famous husky-voiced singer Paul Shortino and ran through the LA metal era, has released a soundboard album that will let you hear their live performances in your brain.

　This work was recorded at the Reading Festival on August 23, 1986. It is a stereo soundboard recording of their appearance at the iconic British summer festival. Their first UK live performance was at the Marquee Club in 1984, but that was before their debut, when they were still semi-professional. It was their first visit to the UK as an album artist, and it was also the end of their heyday. This is a good opportunity to look back on their activities during their heyday, which ended in a bubble, including their two memorable visits to Japan.

●1985
《February 11th “ROUGH CUTT” released》
・March 20th – May 17th: North America #1 (26 shows)
・August 11th: Appearance at Super Rock ’85
・August 13th – December 27th: North America #2 (62 shows)
●1986
《July 7th “WANTS YOU!” released》
・August 23rd + 26th: UK (2 shows)←★Here★
・September 20th: Denver show
・October 11th: Puerto Rico show
・November 8th – December 26th: North America #3 (9 shows)
●1987
・January 28th – 31st: Japan (3 shows)←※TOKYO 1987
《Paul Shortino leaves the band → Pellimore McCarty replaces》
《October 4th: Shortino appears in JAPAN AID as QUIET RIOT 2 performances》
・October 20th – November 14th: North America #4 (3 performances)
《ROUGH CUTT disbands》

　This is their journey from debut to disbandment. Their records are still limited, so it is difficult to say that the above is everything, but I think you can understand the general flow. In this way, ROUGH CUTT’s career was mostly occupied in North America, their main battlefield, but in between they also made inroads in Japan and the UK. Shortino decided to leave the band during their “Japan” tour in early 1987. In October of the same year, he returned to Japan as the frontman of QUIET RIOT. As such, their overseas performances are very rare. In particular, their appearance at the “Reading Festival” in this work was a highlight of their career, which could be called the “British version of Super Rock ’85”.

　This historic show was broadcast on the BBC’s famous program “Friday Rock Show.” It is also known that one of the few soundboards from ROUGH CUTT in its prime was left behind, and this work is a new master that has raised the peak of that. Its true identity is the 1st generation cassette released by famous collector “GManOF”. In fact, the sound is just superb. To be honest, there were many disappointing masters in the past who were tattered and mokooko, but this time it is different. The freshness with almost no dubbing marks is wonderful, and the performance sound that is crisp to the subtleties of the subtleties stands out in the transparent atmosphere.

　The 1st Generation Sound depicts the crystallization of the prime of ROUGH CUTT, condensing two albums. Because it was a festival performance, the time was quite limited to about 40 minutes, but it was also very rich. Let’s summarize the contents here.

●Rough Cut (4 songs)
Kids Will Rock (★) / Dressed To Kill / Piece Of My Heart / Cutt Your Heart Out
●Want You (6 songs)
Rock The USA / Don’t Settle For Less (★) / Let ‘Em Talk / Bad Reputation / We Like It Loud / Double Trouble
*Note: Songs marked with “★” are songs that could not be heard on the official album “LIVE”.

…And so it goes like this. The previous 20 songs were in the repertoire for the two albums, but in Reading they were condensed into one album’s worth of 10 songs. Speaking of live performances from the 1980s, there is also the official excavation album “LIVE,” but this work also features “Kids Will Rock,” which could not be heard there.

　Not only the set but also the performance was intense. Since it was a famous foreign festival, the enthusiasm was incredible, and because it was short, the tension of sprinting never faded from beginning to end. All the conditions were right, and the super-intense stage of their career high was poured directly into their brains.

　This is a soundboard album of the heyday of ROUGH CUTT, which has reached the same level as the official “LIVE” with the 1st Gene cassette treasured by “GManOF”. This is an absolute must-have album that should be made into an official deluxe edition in a two-disc set with “WANTS YOU!” Don’t miss it!

★Stereo soundboard recording of the “Reading Festival performance on August 23, 1986”. This is the 1st Gene Master released by the famous collector “GManOF”, and is a superb product comparable to the official excavation “LIVE”. This is an absolute soundboard album with “Kids Will Rock” that cannot be heard in the official work and the explosive tension of facing a famous foreign festival.

(40:02)
01. Tommy Vance Intro.
02. Rock The USA
03. The Kids Will Rock
04. Don’t Settle for Less
05. Dressed to Kill
06. Let ’em Talk
07. Bad Reputation
08. Guitar Solo
09. We Like It Loud
10. Double Trouble
11. Piece of My Heart
12. Cutt Your Heart Out