George Harrison with Eric Clapton and his band
Nagoya International Exhibition Hall, Nagoya, Japan
December 5th, 1991
One Moment In Time II (Misterclaudel mccd-22/23)
Disc 1:
01 Before the show
02 I Want To Tell You
03 Old Brown Shoe
04 Taxman
05 Give Me Love
06 If I Needed Someone
07 Something
08 What Is Life
09 Dark Horse
10 Piggies
11 Pretending
12 Old Love
13 Badge
14 Wonderful Tonight
Disc 2:
01 Got My Mind Set On You
02 Cloud Nine
03 Here Comes The Sun
04 My Sweet Lord
05 All Those Years Ago
06 Cheer Down, Devil’s Radio
07 Isn’t It A Pity
08 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
09 Roll Over Beethoven
Bonus track: Concert For George premier show at Nihon Seinekan Hall, November 13th, 2003
10 Olivia’s speech
Lineage: Silver CDs > XLD (secure ripper) > xACT > FLAC
Review:
George Harrison’s fourth show on his tour of Japan in Nagoya was released previously as Fourth Night Live on Platypus Records (PR-1001 A/B) and 4th Night Revisited (no label). These titles utilize the “first” tape source which is an excellent sounding incomplete DAT recording. It captures the first three fourths of the show cutting out at “Cheer Down”. Fourth Night Live edits in the December 17, 1991 Tokyo tape to present a complete show, while 4th Night Revisited uses the December 10th Osaka tape. Misterclaudel have found a new tape source and present the Nagoya concert complete for the first time. One Moment In Time II has the longest version of the first tape source running into the first half of “Devil’s Radio”. At that point the taper’s batteries died and he wasn’t able to tape the complete show. It’s a shame since it is one of the best recordings from this tour. The second source picks up in “Devil’s Radio” and continues with “Isn’t It A Pity” and the first encore “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”.
This tape source is clear and clean but taped a distance from the stage and is thin sounding mono. The third tape source is used for the second encore “Roll Over Beethoven” and is a very good stereo DAT recording that isn’t as clear as the first tape source but is much better than the second. The edits are very smooth and professional, presenting for the first time the whole Nagoya show. The quality of the show is a big improvement over the earlier ones. I feel that in the December 2nd Osaka show that Harrison was upstaged by Clapton. His thirty-minute set is the definite highlight of the show, whereas the ex-Beatle sounded very rusty, tentative and unsure of himself. It’s understandable since he hadn’t performed before a live audience in fifteen years. This show in Nagoya is a big improvement. Harrison sounds more relaxed and delivers a tight, fantastic show.
The bonus track is an audience recording of Olivia Harrison’s introduction at the Japanese premier of the Concert For George movie in November 2003. She thanks her late husband for his music and Eric Clapton for his participation and her words are followed by the translator. It’s a nice bonus although it doesn’t have anything to do with Harrison’s tour of Japan in general or his show in Nagoya in particular.
Enjoy,
Andrea82
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