Immortalized as the first disc of Volcanic Performance (one of my favorite bootlegs of theirs), their show on November 3, 1975, at Meiji Gakuin University is very good.
Opening with a solid version of "Field of Artificial Flowers", the show really begins to get good with a rendition of "Romance of the Black Pain otherwise Fallin' in Love With".
I'm not sure if it's the source of the recording I have or if Mizutani used a phaser on his guitar (leaning more toward the former), but I think it really works with this show, especially with the following performance of "Deeper than the Night". "Flames of Ice" is great as usual. And, of course, "The Last One" appears here in all its power.
Overall, a stellar performance and a highlight for the 70s shows. As previously mentioned, this show was made available through the Volcanic Performance bootleg released in 2008. Some of the songs also appeared on the bootleg Naked Diza Star, which was released in 2006. Both were put out by the label Univive, a label heavily associated with LRD bootlegs.
So, with the review over, it comes time to address the other half of this title. I still want to use this blog, but it is very difficult to listen to all of LRD's work in chronological order. Not simply because of the amount of work they made, but because it's difficult when the history of a group like LRD is so muddy and obscure. I find it much easier to simply review everything the band made, order be damned. I'll probably jump all over the place, but I'm still aiming to get everything covered. That will be how this blog continues. I've updated the title of the blog to reflect this change. Sorry if that upsets those looking forward to this format, but I think this will be easier for all of us. Next post will be an official release.
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