China (君炎) (Switzerland) - Live (1991)

(按圖放大/Original Size)

風格/Style:

AOR/Melodic Rock

廠牌/Label :

Vertigo

編號/# :

848 227-2

產地/Made In :

Germany

出版日期/Release Date :

1991

重發日期/Reissue Date :

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曲目/Tracklist :

1. Rock City
2. Sign in the Sky
3. So Long
4. In the Middle of the Night
5. Shout it Out
6. Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)

陣容/Lineup :

Eric St. Michaels - Vocals
Claudio Matteo - Guitar
Freddy Laurence - Guitar
Brain Kofmehl - Bass
John Dommen - Drums

All Keyboards played by Claudio C. Cueni

感想/Review :

這是從ebay購入的Live專輯，有兩首歌曲來自同名專輯，三首歌曲來自Sign In The Sky專輯，一首cover 70's著名Folk Rock樂隊Creedence Clearwater Revival的名曲Proud Mary。還有一首未發行歌曲Take Me沒有收錄在內，只有影像版本。以下是Producer Stephan Galfas在Booklet中寫下對此專輯的技術性資料。

　　A note from the producer for the technical maniacs: This Album was recorded on September 29th, 1990 at the "Marlboro Music Rock-in'90 Final in Locarno, Switzerland during CHINA's first full length live Television-Concert. This is a "live" Live-Album. It was recorded directly to the Digital Stereo Audio Tracks of the one inch video machine used to record the band's visual performance for television broadcast. There are, therefore, no fixes, overdubs, or even remixes. What you hear is exactly as it happened that night, so please forgive the few technical problems and enjoy this Mini-Concert from CHINA. Enough boring technical crap. Play it loud and keep on rockin'! Stephan Galfas, Nov. 9th, 1990

　　主音位置由Go All The Way專輯中的主音Eric St. Michaels擔任，其較輕柔的聲線及個人演唱方式為歌曲帶來新面貌。Rock City的Lead Guitar由Claudio Matteo負責，有不錯的演唱，個人比較喜歡Math Shiverow的演唱。Sign in the Sky有非常不錯的演唱，Lead Guitar由Freddy Laurence負責，歌曲尾段以非常不錯的雙結他彈奏延續了專輯中Fadeout的部份。So Long的前奏是兩支結他在Keyboards伴奏下，以掃Chord形式彈奏的特別Solo。Claudio Matteo把Chord作不同Tension轉換、節奏及旋律上的變化使得這段Solo富趣味性及旋律性。歌曲前半段以木結他及Keyboards伴奏，Claudio Matteo間斷地掃Chord伴奏，Freddy Laurence彈奏Broken Chord。第一次Chorus後，Claudio Matteo換以電結他彈奏，Freddy Laurence以木結他掃Chord伴奏，同時加入鼓及Bass伴奏。Eric St. Michaels有富感情的個性演唱，令歌曲更上一層樓。在歌曲尾段，Claudio Matteo加上一段出色的結他Solo，最後Eric St. Michaels以一段富感情的演唱結束歌。In the Middle of the Night雖然有Eric St. Michaels的個性演唱，但個人認為他唱高音部份時力不從心。中段Solo由Freddy Laurence彈奏，尾段Solo由Claudio Matteo彈奏。Shout it Out的Lead Guitar由Claudio Matteo負責，Solo及歌曲尾段都有出色的彈奏，而Eric St. Michaels亦有出色的演唱。結他Solo後，Bass手Brain Kofmehl在主音講話時把自己的Bass抬起到John Dommen的鼓組前，讓鼓手John Dommen一邊踏著Bass Drum一邊以鼓棍敲打Bass，自己以左手按弦配合彈奏出別樹一格的Bass Solo。最後一曲Proud Mary是cover 70's著名Folk Rock樂隊Creedence Clearwater Revival的名曲。開頭以正常節奏演釋，在唱完第一次Chorus後，歌曲節奏變得急促，並有突出的Keyboards伴奏。Eric St. Michaels有出色的演唱，結他手Claudio Matteo和Freddy Laurence分別負責第二及第二段Solo，兩段Solo都非常不錯。

　　總括來說，Setlist雖然短，但有超一流及驚喜的演釋，是我最愛的Live專輯之一。雖然是距離至今二十年的精彩演釋，但依然期待演唱會片段會作官方DVD推出。

影片/Video :

"Marlboro Music Rock -90 Final", Locarno, Switzerland 1990-09-29