Helloween: Live in
Osaka ’89 1st Night. Mainichi Hall, Osaka, Japan. 23.05.89
Description
Simply
wonderful, Kiske at his best,
and amazing set list, with the only problem that Halloween has a part of
the song lost in the middle of the last quarter and I want out cuts in the
middle, very strange to have the same problem with 2 of the best songs because
is clear it wasn’t a change of tapes, if it wasn’t for that this would be a 10
even being audience recording. According to Kiske the show was
the first headliner show of the year, that explains
the long set list. A tale that wasn’t right has some minor
mistakes at the end from the original recording like if the taper was pushed
and mic felt,
MetalHammer
magazine, issue #8 1989:
The band arrived in
Tokyo, after a night in a hotel they took the Bullet train to Osaka for the
first live gig. During the journey Michael played us a brand new track that
Weiki had written just before leaving Germany. Then the boys began talking
among themselves and to my surprise, I overheard this snipped of conversation
"Which god is my god, and why is my belief different from yours?" The
dialogue between Mr. Kiske, Jorn (the keyboard player) and Roland Grapow was
taking on a philosophical tone! Just shows you they don't just talk about
booze'n'birds in Helloween.
We arrived in a
rainy Osaka and they had a lot of free time on their hands, which prompted
Michael to use the time for his never ending search for Elvis Presley CDs and
what was not possible to find in Germany, in UK and in the US, he found in
Japan. "My god, how long have been searching for this!" Happily he
showed off the CDs he had searched the world to find.
The show as due that
evening and the hall was packed. It was a sell out and the audience reaction
was incredible. Thank god the kids didn't notice the technical and equipment
problems that Roland the new guitarist, and the roadcrew had to deal with.
After the show Roland seemed unhappy and
somewhat nervy. Michael Kiske tried to cheer him up with a little story:
"Just recently Weiki and I were travelling in a taxi when suddenly it
started to stink badly and so I asked him. 'Listen here, have you broken wind?'
Weiki energetically denied all. The driver of the taxi had realised what was
being discussed and turned round and said 'No man, that's only the catalytic
converter' The next time I took a taxi, the same terrible stink arose, and so I
asked the driver. 'Hey listen here, this is enough. Has this car got a
catalytic converter?' 'Ah no. It doesn't have one...' said the driver... 'I
just farted.'" Ingo began to laugh.
Audience recording, Quality -9
Song list
CD1
HAPPY HAPPY
HALLOWEEN
INVITATION
EAGLE FLY FREE
A LITTLE TIME
DR. STEIN
MARCH OF TIME
FUTURE WORLD
SAVE US
MARCUS BASS
SOLO
RISE AND FALL
STAIRWAY TO
HEAVEN & A TALE THAT WASN’T RIGHT
CD
HALLOWEEN
ROLAND GUITAR
SOLO
ROLAND GUITAR
SOLO CONTINUES
KEEPER OF THE
SEVEN KEYS
I'M ALIVE
LIVIN' AIN'T NO
CRIME
I WANT OUT
WEIKATH GUITAR
SOLO
HOW MANY TEARS
Do you want to trade it, mail me: vegueta37@yahoo.com