DAVID LEE ROTH – PARIS 1991 FIRST NIGHT

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Le Zenith, Paris, France 22nd March 1991 PERFECT SOUND

　David Lee Roth embodied the “royal road of American HR” in his masterpiece “A LITTLE AIN’T ENOUGH” in 1991. This masterpiece live album allows you to experience a precious full show where his charm explodes.

　This work is recorded from the “Paris performance on March 22, 1991″. This is an excellent audience recording. The “A LITTLE AIN’T ENOUGH” era was, in a sense, the pinnacle of “solo singer: DLR”. Without the help of guitar giants such as Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai, he maintained the shining “royal road of American HR”. It was a unique era where only Diamond Dave’s charm dominated the entire work and did not fall into the nostalgic melody of his old home.

　On the other hand, the “A LITTLE AIN’T ENOUGH Tour” is also a hidden gem of a sound source. It is usual that there is no soundboard, but this tour has received little attention due to the absence of guitar giants, and the number of audience recordings is overwhelmingly small. When it comes to masterpieces/famous recordings, our classic “SWEDISH MASTER 1991 (Shades 908)” was almost the only one. This work is also a new masterpiece that opens up such a hidden gem.

　Before the painful content, let’s start with the position of the show. Let’s unravel the precious activity outline of the “A LITTLE AIN’T ENOUGH” era.

●1991
{January “A LITTLE AIN’T ENOUGH” released}
・February 22-March 6: UK (10 performances)
・March 8-April 10: Europe (24 performances) ←★Here★
・June 13-August 16: North America (42 performances)

　This is David Lee Roth in 1991. The Paris performance of this work was the 10th performance of the “European” leg. It was also exactly one week (5 performances) after “SWEDISH MASTER 1991″.

　This work, which vacuum-packed the scene, is a new masterpiece that jumped out from the collection of a famous master. That master is Mr. “Stephane”. A master recordist who has been monopolizing the topic of HR/HM collectors recently, he was active mainly in France in the early 1990s. A large number of amazing recordings have been released, and our shop has received great reviews for many bands’ famous recordings, including the press masterpieces of BLACK SABBATH and IRON MAIDEN, as well as Steve Vai’s WHITESNAKE and EUROPE, Gary Moore, SCORPIONS, Yngwie Malmsteen, and others. This work is the David Lee Roth edition by such a master.

　In fact, the sound is wonderful, not tainting the master’s golden signboard. The airiness created from the original cassette is clear. The sound is fresh and distortion-free. Although there is no direct feeling that can be mistaken for a sound board as a result of the recording position, the core that penetrates the sound is strong, so the details reach firmly and you don’t feel any distance. As expected, it is a “Stephane” collection.

　Such a master sound is drawn in a full show full of rare songs. In order to realize its rarity, let’s organize the full set here.

●VAN HALEN (8 songs)
・Flame of Fire: You Really Got Me / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / Ice Cream Man
・1984: Panama / Hot For Teacher / Jump
・Others: Unchained / Beautiful Girls
●Solo (12 songs + α)
・Crazy from the Heat: East Street / Just a Gigolo-I Ain’t Got Nobody / California Girls
・A Little Ain’t Enough: Baby’s On Fire (★★) / A Lil’ Ain’t Enough (★) / Lady Luck (★★) / 40 Below (★★) / Shoot It (★) / Hammerhead Shark (★★) / Tell The Truth
・Others: Just Like Paradise / Yankee Rose
*Note: Songs marked with “★” are exclusive to this tour. Songs marked with “★★” are especially rare songs only available on the European leg.

… and so on. The axis is the masterpieces of the new album “A LITTLE AIN’T ENOUGH”. Dave’s solo activities have had different concepts depending on the period, and have changed greatly from “1986-1994 = new songs mainly” to “1998 and after = VAN HALEN festival”. The former played a lot of new songs, but did not carry them over to the subsequent tours. Therefore, in this work, the numbers from the Vai era are limited to “Just Like Paradise” and “Yankee Rose”, and the large number of “A LITTLE AIN’T ENOUGH” numbers are hardly played after this tour. That’s why all the tour recordings up to 1994 are valuable. Even without the super guitarists’ virtuosity, the diamond shines undiminished. No, because there are no tricky phrases, the focus is even more on the unique groove, and you can enjoy the rich “DLR world”. This is a new masterpiece that allows you to experience the “A LITTLE AIN’T ENOUGH Tour” with a master sound. Please enjoy it to the fullest!

★ An exquisite audience recording of the “March 22, 1991 Paris performance”. A newly excavated master from the collection of the popular master “Stephane”, the clear air is fresh and there is no sound or distortion. This is a new masterpiece that allows you to enjoy a mountain of rare songs only from this tour, such as “Baby’s On Fire”, “A Lil’ Ain’t Enough”, “Lady Luck”, “40 Below”, “Shoot It”, and “Hammerhead Shark”.