ANAHEIM 1978 DAY 1 UPGRADE

Sound 8.5 Packaging 9.5 Performance 8 Video

Label: No Label
Source: Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim 23 July 1978.
Format: 2 picture cds
Running time: 55.52/57.15
Sound / source: Audience stereo
Packaging: Double Slimline Jewel case
Features
Video / source

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Track list

Disc One: 1. Intro, 2. Let It Rock, 3. All Down The Line, 4. Honky Tonk Women, 5. Star Star, 6. When The Whip Comes Down, 7. Beast Of Burden, 8. Lies, 9. Miss You, 10. Just My Imagination.

Disc Two: 1. Shattered, 2. Respectable, 3. Far Away Eyes, 4. Love In Vain, 5. Tumbling Dice, 6. Happy, 7. Sweet Little Sixteen, 8. Brown Sugar, 9. Jumping Jack Flash.

The review

The Stones first concert at Anaheim came out only on 2 bootleg cds: The Burning Out (Black and Blue 2008-9) in 1994 sporting a very distant recording with lots of pitch fluctuations at the beginning and on Anaheim 1978 Day 1 (No Label) released in 2020 that had anyway the same source. This is a new master of that, which has corrected the phase as well as the equalization offering a clearer open sound, with the cuts between tracks going almost unnoticed now. Honky Tonk Women has a long intro, due to some issues to Jagger’s microphone, but in this concert there were other technical problems which caused Sweet Little Sixteen, Happy and Jumping Jack Flash to be delayed a bit. On this show Nicky Hopkins joined the band on stage again and Jagger introduced Ron Wood saying he is a permanent band member now. Artwork has been re-done too and is now very good. But, of course, the main thing is the sound output which is excellent, justifying the Upgrade added to the title, well deserved.