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Reduced price due to dvd being vg+ and OBI-strip is missing
Mr. Big were one of the few “shredder” pop metal bands (translation: the bandmembers were highly proficient at their instruments) that prized songcraft as highly as virtuosity. The seeds for the group’s formation were sown when bass player extraordinaire Billy Sheehan, often called “the Eddie Van Halen of bass,” left David Lee Roth’s solo band in 1988. Shortly thereafter, he began piecing together a new outfit comprised of former Racer X guitarist Paul Gilbert, drummer Pat Torpey, and singer Eric Martin, the latter of whom had issued a pair of obscure solo releases in the mid-’80s. By 1989, the newly formed quartet had already inked a recording contract with Atlantic, resulting in the release of a self-titled debut the same year. Despite finding a warm reception among musicians, the album failed to cross over to a mainstream rock audience in America; however, Mr. Big was an immediate success overseas in Japan. The sophomore effort, 1991’s Lean into It, included the number one smash “To Be with You” and the Top 20 hit “Just Take My Heart.” Bump And Grind was released in 1993 but the band would never sustain such commercial success once again as they had with the previous album. No matter what the band continued to soar in Japan (resulting in countless sold-out tours and such Japan-only live albums as Raw Like Sushi, Raw Like Sushi 2, Japandemonium, Mr. Big in Japan, etc.). One of this Japan only recordings, the one made at Kouseinenkin Kaika Hall in tokyo on the 29th of October 1993 (Bump Ahead Tour), was released on dvd in 2008. If youre a fan of the band then you need to experience them in front of a Japanese crowd. The show opens with a raucous version of Colorado Bull Dogs Other tracks worth extra mentioning is the renditions of Green Tinted Sixties Mind and Just To Be With You and the excellant cover of Cat Steven’s Wild World. There are also solo spots for Paul Gilbert and Billy Sheehan as well as a beautiful performance of Promise Her The Moon. As i mentioned earlier a must have for fans of well played melodic hardrock
Track list:
1. Intro
2. Colorado Bulldog
3. Price You Gotta Pay
4. Temperamental
5. Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
6. Take A Walk
7. Just Take My Heart
8. Mr. Gone
9. Wild World
10. Nothing But Love
11. A Little Too Loose
12. Guitar Solo-Paul Gilbert
13. The Whole World’s Gonna Know
14. Drum Solo-Pat Torpey
15. What’s It Gonna Be
16. Bass Solo-Billy Sheehan
17. Addicted To That Rush
18. To Be With You
19. Promise Her The Moon
20. Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy
21. Johnny B. Good
22. Mr. Big
23. Shy Boy