Farewell and Welcome Live 1998

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Farewell and Welcome Live 1998
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Live album by
T-Square
ReleasedJuly 18, 1998 [1]
RecordedApril 28, 1998 - Chicken George, Kobe, Japan [2] [3]
Genre Jazz Fusion
Length53:33
T-Square chronology
20th Anniversary Special
(1998)		Farewell and Welcome Live 1998
(1998)		Sweet & Gentle
(1999)

Farewell and Welcome Live 1998 is a live recording by the Japanese Jazz fusion band T-Square released on July 18, 1998 [1] and made available on VHS. [4] The concert was held to bid farewell to Masato Honda and Hirotaka Izumi who were leaving the band, and to welcome their replacements Takahiro Miyazaki and Tadashi Namba.

Contents

The Live Concert took place at Chicken George in Kobe, Japan, on April 28, 1998. Many songs were performed on this setlist that were not included on the VHS release.

Track listing

VHS

Sources [2] [5]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Romantic City" Masahiro Andoh 6:03
2."Bad Moon"Masato Honda12:01
3."Omens of Love"Hirotaka Izumi5:02
4."Sailing the Ocean"Masahiro Andoh5:47
5."Explorer"Mitsuru Sutoh5:55
6."Jubilee"Masahiro Andoh6:44
7."Forgotten Saga"Hirotaka Izumi12:01

Full Performance

Source [6]

Part 1

  1. Megalith
  2. Romantic City
  3. Play For You
  4. Takarajima
  5. Bad Moon
  6. Omens of Love

Part 2

  1. The Seven Wonders
  2. Sailing The Ocean
  3. One Step Beyond
  4. Explorer

Part 3

  1. Miss You
  2. Jubilee
  3. Truth

First Encore

  1. Forgotten Saga
  2. Japanese Soul Brothers

Second Encore

  1. Knight's Song
  2. Little Mermaid

Personnel

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