高橋直純 Naozumi Takahashi – A\’LIVE 2006 \’OKism\’ [2006.12.08] [2DVD ISO 11.45GB]

Seventh live DVD of seiyuu and singer Naozumi Takahashi, featuring footage from his 2006 tour \”OKism\”, which was held from June 9 to July 14.

This one\’s a little different from prior DVDs — instead of footage and audio from only one tour date, this release takes from multiple different dates (though it leans toward favoring the tour final).

If you\’re new to Naozumi lives, this would be one of the concerts I recommend starting with. While it doesn\’t have as many huge highwater marks as some of his other concerts, it doesn\’t have any particular low points or drawbacks, either, be it performance or production-wise. His voice is quite consistent throughout, and the mixing and mastering of the audio, while not quite as good as the prior two DVDs is still pretty dynamic, and the somewhat weightier sound suits the larger live halls he\’s performing at here.

Recommendations marked below. italic underlines denote songs at least three out of the five people I watched this with agreed were a highlight of the show, bold italic underlines denotes unanimous agreement that a song was a major high point. Which disc footage is on has been marked by bolded white text — [D1] for Disc 1 and [D2] for Disc 2.

A\’LIVE 2006 \’OKism\’ @ NHK Hall (primary)
2006/07/14 (July 14, 2006) [primary]

[D1] ism -opening theme-
01.) Trim-Tab (トリムタブ) [all 5 recorded dates]
02.) LOVE SHAKER -HAPPY ver.-
03.) CELL
04.) hEAVEN
05.) Kakato (踵)
06.) Merry-Go-Round (メリーゴーランド)
07.) Tanpopo (たんぽぽ)
08.) siempre [alt. date audio]
09.) Muteki na smile (無敵なsmile) [alt. date audio]
10.) Curry Rice (カレーライス)
11.) Hanabi (花火) [alt. date mix]
12.) Prism [alt. date audio]
13.) slowly but surely [multi date mix]
14.) Canary (カナリヤ)
15.) Go! Go! Over Drive [all 5 recorded dates]
16.) OK!
[D2] 17.) Trouble Maker (トラブルメーカー) [alt. date performance]
18.) Kimi ni Aete Yokatta (君に会えてよかった)
19.) Ichiban-boshi (一番星)

Performers:
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Vo. Naozumi Takahashi
Gtr./Cho. U-Ken! (Kenji Ueki)
Bass/Cho. Maru-san (Shiro Maruyama)
Dru./ Kaoru Suzuki (from IZANAMI)
Key./Cho. Yuichi \”MASA\” Nonaka
Sax./Cho. Satoshi \”Tag\” Taguchi
Perc. K-ta

[D2] Other content (特典映像):
-Staff roll (スタッフロール)
-Trouble no ism (Shuchou) [トラブルのism(主張)]
-Naohachi no ism (直八のism)
-Member-tachi no ism (メンバー達のism)
-MC no Omake-ism (MCのおまけism)
-Commercialism (コマーシャリズム)

NOTE: Starting with this DVD, all his DVDs releases going forward feature some form of hidden content: