高橋直純 Naozumi Takahashi – A\’LIVE 2006 \’smile moon\’ [2007.05.30] [2DVD ISO 13.3GB]

Eighth live DVD of seiyuu and singer Naozumi Takahashi, featuring complete footage of his holiday concert, held at C.C. Lemon Hall on December 17, 2006. It reached #12 on the Oricon\’s Music DVD chart.

The setlist here is quality and also serves as a good snapshot of the middle/pre-ColorS era of his career. Seems like he may have been having some pitch problems the day of this show, unfortunately, when compared to some of his others.
The concert is far from unwatchable, however, and there\’s still plenty to be enjoyed. The opening performance of \”Ashita no Kioku\” here is one of his stronger concert starts, for example, \”Kakato\” is suitably full of sass, and the overall energy of the show is enjoyable (–Energizer Bunny Nao on full display during \”Keep on Dancin\’ \”).

And, as with all his DVDs, starting with \”OKism\”, this DVD also has some bonus footage hidden on it. I\’ve detailed what it is and how to find and watch it below. Enjoy! wink.gif

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 \’smile moon\’ @ C.C. Lemon Hall
2006/12/17 (December 17, 2006)

[D1]　~opening
01.) Ashita no Kioku (明日の記憶)
02.) hEAVEN
03.) ~kiss you~
04.) Muteki na smile (無敵なsmile)
05.) Jitensha ni Notte (自転車に乗って)
06.) Kakato (踵)
07.) Canary (Acoustic Ver.) [カナリヤ]
08.) Itoshikute (Acoustic Ver.) [愛しくて]
09.) Mahou no Te (Acoustic Ver.) [まほうの手]
10.) Tsuki no Niji (月の虹)
11.) Kaeri no Izumi (還りの泉)
12.) Refrain (リフレイン)
13.) Te no Hira (てのひら)
14.) Flag On (フラグオン) [included on disc 2 as a hidden video; see below]
15.) Keep on Dancin\’
16.) slowly but surely
17.) COME ON!
18.) Ichiban-boshi (一番星)
[D2]　19.) Trim-Tab (トリムタブ)
20.) OK!
21.) Kimi ni Aete Yokatta (君に会えてよかった)

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

Audio options: 2.0 ch. Stereo / 5.1 Dolby True Sound. Also features an audio commentary.
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[D2]　Other content (特典エェ～ゾォ～):
1. \”smile moon\” Documentary mini-ver. (「smile moon」ドキュメントムービー　mini版)
2. Kore, Wakaru ka na? (これ、わかるかな？)
3. Reporter no Takahashi Detsu! (レポーターのタカハシでつ！)
4. Kono Mae no Betsu no Are (この前の例のアレ)
5. Staff credit (スタッフクレジット)