Shiina Ringo - 2000.07.30 - Zazen Xstasy

I consider Zazen Xstasy to be one of Ringo's most important concerts ever. It was a one night show, only available to a restricted number of fans, and with a setlist composed of tons of B-Sides, instead of the cliché songs. Some of them had interesting new arrangements and overall the performances were great. Also, it was the first and only Ringo concert to be broadcast live through the internet, with the choppy video/audio quality of the year 2000. And someone ripped it.
For some time, that rip and other audience recordings where the only way for anyone to experience the greatness of this concert. However, as everyone knows, we got lucky and in 2008 EMI released a great quality DVD with the full concert... Or was it? Not really! For some reason they decided to cut one of the songs, "Haikei EMI-dono", which is a cover of Sex Pistols' "EMI".

So what I've got here is the rip of the web streaming of the concert, which contains MC parts excluded from the DVD and also the Sex Pistols cover. But as you can guess, the audio quality is pretty crappy (and from what I saw of the video, that one is crappy too), so fortunately I also got hold of a audience recording bootleg of the "Haikei EMI-dono" song which sounds so much better.

I think the better option here is to keep the web rip because of the MCs (unless you don't care about those things) and then put "Haikei EMI-dono" along with the DVD rips of Zazen Xstasy (which I don't provide), in the order I will show bellow.


Tour: 座禅エクスタシー (Zazen Xstasy)
Venue: 嘉穂劇場 (Kaho Theatre)
Date: 2000.07.30
01 - 時が暴走する (Toki ga Busou Suru)
02 - 積木遊び (Tsumiki Asobi)
03 - 眩暈 (Memai)
04 - 少女ロボット (Shoujo Robot)
05 - リモートコントローラー (Remote Controller)
06 - MC1
07 - 茜さす帰路照らされど… (Akane-sasu Kiro Terasaredo…)
08 - 拝啓EMI殿 (Haikei EMI-dono)
09 - アイデンティティ (Identity)
10 - 病床パブリック (Byoushou Public)
11 - アンコンディショナル･ラブ (Unconditional Love)
12 - MC2
13 - サカナ (Sakana)
14 - 歌舞伎町の女王 (Kabukichou no Joou)
15 - 弁解ドビュッシー (Benkai Debussy)
16 - 浴室 (Yokushitsu)
17 - マイラグジュアリーナイト (My Luxury Night)
18 - シドと白昼夢 (Sid to Hakuchuumu)
19 - ストイシズム (Stoicism)

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You might be wondering why there is no "Nihon ni Umarete", and that's because it wasn't broadcasted in the web streaming.
Anyway, here is the "Haikei EMI-dono" from the audience recording bootleg, which sounds very good.

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PS - Starting this Saturday I'm going to be internetless during a month (maybe), so this is probably my last post till then. See ya!

Shiina Ringo - 2000.01.24 - Pop Jam

I do not have much information about this special episode of PopJam, but I suppose it isn't anything very important. What you see in the video is Ringo performing a slightly-short version of "Honnou" with most (if not all) of Gyakutai Glycogen's members. In the second part, Ringo acts has co-host of the show and makes a small comment about the Morning Musume performance (not included) and then presents the popular band The Yellow Monkey. But first comes a comedy duo pretending to be members of the band, only to be teased at by the real members that appear afterwards. They then have a joke performance of the song "JAM", which was used as theme song of PopJam at the time. During that time Ringo is next to them and exchanges some words, but nothing really important.

01 - 本能 (Honnou)
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Shiina Ringo - 2000.04.26 - Gekokujyo Xstasy

Remember this other post? Well, aparently someone was kind enough to provide this other nice bootleg of the same Gekokujyo Concert, at NHK Hall. I call it bootleg but it's actually a professional recording (video and audio) that just wasn't for sale. Alas, the video quality isn't impressive, and most of the times the picture is too dark, but I think it is well worth it. The higher resolution of the picture also provides a (much) better experience than the Kyoei Buranko video. Unfortunately, I couldn't compress it to less than ~900MB, because I didn't want to risk the picture quality with a lossy encode of an already lossy DVD source. However, you will agree that it's better than 2 DVD ISOs (~8GB), right? It's also almost 2 hours of video.
Anyway, that aside, I replaced the cover image of the previous post to one that now includes a "Fan Recording Version" label, so for this new version I will use the previous cover. The reason for this is that you will notice these MP3s sound much much better than the fan-recorded ones, which means this bootleg will be the standard for this concert. The other bootleg is still going to be available tho.
So I guess that's it! Enjoy.

Tour: 下剋上エクスタシー (Gekokujyo Xstasy)
Venue: NHKホール (NHK Hall)
Date: 2000.04.26
01 - Concert Beginning
02 - Medley
03 - Audience Cheering
04 - Band Enters Stage
05 - 本能 (Honnou)
06 - 虚言症 (Kyogenshou)
07 - 積木遊び (Tsumiki Asobi)
08 - Band Introduction
09 - あおぞら (Aozora)
10 - ギブス (Gips)
11 - MC1
12 - ギャンブル (Gamble)
13 - やっつけ仕事 (Yattsuke Shigoto)
14 - 弁解ドビュッシー (Benkai Debussy)
15 - ここでキスして。 (Koko de Kissu Shite)
16 - アイデンティティ (Identity)
17 - 警告 (Keikoku)
18 - MC2
19 - 罪と罰 (Tsumi to Batsu)
20 - 歌舞伎町の女王 (Kabukichou no Joou)
21 - 浴室 (Yokushitsu)
22 - 依存症 (Izonshou)
23 - シドと白昼夢 (Sid to Hakuchuumu)
24 - 病床パブリック (Byoushou Public)
25 - Audience Cheering
26 - MC3
27 - 同じ夜 (Onaji Yoru)
28 - Audience Cheering
29 - MC4
30 - 月に負け犬 (Tsuki ni Makeinu)
31 - Concert Ending

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PS - You will need 7zip to extract the video file, because it's split in 2 parts.

Shiina Ringo - 1999.09.05 - Sweet Love Shower '99

Here is another concert from 1999, Sweet Love Shower '99, one month before the release of the yet-to-be super popular "Honnou". Actually, it was in this concert that Ringo first performed that song, so it's amusing to see that the audience doesn't really react to the opening lines, contrary to want happens currently (see Ringo EXPO 08). But I really like every performance in this concert. Gyakutai Glycogen is the backing band and you shouldn't miss Kameda with his amazing mohawk, playing the bass.
About the files, the audio is pretty decent quality, since we're talking about a Space Shower TV broadcast and not some audience recording. For the MP3s I picked a different source than the video, and they should present no kind of problem. As for the video, I had actually different sources for each performances, so I did my best to merge them all into one single contiguous video. You may notice changes in video quality but I think I can guarantee that nothing is missing.

Concert: Sweet Love Shower '99
Venue: 日比谷野外音楽堂 (Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall)
Date: 1999.09.05
01 - Introduction
02 - 歌舞伎町の女王 (Kabukichou no Joou)
03 - 丸の内サディスティック (Marunouchi Sadistic)
04 - MC1
05 - アイデンティティ (Identity)
06 - 幸福論(悦楽編) (Koufukuron (Etsuraku-hen))
07 - MC2
08 - 本能 (Honnou)
09 - シドと白昼夢 (Sid to Hakuchuumu)
10 - リモートコントローラー (Remote Controller)
11 - Ending

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PS - Just wanted to point out that she doesn't perform "Kabukichou no Joou" completely, but only the opening lines.

Shiina Ringo - 2000.04.26 - Gekokujyo Xstasy (fan)

Another nice bootleg, this time from the April 26 Gekokujyo Xstasy concert at NHK Hall. GX was her first big tour around Japan, spanning 16 concerts, from April to June of 2000. What you can find on the official Gekokujyo Xstasy DVD is a mix of different performances from the tour, but this bootleg is one full concert from start to finish.
The band supporting Ringo in this time was also Gyakutai Glycogen, like in Gekikou Quantize and Zazen Xstasy.

Tour: 下剋上エクスタシー (Gekokujyo Xstasy)
Venue: NHKホール (NHK Hall)
Date: 2000.04.26
01 - Medley
02 - Audience Cheering
03 - 本能 (Honnou)
04 - 虚言症 (Kyogenshou)
05 - 積木遊び (Tsumiki Asobi)
06 - Band Introduction
07 - あおぞら (Aozora)
08 - ギブス (Gips)
09 - MC1
10 - ギャンブル (Gamble)
11 - やっつけ仕事 (Yattsuke Shigoto)
12 - 弁解ドビュッシー (Benkay Debussy)
13 - Audience Cheering
14 - ここでキスして。 (Koko de Kissu Shite)
15 - アイデンティティ (Identity)
16 - 警告 (Keikoku)
17 - Audience Cheering
18 - MC2
19 - 罪と罰 (Tsumi to Batsu)
20 - 歌舞伎町の女王 (Marunouchi Sadistic)
21 - 浴室 (Yokushitsu)
22 - 依存症 (Izonshou)
23 - シドと白昼夢 (Sid to Hakuchuumu)
24 - 病床パブリック (Byoushou Public)
25 - Audience Cheering
26 - 同じ夜 (Onaji Yoru)
27 - Audience Cheering
28 - 月に負け犬 (Tsuki ni Makeinu)
29 - Audience Cheering

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Some of the audience tracks are very amusing, especially track 17. As for the cover, I will try to find a better font for it. It was a bit of a rushed job, because I'm going on holidays tomorrow and there's much to do. I'll be away for a week and a half.

Shiina Ringo - 2000.11.25 - Gekikou Quantize

This is a recording of the concert Gekikou Quantize, where Ringo performed with her backing band Gyakutai Glycogen, the same one she used in Zazen Xstasy. It was a one day concert, to mark her 22nd birthday and possibly to promote the recently released Zecchoushuu, altough she only performed one song from that CD. Overall it's very good and provides some nice covers as well.
As is normal with most bootlegs, the sound quality isn't amazing, but enough to enjoy what once was Shiina Ringo. Ironically, I advise not to put the volume very loud tho.

Concert: 激昂クヲンタイヅ (Gekikou Quantize)
Venue: 原宿アストロホール (Harajuku Astro Hall)
Date: 2000.11.25
01 - Intro
02 - 幸福論（悦楽編） (Koufukuron (Etsuraku-hen))
03 - MC1
04 - 正しい街 (Tadashii Machi)
05 - 歌舞伎町の女王 (Kabukichou no Joou)
06 - モンローのテーマ (Monroe no Theme)
07 - MC2
08 - いけない子 (Ikenai Ko)
09 - 喪興瑠怒 (So Cold)
10 - アイデンティティ (Identity)
11 - 警告 (Keikoku)
12 - MC3
13 - 今夜だふ (Konya Dafu)
14 - 8823
15 - MC4
16 - 恋は盲目 (Love is Blind)

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