RED...First release of Kure on Compact Disk


June 10th 1989 at Hibiya Amphitheater. The crowd invited to participate to the live show Tone Generator was raving, after " 20 Century Boy" and a cover for T-rex exalted the fans with a briliant performance it comes the turn of Kurenai, the chorus crowd sings it over and over again frenzy almost delirious, it is demanded at encore over and over again...this is how a dream become reality.

The atmosphere was so vibrant alive that was decided KURENAI will be recorded then ana there for a later on release for first time on CD format. I guess it was the best decision to make,and so it comes that on Sept 1st 1989 , almost half of year after "Blue Blood" Tour was completed, Kure actually made it into a CD.

It has been many times re-issued since than but what you must know about the first press release is that within the cover case it contained a booklet folded on card size with Lyrics spread sheets both sides and lots of info regarding the content and the release itself.

 

CD's original cover was as well glittery and covered in flashy polish finishing it looked so luring, so unusual...attracting buyers like magnet...eye catching! what can I say a fully Visual Kei expression from glitter and paper ! Returning now to KURENAI single it contains 2 songs Kurenai and "20 Century Boy" and as I said before was released in limited edition...

before I will end I want to make something clear to you KURENAI MEANS RED...BUT WHEN I SAY KURENAI I REFER TO THE JAP/ENGLISH VERSION WHILE WHEN I REFER TO RED I ACTUALLY MEAN THE ORIGINAL FIRST WROTE JAPANESE VERSION. Lately we hear Kurenai a lot, the one re-arranged in musical terms by HIDE and band mates, but X haven't play in long time RED the original composition...

Thank you for the interest shown to this blog, I am grateful to all of you for returning to read more about HIDE and his great works with X, in Solo Projects, with Zielich or Spread Beaver!