Chisato Moritaka's "Kokon Tozai" Concert Gets The Deluxe Treatment!

Chisato Moritaka's 1991 Kokon Tozai Deluxe Edition Bluray Set

 I've always considered Chisato Moritaka’s 1991 Kokon Tozai ~ Oni-ga DerukaJa-Ga Deruka Live Video as one of the “Holy Trinity” of live Chisato concerts, (the other two being her 1993 Live Rock Alive Concert Tour and her 1994 Lucky Seven Tour Concert) where Chisato was at the absolute top of her game, right at the crossroads of Cute Idol and Contemporary Songstress, her repertoire full of songs both adorably poppy and full-throttle ROCKING! Add to that Chisato’s almost endless supply of energetic choreography to the mix, and you’ve got a powerhouse Live experience! Boy did I play those three Concert laserdiscs over and over and OVER again, til they quickly became the Live J-pop concerts that other must compare to!  

The Chisato "Holy Trinity" of Live Concerts, 2000 DVD releases

 I was thrilled when Warner Music released these concerts on DVD back in 2000 (see above), and didn’t waste time grabbing those, and now, the news of Chisato’s concerts out all newly remastered on BLURAY got me excited ALL OVER AGAIN!
   Besides the allure of seeing the Kokon Tozai concert on Bluray, the biggest draw for me was when I realized that the set was going to come with TWO versions of the Kokon Tozai concert, one bluray featuring the regular released 23 song version, and, unbelievably, another bluray featuring the complete 26 song concert in its actual performance order! Holy crap, I just couldn’t wait to check that one out!

Kokon Tozai Bluray Box

My package arrived this morning, and wow, I had no IDEA it was going to be such an elaborate package! First off, I thought it was going to be jewel-box sized, what I got was a big 8x 11/½ x1” glossy case just filled to the BRIM with goodies!!! Along with the Bluray of the Regular released Concert, the Bluray of the Extended, Compete Concert, a Double Disc CD of the complete remastered concert, TWO beautiful glossy photobooks and even a sheet of stickers!!

Kokon Tozai 2 Blurays,2 CDs

Kokon Tozai Concert Program Reproduction and Photobooklet

Man, watching the concert right now, and damn if the bluray clarity isn’t out of this WORLD! The detail is SO FINE I can see every sparkle and brilliant colors of her outfits, the glossy sheen of those luxurious long locks of hers, and even the smooth texture of her lovely skin, oh man, such a mind blowing sight to see!

 The sound is, as to be expected, also awesome, with bright highs and bassy lows; my all time favorite tracks for this concert have always been “Funky Monkey Baby” and “Yoru No Entotsu”, and I gotta tell you, blasting those songs to the high heavens, I can safely say it’s just NEVER sounded so DAMN GOOD!!!

  Looking at the CDJapan catalog, I see they’ve also given Chisato’s previous 1990 Moritaka Land Concert Tour the deluxe treatment, after watching this concert, I am just hoping and wishing and praying that my other fave concerts Live Rock Alive and Lucky Seven get this wonderful deluxe treatment as well!!!
Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com