Toto: Japan

[RumTumJM]

Here's the 1st video of the 2014 Tour. It seems like Keith has gotten the groove down!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vIQ-x7d7DM

I'm still trying to figure out if they are still using the tape for the chorus or not. I KNOW they have in the past (as do most of us on here.) Have they stopped doing so, once they added the backing vocalists in 2010?

Regardless, they sound really good!

[Andrew]

There's like 6 people singing on stage...why would anyone need tapes????

And it's clear as a bell mix....100% live without even having to think about it.

JW sounds/looks great too!

[RumTumJM]

I hear ya Andrew, and agree. But I've heard of crazier things being done .

Supposedly The Eagles use tapes. On this current tour, they have up to 9 people on stage with mics. That's not enough for live?!

[The_Noble_Cause]

Sounds great. Thanks for posting. Strongest lineup ever, perhaps? I tend to think so.

[RumTumJM]

Here's another. GREAT quality.

The band sounds KILLER, but there's one intriguing thing: it seems like Keith Carlock is opting NOT to play the classic shuffle beat, for Goodbye Elenore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOJ2DaTa6TA

[Sundet]

Joseph Williams is an absolutely amazing singer! What a voice! What a pitch!

[Red]

Joseph Williams is an absolutely amazing singer! What a voice! What a pitch!

I remember hearing him in Gothenburg in 1988. Who would have thought he would sound this good 25 years later. Incredible.

[lordreo]

Amazing! That's all that needs to be said!

[TotoStu]

Joseph Williams is an absolutely amazing singer! What a voice! What a pitch!

He is amazing. Really amazing. Not a massive fan of the Farenheit and The Seventh One albums but I'm DIGGING what I'm hearing and seeing from Live In Poland. He's not better than Kimball - he's DIFFERENT. Whilst I'll always love Kimball - I'm still really starting to dig Williams. Mainly cause I've been forced to stop comparing them based on the sheer quality of what they're putting out lately under this incarnation.

There's this thing Williams does and I'm going to try and come back with examples from YouTube soon to explain it - but you guys might already understand what I'm talking about... Williams kind of has this ability (and it's totally unique to him) to take his voice off at an angle. Something he does with the inflection on certain words. There's absolutely no mistaking it. No other singer does it. It's weird... I hope you guys know what I'm talking about cause it's difficult to put into words... and it helps to make a certain emotional point of the song.

Hope that made sense...

[Sundet]

To quote his brother Mark: Joe Williams as a "complete natural".

I was absolutely stunned when I saw the 2010 reunion tour, and from that point he has only become better and better. To be honest, he sounds much, much better now, even better than on the Fahrenheit tour. I honestly can't think of that many singers who seem to have improved with age, let alone after turning 50 - and let alone after all but ruining their voice on drugs and whatnot. At some point Joe said that his voice dropped 1 1/2 octave after the 1988 tour. Well, he's got all that back now and then some.

Just downloaded Live in Poland from iTunes and this is the Toto live album I have been waiting for since I became a fan back in 1990.

[RumTumJM]

Here's a GREAT video of the first 24 minutes of the Nagoya show!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lUkCRDyyo0

[edcollante]

Wow, Carlock sounds HUGE. I still like Simon Phillips bettter, but I gladly take all my criticism back.

[RumTumJM]

Here's a GREAT video of the first 24 minutes of the Nagoya show!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lUkCRDyyo0

FYI, the video above is the 1st of 9. Together they cover the WHOLE SHOW.

I have been listening to the videos at my desk, and it really sounds INCREDIBLE. This band is truly invigorated!

[DracIsBack]

Is the set the same as last summer or are there new tunes?

[Sundet]

Look as though the setlist is pretty much the same - doubt they have had any time to rehearse a new set, being as they are writing and recording a new album.