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's nationwide "" tour in the summer of 2003. The DVD was released on December 17, 2003, by distributor

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. The first pressing of the DVD was available as a special limited edition, entitled "" and included a book attached to the DVD case which included a photographic history of Shiina's life and musical activities over the past five years, as well as bonus video content on the DVD.

Outline

"Electric Mole" is a recording of the final concert of Shiina's nationwide 2003 "" tour, held at the

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. The concert showcases a variety of songs from her debut album "

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", sophomore album "

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", and cover album " Utaite Myōri: Sono Ichi". Midway through the concert, footage cuts to a different night's performance, skipping the songs "

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" and " Ringo no Uta", the debut of the latter, which were played live but did not make it onto the concert DVD. Consequently, some fans expressed disappointment with the way the footage was edited for the DVD. As background video displayed during the concert shows Shiina's trademark

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disappearing from her left cheek, the DVD's title of "Electric Mole" is assumed to reference to this, and the way she later had the mole surgically removed in the winter of 2003.

Tracklist

Sugoroku Ecstasy

" " is the third nationwide concert tour by Ringo Shiina. The tour was in support of her third album ''

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'', though she performed material from her first two albums extensively, and spanned eight cities in prefectures across Japan, namely

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, Aichi,

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, Hyougo,

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and

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. Two tour dates each were held in Tokyo and Fukuoka, for a total of ten. The tour initially spanned August 23 to September 21, with the final Budokan concert on September 27 added at the end. This tour is characterized by a greater inclusion of cover songs than any of her past concerts. A special limited edition

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DSR-SR Ringo Shiina model guitar, nicknamed the "" and patterned after Shiina's signature model electric guitar, was produced for sale by " Duesenberg Guitars" to commemorate the fifth anniversary of her debut.

Tour Dates

Backing Band

This tour marks the formation of the band that would later be known as "", although the members served as Shiina's backing band and were not formally introduced until the conclusion of the tour. Tour members' names were written out in

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with the exclusion of the final character. For example, keyboard player H ZHETT M's name was rendered as " ヒイズミマサユ機" (Hiizumi Masayuki). * Vocals, Electric bass guitar: シーナリン湖 Shiina Ringo * Electric bass guitar: カメダセー時 Kameda Seiji * Electric guitar: ヒラマミキ緒 Hirama Mikio * Piano: ヒーズミマサユ季 Hiizumi Masayuki * Drums: ハタトシ樹 Hata Toshiki

References

External links

DVD entry at Shiina's official site Kronekodow

PE'Z official site

{{Ringo Sheena Ringo Sheena video albums