That live version of Agent into the Night goes so unreasonably hard. MASTER LIVE ENCORE is another real concert recording from the iM@S 360 era, and the setlist reads like a greatest hits run. Shiny smile opens things bright and warm, then GO MY WAY!!
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and Positive! in their REM@STER-B arrangements keep the energy way up. But it's the REM@STER-A block that steals everything. First Stage into Agent into the Night into Straight Ahead is just relentless. Flower and Present slow things down near the end with this genuine emotional weight that live recordings capture better than studio ever could.
If you play iM@S and haven't heard these songs with a crowd behind them, you're missing the whole point.