July 15, 1999 @Shinjuku Liquid Room

July 15, 1999 @Shinjuku Liquid Room was a concert performed by Fishmans at Shinjuku Liquid Room as a finale for the フィッシュマンズ的組合 tour. Kin-Ichi Motegi was stand-in vocalist in absence of Shinji Sato, except where noted.

A snippet of this concert's version of 感謝(驚) would later appear as a bonus track on Disc 3 of ヒストリー・オブ・フイッシュマンズ. The concert was also partially released as a bootleg under 99.07.15 フィッシュマンズ的組合 ~ Partial.

QuickJapan reviewed the concert sometime in 1999; their text can be seen below.

Untranslated Japanese

フィッシュマンズは本当に名曲しか作らなかったんだなあ

佐藤伸治さんの突然の死から4ヵ月。歴代メンバーをはじめ、ビッケ、山本ムーグら総勢10名が集結。途中マリマリも急遽登場し、＂フィッシュマンズ＂の過去の楽曲が代わる代わるメインボーカルをとる形で演奏された。アンコールと出演者の挨拶を含め約3時間にも及んだステージは、熱狂的な歓声に包まれながら閉幕。終演後も感動のあまりむせび泣くファンの姿が数多く見られた。でも僕はこの日、色々な人が歌えば歌うほど、逆に佐藤伸治という偉大なフ口ントマンが「今ここにいない」という事実を実感させられてしまった。＂フィッシュマンズ＂の曲はやはり佐藤さんが歌ってこそマジックを呼ぶ—そう感じたのは僕だけだったのだろうか？（文·土佐有明）

English Auto-translated Using Google Translate, Edited for Comprehension

Fishmans really only made great songs

Four months have passed since Shinji Sato's sudden death. A total of ten people gathered, including past members, Bikke, and Moog Yamamoto. Marimari also made a surprise appearance midway through the performance, and they took turns singing Fishmans' past songs as the main vocals. The performance, which lasted about three hours including an encore and greetings from the performers, ended with enthusiastic cheers. Even after the performance, many fans were seen sobbing with emotion. However, the more people sang that day, the more I felt that the great Fishman Shinji Sato was "not here with us right now." Was I the only one who felt that Fishmans' songs really only have their magic when sung by Sato? (Text by Tosa Ariake)