Jeśli istniałby odpowiednik grafomaństwa w muzyce to z pewnością ta płyta znajduje się w tej kategorii. Wprost niewiarygodne wydawnictwo bliżej nieznanego Masataka Hara, który ponoć nagrał ten album jako soundtrack do swojego filmu. Trudno ocenić intencje jakimi się kierował - czy jest to muzyczny żart? czy sen wariata? Gdybym znał japoński to może choć w warstwie tekstowej album jest bardziej interesujący. Ale już zupełnym kuriozum jest to, że wydała go tak zasłużona dla muzyki progresywnej i psychodelicznej - wytwórnia Vertigo (japoński oddział). Postanowiłem jednak zaprezentować ją jako muzyczne dziwadło.
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A Japanese parody on singer/songwriter music? The instruments (especially the bassguitar) are not tuned properly, the singer is mostly out of key, the songs are monotonous, so we cannot do more than hope that the real interest lies in the lyrics. One can, of course, also wonder what people of different cultures than ours will make of early Bob Dylan... That latter gentleman at least didn't use this grating fender piano. B1 is a very long instrumental track quite close to some eastern-tinged tracks of US sixties bands, a welcome diversion. B2 makes use of highly distorted accompaniment, even though nothing in the atmosphere of the music seems to call for it. The rest is business as usual and we cannot refrain from thinking that this is how the Bonzo Dog Band would impersonate a Japanese folksinger. For initiates only, we guess.
And indeed, the singer poses quite spiritually inclined on the cover. On the back he is on horseback, striding among the lyrics. This is again a single cover. The lettering is very beautiful again, but this is not a big surprise from albums from the land of the rising sun.
And indeed, the singer poses quite spiritually inclined on the cover. On the back he is on horseback, striding among the lyrics. This is again a single cover. The lettering is very beautiful again, but this is not a big surprise from albums from the land of the rising sun.
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OdpowiedzUsuńI've been looking for this for a while.. Is it possible to re-up please?
OdpowiedzUsuńOhhhh... I'm sorry. This record is actually out of my collection.
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