Les Rallizes Denudes (Hadaka no Rallizes)

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(none of it's really as good as 77 live, though.)

"Flightless Bird" available from Julian Cope's HeadHeritage is way cool, and showcases Mizutani in a twangy Link Wray mode, (realtively) easy on the fuzz. Nice packaging, too.

ohhh shit

Great, ain't it?

yeah! just got the Live 77 thing. Really does not sound like it was recorded in 1977 though! Whoa.

they were doing similar things long before, and a lot of their mid 70s stuff seems a little distended / amorphous, maybe there was ~something in the air~ in 77?

they were better than the velvet underground n e wayz

and i like the vu an awful lot soooo

haaa, i'm not there yet, but this stuff really does sound fab. what should i get next?

Live 77 is the only one I've got. I'm fairly sure it's the only one I need.
I wish I had it with me right now.

yeah I have Live 77 on CD, so awesome

downloaded a couple others like "Heavier than a Death in the Family" and half of it seems like the same stuff? but I've never been motivated to parse it out and figure out what's what. (doesn't help that the titles of 77 Live came into my iTunes in Japanese.)

There is a lot of song duplication between releases of Rallizes stuff. There are also fidelity issues (which may not be as big a deal for Tyler).
I can't listen to live/bootleg stuff very often. Live 77 is the best sounding Rallizes release I have heard.

wow, really? yeah sound quality isn't a huge deal for me ... but live 77 doesn't seem terribly hi-fi. what a weird band.

They are the weirdest, it's kind of their thing.

Can I just
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5pZOXz4kBb4/S-YYTFDmzHI/AAAAAAAAAEw/SCdzyPepNrI/s1600/mizutani.jpg

yeahhh

YEAHHHH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJYmLVkdoGA

That is the longest clip I've ever seen of this band

In 1970, the original bass player Moriaki Wakabayashi was involved in the hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351 orchestrated by the Japanese Red Army. Singer Takashi Mizutani was allegedly offered a role in the hijacking, but turned it down.

I like that the predominant bass line is "I will follow him"

xp

"That is the longest clip I've ever seen of this band" ― Trip Maker

Someone just put up the full version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYteF-C4S_o

Listening via Spotify to 'Heavier than ...

Night Collectors sounds like 'I don't need to tell her' The Lurkers

i.e. Its great

Has anyone else that pre-ordered the CDs from Temporal Drift received a shipping notification or anything? Supposedly these were to be shipped out a couple weeks ago, but I haven't heard or seen anything.

Oops wrong LRD thread. I'll post it in the more appropriate one.

re-order link (and bandcamp stream and other stuff) in original of this, which itself is linked below:

Today, LA label Temporal Drift has announce a newly discovered, previously unknown
recording from Les Rallizes Dénudés - the album, YaneUra Sept. ‘80 will be released on Feb. 21, 2025. You can pre-order it now. It was recorded on September 11, 1980 at YaneUra in Shibuya, Tokyo, featuring guitarist Fujio Yamaguchi, formerly of proto-punk bad boys Murahachibu.

Also:
* Mixed and mastered from the original tapes by Rallizes member Makoto Kubota
* Official recording fully authorized by The Last One Musique
* Liner notes by Manabu Yuasa
* Available on “Galaxy Ice” color vinyl

While Les Rallizes Dénudés’ YaneUra Oct. ‘80 (DRFT13) was being prepared for release, a mysterious tape was unearthed. Discovered amid the piles of recordings left behind by frontman Takashi Mizutani, the undated cassette contained no recording info, and was referred to as “Unknown” during the archival process.

There was no mistaking the sound that was heard on the tape, however: the twin guitar interplay between Mizutani and Fujio Yamaguchi, the former Murahachibu guitarist whose addition to the Rallizes ushered in a new era for the band. This particularly clean recording was initially thought to be a forgotten studio recording, as corroborated by ex-members and others close to the band.

Ultimately, upon further research and meticulous listening, it was determined that the tape in fact contained a board recording of a set played at YaneUra in Shibuya, Tokyo, on September 11, 1980. The raw intensity of this performance feels far removed from the tight sound heard on YaneUra Oct. ‘80, which occurred just a month later.

Fittingly titled YaneUra Sept. ‘80, this album begins with “Flame of Ice,” which heats up considerably as the song reaches the middle point. Then, coming down like an avalanche are wilder than usual versions of “Reapers of the Night” and “The Night, Assassin’s Night,” followed by “The Last One.”

YaneUra Sept. ‘80 captures a flashpoint in the band’s Fujio-era lineup, which ultimately lasted only half a year or so. At the same time, it is bursting with the bottomless potential that the 1980s Les Rallizes Dénudés possessed deep within.

夜​の​収​穫​者​た​ち / Reapers of the Night
from 屋​​​根​​​裏 YaneUra Sept. '80 by Les Rallizes Dénudés

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1513122357_10.jpg

it's been out since the start of the Month: https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/yaneura-sept-80

Great will have a listen

love this one, totally corrosive sound

The version of "Flame of Ice" sounds like Creedence (a good thing). Might have to buy this one.