Japan - Oil On Canvas 1983 [EAC - FLAC] (oan)

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 02 - Sons Of Pioneers.flac28.63 MB
 03 - Gentlemen Take Polaroids.flac45.26 MB
 04 - Swing.flac35.54 MB
 05 - Cantonese Boy.flac24.31 MB
 06 - Visions Of China.flac22.93 MB
 07 - GHOSTS.flac31.46 MB
 08 - Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer.flac17.71 MB
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Oil on Canvas is a live album by the British band Japan, released in 1983 by Virgin Records.

Although it is a live recording of their established material, the album also contains three new

studio tracks ("Oil on Canvas", "Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer" and

"Temple of Dawn"), recorded separately by Sylvian, Sylvian/Jansen and Barbieri respectively.

(The name of Barbieri's track is taken from the novel The Temple of Dawn by the acclaimed

Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima.)



Although the album was released some months following the band's much publicised split in

late 1982, it was ironically Japan's highest charting album in the UK (where it reached #5).

The album was certified "Gold" by the BPI in 1988 for 100,000 copies sold.



The live tracks on the double-album were taken from Japan's performances in November

1982, during their final live concert tour. Since guitarist Rob Dean had left the band two years

previously, Japanese session musician Masami Tsuchiya was added to the line up to play

guitar and additional keyboards. The band also used backing tracks to supply additional

instrumental parts (for example, in contrast to some previous tours where a guest

saxophonist was recruited, many of Karn's saxophone lines were played from tape).



A video version of Oil On Canvas was also available from Virgin Records. This was rereleased

on DVD in 2006 as "The Very Best of Japan", which also features many of the

band's promotional videos.



Eight years after the release of Oil on Canvas the four members of Japan, David Sylvian,

Steve Jansen, Mick Karn and Richard Barbieri, reunited for another studio album - but then

under the group moniker Rain Tree Crow.



Review by Ned Raggett allmusic



The final Japan release was sold and marketed as a live album, though actually it's a bit of a

catchall -- it is indeed mostly from concerts, but also includes a variety of studio instrumentals

and a re-recorded version of "Nightporter" mixed in to sound like it's part of the show. The

various re-releases of the albums over the years confused matters further, with resequencings,

the excision of cuts, and more adding to general confusion about the release

(not to mention the fact that some reissues completely omitted where the shows were

recorded anyway!). Two of the instrumentals, "Oil on Canvas" itself and "Temple of Dawn,"

are brief, gentle pieces by Sylvian and Barbieri respectively. "Voices Raised in Welcome,

Hands Held in Prayer" is a more involving effort, combining a quiet, gamelan-inspired rhythm

with found-sound samples from what appears to be a religious ceremony. As for

"Nightporter," it's a nice enough new version but isn't notably different or varied from the

earlier studio take. The remaining live cuts show that the exquisite tension and serene

sounds in the studio were easily transferred to the stage in all their elegant complexity. The

Tin Drum selections, which make up most of the release, make the case even more that

Japan was as much a prog band as a glam one, Sylvian's captivating vocals flowing over

Asian-derived scales and melodies, the guitar parts handled by guest performer Masami

Tsuchiya, who also plays some keyboards. "Visions of China" sounds especially grand,

Jansen's entrancing drumming seemingly impossible to be created and yet clearly existing.

The extended introduction to "Ghosts," Karn's saxophone welling up from the distance like a

siren call, is another highlight, along with the slightly rocked-up -- but only just -- "Methods of

Dance."





This is The 2006 Remaster





1. (01:26) - Oil On Canvas

2. (05:00) - Sons Of Pioneers

3. (06:43) - Gentlemen Take Polaroids

4. (05:37) - Swing

5. (03:47) - Cantonese Boy

6. (03:35) - Visions Of China

7. (06:23) - Ghosts

8. (03:31) - Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer

9. (06:49) - Nightporter

10. (05:39) - Still Life In Mobile Homes

11. (06:08) - Methods Of Dance

12. (04:35) - Quiet Life

13. (05:29) - The Art Of Parties

14. (05:45) - Canton

15. (01:48) - Temple Of Dawn





Playing Time.........: 01:12:15

Total Size...........: 432.01 MB







http://www.discogs.com/Japan-Oil-On-Canvas/release/1135452

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