HAINO KEIJI (灰野敬二) のファースト・アルバムにして名作『Watashi Dake?』がヴァイナル再発。

HAINO KEIJI (灰野敬二) の『Watashi Dake? (わたしだけ？)』。灰野敬二の1981年に発表された記念すべき１作目『わたしだけ？ (Watashi Dake?)』が、リマスターされアナログ再発。アナログでの再発を待ち望んでいた方も多いこの作品が36年目にしてアナログで再発です。初のアナログ盤でのリイシューであり、当初意図していた金と銀のアートワークによる初のリリースでもある。アルバムには、ボーナス・トラックとして当時の長時間ライヴ演奏を収録したダウンロード・コードが封入されている。

細心の注意を払い丁寧にリマスタリングし高品質LPでプレス。
マット加工の金と銀カヴァーと黒い紙のインサートを備えた特殊印刷厚紙ジャケット。

First vinyl edition of Keiji Haino’s stunning debut album since 1981, first ever outside of Japan
First ever edition to feature artist’s originally intended metallic gold and silver jacket artwork
Produced in close cooperation with Keiji Haino and legendary photographer Gin Satoh
Housed in custom printed deluxe Stoughton tip-on jackets, including black on black inserts, extras, and hand colored finishes
Meticulously remastered by Elysian Masters and cut by Bernie Grundman Mastering. Pressed to high quality vinyl at RTI

Over the last fifty years few musicians or performers have created as monumental and uncompromising a body of work as that of Keiji Haino. Through a vast number of recordings and performances Haino has staked out a ground all his own creating a language of unparalleled intensity that defies any simple classification. For all this, his 1981 debut album Watashi Dake? has remained enigmatic. Originally released in a small edition by the legendary Pinakotheca label, the album was heard by only a select few in Japan and far fewer overseas. Original vinyl copies became impossibly rare and highly sought after the world over.

Watashi Dake? presents a haunting vision – stark vocals, whispered and screamed, punctuate dark si-
lences. Intricate and sharp guitar figures interweave, repeat and stretch, trance-like, emerging from dark recesses. Written and composed on the spot – Haino’s vision is one of deep spiritual depths that distantly evokes 1920’s blues and medieval music- yet is unlike anything ever committed to record before or since. Coupled with starkly minimal packaging featuring the now iconic cover photographs by legendary photographer Gin Satoh, the album is a startling and fully realized artistic statement.

Tracklist
A1. My Refuge 5:24 / A2. The Disallowed 5:39 / A3. Rise From The Dead 3:05 / A4. Lay It Open 2:48 / A5. Bring To An End 2:37 / A6. I Can't Do It Properly 3:04
B1. More More More 2:00 / B2. Even If I Break Through 4:15 / B3. Falling Apart 4:23 / B4. Try To Come This Far 3:51 / B5. Though I Want To Laugh 4:21 / B6. I Want To Return 2:54