LIVE IN THEATRE 1988 (DAVID SYLVIAN)

Come promesso, rieccomi a riproporre album di musica come si deve, dopo una vita (quasi un anno durante il quale ho dovuto pensare a cose ben più importanti e pressanti).
E iniziamo con un bootleg di David Sylvian, un disco dal vivo registrato in Giappone nel 1988 (e non in Europa, come erroneamente riportato sulle note di copertina).
Si tratta di una splendida sequenza di brani tratti dai primi album di Sylvian, dopo che ebbe fine l’esperienza con i Japan.
Un album che si ascolta con piacere, riflessivo ma non ‘sonnolento’ come molte delle opere ‘ambient’ successive dell’artista britannico.
Per ascoltarlo, andate su:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mU3AMg1hOQ

Yesterday I promised I would be posting again, after a very long time (nearly one year, during which I was in dire straits, almost down and out, and had to face a number of troublesome situations).
So, let me start again by posting an unofficial live album by David Sylvian, recorded in Japan in 1988 (the album was NOT recorded in Europe, as mistakenly referred to on the rear cover).
The album consists of a number of excellent pieces of music, taken from the first albums released by Sylvian after new-wave band Japan (i.e. the band Sylvian led) had split.
A very nice and pleasant listen – not a soporific album like many of the ‘ambient’ music works subsequently release by this British artist.
You can listen to the album at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mU3AMg1hOQ


TRACK LIST:

1. Orpheus
2. Taking the veil
3. Weathered wall
4. The boy with the gun
5. River man
6. Grand parade
7. The ink in the well
8. Let the happiness in
9. Gone to Earth

Durata (Total running time):   Circa (approx.)  1 hour, 1 min. 48 sec.

MUSICISTI (PERSONNEL):

David Sylvian: voce (vocals)

Robie Aseter: chitarre, tastiere (guitars, keyboards)

Richard Barbieri: tastier (keyboards)

Ian Maidman: basso, percussioni (bass guitar, percussion)

Steve Jansen: batteria e percussioni (drums & percussion)

Mark Isham: sax soprano, flicorno, tastiere (soprano saxophone, flugelhorn, keyboards)

VOTO PERSONALE (MY PERSONAL MARK):   8½ / 10  (8½ out of 10)