Keiji Haino - わたしだけ?




This is also known as Watashi Dake? (or Only Me?). Originally, this was an LP released on Pinakotheca in 1981 but it wasn't re-released until P.S.F Records dropped a CD version in 1993 that includes a bonus track. Discogs says that there are three bonus tracks but I don't believe that for a second. The first 12 tracks are from an entirely different time and place. The final 29 minute live track is truly mind-blowing but doesn't chime with what goes before. Don't get me wrong, everything here is classy and classic ... I'm just saying ...

わたしだけ?

4 comments:

kingpossum,  16 July 2016 at 17:20  

Hearty thanks for all the Japanese weirdness posted of late. I never get tired of exploring this stuff.

schlep 17 July 2016 at 01:31  

This album in its original form, and (theoretically anyway) all the original PSF albums are going to be re-released on vinyl by Black Editions, 'soon'...I wish they would get on with it...

kingpossum,  18 July 2016 at 00:06  

@schlep:
Thanks for the head-up. Get on with it indeed.

Certifiablockhead 25 January 2017 at 08:30  

mr Haino being delightful mr Haino...and yes, the live track is another animal for our delight...thank you...