Masashi Oka, Yuji Takahashi, Chinatsu Nakayama
Boku Wa 12-Sai
Denon (Japan) 1978
OX-7115-ND (LP) w/obi, insert.
sleeve : VG+(wear on corner, light dirts.)
media : EX+/EX+(some slightly noises.)
This masterpiece album, released in 1978, features music composed by Yuji Takahashi and sung by Chinatsu Nakayama, set to the poems of Masashi Oka, a boy who committed suicide in 1975. Alongside Takahashi and Masahiko Sato on synthesizers, the album includes contributions from Shigeo Suzuki, Masaoki Terakawa, and Yoshisaburo Toyozumi on live instruments. Notably, Akiko Yano also covered tracks A6 and B2 from this album in her album "Brooch." The compositions are based on the rhythmic patterns of Korean music known as Jangdan and melodies of Korean folk songs. They feature a primitive percussion rhythm, light flute, and melodies of sine waves created by analog synthesizers such as the Korg Polyphonic Ensemble. Chinatsu Nakayama's expressive vocals bring the world of Masashi Oka's imaginative poems to life in this remarkable work.
A4: ゴットン・ゴロン
A6: 小まどから
B2: リンゴ