Label: Warner Bros. Records – K-12001W, Warner Bros. Records – KZ-1W Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single Sided, Promo, Stereo Country: Japan Released: 1980 Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop Style: New Wave, Ska, Synth-pop, Dub
Freaked-out, difficult-to-catagorise Japanese Industrial / New-wave / Dub bomb from Kazuhiko Katoh with L'Opera Fragile. Checking the credits, the usual YMO suspects are not far from sight with Harumi Hosono on bass and Yukihiro Takahashi on drums and Sakamoto on keys so as you might imagine this one's pretty comfortable moving between gritty industrial interludes and operatic ska slants to fully-dubbed out power moves on the secret 7" that comes with it, all processed with the usual mind boggling Japanese attention to detail we've come to expect from these experimental 'pop' offerings. (Vinyl & Sleeve NM / With OBI, NO 7"").
A1 L'opéra Fragile = うたかたのオペラ A2 Rumba American = ルムバ・アメリカン A3 Paris, Yesterday = パリはもう誰も愛さない A4 Radio Cabaret = ラジオ・キャバレー A5 Lady In A Silken Shirt = 絹のシャツを着た女 B1 S-Bahn B2 Café Bristol = キャフェ・ブリストル B3 Doctor Kesseler's Busy Weekend = ケスラー博士の忙しい週末 B4 Sophie's Prelude = ソフィーのプレリュード B5 Fifty Years Theme = 50年目の旋律 C Around The World (Dub Version) = アラウンド・ザ・ワールド (ダブ・ヴァージョン)
