Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Return Visit To Rock Mass (3LP)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Return Visit To Rock Mass (3LP)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Return Visit To Rock Mass (3LP)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Return Visit To Rock Mass (3LP)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Return Visit To Rock Mass (3LP)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Return Visit To Rock Mass (3LP)

Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Return Visit To Rock Mass (3LP)

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Label: Org Records  – ORG-008~010
Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Album Box Set
Country: Japan
Released: 1 May 1996
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Experimental

Big big record out today and one of our all-time holy grails, the genuinely epic 3LP debut from Japanese underground rock phenomenon Maher Shalal Hash Baz on Osaka’s cult label Org Records.

Led by the charismatic Tori Kudo, Maher Shalal Hash Baz is a rotating assembly that grew out of tiny underground live houses, much like Shinji Shibayama’s Hallelujahs group, Keiji Haino, the Pinakotheca label, P.S.F, Cragale - the list goes on.  The naive sort of psych, sort of chamber music, sort of pop sound doesn’t really sound like anything else, there’s an endearing almost calculated wrongness to everything where it feels like the musicians are just enjoying themselves in the moment and inviting you along for the ride.  Clearly in it for the art and unconcerned with mainstream success, this debut ‘Return Visit To Rockness’ clocks in at almost 3 hours in length and is a record you can exist within entirely, totally wrapped in warm, fuzzy cotton wool totally oblivious to the outside world.  We’re always searching for artists that create their create their own microcosm, Maher Shalal Hash Baz do that better than anyone.  (NM/NM - 3LP with inserts and live flyer - NO outer box)

Tracklist
ORG-008
A1 過去の、知られていない幸福 (Unknown Happiness)
A2 ルーアハ (Ruach)
A3 ネフェッシュ (Nephesh)
A4 蝶 (Butterfly)
A5 Mc²=E (エネルギーは物質を生み出す)
A6 女の中で最も美しい者よ (O Most Beautiful One Among Women)
A7 四谷ワルツ (Waltz)
A8 さよなら (Good-Bye)
A9 春の雨の降っているようす (A Pouring Rain In Spring)
A10 帰りの道すがらの保護を願いつゝ (Asking The Protection On My Way Home)
A11 末日記Ⅱ (The Last Day II)
A12 楽園のこちら側 (This Side Of Paradise)
A13 優先順位 (The Order Of Priority)
A14 Iの食卓 (My Table)
A15 エピグノーシス (Epignosis)
A16 末日記Ⅰ (The Last Day)
A17 固いケーキ (Hard Cake)
A18 復活 (Resurrection)
A19 フラミンゴ (Flamingo)
A20 しびれるような柔和さ (Fascinating Tendency)
B1 春のサーファー (Surfer In Spring)
B2 国分寺 (Kokubunji City)
B3 Please Mr. Glory)
B4 地震 (Earthquake)
B5 No Title In Am
B6 馬 (Horse (Live))
B7 雨季のサボテン 或いは サボテン・ゼリーの唄 (Cactus Jelly Song)
B8 揚雲雀 (Soaring Skylark)
B9 北温泉 (North-Spa)
B10 七つの封印 (The Seven Seals)
B11 何年か前、広尾の天現寺交差点を車で通り過ぎた時に浮かんだ唄 (Song At Tengenji Intersection)
ORG-009
C1 街角のカレッジ (Street Corner College)
C2 銚釐 (Cupbearer's Instrument)
C3 9月になれば (September Come I Will)
C4 合いの子 (Half-Blood)
C5 復讐 (Avenge)
C6 さんぽ (A Walk)
C7 キノコ (Mushuroom)
C8 9月のビール (Beer In September)
C9 紺と山吹 (Dark Blue And Bright Yellow)
C10 振り向けば、埃にまみれた球の自殺がある (Turn Back And See The Suicide Of Dusty Globoseness)
C11 パピルス上の黒と金、銀 (Black, Gold And Silver On Papyrus)
C12 小さな中庭 Le Petit Patio
C13 628-8697
C14 ネズミモチの実 (Mulberry)
C15 みんなの好きそうな二人の昔の話 (Anecudote)
C16 Forestallment
C17 夏 (Summer)
C18 仕事・青空 (Work・Bluesky)
C19 イシュマルの12人の (12 Of Ishumaelite)
C20 あなたの下る坂道をわたしは上る (I Ascend The Slope You Descend)
C21 中天 (Midheaven)
D1 花づくし (Flowerages)
D2 ひとみ~舟の中のプール (Pool In The Ship)
D3 スヌークス・イーグリンとボブ・マーリーとフレデリック・ショパンのある4枚のハウス的展開 (A House Development In Four Parts With Snooks Eaglin, Bob Marley And Frederic Chopin)
D4 高橋君の歩き方 (The Way Of Takahashi's Walk)
D5 ヤギ (Goat)
D6 救済史の果て (End Of Her Salvation)
D7 '89. 3 .12 (Mar. 12 1989)
D8 邦楽百撰会の後 (After The Concert Of Japanese Music Consort)
D9 ローマ帝国衰亡史 (The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire)
D10 70'sの本懐石 ~Willow Head Blues (Kaiseki Cuisine In 70's ∼ Willow Head Blues)
D11 愛されたい犬のように/腰くだけの犬のように (Like A Dog Who Wants To Be Loved/Like A Dog With Its Spirit Broken)
D12 心と魂と思い (Heart & Soul & Mind)
ORG-010
E1 マヘル・シャラル・ハシュ・バズのテーマ (The Theme Of Maher Shalal Hash Baz)
E2 冬のサーファー (Surfer In Winter)
E3 ゴシック・カントリー・ソング (Great Gothic Country Song)
E4 Blues In A
E5 1988年6月 (June 1988)
E6 アザゼル (Azazel)
E7 お風呂 (Bather)
E8 ハワイアン・ノワール (Spots & Blemishes - Hawaiian Noir)
E9 アメリカン・ポップス風の昼休み (Noon Recess After American Pops)
F1 うつ病のくすり (Medicine For Melancholia)
F2 気のふれた男 (Mad Man)
F3 エル・ニーニョ El Hijo
F4 Wings Of The Dawn
F5 8mmの昼食風景 (Lunch Scene In 8m/m Film)
F6 僕は戦車-知識としての爆弾から爆弾としての知識へ (I Am A Tank)
F7 佐々木さん In The Low Plain Of Decision
F8 ブラック アイド スーザン (Black-Eyed Susan)
F9 肉の肉 (L'os De Mes Os) 或いは First Songs (First Songs)
F10 新しい歌 (New Song)