Les Rallizes Dénudés / The OZ Tapes (2LP)

謎團中的謎團，傳說中的左翼迷幻樂隊－”裸身集會(裸のラリーズ)”於1967年在日本京都同志社大學成立至今，半世紀以來的正式發行錄音少之又少，大部分流傳的實體發行音源皆為盜錄流出的bootleg，且被炒的水漲船高，樂迷們只能追隨著那些流傳於虛擬空間中的音檔與成員於左翼鬥爭中的流亡軼事以及模糊的黑白影像拼湊出些許樂隊的神秘樣貌。

2021年，隨者核心成員水谷孝的死訊公開，一個以lesrallizesdenudes-official.com為名註冊的網站出現於網海之中並宣佈了一系列的官方發行計畫，由早期成員久保田麻琴主導母帶的重新混音與製作，首波發行《The OZ Tapes》為1972至1973年短暫存在於東京吉祥寺的地下反文化場域「OZ」的現場錄音，在場館結束前五天的混亂活動中，裸身集會用回授與歌謠為敗北的革命鬥爭劃下了最後的尾韻，當時的錄音曾與其他演出樂團集結發行成了名為《Oz Days Live》的雙LP合輯，而此次的《The OZ Tapes》除了收錄了其中四曲的重新混音版外，還補足了完全未發表過的音源，完整了裸團的狂躁與溫柔，而根據久保田的說法，這只是水谷的音樂遺產中的冰山一角，一切的迷霧才正要撥雲見日。

（text by Spazz Society）

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Tracklist

Side A

1. OZ Days (1:33)

2. A Shadow on Our Joy / 僕らの喜びに影がさした (7:04)

3. Wilderness of False Flowers / 造花の原野 (7:36)

4. White Awakening / 白い目覚め (3:51)

Side B

1. The Last One_1970 (24:14)

Side C

1. Memory Is Far Away / 記憶は遠い (6:40)

2. Vertigo otherwise My Conviction / 眩暈 (11:35)

Side D

1. The Last One_1970 (ver.2) (23:26)

 

An omnibus album “OZ DAYS LIVE” recorded in ’73 at the live house OZ in Kichijoji, Tokyo, comes out in a 2-LP vinyl
set, including previously unreleased recordings. Officially approved by <The Last One Musique>, the legal sound rights
holder of Les Rallizes Dénudés, the recording is remastered from the original analog tapes by Makoto Kubota.
Includes liner notes by Minoru Tezuka (house manager of OZ / manager of Les Rallizes Dénudés then) and a booklet
with rare photos from the period. Comes with kraft board sleeve and obi.

Operating out of a small upstairs space just around the corner from the train station in the Kichijoji neighborhood of
Tokyo, OZ was a scruffy, DIY affair that lasted not much more than a year. Between June 1972 to September 1973, the
cafe and performance space became the nerve center for the cityʼs burgeoning underground and counterculture set.
Hadaka No Rallizes, aka Les Rallizes Dénudés, the psychedelic noisemakers originally from Kyoto, was one of the
marquee names at OZ. Led by the enigmatic Takashi Mizutani, the now-legendary band was one of the earliest
bookings for the venue, and would ultimately close out OZ Last Days, a raucous five-day blowout to celebrate the short
but wonderful world of OZ. To commemorate the occasion, recordings made at OZ were released as OZ DAYS LIVE, a
private press 2LP set featuring Miyako Ochi, Acid Seven, Masato Minami, Taj Mahal Travellers, and four tracks by the
Rallizes̶which constituted just a fraction of what had been recorded at the time. They remained the only official
appearance of the Rallizes on vinyl LP̶until now.
With The OZ Tapes, we are finally able to hear everything. Stored on reels of Scotch analog recording tape, these
recordings had laid dormant in storage for almost half a century. The previously unheard material reveals the Rallizes at
some of their most unhinged and experimental, as well as moments of delicate tenderness̶the two sides of Mizutani
that would come to define his bandʼs legacy. Taken as a whole, The OZ Tapes help to demystify the bandʼs murky
history, yet this vibrant and seemingly