Masayuki Takayanagi, New Direction For The Arts
La Grima 1971
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"La Grima (Tears) was performed on August 14, 1971, at the Genyasai festival in Sanrizuka, Japan. The first six minutes or so of this performance can be heard on the omnibus LP Genya (released on CD in 2004). This CD presents the complete, unedited version of the performance.
As if to slash through the audience's scornful, jeering reaction to Takayanagi's opening remarks, the group launched into a fiercely convulsive performance. Despite having a variety of objects thrown at them, Takayanagi and the others kept on playing. They ended the performance to a storm of booing and shouts of "Go home!" For this release it was meticulously remixed and then mastered. Thus, the performance of "La Grima" by the newly-launched New Direction for the Art has been reborn in a fresher, more vivid form.
The photos are from the scrapbook of Kenji Ishiguro, who was shooting on site in Sanrizuka at the time. Among them are a couple of rare shots in which Takayanagi can just be seen."-Doubtmusic
Release notes
Recorded at Genya Festival in Sanrizuka on 14 August, 1971. Thanks to Takayanagi Michiko, Saito Yasunori (jinya disc). Gatefold card sleeve with insert of liner notes in Japanese and English.
| 1 | "La Grima" | 41:45 |
- Sasaki Akira
- Design [Designed By]
- Takayanagi Masayuki
- Guitar
- Cathy Fishman
- Liner Notes [English Translated By]
- Suto Tsutomu
- Mastered By
- Yamazaki Hiroshi
- Percussion
- Ishiguro Kenji
- Photography By
- Mori Kenji
- Saxophone
