Label: Metaphon

オリジナルは1975年に本邦Iskra Recordsから出版、過去に数種のブートが出回った事がある、一柳慧、Michael Ranta、小杉武久の3者によるNHKスタジオ録音の歴史的傑作[Improvisation Sep. 1975]が遂にオフィシャルでリイシュー！！手掛けたのはTimo Van Luijk主宰のアーカイヴレーベルMetaphonであり、まさに偉業と言える大仕事。マスターテープが存在しなかった為、未再生のオリジナルLPを使った板起こし音源(Jos Smoldersが慎重に復元)がマスターに使われた模様。マスト。



Special edition of 125 copies with silkscreened paste on sleeve and Japanese insert (as the original LP)

Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta and Takehisa Kosugi originally got together in the summer of 1975 for an open-air concert in Sapporo. The concert felt like a great success but was unfortunately not recorded. As the desire arose to record together, they managed to arrange a studio session in the NHK Studio in Tokyo, with presence of sound engineers.
What was supposed to be a soundcheck for this session became the session itself: a haunting 50-minute séance of intense avantgarde improvisation using a large instrumentation and live processing (tape echo, ring modulation, phasing). A trident travelogue of the momentum masterfully controlled by the ensemble spirit, transcending the boundaries of psychedelic underground.

Official reissue of this underground classic from 1975, originally released in a tiny edition on the small Japanese Iskra label.
As the original master tapes of these recordings seem to be lost, the master had to be taken from an unplayed original LP copy. It was carefully restored and mastered by Jos Smolders with amazing result.