Label: Jagjaguwar

未体験方は是非!!1990年にNo Fans Recordsを始動、弾き語り、ミュージック・コンクレート、超高速のリズムトラックまで、常に予測の付かないアプローチで膨大な数の録音を残してきたUKの大ベテランRichard Youngs。1998年にOblique RecordingsからCDフォーマットで発表された、氏の5枚目のソロ・フルアルバム[Sapphie]のLP化版。37分以上に及ぶアコースティック曲3トラックからなる本作はクラシックギターとボーカルのみで構成、彼の膨大な作品群の中でも最もパーソナルな位置づけとなる喪失と再生を描いた名盤。





Now available for the first time as a vinyl LP. Originally issued as CD in 1998 by Oblique Recordings, Sapphie was Richard Youngs' fifth solo full-length and quite a unique album in his already unique oeurve. Made up of three acoustic tracks -- spanning over 37 minutes in length -- featuring just classical guitar and voice, Sapphie is quiet and introspective. The songs feel like an intimate journey by hand through a song cycle of loss and renewal. Within the context of his massive and ever-growing body of work, Sapphie is his most song-based and arguably his most personal. Fans of reclusive sages like Nick Drake, Anne Briggs and Robert Wyatt will most appreciate the timeless quality inherent in Youngs' songs.