Tracklist
| A1 | Oil On Canvas | 1:23 | |
| A2 | Sons Of Pioneers | 5:00 | |
| A3 | Gentlemen Take Polaroids | 6:36 | |
| A4 | Swing | 5:46 | |
| B1 | Cantonese Boy | 3:45 | |
| B2 | Visions Of China | 5:41 | |
| B3 | Ghosts | 5:15 | |
| B4 | Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer | 3:33 | |
| C1 | Nightporter | 6:45 | |
| C2 | Still Life In Mobile Homes | 5:37 | |
| C3 | Methods Of Dance | 6:12 | |
| D1 | Quiet Life | 4:33 | |
| D2 | The Art Of Parties | 5:25 | |
| D3 | Canton | 5:47 | |
| D4 | Temple Of Dawn | 1:47 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
- Published By – Chadwick Nomis Ltd.
- Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – Utopia Studios
Credits
- Artwork [Handtinting By] – Yvette Anna
- Cover [Cover Concept] – Sylvian*
- Engineer [Engineered By] – Nigel Walker
- Painting [Cover Painting 'Head Of J.Y.M.' II 1980 By] – Frank Auerbach
- Performer [Performed By], Bass, Clarinet, Saxophone, Vocals [Vocal] – Mick Karn
- Performer [Performed By], Drums, Marimba – Steve Jansen
- Performer [Performed By], Guitar, Keyboards – Masami Tsuchiya
- Performer [Performed By], Keyboards – Richard Barbieri
- Performer [Performed By], Vocals, Keyboards – David Sylvian
- Photography By – Anton Corbijn
- Producer [Produced By] – John Punter
- Producer [Tapes Produced By] – S. Nye*
- Written-By – S. Jansen* (tracks: B2, B4, D3)
Notes
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd. © 1983 Virgin Records Ltd.
Published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd./ Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Some copies came with a printed sticker stating "Japan Recorded Live VD2513".
[Release notes]:
Billed as 'Japan recorded live' it actually contains some studio material (tracks A1, B4, C1 & D4), including three new instrumentals and a re-recorded 'Nightporter'. All other tracks were recorded live November 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon, London.
In chart this was Japan's most successful album; released at a time when interest in the group was at its peak in the wake of the split.
UK chart position: 5, Japan (national chart, 11 - a real achievement), No1 on overseas artists chart.
Published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd./ Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Some copies came with a printed sticker stating "Japan Recorded Live VD2513".
[Release notes]:
Billed as 'Japan recorded live' it actually contains some studio material (tracks A1, B4, C1 & D4), including three new instrumentals and a re-recorded 'Nightporter'. All other tracks were recorded live November 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon, London.
In chart this was Japan's most successful album; released at a time when interest in the group was at its peak in the wake of the split.
UK chart position: 5, Japan (national chart, 11 - a real achievement), No1 on overseas artists chart.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etched: variant 1): VD.2513.A.1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched: variant 1): VD.2513.B.1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side C etched: variant 1): VD.2513.C.1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side D etched: variant 1): VD 2513 D1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etched: variant 2): VD.2513.A.1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched: variant 2): VD.2513.B.1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side C etched: variant 2): VD.2513.C.1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side D etched: variant 2): VD 2513 D2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etched: variant 3): VD 2513 A1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched: variant 3): VD 2513 B2 ƱTOPIA ∴
- Matrix / Runout (Side C etched: variant 1): VD 2513 C2 ƱTOPIA ∴
- Matrix / Runout (Side D etched: variant 3): VD 2513 D2 ƱTOPIA ∴
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etched: variant 4): VD 2513 A2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched: variant 4): VD.2513.B.1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side C etched: variant 4): VD.2513.C.1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side D etched: variant 4): VD 2513 D1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etched: variant 5): VD 2513 A2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched: variant 5): VD 2513 B2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side C etched: variant 5): VD 2513 C1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side D etched: variant 5): VD 2513 D1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etched: variant 6): VD 2513 A2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched: variant 6): VD 2513 B2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side C etched: variant 6): VD 2513 C2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side D etched: variant 6): VD 2513 D1 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etched: variant 7): VD 2513 A2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched: variant 7): VD 2513 B2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side C etched: variant 7): VD 2513 C2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side D etched: variant 7): VD 2513 D2 ƱTOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etched: variant 8): VD 2513 A1 ƱTOPIA ∴
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched: variant 8): VD 2513 B1 ƱTOPIA ∴
- Matrix / Runout (Side C etched: variant 8): VD 2513 C2 ƱTOPIA ∴
- Matrix / Runout (Side D etched: variant 8): VD 2513 D2 ƱTOPIA ∴
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Oil On Canvas (Cassette, Album, Black Text, Grey Shell, Textured Border, Flat Tape Window, Durations) | Virgin | TCVD 2513 | UK | 1983 | ||
| Oil On Canvas (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) | Virgin | 302 178-406 | Europe | 1983 | |||
| Oil On Canvas (2×LP, Album, Disco Pressing) | Virgin | 302178 | 1983 | ||||
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Oil On Canvas (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) | Virgin | vd 2260, VD2260 | Canada | 1983 | ||
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Oil On Canvas = オイル・オン・キャンバス (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Virgin | VIP-6~7 | Japan | 1983 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Beautiful sounding record. Percussion is full and present, David's voice is up dront and strong. I had read that much of this record, recorded on their last tour, was overdubbed in the studio, but such is the case with many live records, to smooth out the bumps that can happen when performing live, especially music as complex as this. I depart from the other reviewers here that feel the sound is thin and sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom. Sound is full and hits hard on a big system. Just goes to show all of us hear things differently. The presence of Masami Tsuchiya on guitar is definite plus, and I highly recommend picking up his record " Rice Music" https://discogs.pelisguay.com/release/4313061-Masami-Tsuchiya-Rice-Music -
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Edited 4 years agoThis must be the worst live album, ever. It sounds like it's been recorded in a bathroom and half of the tracks are actually studio recorded with crowd cheering dubbed in. The artwork is naff, the inner-gatefold photos would make a far better front cover and compared to the Hammersmith Odeon gig in 1981 (on here as the BBC Transcription Disc - which Sylvian blocked a proper release recently - idiot), this is cow pat and could've been so much better. Only worth listening to whilst watching the live DVD. -
I always rather liked Japan, and it is odd now to look back and the TV News reports asking, in the same way as for Boy George, whether David Sylvian was a man or a woman. This is a live album that was recorded on their last tour, 1982, and released in 1983 after the group hand split up. It is sort of semi-live as I think a lot of the parts were re-recorded afterwards and mixed in. Live albums are usually a best of, this one contains three new tracks though, “Oil on Canvas”, “Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer” and “Temple of Dawn”, all of which are instrumentals and weren’t live at all. My copy is a double in a gate fold sleeve.
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