SALON MUSIC - La Paloma Show - 33 rpm LP Japanese (1980s J-Pop Classic with obi)
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Description
Totally cool J-Pop smoothie from the '80s, with just the right twist of weird stirred into the proceedings. Top-notch stuff, with a beautiful Pink Floyd cover thrown in for good measure (Syd-period Floyd at that - ain't none better). Obi strip present and correct. 01. Voyager of the Beagle 02. Awaiting Mañana 03. Bitter Spring 04. Moving On 05. Voice from Tangier. 06. Behind My Picture 07. See Emily Play 08. Past Glories 09. Paradise Lost Cover Condition: EX
Vinyl Condition: VG
Mutant Sounds says:
"Here's another weird synth pop gem from 80s scene.Salon Music is Yoshida Jin and Takenaka Hitomi.Glintchy synth pop,sometimes with exotica edges much ahead of it's time.Reminds me some Bjorg works (late 80s-early 90s).Remarkable is their cover on Pink Floyd's classic "See Emily Play". Great item for sure!"
Ily says:
"This obscure Japanese album starts with "Voyager Of The Beagle", which features a kind of synth-pop garnished with lounge gloss, dreamy fuzz, and kitsch playfulness, predating both Stereolab and AIR. "Awaiting Manana" also borrows from ethnic, marching hymns and childish ditties. "Bitter Spring" is by definition a miniature fairy-tale environment, built around expressionist concrete arrangements, and having the kind of psychological impact that, say, CocoRosie would. In the meantime, "Moving On" veers into kitsch easy-listening and primitive electro flavours. Ditto for "Voice From Tangier", whose beats are quite unique, as are those in "Past Glories". The cover of Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play" is more indicative of their sound than it would seem at first. As such, Salon Music's musical route can be traced back to Pink Floyd's early psychedelic fairy-tales, the conceptual easy-listening of Serge Gainsbourg, and the most excessive disco kitsch. All this might sound not special, but in fact it predates trends that would surface in indie-rock by about a decade."
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