'Gentlemen Take Polaroids', 'Tin Drum', 'Oil On Canvas' and Rain Tree Crow's eponymously titled Japan 'reformation' album, are all to be remastered and lavishly repackaged to create a beautiful matching series. The albums are being repackaged with additional tracks, some of which are CD first-timers, and a plethora of rare photos by artistic legends such as Fin Costello (who documented the band from the very start of their career), the Douglas Brothers and Steve Jansen's own personal pictures. This project has been a long time coming, and each release has been put together with hands-on artistic direction from Sylvian and Jansen. At last, one of the most intriguing, sophisticated and imaginative bands of the 80s are deservedly brought back to the fore.
Listen to Gentlemen Take Polaroids here, and for more tracks from Japan, David Sylvian and Rain Tree Crow explore the webring above...
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'Brilliant Trees', 'Alchemy - An Index of Possibilities', 'Gone To Earth' and 'Secrets Of The Beehive' have all been redesigned under the personal supervision of David himself, and long time Sylvian photographer Yuka Fujii, to create a stunning matching series. A metallic gold theme will run throughout the packaging, with rare textures and colours, and beautiful candid photographs, some of which have never been seen before. Additional tracks and rare cuts enhance the special nature of this remastered series.
This is the official site for the re-releases and in each section not only can you find out about each album, hear a track from each but get to find out what David Sylvian has got to say on each release coming from a 2003 perspective. You can also win a complete set of the albums - enter the competition above and sign up for news on David Sylvian and Japan by ticking the box.