Expected Release Date 30th September 2026

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Side A
01. PROLOGUE
02. ONCE UPON A SONG
03. SEVEN GOBLINS
04. THE SUNSET VALLEY
Side B
01. THE MOON ROSE
02. SOON
03. THUNDER STORM
Side C
01. RISING ARCH
02. PLUMED BIRD
03. YOU CAN NEVER COME TO THIS PLACE
Side E
01. BLUE LAGOON
02. RAINY DAY BLUE
Side F
01. EARLY BIRD
02. READY TO FLY
03. Kurofune
Side D contains no music and features engraving only.
Members
Masahiro Miyazaki (Dr)
Akihiro Tanaka (Ba)
Izumi Kobayashi (Key)
Kiyozumi Ishikawa (Key)
Yuki Sugawara (Perc)
Makoto Kimura (Perc)
Koji Satsuma (Sax)
A close look at the full scope of Masayoshi Takanaka’s legendary concert "RAINBOW GOBLINS STORY"! This release captures the legendary two-day concert held at Nippon Budokan on March 10 and 11,
1981, the very day and the day after the release of Masayoshi Takanaka’s masterpiece "The Rainbow Goblins." The first part recreates on stage the concept album "The Rainbow Goblins," which
Takanaka created based on the inspiration he drew from Italian painter Ul de Rico’s picture book "The Rainbow Goblins," while the second part is made up of Masayoshi Takanaka’s hit songs. Now, for
the first time, that full performance sees the light of day as a single audio work. A huge rainbow neon arch stretched across the stage, with its seven colours lighting up in various patterns in sync with
the music. Combined with what was then a state-of-the-art laser show and a mountain-like stack of equipment onstage, it created a fantastical world. The seven musicians appeared wearing costumes in
different goblin image colours, while Takanaka, dressed in a yellow jumpsuit with rainbow-colored hair, played a rainbow-colored Yamaha SG. The world of "The Rainbow Goblins" that Masayoshi
Takanaka, already at the peak of his popularity as one of Japan’s leading guitarists, brought to life onstage returns now, on its 45th anniversary, with vivid sound. The analogue edition consists of three
LPs in clear lime yellow, clear red, and clear blue, evoking both the three primary colours of light and the colours of the rainbow Yamaha SG Takanaka played in the first part of the concert. It also comes
with a booklet packed with photographs capturing this fantastical stage production created with the latest technology of the time. Mastering and analogue cutting were handled by Alex Wharton at
Abbey Road Studios London. Liner notes are by Masayoshi Kondo and Yoshinobu Maruyama.

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