Les Rallizes Dénudés / Jittoku '76 (CD)

The stunning performance by the Naked Rallizes in 1976 at Shidoku, Kyoto, is now revived.

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The new album "Jittoku '76" will be released simultaneously on Wednesday, July 23rd as a 2-disc vinyl record and CD.
In 1976, the Naked Rallizes were made up of Takashi Mizutani (vocals/guitar), Takeshi Nakamura (guitar), who was also a founding member, Hiroshi (bass), also known as Hiroshi Narasaki, who had been a member of Zuno Keisatsu and Date Tenryu, and Sammy (drums), also known as Toshiaki Mimaki, a former staff member at the Kichijoji live house OZ and a member of the OZ band.
Many Rallyeze researchers believe that "this period was the peak of Rallyeze."
In fact, in 1976, under the leadership of Akira Hazama, the band began recording with the aim of signing a contract with Virgin Records in the UK, while also energetically performing live shows at a rate of almost once a month at the Shibuya Attic, which had just opened in 1975.
Following on from the previous year, they also took part in the outdoor festival "The 3rd Sunset Festival" held in Ishikawa Prefecture (August 3rd-4th). On that occasion, they were booked to perform two consecutive nights at "Shuttoku" in Kyoto on July 29th and 30th, in conjunction with their tour of the Hokuriku region.
Opened in 1973, Shutoku is known for its unique design, having been renovated from a sake brewery, and is a long-established live music venue that represents Kyoto.
The Rallizes have been performing in Kyoto for some time, and their shows in this ancient capital, which they consider their home town, have always been attended by many enthusiastic fans.
The newly discovered tape was found on July 30th and was recorded using the built-in microphone of a Marantz radio cassette player.
Unfortunately, the recording cuts off midway through the final song, "The Last One," but producer Makoto Kubota, who recognized the hidden potential in this recording, once again used her skills to revive the raw dynamism and compile it into an album.
As those involved testified, "There was something different about the Rallys in Kyoto, a different sound," and from this tape we can hear a sound on an enormous scale that is hard to believe was ringing out in the space of Shudoku.
Along with Nakamura's solid supporting playing, Hiroshi's bass creates a rough groove, and Sammy's intense drumming erupts with fresh energy, and as if responding to them, Mizutani's guitar also shows a more emotional expression than usual.
Many people will be surprised by the difference between "Fire on Ice" and "Enter the Mirror," which are also included on "'77 LIVE."
Eight months after Shudoku, the same lineup of Mizutani, Nakamura, Hiroshi and Sammy performed on "'77 LIVE," which captured a solitary sound image thanks to the miraculous "OVER LEVEL" phenomenon. Although very different from Shudoku, "Shudoku '76" also records a unique sound image that could only have been produced by Rallizes at that moment.
The setlist has changed significantly from "'77 LIVE," creating a fresh impression. Three songs, "Dreams Today," "Carnival," and "I Saw the Night in Your Eyes," are featured on the album for the first time.
"Artificial Flower Field" is an up-tempo, aggressive version, and "Ibiscus Flower" is a hard and heavy song that is completely different from the one included in "The Last One〈Po_sies: Les Rallizes D_nud_s〉Naked Rallizes Poetry Collection," and these can essentially be said to be being released for the first time.
This album, "Shutoku '76," directly records the primitive energy that was at the core of the band, and may be an album that should be placed alongside "'77 LIVE."

The vinyl record includes two bonus tracks (guitar solos at 1 minute 16 seconds and 1 minute 18 seconds, respectively).
●Mr. Waki, who was a staff member of Rallizes in 1976 and accompanied them to the Shudoku performance, contributed the liner notes.
●The artwork uses photographs taken by Nakamura Takeshi (currently working as photographer Nakamura_), who played side guitar in this performance, when he revisited Shutoku in 2025.

Songs included

1. Dream Again Today

2. Wilderness of False Flowers_1976

3. White Awakening

4. Carnival

5. Flame of Ice

6. The Night, Assassin's Night

7. Saw the Night in Your Eyes

8. Hibiscus Flower otherwise Dying Satisfied

9. Enter the Mirror

Product information

Artist: Les Rallizes D_nud_s (Les Rallizes D_nud_s)
Title: Jittoku '76
Label: The Last One Musique / Tuff Beats
Format: CD
Cat No.: TBVC-0009
Barcode: 4580187181434
List price: 3,000 yen + tax Wholesale price: yen + tax Release date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025