Product Overview
Three of Masayoshi Takanaka’s most beloved albums—“T-WAVE,” “alone,” and “THE RAINBOW GOBLINS”—have been remastered from the original master tapes using high-resolution audio, with remastering and cutting done at Abbey Road Studios in London.
“T-WAVE” and “alone” were remastered and cut by Alex Wharton, one of Abbey Road’s top engineers who has worked on albums by Paul McCartney & Wings and The Chemical Brothers. Meanwhile, the fan-favorite concept album “THE RAINBOW GOBLINS” received remastering and high-quality half-speed cutting from the legendary Miles Showell, who has handled works by The Beatles, Queen, Eric Clapton, and The Rolling Stones.
Each title is a 180g limited edition pressing, issued on color vinyl designed to enhance the aesthetic of the album’s artwork.
“THE RAINBOW GOBLINS” (original release: March 10, 1981): 180g clear purple vinyl.
Remastered & half-speed cut by Miles Showell (Abbey Road Studios, London).
Takanaka’s seventh original album, inspired by the picture book The Rainbow Goblins by Italian artist Ul De Rico, presented here as a fully realized concept album.
Tracklist:
| A1 | Prologue | 3:16 | |
| A2 | Once Upon A Song | 5:10 | |
| A3 | Seven Goblins | 3:10 | |
| A4 | The Sunset Valley | 4:20 | |
| B1 | The Moon Rose | 5:38 | |
| B2 | Soon | 6:26 | |
| B3 | Magical Night Light | 1:52 | |
| B4 | Rainbow Paradise | 5:04 | |
| C1 | Thunderstorm | 3:11 | |
| C2 | Rising Arch | 4:48 | |
| C3 | Just Chuckle | 3:42 | |
| C4 | Rainbow Was Reborn | 5:55 | |
| D1 | Plumed Bird | 7:31 | |
| D2 | You Can Never Come To This Place | 8:05 |
