Ryo Fukui Live At Vidro '77 (2LP/180g Pure Vinyl)

★ 福居良 (Ryo Fukui) 全7款「無著色原生純膠 (Uncolored Pure Vinyl)」復刻發行
★ 享譽全球的 Made in Japan 高品質。

採用不含任何會影響音質的碳素等著色材料的「無著色原生黑膠」，以高純淨度的氯化聚乙烯為唯一原料，並將唱片重量提升至 180g，確保轉速穩定並呈現更豐富的音場。以極致純淨的聲像為目標的 「180g重量盤／Pure Vinyl」 規格，讓聽者盡情沉浸於精緻而銳利的音質表現。

• 逆巻く熱気、迸る熱情。誰も知らない”剥き身”の福居良がここにいる。
• 『メロウ・ドリーム』誕生のきっかけにもなった、完全未発表ライヴ音源。

まさか福居良がこのような音源を残していたとは。1977年6月8日録音の完全未発表ライヴ音源である。録音は札幌のライヴハウス＜びーどろ＞にて、福居の『Scenery』と『Mellow Dream』を手掛けたプロデューサー、伊藤正孝によって行われた。まさにあの時期の福居トリオの演奏であるが、同時に、スタジオ録音作品にはない圧倒的な熱量と鮮度があり、エキサイティングなことこの上ない。16分に及ぶ鮮烈な「Mellow Dream」は言わずもがな、躍動する「Speak Low」、艶やかに紡ぐ「Body & Soul」、疾走する「Love For Sale」、重厚な「Mr. P.C.」、零れ落ちる「My Foolish Heart」と、熱に浮かされたような圧巻の演奏である。当時、このライヴから抜粋した音源がトリオ・レコーズ本社で認められ、セカンド・アルバム『Mellow Dream』制作の運びとなった。あらゆる意味で貴重な音源である。
text by 尾川雄介 (UNIVERSOUNDS / DEEP JAZZ REALITY)

★★★★★ ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★

• Live recording captured on June 8, 1977 at Vidro, Sapporo, the very performance that sparked the creation of the cult album Mellow Dream
• New 2026 reissue on 180-gram heavyweight pure vinyl — gatefold sleeve with OBI strip — the definitive vinyl edition of this essential document of Japanese jazz
• Features a blazing 16-minute version of "Mellow Dream," a fast-paced "Speak Low," a luminous "Body & Soul," a galloping "Love For Sale," a profound "Mr. P.C." and a deeply felt "My Foolish Heart"

A burning intensity, an overflowing passion — this is the raw, unfiltered Ryo Fukui that nobody knew. Recorded live on June 8, 1977 at the Vidro club in Sapporo by producer Masataka Ito — the man behind Fukui's celebrated studio albums Scenery (1976) and Mellow Dream (1977) — this previously unreleased performance captures the Fukui Trio at a moment of extraordinary creative momentum, just before the studio sessions that would produce one of the most beloved Japanese jazz records of the era. The heat and freshness of the live setting produce a visceral urgency impossible to replicate in the studio, and the result is a recording that stands entirely on its own terms.

The performance is dominated by a monumental solo-side version of Mellow Dream — Fukui's most personal composition, here expanded to its full improvisational potential — that reveals the complete arc of his musical thinking in a way the studio recording could only hint at. The second disc gathers five jazz standards navigated with complete commitment and spontaneity: the headlong swing of Kurt Weill's Speak Low, the burnished lyricism of Body And Soul, the irresistible momentum of Cole Porter's Love For Sale, the deep blues of Coltrane's Mr. P.C., and a My Foolish Heart brimming with sensitivity. Fukui's piano language — rooted in McCoy Tyner's modal approach yet entirely personal — had never been captured with this raw immediacy before these tapes were discovered.

This 2026 Lawson HMV Entertainment reissue presents Live At Vidro '77 for the first time on 180-gram heavyweight pure vinyl, in a gatefold sleeve with OBI strip — the definitive edition of an essential document of Japanese jazz history.

【収録内容】
[LP 1 - SIDE A]
1. Mellow Dream

[LP 1 - SIDE B]
1. Speak Low
2. Body And Soul

[LP 2 - SIDE A]
1. Love For Sale

[LP 2 - SIDE B]
1. Mr. P.C.
2. My Foolish Heart