by karnsculpture on Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:15 pm
No, Tokyo is the one that Steve Nye didn't remix, he did European Son, Second That Emotion and All Tomorrow's Parties. It's a bit murky because like his recent involvement in compilations and the like, David distanced himself somewhat from the reissues, as it conflicted a little with his stance of always moving forward.
Note that its the '82 mix that appeared on The Very Best of Japan.
The most mysterious Tokyo remix is the one that has a totally different sound that's on the Japanese Assemblage/UK cassette (and some later reissues). It was done in '79 but didn't come out until '83. The tape was in the BMG archive but the notes are puzzling. I wonder if it's something the group did in '79 as an alternative to Giorgio Moroder's mix. There's the short version too that turned up on "Souvenir From Japan". The original 12" mix took considerable tracking down but the original tapes were still in LA. We hoped there was an unknown Japan song on a tape in the same place but Moroder must have been working with more than one artist at the same time because the track was nothing like Japan and had a female vocal on it. Maybe it was a demo or something he intended for Japan that was not used (the band mentioned Moroder played David a few things before he wrote Tokyo)
Paul
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