Oil on Canvas is a live album by the British band Japan, released in 1983 by Virgin Records. Although it is a live recording of their established material, the album also contains three new studio tracks, recorded separately by Sylvian, Sylvian/Jansen and Barbieri respectively. Although the album was released some months following the band's much publicised split in late 1982, it was ironically Japan's highest charting album in the UK .

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  • 1982-11
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  • 1983-06
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  • Oil on Canvas is a live album by the British band Japan, released in 1983 by Virgin Records. Although it is a live recording of their established material, the album also contains three new studio tracks, recorded separately by Sylvian, Sylvian/Jansen and Barbieri respectively. Although the album was released some months following the band's much publicised split in late 1982, it was ironically Japan's highest charting album in the UK . The album was certified "Gold" by the BPI in 1988 for 100,000 copies sold. The live tracks on the double-album were taken from Japan's performances in November 1982, during their final live concert tour. Since guitarist Rob Dean had left the band two years previously, Japanese session musician Masami Tsuchiya was added to the line up to play guitar and additional keyboards. The band also used backing tracks to supply additional instrumental parts (for example, in contrast to some previous tours where a guest saxophonist was recruited, many of Karn's saxophone lines were played from tape).A video version of Oil On Canvas was also available from Virgin Records. This was re-released on DVD in 2006 as "The Very Best of Japan", which also features many of the band's promotional videos. Eight years after the release of Oil on Canvas the four members of Japan, David Sylvian, Steve Jansen, Mick Karn and Richard Barbieri, reunited for another studio album - but then under the group moniker Rain Tree Crow. (en)
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  • '' Tin Drum''
    (1981) (en)
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  • John Punter & Japan (en)
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  • Oil on Canvas is a live album by the British band Japan, released in 1983 by Virgin Records. Although it is a live recording of their established material, the album also contains three new studio tracks, recorded separately by Sylvian, Sylvian/Jansen and Barbieri respectively. Although the album was released some months following the band's much publicised split in late 1982, it was ironically Japan's highest charting album in the UK . (en)
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