9-2-10 P-Model / Susumu Hirasawa
CD ANOTHER GAME JAPAN RECORD TKCA-70480
1984 12 TRKS
CD BIG BODY POLYDOR JPN POCH-1195
1993 10 TRKS
CD ENOLA TESLAKITE JPN COCA-14673
1997 11 TRKS with plastic slip-case
CD FUNE NIPPON COL JPN COCA-13083
1995 11 TRKS CD-only release?
CD IN A MODEL ROOM WARNER JPN WPCL-603
1979 11 TRKS
LP IN A MODEL ROOM WARNER JPN K-10017
1979 11 TRKS insert; pink vinyl
CD KARKADOR ALFA JPN ALCA-9134
1985 10 TRKS
CD LANDSALE WARNER JPN WPCL-604
1980 12 TRKS
CD LIVE DIW JP SYUN-003
1994 10 TRKS Live
LP ONE PATTERN ALFA/EDGE JP ELR-28004
1986 10 TRKS insert
CD PAUSE – P-MODEL LIVE 10/11/93 DIW JP SYUN-002
1994 17 TRKS Live ’93
CD PERSPECTIVE JAPAN RECORD TKCA-70479
1982 9 TRKS
CD P-MODEL POLYDOR JPN POCH-1128
1992 11 TRKS
CD POTPOURRI WARNER JPN WPCL-605
1981 13 TRKS
CD5 ROCKET SHOOT TESLAKITE JPN COCA-13848
1996 3 TRK CD Single CD5; enhanced CD
CD SIREN TESLAKITE JPN COCA-13571
1996 11 TRKS, Susumu Hirasawa solo CD
I probably got on the P-Model bandwagon about 1980 or so – same time as Y.M.O. made the rounds. P-Model sounded live Devo, like ‘punk rock’ – they played fast, and had synthesizers a-plenty (The classic ‘pika pika’ sound, as Nick Kent says). The “In A Model Room” LP really made us laugh – even though we couldn’t understand (almost) any of the lyrics. Everything on Side One sounds like A+ new wave music – but I distinctly remember “White Cigarettes” from Side Two! (Did I really ask someone in a Japanese restaurant to translate P-Model lyrics once upon a time?)
The next one that really kicked my butt was “Karkador” – P-Model were making an album annually, and their sound was changing, mutating. “Karkador” was pretty obtuse, even by 1985 standards. 1982’s “Perspective” decidedly sounds like 80’s King Crimson!
I buy as much stuff as I can ever find by both P-Model and it’s leader, Susumu Hirasawa. My friend Nick Kent has a great website, with lots of stuff about them in English:
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