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GINBAE - GINBAE - Ginbae - EU Once Again Limited Edition - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 55,00 PLN / 13,75 EUR
NOTE! This forgotten (also in Japan) album never came out on CD - also in the musicians' homeland! Released in 1976 at the band's own expense (on the Sea Side label) and recorded during a performance in a small hall, the LP contained five fairly extended compositions lasting 6-9 minutes and drew you in with dark rawness and the unrestrained power of playing more characteristic of 1971-1972 than 1976! This is dense, heavy-riff-based, slightly psychedelic, at times decidedly progressive playing for two lead guitars (with rather average, but decidedly acceptable vocals), without doubt inspired by the style of early Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and especially Blues Creation (from 1971), where overdriven guitar, decisive bass and energetic drums created an almost hypnotic, yet invigorating atmosphere. This is a really great album, which in the original Japanese version costs 600-700 euros! Very highly recommended! Condition: NEW, sealed. -
HAPPENINGS FOUR (see also: Kuni Kawachi) - HAPPENINGS FOUR + 1 - Long Trip - FRA Absinthe Limited Press - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 110,00 PLN / 27,50 EUR
An excellent, unfortunately almost completely unknown outside Japan, top-shelf rock classic! The fourth (and last), without doubt the best album by the Japanese soft-progressive (earlier pop-psychedelic) band with the organist Kunio Kawachi in the line-up. This LP, released in 1971 by Capitol, contained a much more serious, more mature, richly arranged and genuinely gripping mixture of psychedelia and early progressive rock with Kawachi's organ (known, among other things, from the superb LP "Kirikyogen" recorded in 1970 with the future musicians of Flower Travellin' Band) and the guitar of Kimio Mizutani (who from a session musician turned into the "+1" in the band's name) in the leading roles. This gloomy album, devoted to the themes of transience and death, but very elegant and full of class (sung in Japanese), brings to mind the work of early Procol Harum combined with The Zombies (from the "Odessey And Oracle" period). I confess that a few years ago there was a moment when, after buying the vinyl, I listened to this title for 2-3 weeks, and the longer I listened to it the less I could tear myself away from it! The 10-minute "Death" included in the YouTube link (poor-sounding...) is an absolute masterpiece of psych-progressive rock, though there are really no weak moments on the record! New, sealed. An absolute must! (JL) -
HAPPENINGS FOUR (see also: Kuni Kawachi) - HAPPENINGS FOUR + 1 - Long Trip +6 - EU Eclipse Expanded Edition - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 60,00 PLN / 15,00 EUR
Yet another sensational title from the rich collection of Japanese progressive rock of the early 70s - unfortunately almost completely unknown outside Japan! Released in 1971 by Capitol, the fourth, last in the career and without doubt the best album by the soft-progressive band with the organist Kunio Kawachi in the line-up. The LP contained a mature, richly arranged and genuinely gripping mixture of psychedelia and early progressive rock, with Kawachi's organ (known, among other things, from the superb LP "Kirikyogen" recorded in 1970 with the future musicians of Flower Travellin' Band) and the guitar of Kimio Mizutani (who from a session musician turned into the "+1" in the band's name) in the leading roles. This gloomy album, devoted to the themes of transience and death, but very elegant and full of class (sung in Japanese), brings to mind the work of early Procol Harum combined with The Zombies (from the "Odessey And Oracle" period). I confess that a few years ago there was a moment when, after buying the vinyl, I listened to this title for 2-3 weeks, and the longer I listened, the less I could tear myself away from it! The 10-minute "Death" (rather poor-sounding...) is in my opinion an absolute masterpiece of psych-progressive rock, though there are really no weak moments on the record. Excellent sound quality! In addition, six rare live recordings from January 1970, in a more soul-and-blues style. A must! (JL) -
KAWACHI, KUNI & FRIENDS - KUNI KAWACHI AND HIS GROUP - Love Suki Daikirai / Kirkyogen - EU Walhalla Edition - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 60,00 PLN / 15,00 EUR
This CD contains two albums by Kuni Kawachi (organist of the Japanese psychedelic group The Happenings Four): "Love Suki Daikira", recorded in 1972, and the excellent "Kirkyogen", from 1970 - recorded with the participation of two members of Flower Travellin' Band (just before the creation of the LP "Anywhere"). Most of the record "Kirkyogen" was filled with heavyish, at moments slightly experimental progressive rock, enriched (towards the end) with three shorter pieces from the realm of psychedelic folk (including with sitar). Highly recommended! -
KIKAGAKU MOYO - KIKAGAKU MOYO - Masana Temples - EU Edition - LISTENprice: 85,00 PLN / 21,25 EUR
The fourth studio album by the Japanese neo-psychedelic band. -
KIKAGAKU MOYO - KIKAGAKU MOYO - Masana Temples - EU Press - LISTENprice: 165,00 PLN / 41,25 EUR
The fourth studio album by the Japanese neo-psychedelic band. -
LOUDNESS - LOUDNESS - Disillusion - NL Roadrunner 1984 1st Press - NEAR MINT VINTAGE VINYLprice: 300,00 PLN / 75,00 EUR
ANALOGUE SOUND! A very rare, first Dutch 1984 edition of probably the most popular, fourth studio album by the Japanese metallers - once released all over the world and still counted today in the canon of classic metal. Playing in the style of Judas Priest and Van Halen - with great guitar parts! Perfect condition! Sleeve: MINT- / Record, played maybe once: MINT- -
LOUDNESS - LOUDNESS - Lightning Strikes - EU Music On CD Edition - LISTENprice: 70,00 PLN / 17,50 EUR
The sixth album by the Japanese band, headed by the guitar virtuoso Akira Takasaki. Released in Japan as "Shadows Of War", with a different track order. A 2021 edition. -
LOUDNESS - LOUDNESS - Disillusion - JAP Edition - LISTENprice: 100,00 PLN / 25,00 EUR
The most popular, fourth studio album by the Japanese metal band - once released all over the world and still counted today in the canon of classic metal. Playing in the style of Judas Priest and Van Halen - with great guitar parts! A 2016 Japanese edition. (JL) -
LOUDNESS - LOUDNESS - Sunburst (2CD) - EU Digipack Edition - LISTENprice: 85,00 PLN / 21,25 EUR
The twenty-eighth (!) studio album by the Japanese metal band. Digipak with a 24-page booklet inside. -
LOUDNESS - LOUDNESS - Thunder In The East - EU Music On CD Editionprice: 70,00 PLN / 17,50 EUR
The fifth album by the Japanese band, led by the guitar virtuoso Akira Takasaki. 2024 reissue. -
MAKI, CARMEN & OZ (see also: Blues Creation) - CARMEN MAKI & OZ - Carmen Maki & Oz - SWE Flawed Gems Edition - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 60,00 PLN / 15,00 EUR
Vocalist Carmen Maki was once called the 'Japanese Janis Joplin', and although many people are outraged by such a comparison, in my humble opinion Janis never made such a wonderful (as a whole) album as Carmen did with the heavy rock group Blues Creation (in 1971)! In any case, in 1974 the vocalist founded the group Oz, and her debut (sung in Japanese) album came out in January 1975 - dominated by long, extended, heavyish progressive tracks with keyboards (mainly a combination of Hammond organ and piano), modelled on the sound of Deep Purple and Blues Creation, but not free of moods à la Pink Floyd or Barclay James Harvest. Lovers of classic playing will certainly be very pleased with this record, and Carmen Maki herself sang superbly! The CD was mastered from the original vinyl and sounds superb! Very highly recommended! -
MAKI, CARMEN + BLUES CREATION (see also: Dew) - CARMEN MAKI / BLUES CREATION - Carmen Maki / Blues Creation - EU Once Again Limited Edition - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 55,00 PLN / 13,75 EUR
This wonderful and unique record, released in the summer of 1971, was made by the Japanese vocalist Carmen Maki (previously known for folk or pop songs) with the participation of the heavy rock band Blues Creation. In general I'm not fond of female vocals, but despite certain limitations, the beautiful Carmen, imitating Janis Joplin and Grace Slick a little, is simply sensational here! The whole material was created in exactly the same session as the classic LP "Demon And Eleven Children", credited solely to Blues Creation (released a month earlier), and the band, playing genuinely heavy, bluesy rock here (a bit in the vein of the first side of "Led Zeppelin III"), was as usual in top form and certainly did not hold back! I repeat: this is a splendid album without a single weaker moment, although when I discovered that the author of the opening "Understand" was the American band Fantasy (1970), I was slightly disappointed... The sound quality is excellent! A must! Condition: New, sealed. (JL) -
MAKI, CARMEN + BLUES CREATION (see also: Dew) - BLUES CREATION WITH CARMEN MAKI - Carmen Maki + Blues Creation - FRA Absinthe Limited Press - VERY RAREprice: 110,00 PLN / 27,50 EUR
A European, great-sounding edition in a gatefold sleeve (modelled on the Japanese original from 1971, now worth about 1000 euros)! This wonderful and unique record was made by the 'Japanese Janis Joplin' - Carmen Maki with the participation of the heavy rock band Blues Creation. I am not fond of female vocals, but despite certain limitations C.M. is simply sensational. All the material was made in exactly the same session as the Blues Creation LP "Demon And Eleven Children" (released a month earlier), and the band, playing genuinely heavy, bluesy rock here (something like the first side of "Led Zeppelin III"...), was as usual on top form. I repeat: it is a BRILLIANT album without a single weaker moment! The pressing quality is perfect. A must! -
MIZUTANI, KIMIO (see also: Hiro Yanagida) - KIMIO MIZUTANI - A Path Through Haze - EU Walhalla Remastered Edition - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 60,00 PLN / 15,00 EUR
Remastered edition of an absolute classic of Japanese rock, released in 1971 and worth nearly 2000 euros (!!!) as an original LP! This very good, progressive material was recorded by an excellent guitarist together with the cream of the local rock scene, including Hiro Yanagida. Highly recommended! (JL) -
MOPS - MOPS - Psychedelic Sounds In Japan - EU Press - LISTENprice: 130,00 PLN / 32,50 EUR
An absolute classic from Japan - the first psychedelic album from there (released in April 1968) - and on top of that excellent! A combination of pop-psychedelic moods with sharp guitar overdrive. Some may know the track "I Am Just A Mops" - included in 2000 on the box set "Nuggets II". Besides that, the album contained covers of, among others, "Inside Looking Out" and "San Franciscan Nights" (The Animals), "White Rabbit" and "Somebody To Love" (Jefferson Airplane) and "Light My Fire" (The Doors). A 2022 reissue. -
MOPS - MOPS - Iijanaika - SWE Flawed Gems Edition - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 60,00 PLN / 15,00 EUR
The Japanese band The Mops is remembered mainly for the legendary album "Psychedelic Sound In Japan" (1968), as well as the great track "I'm Just A Mops" - included on the superb four-disc box set "Nuggets II". However, fans of heavy playing must absolutely take an interest in the third LP in the discography, "Iijanaika" (May 1971) - 80% in the heavy rock style known from the superb records of the groups Blues Creation, Flower Travellin' Band, Speed Glue & Shinki and Strawberry Path. In my opinion the first 30 seconds of this album are the absolute peak of heavy rock of the 70s and only the Japanese could have played like that! I admit that those first sounds simply killed me! This record, sung in English, also contains two short ballads and one blues joke, but the remaining 30 minutes of pure rock should satisfy even the most fastidious lovers of playing 'not only Anglo-Saxon'. A MUST! (JL) -
MURASAKI - MURASAKI - Doin' Our Thing - At The Live House Murasaki (2LP) - JAPAN Bourbon 1977 1st Press - NEAR MINT VINTAGE VINYL - LISTENprice: 550,00 PLN / 137,50 EUR
ANALOGUE SOUND! A super rare, first Japanese pressing of the classic live album (the third in their discography) by the 'Japanese Deep Purple', released in 1977 on double vinyl. Plus two rigid inner sleeves with lyrics. The band plays truly fantastically here, and the live versions sound even better than their studio counterparts - which in the 70s was standard for every self-respecting rock band. This 87-minute album is a slightly weaker (inevitably) copy of Deep Purple's "Made In Japan" combined with "Made In Europe". Is that an incentive? For me, an enormous one! The sound quality is almost excellent! Great condition! Sleeve almost perfect with a small crease on a corner: EXCELLENT / Records: MINT- / MINT- -
MURASAKI - MURASAKI - Doin' Our Thing At The Live House Murasaki - SWE Flawed Gems - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 60,00 PLN / 15,00 EUR
Released in 1977 on double vinyl, the live, third and at the same time last classic album by the 'Japanese Deep Purple'. The band plays really fantastically here, and the live versions sound even better than their studio counterparts - which in the 70s was the standard for every self-respecting rock group. Only in the last 30 years has the value of the live album (usually made half in the studio) dropped almost to zero, and most of them are typical contract or discography fillers... Returning to Murasaki, this CD, lasting exactly 80 minutes, sounds like a (inevitably) somewhat weaker copy of Deep Purple's 'Made In Japan' combined with 'Made In Europe'. Is that an incentive? For me an enormous one! Compared with the original album the order of the tracks has been slightly changed and incidentally a mediocre, cloying ballad has dropped out. The sound itself, however, is almost excellent! A must! -
NOVELA (JAP prog) - NOVELA - Requiem EP - JAP Nexus Editionprice: 70,00 PLN / 17,50 EUR
A mini-album from 1981 by a Japanese band playing heavy progressive rock. A 2017 edition. -
NOVELA (JAP prog) - NOVELA - Sanctuary - FRA Spalax Digipack Edition - LISTENprice: 50,00 PLN / 12,50 EUR
The fourth studio album by a Japanese band playing heavy progressive rock. -
POWERHOUSE (see also: Shinki Chen / Food Brain) - POWERHOUSE - Powerhouse - FRA Absinthe Limited Press - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 110,00 PLN / 27,50 EUR
A limited French edition in a superb sleeve of the very good sole album, released in 1969, by a Japanese blues rock band led by guitarist Shinki Chen (later in, among others, Speed Glue & Shinki and Food Brain - recommended!). This album, ultra-rare in its vinyl version (about 1500 euros), contained almost exclusively great, English-sung covers of recordings by the British bluesy bands of the day (Hendrix, Cream, Ten Years After, The Yardbirds) and two Beatles songs (including an unconventionally delivered, very slowed-down, strictly bluesy, great "Back In The USSR" and, sadly, a very embarrassing "Ob-la-di-Ob-la-da" - the only weak moment of this 55-minute record). Without doubt the best were the monstrous, 15-minute versions of "Spoonful" and "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", full of intriguing guitar improvisations, played in the style of Ten Years After, Savoy Brown and Cream. Super! Every lover of heavy blues from the late 60s must have this album. And that brilliant, psychedelic cover, which in laminated form simply looks stunning! Highly recommended! -
PYG - PYG - Pyg! Original First Album - GER Digipack Edition - VERY RARE - LISTENprice: 60,00 PLN / 15,00 EUR
Released in 1971, the only album by a Japanese progressive band singing in their native language. One 10-minute track stands out especially on the record. Edition in a digipak. -
SAMURAI (JAP) - SAMURAI - Samurai (2LP) - SPA Red Circle Press - VERY RARE - LAST COPIES - LISTENprice: 200,00 PLN / 50,00 EUR
Spanish reissue of the excellent debut record by the Japanese formation with Tetsu Yamauchi on bass (later Free and Faces). This album, recorded in England, contains solid, slightly psychedelic, but above all intense progressive and largely improvised playing - based on the sound of organs and guitars. Gatefold sleeve, sealed.
