dawnpatrol70 Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Japan has a golden opportunity to put out deluxe editions of stuff that was only available there on CD :-[, like 2 ep's from Blur - Live At Budokan, Bustin & Dronin. They could do the Parklife vinyl with the dog having LED(watch Battery powered) blinking eyes like my cd promo. They could do the ENTIRE Dave Matthews catalog - wouldn't it be sweet to have Under The Table or Crash on Japan audiophile???? I just got my old Thorens td166 mk2 working, and want everything 90's on vinyl now. My receiver plays louder with my turntable, I guess because cd's are such a midrange mess, i couldn't play cd's longer than 10 minutes at extreme volumes without it thinking it was distorting, and turning one channel off temporarily. With my turntable, it never gets overworked. All my friends who didn't understand why I own 30,000 vinyl have heard the Thorens sound, and now know why I'm into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 30,000 vinyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 This belongs in one of the other sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davezer Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 30,000 vinyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Pix or it didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamafreeman Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Bustin' and Dronin' and Live at the Budokan were both full albums and not e.p.'s. i wonder if there is less of a vinyl market in Japan than there is in the US/UK/Germany, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattstrike Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Japan's market is pretty strong - perhaps not as strong as 10-15 years ago, but healthy nonetheless. Dawnpatrol - A lot of 1990's titles were pressed in Japan back when they were originally released - you just have to look for them. You may also want to check out German editions - not as storied as Japan's "audiophile excellence", but just as good. In fact Germany is home to one of the best pressing plants in the world - Pallas. Also, you'd be doing a disservice to yourself if you didn't check out domestic pressings from RTI or (select) MFSL releases. MFSL used to press everything in Japan, but domestic pressing technology got so good that they brought it back to the States. As with all things in life, there will be disappointments along the way - no pressing plant is immune to a bad run - I've heard Japanese pressings that were absolute shit (i.e. 200g Nirvana Nevermind). Having said all that, it sounds like your audio rig isn't even up to the task of presenting all of the information contained in the grooves accurately, so what good is having a collection of '90s 200g "audiophile" $50 Japanese LPs?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Another Tom Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Pix or it didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntwolf Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 there are still a ton of expensive jazz japanese releases happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartcat Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Pix or it didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tre Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Our Japanese distributor flat out refuses to take any of our vinyl, and my guy there does a label in Japan, and releases vinyl... "It just doesn't sell, I am lucky if 10% of what I press actually stays in Japan" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbulletrecords Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Cool "Audiophile" alert. But yeah, what Tre said. Distribution-wise, I'll ship maybe 1 record over there for every 20 CD's. Fine with me - it keeps the logic of pressing CD's alive since it's drying up elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveooo Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 30,000 vinyl I believe vinyl becomes plural somewhere after 23,439 records. FACT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astonbosstuneage Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Cool "Audiophile" alert.But yeah, what Tre said. Distribution-wise, I'll ship maybe 1 record over there for every 20 CD's. Fine with me - it keeps the logic of pressing CD's alive since it's drying up elsewhere. And there you have it a nutshell - the reason why we don't do every release on vinyl, Japan is the main place we sell music to, and Japan wants CD, not vinyl... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeams Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I would guess because records are "old" and because they are "old" and "outdated" they must be no good. For the past couple years, many releases have been CD only. There are a number of used record shops, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbulletrecords Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 The irony of it all is that Japan record stores are known for INSANE import finds for anyone who's been over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartcat Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 30,000 vinyl I believe vinyl becomes plural somewhere after 23,439 records. FACT. That sounds about right. +1 for making my morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 when you can buy used schoolgirl underwear and live lobsters from vending machines, who has time for records? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjaicomo Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 when you can buy used schoolgirl underwear and live lobsters from vending machines, who has time for records? Ne'er a truer word was spoken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themean Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 When you live in a "one room mansion" you just don't have the space for records... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_in_Japan#One_room_mansion CDs make much more sense for quite a few Japanese. And Dave Matthews Band? Really? Who the fuck wants that garbage? What about 311 or Creed vinyl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snacks Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 japanese people live in tiny homes (they're a small people). cd's just make more sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeams Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 The underwear thing was a problem of the past. Space is very limits here, but it wouldn't be a problem for home owners. Actually. Have one hindre fifty Los and I'm out of space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depletedresource Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 japanese people are only 3 feet tall and they all worship nature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melikecheese Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 They already have, a few years back there was a huge set of re-releases from Universal Japan. All on 200 gram limited edition vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbledehoy Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 The HEY MERCEDES unorchestrated 12" we released sold fantastically in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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