ooh, I have Cochin Moon coming in the mail. excited.
― last updated a group of five done twelve times ago (geoffreyess), Saturday, 23 May 2020 18:53 (three years ago) link
https://www.nts.live/shows/haruomi-hosono
― just sayin, Thursday, 25 June 2020 09:40 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7Rq7TOz.gif
― frogbs, Monday, 27 July 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
Living the dream.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 27 July 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
Google Translate of a recent tweet:
6 solo works by Haruomi Hosono will be released on November 3rd on the record day! "Vu Ja De" first analog release, "omni Sight Seeing" "MEDICINE COMPILATION" domestic first analog release Sparkles The cassette book "Hana ni Sui" released in 1984 is a cassette, and "HoSoNoVa" and "Heavenly Music" are analog re-releases. Multiple musical notes 6 works will be released in the US Flag of United States
looks like I'll be dropping some cash on Nov 3
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 August 2020 03:26 (three years ago) link
wait... is that this 1984 cassette? https://www.discogs.com/細野晴臣-花に水/release/7890029
― brimstead, Thursday, 20 August 2020 03:32 (three years ago) link
phbbbt https://www.discogs.com/細野晴臣-花に水/release/7890029
― brimstead, Thursday, 20 August 2020 03:33 (three years ago) link
gah whatever. Watering A Flower, I mean. The shopping background music.
Hana = Flower so I assume it's got to be?
if it's a vinyl issue it's gonna sell like nuts, it's got just the right kind of online fame
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 August 2020 03:35 (three years ago) link
yeah it'll probably sell out in 5 minutes or something. and then pop up on ebay and discogs on the same day for more $. sigh.
― brimstead, Thursday, 20 August 2020 04:11 (three years ago) link
my trigger finger is ready
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 August 2020 04:16 (three years ago) link
!!!!
― stirmonster, Thursday, 20 August 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
can confirm sui means wateraaaaaaaaahh!!!!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 20 August 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link
apparently the Watering a Flower reissue is cassette only, kind of disappointing since I don't have a tape player but I guess that's its natural format
fully plan on getting Omni Sight Seeing & Medicine Comp at least. OSS has been a holy grail for a while, I missed the LTiA preorder and they sold out in like a day, now copies are ~$200 on discogs and eBay. fuck that. dunno about the others, Old Man Harry doing covers of WW2-era songs is not super appealing to me but I'll probably get Vu Ja De at least
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 August 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
I missed the LTiA preorder and they sold out in like a day, now copies are ~$200 on discogs and eBay
i accidentally ordered 2 and was kicking myself for ages so that makes up for it a bit.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 20 August 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
its official...LTiA are handling Omni Sight Seeing and Medicine Comp
https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7091-omni-sight-seeing
They are pricey but LTiA stuff is very high quality & I am positive these will only go up in value. unless the vinyl market crashes, but we all know that's not going to happen ha ha ha
― frogbs, Monday, 31 August 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
$100 for 2 LPs, jfc
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 31 August 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
honestly -- UUUGH
i get it. i'm happy for the people who can hear the difference. for the rest of us, fuck man
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 31 August 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
love OSS but $50, yeah no way
My CD copy sounds fine
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 31 August 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
It’s just like...don’t they want people to listen to and buy these Hosono records? Why are they doing this?
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 31 August 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
All I’m trying to do is give other people money to listen to their music, I don’t understand why they make that so difficult
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 31 August 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
CD copies are about that expensive too
and tbf Medicine Comp is a double
but yeah LTiA's pricing structure irritates me, a lot of new LPs are $20-22 but the stuff I want will randomly be way more. Cochin Moon was $22 but Paraiso was $45, idk why since the quality on both are similar. the YMO reissues (the 2x45 RPM ones with the pixelated covers) are $90 a pop. maybe this has something to do with the remastering...Paraiso does sound different from my MP3 copy in some noticeable ways, while CM sounds amazing to begin with
― frogbs, Monday, 31 August 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
I believe LiTA is handling US distribution but these are produced and manufactured in Japan. A new single LP in Japan is priced at ¥3,700 or approximately ~$35 USD. So $50 for a new Japanese import LP, considering shipping, export costs, handling, etc. is not particularly exploitative.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 31 August 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
$60 for Medecine Comp on 2 x vinyl will translate to around $100 to get it to the UK. :(
Probably much cheaper to buy direct from Japan.
― stirmonster, Monday, 31 August 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
xp
that makes sense, but it makes me wonder how did managed to keep costs under $25 for Cochin Moon, the recent Yoshimura Green reissue, and other similar Japanese reissues
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 31 August 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
it's fine, i'm just bummed because i'm a big fan of all this stuff, i want to hear it and support the effort, and i can't even though i'm a grown assed half-man with a job
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 31 August 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
Japanese prices -
OMNI SIGHT SEEINGLP | ¥4,070 (US$38.6)
MEDICINE COMPILATION2LP | ¥5,500 (US$52.17)
― stirmonster, Monday, 31 August 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
Those were in-house productions by LiTA, presumably for the ex-Japan / North America market. For instance, you can see the pricier / earlier Cochin Moon reissue for the Japan market here:https://www.discogs.com/Haruomi-Hosono-Tadanori-Yokoo-Cochin-Moon/release/8467190
The new ones being discussed are being produced in Japan by a subsidiary of Sony music - LiTA is not involved in the production / manufacturing, they are just providing distribution / promo.
Licensing and rights control is quite convoluted in Japan. It works both ways as well, for instance LiTA's blockbuster Japanese Environmental Music compilation is not available in Japan and only a handful of digital tracks for download were available with the vinyl reissue.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 31 August 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
One of the reasons I heard that Japanese territory reissues are expensive (even in Japan) are that in the case of major label releases, instead of licensing the recordings, the major itself presses the records on behalf of the reissuer, and then 'sells' them to the reissue label. Maybe to retain some kind of quality control and ensure that the right quantity is being pressed.
The reissue label has to pay whatever the major wants in order to do the reissue = high prices for all..
― Stop the tape I got spittle all over my moustache. (Talcum Mucker), Monday, 31 August 2020 18:21 (three years ago) link
thanks for that info, MFB!
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 31 August 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
yeah it makes more sense now. being a fan of Japanese music can get crazy expensive if you're not just pirating stuff.
― frogbs, Monday, 31 August 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
yeah...i guess i have to keep in mind it could be way, way worse. the terrible setback i've been dealt is that i'll have to continue listening to all this cool shit for free and never send money to the people who helped make it. but whatever, i help spread the YMO-family word whenever i can, and i purchase everything i can that's not intended for wealthy people
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 31 August 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
whereas in the olden times, i'd probably have to rob a liquor store just to hear any of this stuff in the first place
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 31 August 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
fuck can someone convince me not to pull the trigger on this
https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/1079306315?format=Vinyl&text=Haruomi-Hosono-Coincidental-Music&utm_campaign=sell_email_new&utm_source=relationship&utm_medium=pm&ev=wh_new
― frogbs, Saturday, 3 October 2020 03:58 (three years ago) link
Absolutely not! :)
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 3 October 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
The version of the Galactic Railroad theme on that is exquisite.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 3 October 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
And Bio Philosophy which is a stunning version of the first track from that Muji BGM tape
― frogbs, Saturday, 3 October 2020 19:03 (three years ago) link
oh damn no way? light em up already, frogbs!
― brimstead, Saturday, 3 October 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
okay fine that price does seem pretty great for an NM copy, I mean fuck it we save that much every week in gas thanks to the pandemic is how I see it
― frogbs, Saturday, 3 October 2020 23:21 (three years ago) link
ahhhh god damn it
https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/1180310337?format=Vinyl&text=Haruomi-Hosono-Philharmony
maybe a good indication that the LTiA copies are coming down in price, never seen one under 85
― frogbs, Sunday, 4 October 2020 02:14 (three years ago) link
oh wow someone grabbed it
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 02:36 (three years ago) link
Remembered the other day that I travelled to Japan at the height of the Kubik craze and nabbed a YMO set, so technically I have a Haroumi Hosono action figure.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 10:17 (three years ago) link
Hana ni Mizu (Watering a Flower) tape reissue -
https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7302-hana-ni-mizu-watering-a-flower?mc_cid=6d1cd6c03d&mc_eid=982f43dfd8
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 02:00 (three years ago) link
first time I've ever wanted a goddamn cassette tape
iirc their Kankyo Ongaku set has the full version of the first track, imo the better of the two...might spring for that instead
― frogbs, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 02:03 (three years ago) link
Kankyo Ongaku has Original BGM, but nothing from the tape.
i bought it for my good friend, so at least i know i'll be able to reliably listen to it every once in a while
― just another 3-pinnochio post by (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 03:07 (three years ago) link
oh! I guess I did not, in fact, rc
― frogbs, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 03:10 (three years ago) link
Dang, missed it. It's available now on streaming.Interesting the LITA page says there's a translation of the book on the web, accessible via a QR code that comes with the tape. Hope to see that sometime.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 6 November 2020 13:33 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nehPFjX87l4
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 20:42 (three years ago) link
niiiice
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 21:23 (three years ago) link