From Loudersound.
Art rockers Japan are to have their 1984 compilation Exorcising Ghosts reissued on half-speed remastered vinyl through UMC on October 7.
The band officially split in 1982, following a tour in support of their final album, the ground-breaking Tin Drum. However, they agreed to undertake a farewell tour, with accompanying live album, Oil On Canvas, towards the end of 1983.
Exorcising Ghosts was released in 1984 and features material from the band’s third album, 1979’s Quiet Life, which saw the shift stylistically away from the glam rock of their first two albums (1978’s Adolescent Sex and 1979’s Obscure Alternatives) towards their more recognised stylish art rock approach.
The new edition has been mastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London. The LPs are housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner bags, a print of the band, an Abbey Road Half Speed Master Certificate, and an Obi strip.
A limited number of the album will be available with an exclusive 30cm x 23cm landscape print of Russell Mills’ sleeve artwork without text.
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- Japan - Visions Of China - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.32, €9.52 (New Item) (arrived 16-Jul-2024 16:11)on July 26, 2024 at 6:04 pm
JAPAN Visions Of China (1983 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Canton, housed in a gatefold picture sleeve VS581)
- Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids - US - CD album - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jul-2024 09:35)on July 26, 2024 at 6:04 pm
JAPAN Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1994 US 10-track picture CD album including two bonus tracks - Width Of A Room and Taking Islands In Africa, picture sleeve)
- Japan - Oil On Canvas - US - CD album - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 03-Jul-2024 12:54)on July 26, 2024 at 6:04 pm
JAPAN Oil On Canvas (1992 US 15-track green graphic CD album, recorded Live at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 1982, including Gentlemen Take Polaroids, Cantonese Boy, Visions Of China & Quiet Life, picture sleeve)
- Japan - Obscure Alternatives - US - CD album - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 03-Jul-2024 13:01)on July 26, 2024 at 6:04 pm
JAPAN Obscure Alternatives (1990s US Caroline Collectibles label 8-track CD album, originally released in 1978, picture sleeve booklet with lyrics)
- Japan - Quiet Life - Japanese - CD album - £20.00, $25.80, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 03-Jul-2024 13:28)on July 26, 2024 at 6:04 pm
JAPAN Quiet Life (1986 Japanese 8-track CD album, picture sleeve booklet with English/Japanese text plus obi-strip VDP-1155)
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