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TOSHI ICHIYANAGI MICHAEL RANTA TAKEHISA KOSUGI: Improvisation Sep.
1975 LABEL: ISKRA Records Label Number: ISKRA-002 Hideously MONSTER RARE FIRST ORIGINAL PRIVATE PRESSING from 1975, released in tiny edition of ONLY 200 COPIES Rarest Japanese Psychedelic Drone Improvisation disc ORIGINAL PRESS ISSUE IN TOP CONDITION Comes with insert and housed in hand pasted sleeves NEAR MINT CONDITION.....With stamped Matrix numbers in dead wax reading ISK 002A 11 and ISK 002B 11 ......
GENUINE 1st Original pressing in TOP CONDITION, complete with insert.
GRADING: LP Record: Near Mint Mint, absolutely top condition ..next to impossible to ever upgrade upon Hand Pasted Jacket: Excellent some aging spots against white background and glue residue on back due to the hand made nature of the jacket...NO splits, no damage, only sign of ages in form of a few mildew spots visible against white background which is always the case with this LP.
Insert: Excellent Near Mint Some words on this issue: ICHIYANAGI Toshi, KOSUGI Takehisa, RANTA Michael: Improvisation Sep.
1975 Iskra Record Iskra-002 Privately released in a tiny edition of about 200 copies, Improvisation September 1975 quickly attained a heavy weight status within circles of those aware of the disc s existence and hardcore collector freaks as an almost impossible to retrieve masterpiece that got stuck in the cracks of history and private collections.
Iskra Records was a small privately run venture that apart from this title also released the Takayanagi Masayuki Eclipse .
A couple of years ago, a bootleg version appeared of it and they acclaimed it to be identical to the original one with gold like jacket and more recently a dodgy version on Bamboo Rec out of the UK both with hideous sound quality .
Almost everyone took their words for granted since hardly anyone had ever encountered an original copy.
So here is the disc in its original glory and far removed from the gold laminated boot version.
Sound-wise the original also sounds so much fresher and clearer than its dodgy counterfeited bastard son.
The music on the other hand is deliriously bounder crossing, ignited out of a match made in heaven between ex-Taj Mahal Traveler Kosugi Takehisa forging an alliance with avant-garde composer Ichiyanagi Toshi and the contemporary repertoire percussionist Michael Ranta.
Together they set loose some free droning escapades filled with ring modulated tones, percussive clatter and processed minimal electronics, making the music to explore similar sonic hemispheres and universes as the Taj Mahal Travelers did.
Mind liftingly great listening experience and highly obscure disc that will never ever again cross your path again, at least not during this lifetime.
Needles to say, this baby has our highest recommendation.
The music is just stellar.
WITH INsert, TOP COPY, Near MINT MINT RECORD.....
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We don t sell anything below VG .
VG grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear.
Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away.
Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect.
Mint: like new.
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