v/a THE LIMITED EDITION VANITY RECORDS BOX SET 6xLP Box/81 Japan/Electro-No-Wave
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(Various Artists) 'The Limited Edition Vanity Records Box Set' 6xLP Box Set (Germany, Vinyl On Demand, Catalogue #VOD 160) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2020 Vinyl On Demand label 6xLP Box Set edition (first time vinyl edition in a numbered, limited edition of 500 copies) of ULTRA-RARE 1981 Vanity Records compilation (originally issued as a 6 x Cassette Tape box set) of the early 1980's Japanese Electro-No Wave Underground entitled The Limited Edition Vanity Records Box Set. Originally released in 1981 in Japan as a 6 x Cassette Tape box set on the Vanity Records label.
(NOTE: LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES ONLY!)
(NOTE: LAST COPY!!!)
Vanity Records is a none-more-legendary Japanese label established by music journo Yuzuru Agi in late ’70s Osaka, Japan. Its small but precious and catalogue of bold experiments with rock and electronics is hugely prescient in its scope, and would loosely fall within and expand the term “techno-pop”, which its label owner first coined to describe the futurist sound of Eno-produced bands like Talking Heads and Devo.
The bands featured were all in their nascent stages, covering a spectre. Form the slimy, munted TG-like sleaze impulses of Salaried Man, to rhythmic experiments by Isolation and Kiiro Radical that properly pre-echo Mika Vainio and parallel Conrad Schnitzler, and the scorched earth blues drags of Nishimura Alimoti, or the exquisite late night Dekkard’s apartment ambience of Wireless Sight.
Until a 2CD edition of ‘Vanity Music’ appeared in 2019, the cult collection of tracks have only been available on YouTube, but now repackaged in the original artwork - faithfully executed as ever by V-O-D - the boxset is now a (slightly) more affordable prospect than the copies currently going for £600+ on the collector’s market and remains a genuinely enduring, wide-eyed revelation for intrepid types and early wave explorers.
Similar to the compilation Musik, Vanity also released a limited edition, 6-cassette tape box set entitled Limited Edition Vanity Records Box Set in 1981. It compiled the music of six artists whose works were rigorously selected from many demo tapes that were sent to Vanity from all across Japan. Each album was also released separately but now Limited Edition Vanity Records Box Set is reissued on LP for the first time as Vanity Tapes Box Set, a 6-LP box set. Included in the original box set was a supplement postcard of Jean Cocteau’s poem, “Mon oreille est un coquillage Qui aime le bruit de la mer" ("My ear is a sea shell that loves the sound of the sea"). The box set was said to be released as a limited edition of 70 sets but in reality, only 30 copies were ever pressed.
LP-1 Salaried Man Club - Gray Cross
Gray Cross features the signature sound of the trio Salaried Man Club who declare their white collar identity loudly with the industrial sound of an intellectual worker. They used to perform regularly at the club dee-Bee’s in Kyoto. They also appeared in Ylem’s compilation Awa (Foam).
LP-2 Kiiro Radical - Denki Noise Dance
Kiiro Radical (Yellow Radical) is a group formed by Masaaki Mochida from Yonago City in Tottori Prefecture. The subtle, calculated, meticulous minimal electric noise ecstasy that Mochida presented was critically acclaimed by Agi as “the pinnacle of Japanese electronic music now” at the time of release. He also has 5 pieces included in the compilation Musik.
LP-3 Densei Kwan - Pocket Planetaria
Densei Kwan is the group of Hidetsugu Saito from Fukushima. “Like a cause and effect interaction, the light bulb hidden in the boy’s trouser pocket, was actually a marble that was making some crashing sounds (pocket planetarium general statement)”. The original cassette release includes this Taruho Inagaki-esque quote attached to the quintessential electron (Densei Kwan) stirring up a miniature garden-like noise universe.
LP-4 Invivo - B.B.B.
This is a project produced by Masao Tachibana from Zushi city. The first 6 tracks are called In Vivo: Inside The Living Organism and the remaining 6 tracks are entitled In Vitro: Inside a Test Tube. It is a biological term penned document of a bio-mutant generational experiment of atmospheric sounds. Invivo had one track included in the Musik compilation.
LP-5 Wireless Sight - Endless Dark Dream
This is a project by Kunie Wakae who published the mini magazine called Musenongaku. Just playing piano, metronome, and radio noise, this artist created peaceful, post classical, spacious ambient sketches. He also did performances with visuals and dancers.
LP-6 Nishimura Alimoti - Shibou
Ami Nishimura’s ensemble’s album, Shibou. With a band consisting of guitar, bass, drums and voice, this unit plays quite a primitive sound that recalls early Amon Duul, Metabolist and such. It digs heavily into the alt psychedelic rock field.
Gray Cross A1 – Salaried Man Club Gray Cross Part 1 5:02 A2 – Salaried Man Club Gray Cross Part 2 4:54 A3 – Salaried Man Club Gray Cross Part 3 7:11 A4 – Salaried Man Club Gray Cross Part 4 3:32 B1 – Salaried Man Club Martial Music 4:35 B2 – Salaried Man Club Fe 0:45 B3 – Salaried Man Club The Thought Of Y 4:45 B4 – Salaried Man Club Cinerama 5:32
Denki Noise Dance C1 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 1 4:18 C2 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 2 2:12 C3 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 3 2:36 C4 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 4 3:01 C5 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 5 3:35 C6 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 6 0:23 C7 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 7 2:19 C8 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 8 2:18 D1 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 9 1:58 D2 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 10 3:16 D3 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 11 2:25 D4 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 12 3:08 D5 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 13 3:17 D6 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 14 3:06 D7 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 15 2:46 D8 – Kiiro Radical Denki Noise Dance Part 16 2:43
Pocket Planetaria E1 – Den Sei Kwan Transparent Radio 15:51 E2 – Den Sei Kwan P×T×C=1 1:57 E3 – Den Sei Kwan Thugu-Rikwo 5:53 F1 – Den Sei Kwan Sarava Tetsudo 1:55 F2 – Den Sei Kwan Pocket Planetaria 4:38 F3 – Den Sei Kwan Plastic Garden 10:18
B.B.B. G1 – Invivo Invivo / B.B.B. 9:48 G2 – Invivo Micoplasm (1983) 3:30 G3 – Invivo I.D.50 (Live) 4:27 G4 – Invivo M.I.C. 1:59 G5 – Invivo Macrolide (C H NO) 2:36 G6 – Invivo Bacteroides 1:03 H1 – Invivo InVitro 3:57 H2 – Invivo Proteus 3:11 H3 – Invivo Amoxicillin 5:42 H4 – Invivo Klebsiella 3:37 H5 – Invivo Micoplasma (1979) 5:04 H6 – Invivo Dead World (LC M) 1:56
Endless Dark Dream I1 – Wireless Sight Automatic Funny Sight 1 9:54 I2 – Wireless Sight Endless Dark Dream 5:59 J1 – Wireless Sight Automatic Funny Sight 1 9:54 J2 – Wireless Sight Endless Dark Dream 5:59
Shibou K1 – Nishimura Alimoti Bunbunbae 5:29 K2 – Nishimura Alimoti Hyojyo No Uta 6:49 K3 – Nishimura Alimoti Inkasanka 3:35 K4 – Nishimura Alimoti Rogan 3:51 K5 – Nishimura Alimoti Lock And Role 4:21 L1 – Nishimura Alimoti Yasai Ga Kirai 1:39 L2 – Nishimura Alimoti Ninshiki Yoso 2:43 L3 – Nishimura Alimoti Moeagaru Chukinto 2:24 L4 – Nishimura Alimoti Nakayubi Tomare 2:05 L5 – Nishimura Alimoti Reito Shokki 1:55 L6 – Nishimura Alimoti Tori Ga Tonda Rarara 9:43 L7 – Nishimura Alimoti Zesshyo 2:41
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