JOHN LURIE STRANGER THAN PARADISE ULTRA-RARE ORIG '88 JAPAN AUDIOPHILE LP w/'OBI

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·       JOHN LURIE - STRANGER THAN PARADISE/RESURRECTION OF ALBERT AYLER - ORIGINAL JAPANESE PRESSING - ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1988 JAPANESE CRAMMED DISC AUDIOPHILE LP 28CRL-3005 WITH 'OBI' AND INSERT

·       ORIGINAL JAPANESE PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL BLACK 'CRAMMED DISC' LABEL WITH WHITE PRINT

·       ORIGINAL JAPANESE AUDIOPHILE HIGH QUALITY PRESSING ON A VIRGIN VINYL

·       ALBUM INCLUDES "OBI" (A RIBBON / BELT WITH JAPANESE ALPHABET CHARACTERS, CONTAINING ALBUM DATA)  WRAPPED AROUND THE COVER)

·       THE ALBUM ALSO COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE-ONLY INSERT/DATA SHEET

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST JAPANESE PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least thick, and  10 being the thickest), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

(?PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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When it comes to atmosphere, the sad, sometimes rainy soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch' excellent indy movie "Stranger than paradise" has it all, allthough it's only fair to say that it's a short and minimalistic experience: only 20 something minutes long. Maybe therefor the album has a wild, chaotic musical set piece called "The ressurrection of Albert Ayler" as a bonus. But the twenty minute score for "Stranger than paradise" is perfect nontheless. A string quartet plays John Lurie's understated tunes. The composer has an eye for detail and touching , just the way he acts in the movie itself: a flinch, a sigh, a gesture often is enough and all is filled with a feel of "real", of "genuine" and that's the strength of both the movie and its music.

John Lurie's second musical collaboration with Jim Jarmusch (if we skip his saxophone playing cameo appearance in "Permanent vacation" for a minute) is "Down by law" and it's both sad and good that he didn't repeat himself. The score for "Down by law" is more experimental, more filled with little pieces of wickedness en weirdness. It's also shorter than a regular soundtrack, but this one too has another Lurie piece, "Variety", as a bonus.

"Mystery train" is, to round up things, the third and last Lurie / Jarmusch collaboration. Because this movie has some Elvis themes in its core, the strings are replaced by electric guitar. But that doesn't mean that the intimacy of the first two Lurie soundtracks is gone: Lurie draws from his electric guitar the same atmosphere as before, giving us hints of saddness, loneliness and some "plingplungs" of deadpan humor.

P.S. John Lurie directed a t.v. series called "Fishing with John" for which he also made the music. One of his guests is Jim Jarmusch, so maybe, with the release of this cd, we have a Lurie/Jarmusch quartet anyway.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY YORGOS DALMAN)

Track list

Stranger Than Paradise

A1         Bella By Barlight        3:17

A2         Car Cleveland    3:08

A3         Sad Trees  0:55

A4         The Lampposts Are Mine    1:45

A5         Car Florida        3:00

A6a       Eva & Willie's Room  0:36

A6b       Beer For Boys    0:19

A6c        Eva Packing      0:59

A7         The Good And Happy Army         3:11

A8         A Woman Can Take You To Another Universe; Sometimes She Just Leaves You There    1:20

The Resurrection Of Albert Ayler     16:19

B1         Sixties Avant-Garde

B2         Sex With Monster

B3         You Owe Me Money

B4         Resurrection

Recorded At – Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church

Recorded At – 39th Street Music Studio

Manufactured By – Tokuma Japan Corporation

Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – John Lurie (tracks: B1 to B4)

Bass – Tony Garnier (tracks: B1 to B4)

Cello – Eugene Moye (tracks: A1 to A8)

Composed By, Producer – John Lurie

Design [Cover] – Patrick Roques

Drums – Douglas B. Bowne (tracks: B1 to B4)

Guitar – Arto Lindsay (tracks: B1 to B4)

Orchestrated By – Evan Lurie

Percussion – E.J. Rodriguez (tracks: B1 to B4), Toni Nogueira (tracks: B1 to B4)

Performer – The Paradise Quartet (tracks: A1 to A8)

Recorded By – Richard Kay (tracks: B1 to B4), Tom Lazarus (tracks: A1 to A8)

Trombone – Curtis Fowlkes (tracks: B1 to B4)

Viola – Jill Jaffee* (tracks: A1 to A8)

Violin – Jill Jaffee* (tracks: B1 to B4), Kay Stern (tracks: A1 to A8), Mary Rowell

Tracks A1 to A8 made to measure for the film "Stranger Than Paradise". Recorded at St. Ignatius Episcopalian Church, NEw York City.

Tracks B1 to B4 made to measure for "The Elizabethan Phrasing Of Albert Ayler", a dance performance by Karole Armitage. Recorded at 39th Street Music, New York City.

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This is a rare opportunity to acquire this great album in its finest audio format, no longer in print, and no longer easily obtainable.

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE VINYL IS ABSOLUTELY, PERFECTLY MINT,  as if never played before. The original luster is totally intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles like brand new. The labels look perfect, simply gorgeous, with absolutely no trace of wear around the spindle hole. The record is TOTAL PERFECTION - ABSOLUTE VISUAL NIRVANA! We are confident that, in this condition, the record we present here is truly once-in-a-lifetime find.

(b)          The album  comes with the original Japanese-only insert/lyrics sheet still intact.

(c)           The record is STILL in its original inner, hi-grade PVC inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the record from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(d)          The album comes with the original Japanese 'OBI' (sash) included.

(e)           The record is pressed on a beautiful, high-quality, virgin-grade vinyl, which is usually used for audiophile, extended-dynamic-range, half-speed mastered and connoisseur pressings.

(f)              The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(g)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT

NO SIGNIFICANT FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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