MAYUZUMI TOSHIHIRO Showa Tempyo Raku Japan 1st Press 1971 OBI MINT Experimental
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MAYUZUMI TOSHIHIRO: “Showa – Tempyo - Raku”
LABEL: VICTOR Records
Label Number: VX-53
- Rare First Original Japanese pressing from 1971
- Comes on 1st press issue OBI
- Comes housed in first press issue heavy gatefold jacket
- VERY rare Japan Avant-garde LP in TOP condition
- ORIGINAL PRESS – TOP COPY, Record is archive quality.
- MINT ALL THE WAY, next to impossible to upgrade upon – ARCHIVAL COPY!!!
GRADING:
LP Record: Near Mint ~ Mint – appears to be Unplayed, not even a spindle mark in sight.
Heavy Gatefold Jacket: Near Mint ~ Mint, absolutely top condition, thick spine and sharp corners and absolutely NO STORAGE WEAR… perfect all the way
Very first OBI: Near Mint ~ Mint – perfectly preserved and rare
Some words on this issue: MAYUZUMI TOSHIHIRO: “Showa – Tempyu – Raku” Bloody scarce 1st original pressing of this experimental/ avant-garde masterpiece, first time ever I could secure a top first pressing of this gem. Mayuzumi was one of the first to incorporate electronic music into his scores and profiled himself as an early key-avant-garde player next to Takemitsu, Ichiyanagi and Yuasa. This recording here, dating back to 1971 when Mayuzumi was at the height of his creative powers. Here he worked together with the Gagaku musicians of the Imperial Household Orchestra and created a synthesis of how the composer could succeed in completely amalgamating the modern with the ancient. In the history of Gagaku, you find no transitional period bridging over the gap between then and today. Apparently no new work of consequence was added to the limited repertoire of the Imperial Court musicians in the past millenary. This means that Mayuzumi had essentially to rely on his imagination in order to create a new work immersed deep in musical spirit and sound of yore. The result is that he created a fascinating performance brimming over by an incessant variety of fantastic sonorities between such dynamical extremes as the delicacy of dialoguing flutes and the overwhelming power of a super-fortissimo joined-in by all players. Fantastic compositing that brings together a vibrant avant-garde aesthetic with traditional Gagaku music and creating a musical idiom of multivoiced utterance. In short breathtaking and one of the key-recordings in Japan’s avant-garde history of the late 1960s and early 1970s!!! Highest recommendation!!!
SHIPPING IS FROM JAPAN AND IS NOT 4$ - CHECK SHIPPING RATES HERE BELOW!!!
New to the e-bay game but long experience in selling records so bid with confidence.
Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. 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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SHIPPING COSTS
= Registered Airmail to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $22 for 1 LP, $25 for 2 LP's, and $30 for 3 LP's.
= Registered Airmail to UK/Europe/Russia = $23 for 1 LP, $26 for 2 LP's, and $31 for 3 LP's.
= Registered Airmail to South America = $30 for 1 LP, $33 for 2 LP's, and $39 for 3 LP's.
= For Asian countries = Because the charge of the Registered Airmail is the same as EMS, we automatically send out your package by EMS. See the EMS rate below.
In case of purchase more than $200, item(s) must be shipped by EMS (Express Mail with internet tracking, and the insurance).
= EMS Shipping to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $25 for 1 LP, $29 for 2 LP's, and $33 for 3 LP's.
= EMS Shipping to UK/Europe/Russia = $28 for 1 LP, $32 for 2 LP's, and $36 for 3 LP's.
= EMS Shipping to South America = $37 for 1 LP, $42 for 2 LP's, and $48 for 3 LP's.
= EMS Shipping to Asian countries = $20 for 1 LP, $23 for 2 LP's, and $26 for 3 LP's.
Registered Airmail Shipping rates for EP’s: USA & EUROPE & AUSTRALIA: $12 for one EP; 15 for 2 EP’s and 18$ for 3 EP’s
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