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TOSHIYUKI TSUCHITORI & MOTOTERU TAKAGI: “ORIGINATION”

Label: ALM RECORDS – Kojima Recordings Inc.

Label Number: AL-4

- HYPER RARE JAPAN FIRST ORIGINAL PRESS

- RELEASED in 1975 in edition of 300 copies ONLY!!!

- VERY FIRST ORIGINAL PRESSING WITH AL-4-1 as stamped MATRIX Numbers – “4-1” indicating as very first and ONLY original pressing!!!!

- Rarest JAPAN FREE JAZZ LP

- TOP CONDITION – for ARCHIVAL COLLECTOR

GRADING:

LP Record: Excellent ~ Near Mint – shiny and glossy vinyl that seems to have had hardly any play – Nice copy for archival collector.

Jacket: Excellent. Perfect spine, fully readable. Sharp corners. Straight edges. TOP CONDITION with NO defects. Has a faint trace of storage on front slightly visible hence EX grading

Some words on this issue: TAKAGI MOTOTERU & TOSHIYUKI TSUCHITORI: “Origination” (ALM Records – ALM-04)One of the Holy Grails of the Japanese free jazz underground, a disc that just never surfaces anymore. Impossible to track down these days, hardly ever turns up. Pressing quantities upon its release were 300 copies, so rare as a hen’s teeth. This disc is such a nugget and well conserved pearl of musical greatness. Mototeru Takagi may and should ring a bell if you ever took the time to check out PSF’s early releases. Mototeru was a totally wicked sax howler, spewing out ashes of volcanic deep subterranean fury and eager malice, creating a tornado of dusty sax noise that will engulf the aural landscape of your listening quarters. Skin mangler Toshiyuki Tsuchitori who unleashes a boundless fury of pounding pulses and crashing sticks flanks him and provides a perfect counter-balance force to Mototeru’s all engulfing apocalyptic waves of sound. In all both of them are responsible for creating high-tension music that resemble at times as if they were engaged in trench warfare, although that both move through it on an intuitive approach. In short, this disc stands shoulder to shoulder with the best records of that golden free jazz age and is without a single doubt one of the Japanese underground scene’s defining moments of free interplay. It is a shame that this disc rarely if never turns up any more. It was released in an edition of 300 copies on the ALM records label in 1975. Slowly attaining super rarity status. Sleeve has some very minimal signs of slight wear.

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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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= 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.

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= 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.

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