TERUMASA HINO/JOHN SCOFIELD HIP SEAGULL RARE SEALED ORIG '89 JAPAN AUDIOPHILE LP

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·       TERUMASA HINO with JOHN SCOFIELD AND OTHERS  - HIP SEAGULL - ORIGINAL JAPANESE PRESSING -VERY RARE STILL SEALED ORIGINAL 1978 JAPAN-ONLY FLYING DISK AUDIOPHILE LP VIJ-6010WITH 'OBI' AND INSERT

·       ORIGINAL JAPANESE PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING (PLEASE NOTE: THE DISC IS SEALED IN A LOOSE-FITTING BAGGY PROVIDED BY THE AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR; THE PRICE STICKER WHICH APPEARS UNDER THE BAGGY SHOULD BE OF NO CONCERN ***

·       JAPANESE AUDIOPHILE HIGH QUALITY PRESSING ON A VIRGIN VINYL

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL  GREEN JAPANESE 'FLYING DISK' LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT AND 'THUNDERBOLT' LOGO

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

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

·       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.

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

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Terumasa Hino is one of Japan's most well-known jazz trumpeters, and has a long and illustrious career that has seen him play with a huge array of different musicians both here and in the US. His 1977 album Hip Seagull has now been re-issued on CD in Japan, and it's  one of the most popular reissues of the past month. With some great Fender Rhodes and Fender bass accompaniment and some ethereal vocals from Tawatha and Kimiko Kasai, the album has a wonderful electric but spiritual vibe.

The sixteen-minute title track that was the first side of the original album is a Hino composition which starts softly and slowly and then gradually builds into a classic slow funk groove that is up there with some of the classic Miles or Freddie tunes of the era. The rest of the album is made up of three tunes, This Planet Is Ours and Fall, both great spiritual tunes and Life Trip, a superb jazz samba tune. Definitely worth getting.

Track list

A1         Hip Seagull        16:01

B1         This Planet Is Ours    6:54

B2         Fall  6:28

B3         Life Trip    7:35

Manufactured By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.

Distributed By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.

Coordinator [Production] – Tetsuya Shimoda

Design [Cover] – Lindow Sasa

Double Bass [Acoustic], Electric Bass [Fender] – Clint Houston

Drums – George Ohtsuka (tracks: B1 to B3), Motohiko Hino (tracks: A1)

Engineer [Assistant] – Tamaki Bekku*, Yoshiyuki Kubo

Engineer [Recording, Remix] – David Baker

Executive Producer – Toshinari Koinuma

Guitar – John Scofield

Liner  – Yohzoh Iwanami*

Percussion, Congas, Voice – M'tume*

Photography By [Cover] – Kazumi Kurigami

Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Mikio Masuda

Producer – Kiyoshi Itoh, Yukio Morisaki

Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Kohsuke Mine

Trumpet – Terumasa Hino

Vocals – Kimiko Kasai (tracks: B2), Tawatha (tracks: B1)

Recorded August 10, 11, 1977 at Victor Studios, Tokyo and December 15, 1977 at Sound Ideas Studio, NYC.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW)

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:

·       THE 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 ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ?click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The album is guaranteed to come with the original Japanese-only insert/lyrics sheet still intact.

(c)           The record is guaranteed to come 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 guaranteed to be 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  apparently 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 NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ?SHRINK WRAP

(PLEASE NOTE: THE SHRINK WRAP HAS SEPARATED ALONG ABOUT 15% OF THE OPENING SIDE, BUT THE ALBUM IS STILL VISIBLY SEALED)

NO SIGNIFICANT FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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