THE STALIN : TRASH POLITICAL RECS ORIGINAL 100% KBD TAM GAUZE
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The STALIN : TRASH Lp ( Political recs 1981) The Stalin began in 1980 and blew away all previous attempts at Japanese punk rock with their radical, evolving style. The band was founded by Michiro Endo, a 32 year-old socialist activist, Vietnam veteran, and street singer who had spent time in the West. He chose the name because "the name Stalin is very hated by most people in Japan, so it is very good for our image." Because he was a socialist, he also explained the name as meaning "the downside of every good idea." Michiro was also the editor of INGO fanzine For the first LP, 1981's Trash, they sped up the pace and began to sound like a hardcore band. Released on Political Records, this highly influential record is so rare that it has been bootlegged even in Japan. The new sound of the Stalin was due partly to the addition of guitarist Tam, formerly of Typhus, the band that spawned Gauze. Tam was a producer as well and ran the ADK label, although the Stalin decided at this point to sign to the major label Climax. Michiro later explained that he always hoped the band could break into the mainstream and wreak even more havoc (this never happened). He adopted a poetic lyrical style he called "tanku" - a combination of haiku and tanks. He was obsessed with the breakdown of romantic communication in Japanese society, and the "fascist" ideal of love (perhaps not too different from Elvis Costello's fascist love theme on Armed Forces?). All of Michiro's lyrics were written in Japanese.
Condition VG / EX The glue on the sleeve has loosened a bit , and I actually could have used new glue and grade the sleeve EX ,.... But for this Lp this actually prooves it's originality , as an original Trash Lp on Political rec should have glued together brownish sides -sleeve. Bootlegs were made by former band members who had spotless sleeves and were therefore recognized as non original repressess .. The official re-press of this one is on Nagasaki Nightmare rec Good luck on this 100 % ORIGINAL !!!!! **************************************************************************************************************************************************************
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Priority shipping to USA , Far East, Australia (incl packaging) : Lp : 17 Usd
Ep : 15 Usd
To Europe : Lp : 15 Usd
Ep : 10 Usd
Belgium : Lp : 7 Usd
Ep : 6 Usd
The above are the shipping amounts, please disregard the 4Usd shipping which is unfortunately impossible out of Belgium
