Japan - Quiet Life (1979)

Japan - Quiet Life (1979)

This wasn’t the starting place for me, that was 1981’s “Tin Drum”, but retrospectively the hint of Japan’s sophistication emerges on this transitional record.

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Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)

[Original 1980 Japanese pressing from Lo Cost Vinyl in Jackson Street, Petone] I just spent the weekend in Wellington and restricted my purchases (with the utmost of restraint I must say!

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Japan - Tin Drum (1981)

Japan - Tin Drum (1981)

An extraordinary record that never fails to confound me. Japan wasn’t really a band that fitted in at the time (or at any time for that matter!

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