Aside from Japan Bonus Tracks it’s a reason a lot of older record collectors liked picking up Japanese editions of LPs. More nice things to activate monkey brain neurons.
I just don’t like when they put the big wraparound ones on gatefold records because there’s a 60% chance they’ll be torn on arrival. The ones Deg puts on their recent LPs have been dinky little folded guys that don’t get in the way, but I’m not complaining either.
Deadheaven’s New Bermuda LP, at least the (american) version i bought, had an obi; i’m not aware of anyone in that band having obvious connections to or interest in any Japanese scenes lol
Yes, as Blacktooth has pointed out many Japan editions of international albums have come with an OBI.
For Japanese music, you typically will see an OBI added to Jazz or Soundtrack albums.
From what I’ve seen, it’s kind of half and half on just a pop/rock album. I’ve seen them mostly without one, but it depends on what label pressed the record.
International labels do get a hold of rights to Japanese music, and if their thing is to include OBI they will like in this example of a Chinese edition of Sigh’s Scenario Iv: Dread (which is coincidentally the only vinyl pressing of this particular album).
The LP comes with the credits part like in the 1999 LP, meaning as part of the gatefold. It also comes with the lyrics on a two-page booklet.
And this is the mega jacket:
If you had an LP player I’d be so curious to get a comparison take from you on the audio.
Packagining-wise, how different is this from the OG edition? Would love to see more pics of this new version!
My copy hasn’t arrived yet :')
I’m not even sure of the status, on CDJapan it just says “Order received”…
Ah, gotcha. Sounded like you were sharing deets from a copy you had in hand. Crossed fingers its soon!
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