Japanese Releases

[Steven J. Gross]

Why is it that to get really rare catalog items we usually look to Japanese releases. I will always opt for a Japanese CD over domestic if given the choice because of its superior quality. Why does Japan seem to "get it" when it comes to lesser known selections?

 

[LPJim]

The Japanese are masterful at copying American inventions and selling them back to us in a more useful form (ex. automobiles). One day I walked into my favorite used record store, and almost everything in the $1 vinyl rack was gone! The store owner said a Japanese man had purchased several boxes full of obscure records. Maybe he was gathering material for one of their reissue labels.
JB

NP: Ron Davies U.F.O. (A&M Japan PCCY-10185, reissue of SP 4400) "It Ain't Easy" -- not likely for U.S. rerelease