KATE BUSH The Kick Inside / Japan Only Picture Sleeve

1978 Japanese 13-track LP, housed in a beautiful picture sleeve featuring a photograph of Kate from the Gered Mankowitz session, which is complete different front cover art from European or US releases. Originally issued with Japanese obi-strip, which is now lost. But this item comming with finely crafted reprica OBI. Lyric insert, which is 2-sided with photo, track list, biography (in Japanese), lyrics translated to Japanese, is enclosed. The vinyl is stored in U-shaped polythene inner anti-dust bag. As a gift, a replica freyer of SEIKO watch from 1978 fall-winter, featuring Kate Bush, is enclosed.  The vinyl still looks excellent. "Strange Phenomena" is spelled "Strange Phenemena" on the label. This mistake was still not corrected on the Japanese issue. Catalog number Toshiba EMI EMS-81042. Hard to find this rare item in this nice condition. A must to have.
Matrix and Other Identifiers  Rights Society: JASRAC Matrix / Runout (On side A label, under cat#): YAX 5389 Matrix / Runout (On side B label, under cat#): YAX 5390 Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A - stamped, "9 -3" faces label): 0 -12 YAX-5389 1S 32 ["JIS" logo] Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B - stamped): YAX-5390 1S 28 ["JIS" logo]
Tracklist  1. Moving   2. The Saxophone Song   3. Strange Phenomena   4. Kite   5. The Man With The Child In His Eyes   6. Wuthering Heights   7. James & The Cold Gun   8. Feel It   9. Oh To Be In Love 10. L'Amour Looks Something Like You 11. Them Heavy People 12. Room For The Life 13. The Kick Inside   
Condition (Disc / Sleeve) = EX/EX-   ( Mint > NM > EX >VG >G> Poor, with +/-, if any  )   Grading is based on visual observation only.  

Postage&Packing

Worldwide: £ 7.99 (Registered Economy Airmail): about 10~14days. With Tracking. Buyer assume all risks of damages in transit.

★The buyes in the countries for which there's no "registered SAL (economy air mail)" service from Japan, i.e. Australia, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Paraguai, Greenland, Serbia, Taiwan and Moldova, shall bear the extra shipping cost as it has to be shipped by registared "regular" air mail. The extra shipping cost will be BSP 3 to 5, depending on the actual weight including packing. Please ask before bidding if such buyers would like to know how much the extra exactly.  (Regular air mail will be delivered much faster than SAL usually. )

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Why Japanese vinyl releases are so special?

■Premium Quality Pressings Japanese vinyl releases are premium quality pressings, much sought after by audiophiles and collectors alike. Japanese pressings are synonymous with quality - the vinyl shines like no other countrys' pressing - everything about their releases feels special. It is a famous story that when US audiophile label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab first released their series of high quality pressings the records were manufactured in Japan. The sonic quality of Japanese pressings is considered to be among the best in the world.  
■Obi All Japanese LPs were issued originally with an obi.  This delicate paper strip, usually wrapped around the left side of the album cover, often contains marketing information and album content details, all printed in Japanese kanji and ~kana script. Obi designs can be as varied as the LPs they adorn, and some series of obi designs can be as collectable as the artists' albums they decorate. Obis make a unique, attractive addition to the overall package and are becoming increasingly rare, especially on LPs from the 1960s and 70s. Their delicate and disposable nature meant that very early obis were routinely discarded, so that now they can often be worth several times more than the record they accompany.
■Sleeve Printing and Insert Japanese releases are beautifully presented; their covers usually printed on better quality heavy stock paper and almost always including a bonus lyric insert with dual language Japanese & English text.

As you see now, Japanese records make, regardless of your musical taste, a stunning addition to any collection. Audibly and visually they present the collector with a feast of delights. Genuine mint condition records, complete with inserts and obi, are becoming rarer every day. Whatever the digital age throws at you there is still a valid opinion that says vinyl sounds best. With Japanese records, you get top quality pressings and a tactile picture sleeve that looks stunning, and you can sing along from the lyric insert. This is the real alternative to a download!

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