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    • KasiK
      Kasi
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      You welcome @AdamJ 👍

      Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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      • Daniel SanD
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        awesome Mo 🤙
        remember there where lots of specials in Japan on vinyl too, back in those days. they were super rare here in Germany.

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        • KasiK
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          @Daniel-San

          I could bet you any money those Japan records would have sound the best.

          What I have noticed if it made in Japan people ready to paid silly prices for them

          I have a cd made in 1995 brand new sealed made in Japan
          for 28 years old
          Could never even think of that.

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          Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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          • popvultureP
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            @Kasi it’s true — a lot of Japanese vinyl pressings I have sound amazing. As with most things, they’ve got that extra level of refinement.

            WTB
            IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
            Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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            • KasiK
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              @popvulture

              You got that right. The sound is very smooth.

              Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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              • KasiK
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                More arrived today from Japan.

                Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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                • IH-GARYI
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                  Awesome purchases Mo!
                  The CD Content source and digi are identical in UK/Europe/US/Asia.
                  BUT there was a time when Japan had higher manufacturing excellence – better engineers, better QC, higher quality materials and a domestic consumer market that demanded the highest quality. That’s why they sound better! In my mind the attention to detail in the Japanese packaging was also better.
                  Kinda explains why if you bought Japanese CD’s back in the day, we buy Iron Heart now – both cut from the same cloth so to speak!

                  My contribution, to urban blues…

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                  • KasiK
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                    I did buy a few Japan CDs back in days.

                    That’s was from HMV big store Manchester the massive one.

                    Internet wasn’t available at the time.
                    Was really struggle. To get them in.

                    Know I know few people can get me anything I want. Downside they brand new.

                    Check this one Body Count.

                    Has copper killer on it. In 1992 in US LA riots happen this one was pulled of the shelf.

                    ICE-T and LAPD was at war at the time.

                    Very rare to get this one the price will be high.

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                    There more coming from Japan

                    Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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                    • IH-GARYI
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                      People tend to think that HMV product was bought centrally and shipped to stores, this was true on the popular chart lines, but store staff could basically order what they wanted at store level - kind of crazy when you think about it! The HMV Manchester store buyers really knew their stuff when it came to Hip Hop, Rap, RnB. I remember they sold a lot of locally bought mix tapes as well - them was the days Mo!

                      My contribution, to urban blues…

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                      • KarolK
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                        @Kasi this brings me back to the times when I was buying the CDs on https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/
                        One extra motivation for me on top of what was already said by many in this thread was that the Japanese editions usually had some bonus tracks.

                        Favorite:
                        IH-888S-21 | IH-888-XHSib | IH-805 | IH-729-PUR | IH-555-SST-BLK | IH-555S-25MB
                        IHSH-339-SAX | IHSH-293-OD | IHSH-362-BLK | IHSH-409-IB | IHSH-336-OD | IHSB-BIGBUCK-BLK | IHSB-PR-NAT
                        IHV-44-BLK | IHV-02-BLK
                        IHJ-75-BLK | IHJ-79-BLK | IHM-37-ODG

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                        • KasiK
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                          HMV those was definitely the days
                          The price was high at the time like £16.99 with stickers saying import, on the CD

                          Music suck nowadays. Make on low quality products.

                          Push out reissues on poor quality making money out of mass production on records or CDs
                          Even the tapes sound the best back in the days.

                          The record plants shut down.
                          They started up as if they know what they doing.

                          As Levi’s jeans done the same.

                          Seem quality is worn off. People want to spend money on shit now.

                          Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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                          • KasiK
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                            @karol I have seen that’s site.
                            Most of the stuff is out of stock or print.

                            So I found this one
                            https://www.recordcity.jp/en

                            Use them twice.

                            Cheap but best to buy 10 or 11 CDs

                            Shipping fast.

                            There some promo’s going very cheap.

                            They definitely have extra tracks.

                            Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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                            • KasiK
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                              More arrived today

                              Got the Wu-Tang 1st album my favourite one

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                              My favourite soul album of all time

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                              Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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                              • KasiK
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                                More came from Japan.

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                                Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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