willisread
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Lots of Japanese heat from time to time, feel free to peruse to stock... http://www.discogs.com/seller/willisread
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So many great songs it's near impossible to pick 5 so I present: 10. I find most of the earlier stuff corny outside of He's Coming (some of the cover songs on those early to mid 70s albums are pretty much unbearable at this point) but I do like pret…
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Hey Herm, Here's some stuff that is kind of off the tourist track but relatively easy to find (and reasonable price-wise): Harajuku/Omote Sando area: Check out Harajuku Gyoza Rou one of the best gyoza shops in Tokyo. Prices are …
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June & July finds: Hokkaido, Tokyo & Louisville img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt=""…
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willisread said:-Shintaro Sakamoto (Yura Yura Teikoku's lead singer solo) many folks on the board would prob dig this i imagine I bought this recently too. Very smooth. Love it. Im a huge Yura Yura Teikoku fan (-- avatar), but this is very diff…
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ako said:willisread said:february and march finds: lazy bones isnt OG is it??? nah it's the shadoks press on black wax.
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exte82 said:willisread said:february and march finds: img src="" alt="" /> lots of long time wants hard filed. about a third of these are 70s Japanese presses...the Rodriguez is the South African press with the Sussex label...t…
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february and march finds: img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> img src="" alt="" /> …
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Name: Willis Read / Will Place: Tokyo, Suginami-ku, Asagaya How old is you? 31 How did you get here? Googled something about strata east and stumbled in. Sentimental Records: Shalamar 'Friends', Tatsuro Yamashita 'For You…
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willisread said:finds from late December and early CONGRATULATIONS! All the very best for the future to you and your girl. (Nice records, too - the Lou Bond never seems to pop up on this side of the Atlantic and my copy sounds like it…
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finds from late December and early January from KY & NYC, coupled with a few from back home in Tokyo... but the biggest find was my girl's "yes" to the engagement question. EOU, booga…
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don't know if this counts but from loudon wainwright III to his son rufus...
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Tom Waits around Real Gone and Orphans in maybe 2006-ish. Tickets were $115 a pop, but I was living in Louisville and he hadn't been through since the early 70s. Dope show and well worth the price.
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Mjukis said:It's cool that they're doing it, I'm fully satisfied with the Wax Poetics reissue though. Now Again are really turning into the box set-label, for the completists with deep pockets. A lot of their stuff now are triple and quadrupl…
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maru said:I did think the fact that Wax Po omitted the SOAP record was a mistake so I can see the appeal. I do find it strange that the box set is designed as the EOU album cover though when it's really celebrating all four bands. i guess beca…
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I've been in Tokyo for about 4 1/2 years and love it. There are lots of things happening as Sheep said and a plethora of record shops. The food in Tokyo is fire and if you want Osaka food, you can get it in Tokyo too. The crowds haven'…
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highlights from June-ish on. Attached files
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Big_Stacks said:Hey WillisRead, Welcome to Soul Strut, my man!!! I hope you find the site as informative, supportive, and enjoyable as I have other the 8 years I have dwelled here. This is a fantastic community of intelligent, witty, and su…
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djsheep said:hanging out with MattB and Plainstone will not only leave a hole in your wallet, but also a hole in your liver. You have been warned. I can only imagine...consider myself warned. cheers.
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LaserWolf said:willisread said: living with girlfriends, Please tell us how this is done. realized i typo'd there. i meant generally speaking living with one's girlfriend... but plurally speaking, yeah i'd be interested to k…
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tokyobeats said:Gary said:I'll be in Okinawa in a few weeks. What is neat to do there? Something you can't do anywhere else? ishigaki co-sign on Ishigaki. Beautiful place. Also about 25 minutes by boat from Ishigaki is taketomi…
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mattB said:Welcome (if i can say welcome with 300 odd posts). I used to live in Musashinoshi and Im now Setagayaku. I by-passed Suginamiku Plainstone is West-side too. We should catch up. Get drunk etc... Small world, I lived in Sakai u…
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mattB said:Wow! Can only begin to imagine a Halloween party at Joe Yamanaka's place. Must be a great memory. Man good times...I went in 2008 & 2009. Mostly just hanging out and chatting about life and music around the BBQ. About 40 p…
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Sad day indeed. Had heard he had been sick for a while... Some of my best memories in Japan are from hanging out with Joe at his yearly Halloween party at his house, before it burned down. My girlfriend's co-worker is a close friend…
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tokyobeats said:willisread said:karlophone said:maru said:wow. that's a pretty decent price. was it clean? 1K is a decent price for Marijata? i guess that makes sense. i figured it was either in the ballpark, or sorta high. No i didnt pull it …
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karlophone said:maru said:wow. that's a pretty decent price. was it clean? 1K is a decent price for Marijata? i guess that makes sense. i figured it was either in the ballpark, or sorta high. No i didnt pull it out to look, i knew it wouldnt m…
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yup. Attached files