{"product_id":"hiroshi-sato-orient-vinyl-lp","title":"Hiroshi Sato: Orient Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYo, this \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=japan+2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eJapanese reissue\u003c\/a\u003e culture is getting so out of control\u003c\/i\u003e that I’m considering dedicating a slot on my shelf to it (yes I’m copping all these reissues, no I don’t have any of the originals; I’m not made of money and my monthly ‘scogs budget is being eaten alive by rare free jazz and dancehall 45s). On this holy grail joint from 1979, \u003cstrong\u003eHiroshi Sato\u003c\/strong\u003e sings and plays the Minimoog and Polymoog synths you see floating on the cover, backed by an all-star cast of Japanese players: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Haruomi+Hosono\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaruomi Hosono\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e on bass (just after he’d formed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=yellow+magic+orchestra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYMO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=ryuichi+Sakamoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSakamoto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eShigeru Suzuki\u003c\/strong\u003e on guitar and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=Pecker\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Pecker%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePecker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (!!) on percussion. \u003cstrong\u003eSato\u003c\/strong\u003e spits breezy, \u003cstrong\u003eRick Davies\u003c\/strong\u003e-esque AOR vocals over 8 tracks of immaculately-produced synthpop jazz fusion, fleshed out with bleeps and bloops yanked straight out of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Kraftwerk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKraftwerk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s dreams. A lot of these late 70s early 80s world synth jazz-funk records might sorta sound the same to the uninitiated jazzhead, but there truly is nothing else out there that sounds quite like this. \u003cstrong\u003ePecker\u003c\/strong\u003e’s percussion (and what I can only imagine to be a general wildcard presence in the studio) really takes this session to another level. Check out “Son Go Kuw,” “Doncama,” “Sora Tobu Jutan” and “Hikary Kaze.” This is the first-ever vinyl pressing outside of Japan; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Wewantsounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eWewantsounds\u003c\/a\u003e keep it a hunned and leave the original Kitty Records center labels intact (better than the album cover imo) and include a 4-page full-color insert with English translation of the original liner notes. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efirst-ever vinyl pressing outside of Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eremastered from the original tapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4p full-color insert w\/ liner notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Wewantsounds 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by sunrise mart 04\/2018\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Hiroshi Sato","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":41802880778330,"sku":"lp-9456","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/hiroshisato-orient.jpg?v=1759272078","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/hiroshi-sato-orient-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}