Description ****************************************************************************** TENNO/ NOISE: “Noise” LABEL: ORG Records Label Number: ORG-012 RARE 2nd press issue of this 1979/80 privately released masterpiece. Second issue was released in 1997 as an ultra limited edition of 300 copies. Comes with insert and 2 live bonus tracks. Very rare in Japan nowadays – hardly ever surfaces. TOP Archival condition!!! GRADING: LP Record: Near Mint ~ Mint Jacket: Near Mint ~ Mint Insert: Near Mint ~ Mint Some Words on this issue: TENNO/ NOISE: “Noise” (Org Records) (Record: Near Mint/ Jacket: Mint/ Insert: Mint) One of Japan’s underground holy grails that seem to have vanished completely. A prime and bizarre Japanese rarity dating back to 1980, unknown and unobtainable since. This is the limited 2nd pressing with different artwork that came out in 1997. “Noise were the Tokyo-based duo of Reiko Omura (now known as Reiko Kudo) and her future husband Tori Kudo, now 'known' as prime mover in the still painfully obscure weird-psych band Maher Shalal Hash Baz. Tori Kudo's career is complex, but several of his bands (Guys And Dolls, Snickers, Tokyo Suicide, Sweet Inspirations) have been documented on cassettes released by Asahito Nanjo on his La Musica label. Reiko Kudo has played in many of Tori's outfits, but Noise was her concept and music alone. Active on and off from 1979-1981, Noise went through a punk incarnation and a couple of name changes before settling down to the duo of Reiko (vocals, guitar, trumpet) and Tori (organ, drums). Released by ALM/ Kojima Records in 1980, the album quickly disappeared. It has since fetched a hefty premium on the collectors' market, and it's easy to see why, as its total art brut outlandishness of an incredible, befuddling stripe. Reiko's compositions are long one-finger, one-note droning pieces, dominated by an organ - sounds like a cross between Fisher-Price and chord - played in an ostensibly very childlike manner, for up to 10 minutes at a time. Reiko occasionally adds chimingly out-of-tune half-enunciated vocals that further add to the untutored anti-method glow, producing a gushing flow of wafting sound that's some way beyond rationalization. Historically and contextually it's a most startlingly display a sound so 'simple' and 'primitive' that it makes perfect sense that no one's thought of it before or since. Impossible to guess how this would have been quantified in 1980, as even today it sounds completely and utterly "out of time". Ultra-Japan-naive, for the consumer who'd rather be referred to as "guilt-stricken" than "guilt-ridden". -Nick Cain. Yes, a stunning and great disc, that sounds like Suicide’s first album, only more primitive and more demented and therefore utterly avant-garde and psychedelic. Needles to say, again quite rare, even this long deleted second pressing. New to the e-bay game but long experience in selling records so bid with confidence. Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new. Auction must be paid for within 7 days of its ending, no exceptions. Please await our invoice before paying!! Also please ignore the ebay’s shipping calculator since it gives you an incorrect shipping cost/total. Bid with confidence, items are graded accurately. Payment preferable PayPal, otherwise please inquire before sending money. Japanese bidders can send their payment either via PayPal in US$ or through Bank Transfer in YEN. Everything must be shipped by Registered Airmail or EMS Mail. No exceptions. SHIPPING COSTS = Registered Airmail to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $22 for 1 LP, $25 for 2 LP's, and $30 for 3 LP's. = Registered Airmail to UK/Europe/Russia = $23 for 1 LP, $26 for 2 LP's, and $31 for 3 LP's. = Registered Airmail to South America = $30 for 1 LP, $33 for 2 LP's, and $39 for 3 LP's. = For Asian countries = Because the charge of the Registered Airmail is the same as EMS, we automatically send out your package by EMS. See the EMS rate below. In case of purchase more than $200, item(s) must be shipped by EMS (Express Mail with internet tracking, and the insurance). = EMS Shipping to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $25 for 1 LP, $29 for 2 LP's, and $33 for 3 LP's. = EMS Shipping to UK/Europe/Russia = $28 for 1 LP, $32 for 2 LP's, and $36 for 3 LP's. = EMS Shipping to South America = $37 for 1 LP, $42 for 2 LP's, and $48 for 3 LP's. = EMS Shipping to Asian countries = $20 for 1 LP, $23 for 2 LP's, and $26 for 3 LP's. Registered Airmail Shipping rates for EP’s: USA & EUROPE & AUSTRALIA: $12 for one EP; 15 for 2 EP’s and 18$ for 3 EP’s Registered Airmail Shipping rates for CD’s: USA & EUROPE & AUSTRALIA: $10 for one CD and 12$ for 2 CD’s ALL PARCELS OVER 2 KG WEIGHT MUST BE SHIPPED WITH EMS!!! ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************