Description 0 false 10 pt 0 2 false false false $([\{£¥‘“〈《「『【〔＄（［｛｢￡￥ !%),.:;?]}¢°’”‰′″℃、。々〉》」』】〕゛゜ゝゞ・ヽヾ！％），．：；？］｝｡｣､･ﾞﾟ￠ ****************************************************************************** TAKEBE YUKIMASA: “Yufusuge Hito no Uta” Label: VICTOR Records Label Number: SF-1029 - HYPER RARE FIRST ORIGINAL JAPAN PRESSING FROM 1972. - First issue on VICTORA Records - Japan ONLY issue from 1972!!! - Comes housed in heavy gatefold sleeve - Comes with ALWAYS MISSING 4 paged insert!!!- Killer Japan Downer Acid Folk LP with Yanagida Hiro and Melting Glass Box Members participating. - Archival condition!!!! GRADING: LP Record: Near Mint ~ …..perfect copy with hardly any signs of any play. Beautifully preserved and hard to find a better original Japan pressing in a condition like this one Gatefold Jacket: Near Mint - With fully readable spine, straight edges, no defects, no splits. Perfectly preserved!!!!! 4 paged Insert: Near Mint Some words on this issue: TAKEBE YUKIMASA: “Yufusuge Hito no Uta” (Victor – SF-1029) Top copy of this rare & fantastic downer psychedelic folk album from Japan, one of the best ever in its genre. Totally obscure and under the radar release that came out in September 1972 on the legendary and ultra collectible SF series of Victor Records and which till this day remains completely undetected by a psych-out collecting crowd outside of Japan. This sole release by mystery man Takebe is without a single doubt one of the most beautiful lysergic folk releases to come out of Japan, a release that makes the much revered “Melting Glass Box” shrivel up in shame when compared to this one. According to these humble ears, this sole recording by Takebe is one of the best folk albums ever to have been put down on wax, a recording filled with a hard to pin down sadness from below the well that gets underscored by bizarre hallucinatory dreams of fever and delusory but fragile musical accompaniment by some heavy scenesters such as Yanagida Hiro (Food Brain, Milk Time, Apryl Fool, early incarnation of Tokyo Kid Brothers, Love Live Life + 1, Sato Masahiko & Soundbreakers, etc main man), Melting Glass Box chieftain Nishioka Takashi, Chito Kawauchi (of Happenings Four fame), Nakagawa Isato and other heavy weights. The music breathes out a deep resonating feeling of nostalgia, solitary seclusion and splendid isolation. Takebe drew his inspiration from Harvest era Neil Young and early times pastoral UK folk dwellings. If a terminology has to be applied in order to stigmatize this disc Acid Folk would be an appropriate banner to saddle it up with. But then again, that term solely falls hopelessly short to convey the total load the disc carries. Without a single doubt one of my all time favorite Japanese discs and possibly one of the greatest folk albums of all time. But then again, who am I to make such claims? Judge for yourself. The music on this disc surpasses hypes and trends and words will always fall short in an attempt to catch its brilliance. SHIPPING IS FROM JAPAN AND IS NOT 4$ - CHECK SHIPPING RATES HERE BELOW!!! 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. 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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!!! ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************