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ZUNO KEISATSU BRAIN POLICE - THE SELF-TITLED FIRST ALBUM ZUNO KEISATSU - INSANELY RARE JAPANESE-ONLY PRIVATE PRESSING IN EXTREMELY LIMITED PRESS RUN OF ONLY 600 COPIES ON OBSCURE JAPANESE BE-WITCH LABEL - ORIGINAL 1972 JAPANESE BE-WITCH STEREO LP NO NUMBER
ORIGINAL JAPANESE PRESSING
INSANELY RARE JAPANESE-ONLY, MAIL ORDER-ONLY PRIVATE PRESSING RELEASED IN ONLY 600 COPIES IN OVERSIZED 14 X 14 ENVELOPE-LIKE CARDBOARD MAILERS AND WITH INSERT
SO SHROUDED IN MYTH AND MYSTERY IS THIS RELEASE THAN NOT EVEN THE EXACT RELEASE DATE CAN BE DETERMINED WITH ANY DEGREE OF CERTAINTY THE GIVEN RELEASE DATES VARY FROM 1970 TO 1975 FROM WHAT WE COULD DETERMINE, THE ALBUM WAS ACTUALLY RECORDED IN 1970 AND THEN, AFTER THE GROUP COULD NOT FIND ANY MAJOR DOMESTIC LABEL THAT WOULD DISTRIBUTE IT DUE TO THE ALBUM S POLITICALLY RADICAL CONTENT AND CONTROVERSIAL IMAGE OF TWO SHINTO SAINTS IN THEIR BIRTHDAY SUITS, DECIDED TO DISTRIBUTE THE ALBUM THEMSELVES VIA MAIL ORDER ONLY IT APPEARS THAT ONLY ABOUT 600 COPIES WERE PRODUCED AND MAILED STARTING IN 1972 AND ENDING IN 1975, OF WHICH PROBABLY LESS THAN 20 STILL SURVIVE DUE TO THE FRAIL NATURE OF THE ORIGINAL OVERSIZED MAILER
EASILY, HANDS DOWN THE RAREST JAPANESE PSYCH/GLAM/PRE-PUNK ALBUM IN EXISTENCE AND ONE OF THE TOP-20 RAREST GLAM/PSYCH ALBUMS IN THE WORLD MOST COLLECTORS LIVE AND DIE WITHOUT EVER SEEING ONE OF THESE
WE ARE OFFERING TWO COPIES OF THE ALBUM HERE: THE ORIGINAL 1972 JAPANESE MAIL ORDER-ONLY RELEASE IN ITS ORIGINAL OVERSIZED 14 X 14 CARDBOARD MAILER AND - THE 2002 JAPANESE LIMITED EDITION REISSUE ON FLYING PUBLISHERS LTD LABEL. BECAUSE OF THE MULTITUDE OF CONFUSING SIMILAR INSERTS IN OUR IMAGE GALLERY, WE HAVE NUMBERED OUR IMAGE GALLERY PHOTOS FOR EASIER NAVITATION AND IDENTIFICATION. HERE IS THE LEGEND:
1, 1B ORIGINAL 1972 OVERSIZED MAILER
1C, 1D ORIGINAL 1972 CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE
2A, 2B ORIGINAL 1972 LP LABELS
2C ORIGINAL LP TRAIL-OFF MATRIX
3A/3B 2002 OVERSIZED REISSUE MAILER
3C/3D 2002 REISSUE LABELS
3E TWO XEROX COPIES ON A JAPANESE-SIZED PAPER OF THE ORIGINAL INSERT NOT ORIGINALS
3F - 2002 REISSUE CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE
4 HIGH-GRADE GOLD LEAF 13 X 11 INSERT POSSIBLY THE 1972 ORIGINAL, BUT MAY ALSO BE A 2002 REISSUE THE INSERT FITS BOTH MAILERS
THE GROUP S MUSIC IS TRULY UNCATEGORIZABLE: IT HAS VARIABLY BEEN DESCRIBED AS ACOUSTIC FOLKSY PUNK GLAM EXPERIMENTAL, PRE-PUNK, GARAGE AND PSYCH. WE WOULD CALL IT EARLY T-REX MEETS THE GODZ
ORIGINAL JAPANESE PRESSING
ORIGINAL BE-WITCH PRIVATE PRESSING WITH SILVER PRINT
EXCEPT WHERE NOTED, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST JAPANESE PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, OVERSIZED 14 X 14 CARDBOARD MAILER SLEEVE WITH CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE
MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX OF THE RECORD
MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX ENDS WITH -1C/-1C . ON SOME LABELS, SUFFIX 1 DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
IMPORTANT: THE MATRIX INFORMATION NOTED ABOVE IS ONLY FOR THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THE 12 ALBUM
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Zuno Keisatsu is a cult band of the Japanese 70s scene this is their first release, a very good acoustic live performance, athough not musically mind-blowing. Famous for the left-wing lyrics that leaded to its censure, the album was reissued for its 30th anniversary by an obscure independent Japanese label. During that period, the fame of the band grew significantly as each member took part in solid or skilful collaborations with many other artists from Japan s avant scene. This may be why Zuno Keisatsu stands as a major band if your wish is to understand how alternative music was spreading in the country in these times.Still, there are some awesome moments of folk music and complex congo beats that make it quite an essential release for any fan of Japanese folk music.
EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW
It is almost impossible to imagine how closed Japanese society was to the counter-culture of the late 1960s. Zuno Keisatsu were possibly the most provocative rock group of the Japanese underground, self-releasing this album in 1970. Featuring songs like Declaration of Global Revolutionary War and Grab a Gun Parts 1 and 2, this strange mixture of Marc Bolan and communal hippie psych jamming was wrapped in an oversized LP package featuring the identikit portrait and blank gaze of the Japanese equivalent of DB Cooper: the main suspect of a still-unsolved legendary multi-million dollar robbery.
