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Good haul from this Tokyo trip — focused on classic 70s/80s city pop and YMO/Sakamoto, but couldn’t resist the 1978 Japan pressing of The Kick Inside, a 1985 Hounds of Love tape, and that Kid A obi. (See ALT text for details)

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…bought from (L-R) Tower Vinyl, Ella Records, Flash Disk Ranch and Siam Time, plus Waltz and Coconuts Disk. I skipped Disk Union and Kankyo because I’d already exceeded my packing (and spending) limit.

Found a couple of hours to give this the attention it deserves. Sometimes it’s too much: knowing it’s the last time he’ll play these songs, hearing him struggle for breath. And yet some of his most beautiful pieces have never sounded so good.