1980s 458 Items

Japanese pressing. Promo copy. Tiny wear, few scuffs.

Japanese pressing. Promo copy.

Still in shrink but opened with hype sticker. Vinyl is close to NM. Original inner sleeves. 2014 reissue.

Still sealed. Limited edition. 2015 reissue. tiny wear.

Still sealed. Stuffed corner. 2LP + CD + BluRay

Still sealed. Small cut in bottom. 2LP + CD + BluRay

Limited edition 2014 reissue. Original inner sleeves.

Cover and vinyl are close to NM. Original inner sleeves. 2015 reissue.

Includes obi with small tear.

Still sealed. Limited edition. 2015 reissue. Slightly cracked corner.

EU reissue from 2019. tiny wear. Original inner sleeve. Vinyl is close to NM.

2017 reissue. Still sealed with hype sticker.

Japanese pressing. With OBI and insert. Tiny wear. few scuffs.

close to NM

Writing on cover.

Japanese pressing with OBI and inserts. close to NM

White vinyl Limited edition. 2020 reissue.

close to NM. With insert.

Promo. OBI is missing. With insert

• Cover art by famed artist Hiroshi Nagai
• Extensive liner notes and bios
• Compiled by Andy Cabic (Vetiver), Zach Cowie (DJ & music supervisor) and Mark “Frosty” McNeill (dublab)
• 2xLP housed in a deluxe wide spine jacket with over sized fold-out booklet, full color printed inner sleeves, and custom die-cut obi card
• Remastered audio

Pacific Breeze documents Japan’s blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring to become the world’s second largest economy. Thriving tech exports sent The Rising Sun over the moon. Its pocket cassette players, bleeping video games, and gleaming cars boomed worldwide, wooing pleasure points and pumping Japanese pockets full of yen.

Japan’s financial buoyancy also permeated its popular culture, birthing an audio analog called City Pop. This new sound arose in the mid ’70s and ruled through the ’80s, channeling the country’s contemporary psyche. It was sophisticated music mirroring Japan’s punch-drunk prosperity. City Pop epitomized the era, providing a soundtrack for emerging urbanites. An optimistic spirit buzzed through the music in neon-bathed, gauzy tableaus coated with groove-heavy strokes.

Pacific Breeze is an expertly compiled collection of choice cuts that range from silky smooth grooves to innovative techno pop bangers and everything in between. Long-revered by crate diggers and adventurous music heads, this music has never been released outside of Japan until now. Including key artists like Taeko Ohnuki and Minako Yoshida, as well as cult favorites Hitomi Tohyama and Hiroshi Sato, the long-awaited release also features newly commissioned cover painting by Tokyo-based artist Hiroshi Nagai, whose iconic images of resort living have graced the covers of many classic City Pop albums of the 1980s.

Many of the key City Pop players evolved from the Japanese New Music scene of the early ’70s, as heard on Light In The Attic’s acclaimed Even a Tree Can Shed Tears: Japanese Folk & Rock 1969-1973, the first release of the ongoing Japan Archival Series. In fact, you could say City Pop set sail with a champagne smash from Happy End, the freakishly talented subversives who included amongst their ranks Haruomi Hosono and Shigeru Suzuki, both featured on this compilation. As Michael K. Bourdaghs noted in his book, Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon, this music was, “Deconstructing the line between imitation and authenticity.” Some of the best City Pop teeters in this zone—easy listening with mutant exotica, tilted techno-pop, and steamy boogie bubbling beneath the gloss.

White vinyl seems unplayed. Original inner sleeves. White vinyl Limited edition. 2020 reissue. Cover has a Stuffed corner.

New Zealand pressing.

Green vinyl. Limited edition 2022 reissue. Numbered.

Japanese pressing. With OBI and insert.

OBI is missing! Vinyl is close to NM!

Japanese pressing. 1983 reissue. Without OBI. vinyl has some slight scuffs. cover is close to NM

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM. 1982 reissue.

Vinyl is close to NM. tiny wear. Small stain on cover. With insert. OBI is missing.

2020 reissue. Limited edition. Still sealed with hype sticker.

Still sealed with hype sticker. 2022 reissue.

Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Mobile Fidelity LP Presents the 1984 Mutt Lange-Produced Heartbeat City In Extraordinary Sound.

Japanese pressing without OBI, but with insert. Vinyl close to VG+

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180 gram vinyl

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. With insert. Vinyl has some scuffs. Cover is close to NM.

Still sealed. 2020 reissue.