1980s 153 Items

" Pressed on 7"" black vinyl
Two incredible hits from 1980s Japan!
NOTE: artwork to be announced Two major duets by Yoshinori Monta and Junko Ohashi are released simultaneously on analog 7inch single vinyl! In April 1983, ""Natsu Onna Sonia"" became a big hit under the name ""Yoshinori Monta with Junko Ohashi,"" and the following June 1984, ""Koi wa Magic"" was released simultaneously, this time under the name ""Junko Ohashi with Yoshinori Monta! The couplings include Yoshinori Monta's solo song ""Harbor Light"" and Junko Ohashi's solo song ""A LOVE AFFAIR,"" respectively."

slight seam wear, Original inner sleeve

Original inner sleeve.

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

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert.

Operation Sole like the summer, hopefully, imminent; “Operazione Sole” like the 1967 song by Peppino Di Capri, considered, perhaps wrongly, the first ska in Italy, but certainly the first to talk about Jamaica and upbeat rhythms. The record you have in your hand is intended to be a testimony to how much the sounds born in Kingston between the '60s and '70s had a significant influence on local pop. With the first explosion of reggae in England between 1968 and 1970, as well as with the rise of Bob Marley to a worldwide cult phenomenon, parallel to the all-English phenomenon of Two Tone and the ska revival, Italy, always attracted by the new trends not only English, he certainly couldn't stay on the sidelines. Therefore these innovative and unknown upbeat sounds, derived from the blues of the 1950s and mixed with a Caribbean sauce, have also taken hold in the Bel Paese. It began as early as 1959 with the song “Nessuno” by Mina, considered to all intents and purposes a Jamaican shuffle, to arrive in a few years at blue-beat (I4 di Lucca, Claudio Casavecchi) and ska (Margherita, Peppino Di Capri , Silvano Silvi, Renzo and Virginia) and be exposed to the first reggae (for example Jo Fedeli and his Italian version of “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker). Thus, we quickly reach the end of the decade of the economic boom and the culture, styles, references change: everything becomes more busy (on a cultural, artistic and political level). After a stalemate phase that lasted more than five years, Bob Marley's reggae (considered a sort of new Messiah) conquers the planet, including Italy: the producers and artists, even at a high level, for a few years do not remain at all indifferent to this novelty and decide to introduce the "upbeat", primarily reggae, into the various pop repertoires: well-known names such as Loredana Bertè, Mario Lavezzi, Rino Gaetano, Ivano Fossati, Ilona Staller, Adriano Celentano, Edoardo Bennato throw themselves headlong into new sonic adventures, in a pioneering way, but often with excellent results. The "Operazione Sole" collection wants to take the credit, instead, of proposing and discovering lesser-known artists (with the exception of Gino Santercole, former associate and relative of Il Molleggiato), often real meteors in the Italian musical panorama, who have tried to achieve (or achieve again) success by adapting the pop that was so popular in those years to the new black sounds prevailing in the West. We are in the early 80s and we range from the most classic reggae, to Italo-disco contaminated by dub up to the true Neapolitan style which, on more than one occasion, in its being endemically "black" and full of groove, has wrung out the watch out for agreements made in Kingston and London. “Operation Sun”: a pleasant philological work, but surrounded by an equally pleasant aura of disengagement.

close to NM. Japanese pressing. OBI is missing, With insert

Japanese pressing. close to NM.

Vinyl is close to NM. Japanese pressing. Tiny wear.

Japanese pressing with OBI and insert.

Japanese pressing. With OBI. few paper scuffs. cover is close to NM

Promo copy. Japanese pressing. Few paper scuffs. OBI is missing.

Japanese pressing. Promo copy. With insert. OBI is missing. Slight foxing.

Japanese pressing with OBI

OBI is missing.

Japanese pressing without OBI

With obi. Foxing on back cover.

Japanese pressing with obi and insert.
Cover is close to NM.

Japanese pressing. with OBI and inserts. Cover and vinyl are close to NM.

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

Close to VG+. Price tag.

EU reissue. Original inner sleeve. Vinyl is very close to NM. Tiny wear.

Sticker on cover.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM

Purple vinyl and cover are close to NM. Original inner sleeve. 2020 reissue.

close to NM. Japanese pressing.

Original US Los Angeles Pressing.

Japanese pressing with OBI and insert. Copy closer to NM

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert. Copy closer to VG+

Cover with sticker

Japanese pressing with obi. 1981 reissue.

Includes OBI and insert.. cover and vinyl are close to NM. 1981 reissue.

OBI is missing. close to NM. Original Japanese pressing.

Japanese pressing without OBI, but with insert. close to NM

Record is close to VG+.

Original japanese pressing without OBI. Vinyl is close to NM. tiny wear

Japanese pressing without OBI. close to NM.

Japanese pressing with OBI. tiny wear.

Japanese pressing. With OBI. close to NM

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM

Japanese pressing. close to NM. Promo copy. OBI is missing. With insert

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing.

Slightly warped vinyl, but still enjoyable. Japanese pressing with OBI

Orange Transparent VInyl.
Record is close to VG+.

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

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. With insert.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. Cover is close to NM. With inserts.

Original inner sleeve. 1989 reissue.

close to NM. Original inner sleeve