1980s 269 Items

Original US pressing!
Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.
Includes original inner sleeve.
Sticker on cover.

Writing on cover. Sticker on cover.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM

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

Hype-sticker on front. Record and sleeve are very close to NM.

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.

Writing on back cover.

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

Japanese pressing. close to NM.

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

Cover splits at top seam. Signed by the artist.

Japanese pressing without obi.

Japanese pressing with OBI and insert.

Still sealed. 2017 reissue.

2017 reissue. Still sealed with hype sticker.

Includes original inner sleeve. Vinyl closer to VG+

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

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

with hype sticker and price tag. Original inner sleeve

Japanese pressing with OBI

OBI is missing.

Japanese pressing without OBI

Japanese pressing. With OBI. tiny wear

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

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

Still in shrink but opened. Tiny corner wear. Japanese pressing. With OBI.

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

Cover has slight ring wear and slightly bumped corners.
Vinyl has some scuffs and hairlines.

Record and cover are close to VG+

Japanese pressing. With OBI and insert. close to NM.

Cover is close to VG+.

Small cut-out.

Cover corners slightly dented.

Still shrink wrapped but opened just to check release color.
Records unplayed. Cover corners slightly dented.

Originally released in 1980 Limited edition 180g vinyl Pressed on black vinyl Ride on Time is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released by Air/rvc in 1980. This record includes everything from up-tempo songs to ballads, making it an absolute masterpiece beloved by many.