Wow. Hard to believe shops are selling VHS tapes. I think the last VHS machine production in Japan stopped a few years ago? So interesting to see how the style of merchandising varies from shop to shop.
New cassettes are making a comeback in Japan in a big way too. Luckily the VHS tape stuff is used. The players are everywhere though. Yes, every store is different with its own signature. The new record stores are gallery-level ambience or restaurant oriented. I'll get to those too.
One thing I have noticed with these stores is that they seem to take a lot of care with what they have, even if it's not particularly rare. I dunno if the thrift stores are the same but all to often i have gone ito places and stuff is just wedegd into boxes so tightly that you can't even go through them properly. again, a lot of stuff here I've never heard of but no less interesting. Keep em coming.
Only the 7" 45's were used. All of the 12" records in the shop were new reissues. The Japanese take extremely good care of their possessions. In the 60s & 70s it was common for them to purchase and record to tape. Also, according to Mrs. Rice, foreign records were cool and often times they bought for the jackets and the novelty and never played them; but I've never gotten that corroborated.
Wow. Hard to believe shops are selling VHS tapes. I think the last VHS machine production in Japan stopped a few years ago? So interesting to see how the style of merchandising varies from shop to shop.
New cassettes are making a comeback in Japan in a big way too. Luckily the VHS tape stuff is used. The players are everywhere though. Yes, every store is different with its own signature. The new record stores are gallery-level ambience or restaurant oriented. I'll get to those too.
Nice tour Michael. Well I recognized about seven bands out of all those 😁😁. Cheers.
Thanks for the tour. NAT Records is on the top of my list of (6) Shinjuku stores to visit in a couple weeks.
Cowboys 🤠 International were great 👍 ! Very early Post-Punk band. Pointy Shoes a classic track.
Thanks for watching and commenting as always, David
One thing I have noticed with these stores is that they seem to take a lot of care with what they have, even if it's not particularly rare. I dunno if the thrift stores are the same but all to often i have gone ito places and stuff is just wedegd into boxes so tightly that you can't even go through them properly.
again, a lot of stuff here I've never heard of but no less interesting. Keep em coming.
Only the 7" 45's were used. All of the 12" records in the shop were new reissues. The Japanese take extremely good care of their possessions. In the 60s & 70s it was common for them to purchase and record to tape. Also, according to Mrs. Rice, foreign records were cool and often times they bought for the jackets and the novelty and never played them; but I've never gotten that corroborated.
Not my stuff. Still, it's a cool store.
That’s the spirit! PS - got a bunch of ‘24 Audio Fair videos in the hopper that are going to blow you away
@@ricefieldrecords Looking forward to 'em!