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Highlighting unknown, obscure or simply excellent musicians

A small personal website with the aim to share detailed release information for a number of artists, but also to highlight some items from my collection

Previous Stuff

  • メトロノーム debut

    This may very well be the debut for this single on the internet when it comes to scans of the artwork!

    Earlier this week I shared details of メトロノーム’s latest single which was released three months ago. Today I am sharing details including scans of their first ever single called SINGLE TOP Religion. This is a very rare and hard to find release from 1999 and I am happy to have finally added it to my collection and on this website! Enjoy and I wish you a merry Christmas and a good New Year!

  • メトロノーム new single!

    As I mentioned last week, メトロノーム released a new single in September of this year called 解離性同一人物 which I completely missed. Today I received a copy for which you can find the details including scans over here. Let’s hope that they will make more new music in the near future!

  • メトロノーム part 2!!

    It appears that メトロノーム have re-formed and are back again since Autumn this year after a hiatus of seven years!! They also released a new single in September called 解離性同一人物. Obviously I ordered a copy yesterday evening as soon as I read this news. Am not too sure if I will still get it before Christmas, but if I do, I will add it here as soon as possible.

    It is currently unknown if more releases can be expected, though a few new concerts have been planned in Japan.

    Am hyped as hell! 😀

  • New ZaS EP!!

    Grab your wallet, because Zebra and Snake have released their new EP called European Broken Heart which contains five brand new tracks, including their most recent single In The City. I think it is a great EP and well worth the wait!

  • In The City single

    Out of nowhere Zebra and Snake released a new single today called In The City. It is a very good and fun tune I think and am already playing it on repeat. This single release will be followed by a new EP in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned for more info once I know more!

  • Sixxx Sense album

    It has been nearly one year since the previous update and I am very sorry about that! I have a pile of stuff lying next to me that still needs to be scanned and added to the website, but somehow other stuff always seems to be more important (and sometimes I am lazy).

    Despite these excuses I did had to create this update since UCHUSENTAI:NOIZ released their latest album today called Sixxx Sense. There is only one edition so far, so this time there is no need to spend too much money for just one new release.

    I have listened to it twice so far and quite like it. I still miss their old days, but every fan of every band usually moans about how the old days were much better.

    Anyway, check out the scans and track listing for today’s update.

  • Latest collection feature

    McCartney uncut

    Ex-Beatles member Paul McCartney released around 100 singles in the UK throughout his career as of 1971. Either solo or with his band Wings.

    Among these singles were two called We All Stand Together and Dance Tonight.

    We All Stand Together was released in 1984 during a time when his career was deemed to go in a downward spiral. Mainly due to some private mishappenings, but also his negatively received Give My Regards To Broad Street movie. In comes this release, as it brought him back into the charts (number three in the UK). It was released as a 7″ single and a 7″ shaped picture disc. As with most shaped picture discs, an uncut test pressing was initially made which is shown in the photo on the left.

    Moving forward to 2007 brings us to the single for Dance Tonight. A nice song in my opinion, just as the one from ’84. This one was released as a download and again a 7″ shaped picture disc. The 7″ oddly features the song on both sides so there is no proper B-side. An uncut test pressing also exists for this release. However, there is also a single-sided test pressing which features the regular images on both sides, although only side A contains music. Does this mean that they initially intended to release this as a single-sided disc? I guess we’ll never know. The double-sided disc is shown in the photo on the right whereas the single-sided one is at the bottom, with the blank side facing upwards.

    Both discs are 12″ in size with 7″ grooves which contain the music. All three only come in a clear plastic sleeve.