Japan's impressive JAZZ Vinyl store! :-D
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2016
- Shinjuku DiskUnion Jazz
Dear Friends, I visited the massive Jazz section of DiskUnion! I had almost missed it, but quickly remembered it after completing my tour of the largest Store#1 of the Shinjuku DiskUnion branches.
I ran to this Jazz branch, labelled Store#2, and discovered a COMPLETE TREASURE TROVE of Jazz Vinyl Records…. many of original first pressings, of the Blue Note, Prestige, Riverside, Emarcy, Columbia, etc labels!!! :-D Truly Amazing. I was really over-awed by what I saw there. Now presenting this Jazz treasure trove to you here for your perusal and watchful eye.
Hope you friends enjoy this visual feast.
Last 3 minutes of this video, I have included many snapshots and photos of the premium 1st pressings in case you are one of those hard cord 1st pressings, in Mono :-D, Jazz Vinyl Records collectors!
May the Vinyl flame keep burning strong,
And Best Regards to all of you my friends,
Sincerely,
Ian
18th Feb 2016.
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Unbelievable! I would leave that store totally broke. The prices for the vintage Blue Notes are definitely reasonable. Great video as always Ian.
Yes Paul, as I was saying to Armien, :-D I thought about you and him the moment I saw those Blue Notes, Prestige first pressings!!! And the part at the end of this video (photo collage) is for both of you too my friends.
Sincerely,
Ian :-)!
Man, this was one of the craziest vinyl videos I have ever seen!
THIS IS INSANE! I opened a new tab to find how much a flight ticket from Germany to Japan is. What a selection! And really GREAT prices.
Thanks for capturing this. WOW! RECORD HEAVEN!
You are the man, Ian!
All the best :)
Armien
OOOOH OKAY BROTHER ARMIEN!!! :-D
I meet you there in June! Hahaha! I wanna catch a cup of matcha (green tea) with you too!
:-D
Let me know! I guide you there! You love Blue Notessss... I know! I was thinking about you and Paul (barakapdub) when I was there and also while I was doing up this video!!!
Yours Sincerely,
Ian :-)
I will treat you to maccha and sashimi :-D and some nice zaru soba!!!
+AudiophileLaws Armien this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are more shops in Tokyo that specialize in Jazz and have bigger assortment. Check out DiskUnion Ochanomizu and my friends shop in Shimokitazawa called Best Sound Records specializing in rare Jazz records mostly classic/modern.
Why is Japan so much cooler and more unique.
Nice collection I am getting to jazz music
Wow nice video I like the jazz records
Thank you Buddy!💪😄🙏
I’m speechless. What a jazz collection!
Love it !!!! Good job man
Recently came across your channel. Your enthusiasm for vinyl is unparalleled. If you come to Osaka, we can hit up the great jazz record stores.
Holy Cow!! This is sooo great,the most awesome video yet!What I would not do to go there...WOW!
:-D hahaha... let's go!!!!! Goodness recounting those jazz vinyl greats on my hands... hooohooohooo.... i am shivering!!!!
I hope one day I can go to Japan.
All those first pressings...just sitting there...LABELLED.
Japan has some of the best music shops that I have ever seen. I spent countless hours in Shinjuku and Yokohama a the dozens of music stores in each. I loved that they specialized, and the abundance of rare and hard to find music that they had. Another amazing video.
Thank you Steve for sharing that passion and energy of yours... together we will definitely keep the Vinyl dream alive... we will...continue to do it week in week out... :-). Everyday!!!
Best regards Steve!
Ian!
Just rewatched this video and my head was spinning at the thought of being in a store with all those amazing LPs. I guarantee that those LPs are either sold or are selling for 4 times those prices. "Where's a time machine when you need one?" 👽✌️
If you are reading this Ian, I hope you and your family are all well. The VC really misses you. Cheers my friend.
very nice indeed, thanx for sharing love your enthusiasm...
Dear Sir, thank you :-D!! Hope to see your own experiences shared on youtube too ... I am sure you have had many. Warmest Regards my friend!.
Thank you very much Ian for taking the time to answer my questions. Looking Looking forward to you next video post and keep up the good job!!!
Very impress with your country, it's very clean. :)
+Gene dizon Thank you for your kind comments Brother Gene!:-)
Ian. This is serious. Incredible to see all these in one store. I don't think I would be able to handle it. Glad I could live it through this video. Thank you so much for sharing. - Kieran
+NeedleGroove Dear Kieran! Me too... once the lift door opened, I got my coordinates right around the shop, and started lifting those Blue Notes original pressings one by one, and immediately realising what I have got into and those numbers for Prestige, Riverside, etc all adjacent... my eyes popped and my jaws were opened constantly ...just that you guys can't see it... I was constantly shaking my head quietly in the background.... but need to keep my composure for the sake of filming and in case the Japanese store people started noticing me filming... I need to keep quiet throughout this pleasant surprise that is in front and littered all around me...
Gobsmackingly great shock I found myself in.
:-D Thank you Kieran..
Best Regards,
Ian.
I'm enjoying the music you are playing.
+Richard Riley Thank you Brother Richard again :-D.. enjoy enjoy!
Have a good week ahead my friend!
Best Regards, from Ian!
Ian, most You Tube bloggers are always posting unboxing and how good the product is. We appreciate you sharing your FAILS ie. Harbeth speakers and very happy for you that you were able to sell them.
+Gene dizon Dear Brother Gene, i thank you for your appreciation of that.
Can I share something with you? Something very important while making all these videos:
Brother Gene:-)... I told myself always, encouraged by my teachers and my wife too, to just be straight, honest and kind about things... a lie can possibly lead on to another lie covering another lie. I told my retailers of the Whest phonostages and Lehmann Black Cube phonostages (which I had given partially negative reviews on my videos and comments) that I cannot afford to mince my words just because I want to "maintain good relationshiops" with them so that they will continue to allow me to acquire products from them to review. I told them Martin and Mr Chee :-), that if they want to blackmark me as a reviewer and stop supplying me products to review, I cannot change their minds... I am just honest and very sorry if my reviews had hurt their products. I told them that I have a duty to be honest and provide my viewers and friends here, the most accurate and totally honest review of all products. I told them I want to walk straight and with my heads held firm, high and level when I look people in the eye.
I do not believe in duality.
Dear friend, I will continue to do my best. I am confident I am of use to all my friends like you here :-D...
Thank you Brother Gene,
Yours Sincerely,
Ian.
I Hope I get to visit there someday! Amazing!
+dwashington607 Hi Daryl! Thank you for dropping by and writing in :-) !
Sincerely,
Ian.
Yeah - JAPAN, THE PROMISED LAND!
Your videos are great. Hopefully one day I can make it to Japan to check out these great stores. Keep digging.
Dear Damion,
:-D Yes we will!!! Let's go!!!
HiViNyws channel do you make trips to the states to buy collectible original blue note jazz records? If so can you give private email
Great store!
:-D... yes indeed... i was dazed during then... Jazz vinyl lovers will crate dig, inspect and shop to their hearts' delight!!
Warmest Regards brother,
ian.
Another great video I nearly missed ! I could not agree more when you tell our brother and sisters in audio to trust their own ears first!!L,of course after taking note of the objective advice offered by yourself and a good dealer such as my own Cymbiosis of Leicestershire England and having agood long listen Yet again you are so right about JBL loudspeakers,west coast squakboxes!JBL=JUST BLOODY !!!!!!!L!L
LOUD
Keep up the good work dear friends
Yes Ted... just trust our own ears.
The experienced Hirokawa-san (working at a senior manager at a major used hifi dealer in Japan) advised me NOT to venture into playing with jbl. He told me, "don't join that bandwagon, the jbls do not sound good, and you are expected to work your magic and skills into modifying them until they sound nice. What is the point? Get good sound right from the start by auditioning speakers well and buy them stock and enjoy them stock. Engage in music and not gear."
He told me that in January 2016, and you can see him at 2 of my January videos "getting my turntable back from Japan, and "vinyl hifi turntable shopping in japan" :-D
That is Hirokawa-san.
:-)
Dear Ted, thank you.
Wow! Very nice, I loved seeing this. I'm sure every jazz collector would love to visit Japan one day. Thank you for sharing Ian! --Tom
Thank you Tom! Hahaha...luckily I'm not a first pressings collector...else I'd have spent much $$$$$$ here!...
I do have a few friends who are first pressings collectors. Good luck to them if they visit Japan. the vinyl records there too are always in great condition... if the Japanese retailers label a record as Grade A or Near Mint or VG...to me it's like a Grade A+++ or Mint or VG+++!!! :-D they're just too conservative in their gradings. But good for us consumers. We feel very, very reassured.
Thank you my friend.
See you on your VCLTs as usual :-)
Best Regards!
Ian.
+HiViNyws channel Haha I know what you mean, every record I have ever bought from Japan has been in such excellent condition, they just really take care of their records it seems.
+fxp ™ Hi five!..dear Tom :-D
This is Jazz Heaven!!!! I wish to buy it all!!!! Great stuff!!!! Lou Donaldson forever!!!!
Yay Lou!!!! Hahhaa;-D see you there my friend!!!! Let me know!
Best Regards to your jazz vinyl playing days ahead!!!!!!
- ian.
Next time you'll be chasin' thru those shops,check out my trio releases (not vinyl unfortunately) Najponk trio cd's are available in Japan since 1999 or so...many swingin' greetings from Prague :-)
Mr. Najponk Wooowww you do have your album releases!!!!💪💪💪
I am very honoured to have received your messages and be chatting with you here my friend from Prague!!!!!
Mr. Najponk ...now googling your releases and pics!!! WOW!
Likewise! I thought you might enjoy what we do....we are recording live shows for Japan label Gats Production LTD....:-)
no wonder I can't find enough records...they are all in Japan!😂 Those Blue Note's though. I've been after that Lee Morgan album,In Search Of the New Land for so long. Great video!
:-D ahh.... no worries brother then! At least these records are around and in existence!!!!!!! Hahaha... we can rest assured then! :-D
Thank you for coming by and saying hi!
Warmest Regards,
ian.
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Go to the Jazz Record Center in NYC. They have more collector's items and new vinyl pressings than anywhere in the USA.
Hi Ian.Great video as always.Wish I had a billion dollars and could buy it all :-) Keep up the good work!
+Arijit Ray Thank you my friend... me too! Wish I can just buy all the first pressings home :-D !!!
Hahaha... we will be contented for now with what we have now in our racks, and spend more time listening through all of them.
Thank you for your kind words brother.
May the vinyl dream stay alive and kicking for long.
See you again!
Ian :-)
Very impressive. I almost fainted at the prices, but they aren't catering to me. I saw plenty of Jazz collectors drop lots of cash on pressings nowhere near this quality. Thank goodness much of the classics are at least being repressed. I'm also lucky that I have found lots of the female jazz vocals in dollar bins :)
+dixielandfarm Thank you Brother Chris :-D!!! You are lucky!!! Hahaha... thumbs up for your finds!!! See you again!
Wooooo awww! ... i love coming here(Disc Union) for jazz and more jazz... Hey, great video. Cool.
Hehheh... yes my goodness! Hi five!!! We can chip in one day together if fate allows! My next trip to Tokyo would be 12th to 18th June this year. See you my friend :-D
Best Regards,
ian.
Wow, that's cool Ian. More records and more videos please. Really enjoying myself watching your 'shopping' and trip to the record stores. Yes2x... one day... High 5'.... :D Keep digging... Thumbs Up!!!!
Brother, i will be catching up with a couple of new friends who know me on UA-cam for a while and i will make a video of it during the trip for all of you lovely friends! Vinyl binds us. Cheers cheers, my friend!
Great ...looking forward for that video. Cheers, my friend.
@ 7:35 Ha ha. This reminds me of my AT-LP120-USB turntable and all the fun and struggle I've had getting it dialed in and working to my liking with all the quality control and design issues my unit has. I'm not Japanese, but I suppose there is some _Bushido pride_ of sorts or honor in getting this table of questionable quality but decent potential working well enough to my liking. This hobby is in part different things to different people I suppose, Japanese or otherwise, not to mention that it can be too easy to stereotype others you're not as familiar with.
The turntable was a gift, so I'm glad I am able to get the most out of it and honor the spirit in which it was given as well.
Best regards and pleased to have met you here on UA-cam, Ian.
-Mick
Dear Mick,
I respect you for your spirit of aiming to improve your AT-LP120 to no end...
It is a gift to you too and you must cherish it.
I will say apologies in advance, as there would be some not nice things said about it in the upcoming turntable shoot-out. Yes the quality control and design issues... you are so right about it :-)...
Best Regards too Mick... and glad to know you, my friend.
~ ian.
amazing stuff, I would look for japanese jazz and some japanese pressings of american records since the jp presses are always amazing in sound quality and the prices for them there are quite nice in comparsion
Dear Buddy Joao :-D thank you for catching up!!! Yes.... those Japanese presses are pretty good!! You can have a go at them testing them and auditioning them at the stores too....the staff will help you with them!
Warmest Regards and have a lovely weekend ahead spinning records and soaking in the analogue bliss!
~ ian
Thanks again Ian !! Jimmy ....
Hi Jimmy! :-D
Thank you for your encouragement!
Best Regards!!!
The Disk Union JAZZ Shinjuku store was reopened in 2020 and moved to the large floor on the 2nd floor of the former musical instrument store building.
Thanks for sharing Ian. Always looking forward to your vinyl shopping in Japan.
Off topic here. Since you have all the cartridge set up tools. Have you considered reviewing phono cartridges?
Gene
+Gene dizon Yes Gene! You are so right! It is a great coincidence.
I have thought hard about it and have been preparing for it:
1. I have ordered recently, 12 cartridges :-) for all of you:
USD70-80: 1.AudioTechnica AT100e, 2.Grado Black, 3. Goldring Elan, 4. Ortofon OM5e, 5. Sumiko Oyster.
USD95-110: 1.AudioTechnica AT120eb, 2.Grado Green, 3. Goldring Elektra, 4. Nagaoka MP-110, 5. Ortofon 2M Red, 6. Sumiko Black Pearl, 7. Shure MX97xE.
All new, and from my own pocket.
2. I have ordered 12 Jelco HS-25 headshells. New too.
3. And many more things in preparation!!! :-D
I am doing my very best... I want to do my very best to help the new vinylphiles get engaged and be blessed with the highest standards of quality for their money, and also I believe that vinyl music playback appreciation DOES NOT need to be expensive! IT IS AFFORDABLE, and BEAUTIFUL!!! Things are already in progress...my dear friend.
Brother Gene, thank you for asking, concern and suggestion!! I am really touched that you actually thought about it for me. I really want to thank you for this.
Thank you Gene.
Sincerely,
Ian :-D
dear bro ian, thank you for sharing abt the jbl 43XX. was considering blind buying a used 4312 from overseas.
Dear Buddy :-D thank you so much for catching up with me!!! Hehheh!!!!!!! OH WOW>.....exciting times... you can have a broader scope of field from which to pick your used 4312!!!!!!! :-D exciting times!!! Yummy aren't they !?!!! I wish you good fortunes in your journey, procurement and discovery!!!
Warmest Regards my friend,
~ ian.
That's it. I'm going.
Wooooops! I have competition now!!!!! What have I done?!?! :-D Gosh!!!! No!!!
Hahaha... please do please do!... i see you there my friend! Shake hands with you. I'll be there in middle of June this year again. Let's chat vinyl and music!
Best Regards to you my friend! Enjoy your trip and bring some other friends there too!
One big happy family,
our Vinyl Community.
:-)
I'm sure that they sell American Blues,rock,jazz and soul records
in Japan.
Fantastic Ian and I'm sure all your subscribers can't wait for your Unbiased Phono cartride reviews.
Did you by chance upgraded your Tonearm to a SME V? I am sure you had a different SME model on your Avid TT on your earlier videos.
I agree with the captioned in your video that we can't believe everything what the HI FI magazine reviewers.
+Gene dizon ...really thank you Brother Gene...
After the unbiased Phonostage Reviews I have painstakingly done and completed... this Cartridge Reviews segment will be a major project for me. Unbiased. Again, I promise all of you again, they will NOT BE SWAYED NOR HAVE ANY FORM OF OBLIGATION DUE TO MANUFACTURERS' AND RETAILERS' ADVERTISEMENT MONIES AS HAPPENS IN AUDIO MAGAZINES FOUND ONLINE OR AT NEWSSTANDS.
:-) Guess what? My friends and I have gone to hear the Elac B6, well run-in one pair, and they actually sounded really bad compared to the current version Monitor Bronze 2. The Elac B6 costs about $500 in Singapore, and the Bronze 2 costs $450. The Bronze 2s are fantastic. The AE301s are fantastic.
Again, WE consumers, all of us friends: WILL NEVER AGAIN BELIEVE WHAT THE MAGAZINES' reviews ANYMORE :-D... Totally. After countless experiences with "highly rated" products by all the newsstands and online audio magazines. Enough is enough.
We do it our way. Power to the people!!! :-D
Hahaha.... thank you Gene.... sorry, some strong words above.
- "I agree with the captioned in your video that we can't believe everything what the HI FI magazine reviewers."...
Brother Gene, thank you.
Sincerely,
Ian.
I just get into John Wright. He's very underrated.
Where have you been Ian
I love the Japanese!
Thank you for coming by and saying hi!
That's a really great idea of playing music really loud during the whole video. You could really understand everything the presenter said. As a matter of fact, the louder the music got the clearer his voice came through. Especially when the drums and the vocals were playing. They didn't mask the music at all. Oh no! Not at all.
Hi my friend, thank you very much for your comments👋😄!!!! Good to learn from my mistakes😅.
Warmest Regards and may you have a beautiful and rewarding vinyl'ing journey ahead with family and many friends🤗🎶🎵🎶🎶!!
Another great video Ian. We love Jazz! By the way, what Home Audio magazines would you recommend?
Brother, after going through all the magazines in the market,.... and I am not trying to sound cynical... sigh...
I trust none of them and their reviews anymore.
I still buy some to keep myself updated on some new gear coming through, and my wife thinks so too I buy them just for the sake of keeping abreast of industry's happenings... but not for performance review of gears. They are not accurate.
1. Imagine you run an audio magazine online or print, and you depend on advertisements for your LIVELIHOOD. Yes! Your livelihood, your paycheck, depend on all that money rolling in from advertisers: the manufacturers and retailers. And I come from XYZ speaker company and I gave you a paycheck of $250,000 booking Pages 2 and 3 of your magazine for the whole of your next year 2018's monthly issues. .... ??? what will happen? Your assessment of the speakers made by me and my company, will be skewed. I am your paymaster.
2. Audio magazines OFTEN like to give good reviews to gears, why? Because it makes the manufacturers happy! And they keep coming back to you to pass you more gear to review (on the unspoken agreement that if you find my gear lousy, just return the gear to me AND DON'T PUBLISH the review!). ... published reviews are always good, and never bad. It is a vicious, wicked, tainted cycle between reviewers and manufacturers/retailers. Imagine if they publish three continuous bad reviews of three products from a manufacturer!!.., the manufacturer will be pissed off and NOT return to transact with this review magazine anymore.
3. Thirdly. Review magazines often give good reviews (as stated above), and seldom do A-B-C-D shoot-out tests. Shoot-out tests run the trouble to irritating the manufacturers even more... as those manufacturers whose products couldn't make it to the top recommended component of the shoot-out test will be very disturbed and disappointed!!! You have to keep them happy so that they keep coming back to A)give you equipment to review to feed your pages, B)give you money for their advertisements.
THUS, Brother, I want to do this by myself using my own monies to ACTUALLY PURCHASE the gears for shoot-out. The manufacturers and retailers can't touch me. I am independent and I CAN UPHOLD MY COMMITMENT AND PLAIN, PLAIN HONESTY TO ALL MY FRIENDS, YOU GUYS, MY FRIENDS, I AM JUST A CONSUMER JUST LIKE YOU ALL, and:
I WANT TO KNOW: at the price-point which I am going to buy and purchase: "WHICH PRODUCT OUT OF A, B, C, D each at $200, SHOULD I PURCHASE?"
(This 3rd point, will point you to only two audio magazines which do these shoot-outs: "what hifi" and "hifi choice"... and I feel they are the last, remaining, only two magazines I can give some of my trust to. I do not trust anymore all the other magazines. I am aware of the industry and I am just being factual, never angry with the state of things, and I choose to remain positive, happy and do my utmost focused best for all of you friends)
The advertisers you see on my youtube videos are your local insurance companies, your local steak house, an Apple iPhone advertisement, a Samsung advertisement, a Huawei advertisement, your local travel companies, your local communities' programs, and never any hifi advertisement. YES. I WANT THAT, and that is why I only do UA-cam video reviews, and not get paid as well. I want to maintain 100 % HONESTY, AND USEFULNESS in my reviews.
Yours Sincerely,
~ ian Lee.
HiViNyws channel Thank you Ian for your generous time and honesty. Please keep in touch, you can reach us at VintageVinylVets@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Chris
Dear Chris, thank you :-D.
Grateful, and Best Regards to your team,
~ ian.
Great channel Ian, I enjoy your videos. However, I am not sure if this is in fact the largest jazz shop (at least not of Disk Union's) here in Tokyo. The next time you are in town, head to the Ochanomizu to the "TokyoJAZZ" branch. In fact, I think they make claims that they are the largest and most complete in the world. You won't be disappointed. :)
+TeeOhEhm Oops....JazzTOKYO that is. And it seems that someone had already mentioned it! Regardless, bring your credit cards. ;)
I see :-) yes the Ochanomizu area!!! What a great place to be my friend! I will hunt that down at the next trip!! :-D. Thank you very much for keeping us informed too!
Sincerely,
Ian.
thanks for your post! I'd there any way of getting these records online.. besides eBay...?? I am drooling...
Hi Ian, What is the name of the song and artist that starts and ends this video
You didn't buy any Jazz records? Looked like they had a lot of great ones there.
Hi brother!!!:-D how do you do?!!
...yes, they indeed HAVE A lot of good ones. But I'm already overloaded with the first batch of records bought the day before at RECOfan Shibuya, many gifts for friends, and we need to travel far out to Miyagi to bring back more gifts for friends in Singapore. And not forgetting, the final :-D equipment I am going to purchase in the last day of the trip...which I will show all of you very very soon!!!!
:-D
Thank you for coming by my friend.
Best Regards,
Ian!
Are you from Singapore?
Visited the Shibuya branch today
Renegadeproject alright man brother!!!!😄😄😄✌✌✌👍👍👍
Also visited Dynamic Audio and Yodabashi in Akihabara
Renegadeproject Great!!!!!!!😁😄😁Bravo brother!!!!!
Hope you are having good time now reflecting on all the hard work you have done walking so much and looking at countless fascinating interesting hardware and software...kit and records!!!... have a good time taking everything in and having a coffee and light supper too!!!
:-D I remember you chose Excel at Shibuya!!!!
Thumbs UP!!!!
Best Regards,
ian.
I was supposed to visit some shrine but I got consumed with record/cd searching and shopping for my daughter.
I need to go outside to get some air
Απόλλων Θηρευτής 👋😄brother cool down, cool down😆😄😄!!!
Ouch..... I could spend a paycheque on like 4 records😱😱😱
Me goes ouch too.... "amazing" prices.
So much... Mono... 🤔
Mono... do you play Mono buddy Patrick?
i love your furkid!!! Give him/her a good rub on her cute forehead for me! :-D
@@HiViNywschannel actually, it's a neighbor's dog, his name is Elvis!
Mono just doesn't do it for me, although I've never listened to a true high resolution mono system, tbh.
Some of the rarest albums...anywhere... great vid but I'd rather hear the music playing in the shop.
Boogiewoogie Thank yoi brother for coming by to say hi!... sorry about the lack of music...coz of UA-cam's music copyright policy. I would love to show more and let you friends feel the ground even better.. see yoi my friend😄👋😄
Sorry I meant Singapore.
+Gene dizon Hehheh no worries Brother, there are some not so clean parts in Singapore too!!!! But I did recognise you meant Singapore even without your clarification :-D coz you are one sharp person.
From your experience are Japanese pressing superior than North American and European pressing?
+Gene dizon I prefer the NA and European pressings for their better dynamics, while the Japanese pressings are generally lighter in bass. Most Japanese stay in wooden houses, due to their country being earthquake prone...and noise insulation is not ideal...and thus they tend to listen at lower levels to avoid disturbing their neighbours. They would thus also prefer less bass to achieve that aim of maintaining quietness as much as possible. Japanese pressings have one good thing is that their workmanship is really good and grooves run very silent and there's hardly any crackles and pops, hiss and background noise. Super quiet.
:-)
Of course, this applies not to all, but to most pressings' direct comparisons.
:-)
Most of my friends and "teachers" I learnt from...said the same...and I realised those things I heard from them along the way.... how true!! And also :-) those friends who are into rock especially, realised the relatively leanness in bass in Japan pressed records and let me hear them for myself as well...comparing them directly to U.S., U.K. presses as well. :-D
Best Regards,
Ian.
They have the pressings you might want, but it'll cost ya. Fun place to make big decisions with your wallet.😄