{"product_id":"1978","title":"1978","description":"[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\n\n\u003cp\u003eTechno, Mondo, Lo-Fi—HIKASHU had already anticipated entire musical  planet in 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded on a 4-track tape recorder before the band's official debut, 1978 is a legendary collection of early recordings that remained largely unknown until its acclaimed CD release in 1996. Now, nearly 30 years later, these pioneering recordings are finally being released on vinyl for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded three previously unreleased tracks. Among them an alternate version of \"Confusion,\" which was originally available only on a highly sought-after fan club flexi-disc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A year before releasing our  debut album on Toshiba EMI, HIKASHU had already developed a distinctive and intrest  music. Working in a small house near a railway line in Tokyo's Nerima district, the band transformed a makeshift recording space—windows shuttered, blankets hung on the walls—into a laboratory of sound, where rhythm machines \nresonated a sound around .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Kouichi MAKIGAMI (Leader of HIKASHU)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n[[Selling Points]]\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst-ever vinyl edition of the legendary 1978 recordings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes 3 previously unreleased tracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssential release for collectors of Japanese new wave, experimental music, and early electronic sounds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJapanese New Wave\/Proto-Techno\/Rare Archive Recording\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n[[Catalog Number]]PLP-8396[[Artist]]Hikashu","brand":"P-Vine","offers":[{"title":"1978 \/ Album \/ LP Black","offer_id":48302240989429,"sku":"PLP-8396","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/4995879083963.jpg?v=1782171632","url":"https:\/\/lightintheattic.net\/products\/1978","provider":"Light in the Attic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}