Yasuaki Shimizu – Kakashi

One the strangest and best records I own. Sounds awesome and the music is truly unique and enjoyable.

Palto Flats Bandcamp selling Kakashi tote bags "In advance of Fall 2022 Kakashi vinyl repress. (LPs expected completion date late October/early November)", bring it on!

Picked up a brand new, sealed copy today at a local record store outside Toronto for $28. Likely a repress.

Any news when and where a repress will become available? Much appreciated 🐈

Anyone know if this is still available anywhere for a decent price?

I'm late to the game as i've missed the original release of this reissue but, lucky me, i've managed to find a copy recently after listening to a digital copy for some time.
I obviously never have listened to an OG but i must say i'm surprised by the quality of this. It's a no-fuss-release but everything is spot-on: the record is flat, clean (thanks to the nice inner-sleeve) & totally noise-free.
The artwork is simple and the added insert is a nice bonus.
And, as far as i can tell on my decent set-up, the music feels rich & dynamic. An obvious improvement over the digital files.
The only way to improve this would have been to use a sturdy/tip-on jacket, use a variant of the OG labels and to add an OBI. But for the price i've paid this, i can't complain!
I wish all reissues were like that...

Extremely high quality pressing here. I'm pretty amazed at the quality, I usually don't expect that in a repress of something from 40 years ago.

Palto Flats did a better pressing job on this than the Midori Takada LP thats for sure. I can't tell much of a difference between this and the OG. OG maybe a touch more open...

I think this pressing sounds pretty good, nice separation in all the performances. Packaging/inserts is nice. I'm only familiar with this album through a youtube stream, and this sounds infinitely better.

Poor sound quality. Sound is weak, flat, dull. I was expecting better results of this repress.