Nujabes / Fat Jon – Samurai Champloo Music Record - Departure

Really great record. Have listened for many versions of Battlecry and Aruarian Dance, including the CD but this is by far the best in my opinion. Mastering gives percussions and strings more depth than the CD version or others online.

Immediately I can hear a clear and open soundstage and almost no surface noise. Sometimes you just know that a master was mixed/pressed for vinyl and this one is one of those pressings. I feel like you take a gamble with a lot of new releases and end up getting a really dull sounding digital master just pressed on vinyl for the sake of having it physical. And then sometimes you have intentional pressings. The low beat on Aruarian Dance actually sounds like a bass drum from a drum set. The 13 year old version of me is satisfied. Too bad the track list is slightly different from the original CD release, I'm sure there's a licensing thing going on, happens all the time over there.

What a wonderful record, poly lined sleeves and a high quality Japanese pressing.

The track with the vocals, though produced by Nujabes, is so out of place... sandwiched between all the goodness that is Nujabes and Fat Jon. Really hope the future re-releases don't include it.

shoutouts to playasia for fucking me over by inexplicably cancelling my preorder for both this and impression. never buying from them again after this. had to appease a scalper on ebay to get them in the end, but that's okay because samurai champloo and it's soundtrack mean too much for me to care about whatever price i may have to pay for them.

also jin is best boi.

Finally hearing Aruarian Dance on vinyl was a revelation. Wide open soundstage, dead quiet and beauitful packaging and lyric sheet. Wouldn't expect anything less than a premium product from Japan. Stellar sound quality just like Nujabes' studio album pressings.

Was this a pre-order only? After I found out about it I can't find it actually in stock.

My copy sounds pretty much immaculate upon first listen. I had pre-ordered this from HMV as soon as it was announced, and was initially worried they wouldn’t ship to the USA but they did!

The box it arrived in was pretty damaged, but the record was pretty much perfect condition luckily. So glad I decided to pre-order this, I’ve been wanting this record on vinyl for so long. Not sure if I’ll end up buying the 3 other records in the soundtrack. I can say for certain that I am happy with Departure.

Perfect sound quality, as to be expected for a japanese pressing. Not a single pop anywhere on the record...wow!
Did anyone else receive their copy with large seam split on the cover? Really pissed about that..