Masahiko Sato* – Belladonna

Finders Keepers really fucked this one up. The omission of the opening and closing themes from this album is tragic, asinine, pointless and downright disrespectful to the legacy of this film. Aside from just being really great songs, the main themes are so iconic that I feel you can hardly call this the soundtrack to Belladonna of Sadness without them. Seems more to me like Finders Keepers is just exploiting the name of the film to sell a Masahiko Sato record. I hope a more competent label is able to give this gem the proper reissue that it deserves one day.

My copy sounds great and the vinyl is thick. Not at all thin! There are some distortion that can be heard when certain instruments are playing but it’s tolerable. Great soundtrack!!

i'm afraid, the re issue sounds like a vinyl rip, there's clearly a background noise on each tracks - so FK did you mastered from the original tape or what ?.... thanks

They left off the main theme and main theme (reprise), why? The main theme is heard more than six times thought out the movie, and is an integral part of the story with 2 different versions of the theme (that were omitted from this reissue). Both are very erotic and sensuous themes sung by Mayumi Tachibana. That's like releasing "The Good The Bad And The Ugly" without the Main Theme from "The Good The Bad And The Ugly".

the vinyl is so thin, flexi-disc like! That being said, it does sound great!