White Album – Red Vinyl – Japan

October 24, 2009 by admin
Filed under Colour Vinyl

The Japanese MONO re-issue on red vinyl is a fairly rare item. Issued in both 1982 (M Matrix) and again in 1986 (D Matrix). From time to time these pop up on Ebay, so keep an eye out. Although I wouldn't expect much change from $400us.

Japanese vinyl releases are premium quality pressings, much sought after by audiophiles and collectors alike. In the 1960s Toshiba pioneered top quality red vinyl pressings using their trademark ‘Ever-Clean’ process this utilized a special ingredient intended to prevent the build-up of static electricity on the vinyl. The sonic quality of Japanese pressings is considered to be among the best in the world and, in addition, they are beautifully presented, their covers usually printed on better quality heavy stock paper and often including a bonus lyric insert with dual language Japanese & English text.Japanese records you get top quality pressings, a tactile picture sleeve that looks stunning and you can sing along from the lyric insert.