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 WHAT IS A JAPAN "REPLICA-LP-SLEEVE" CD?

Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you.

Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics.

Then, there's the sonic quality: Mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering (20-Bit, 24-Bit, DSD, K2/K2HD, and/or HDCD), and can often be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere.

Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Bonus tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded.

All mini-sleeve releases are tremendously limited editions mainly pressed on future orders only and once released immediately out of print. This fact along with other latter features we've mentioned make these titles rare collectibles that sell in the collectors markets for $100's of dollars apiece.

Futuristic Dragon

T. Rex - Futuristic Dragon album cover

Genre: Rock

Style:   Glam

Year:   1976

Futuristic Dragon (Introduction)       

Jupiter Liar     

Chrome Sitar  

All Alone       

New York City          

My Little Baby          

Calling All Destroyers           

Theme For A Dragon (Instrumental) 

Sensation Boulevard  

Ride My Wheels        

Dreamy Lady 

Dawn Storm    

FREE BONUS CD OF RESURRECTION OF THE WARLOCK - A TRIBUTE TO MARC BOLAN & T.REX

Release Date:  01/13/1998 Style:  Glam Rock

Record Label:  Pavement Music Artist:  Various Artists

UPC:  769623227125 Format:  CD

Detailed item info

Album Features

Artist: Various Artists

Format: CD

Release Year: 1998

Record Label: Pavement Music

Genre: Glam Rock, Rock & Pop

Track Listing

1. Chariot Choogle - Sky Blues

2. The - The Smithereens Slider

3. Raw Ramp - Dramarama

4. Country Honey - Buick MacKane

5. Light of Love - Timothy R. Powell/Molotov Combo/Jonny "Flo" Langford/Timothy "Eddie" Powell

6. Born to Boogie - Sabrejets

7. Ride a White Swan - Stormclouds

8. Cosmic Dancer - Now

9. Ballrooms of Mars - Crxshadows

10. Get It On (Bang a Gong) - Friendly Ghosts

11. Planet Queen-Rip off Medley - Illuminati

12. 20th Century Boy - The Three Johns

13. The - Shrunken Heads Groover

14. Jupiter Liar - Futuristic Dragon

15. Once upon the Seas of Abyssinia - Staggering Prophets

16. Catblack (The Wizard's Hat) - Cosa Nostra

17. Jeepster - Alone on the Red

18. Telegram Sam - Jump The Gun

19. Metal Guru - Three Humans

20. King of the Mountain Cometh - Goo

Details

Playing Time: 76 min.

Producer: Chris Carter, Tom Hanson, Timothy Powell, Timothy R. Powell, Dave Still, Gary Aiken, Baylen Campbell, Futuristic Dragon, The Now, The Sabrejets

Distributor: IDN Distribution

Recording Type: Studio

Recording Mode: Stereo

SPAR Code: n/a

Album Notes

Personnel: Jon Langford (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums); Jon Langord (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drum programming); Joel Brandwein (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Keith Webb (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion); Patrick Michaels (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Peter Gaines (vocals, guitar, string synthesizer); Kevin Webb (vocals, guitar, drums, percussion); Patrick Wallace, Dougie Wardrop, Gorden Mack, Alejandro Escovedo, Pat DiNizio, Brian Young (vocals, guitar); Glass (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Rich Carley, Dan Barbee (vocals, keyboards); Jefferson Wilson, Mark Montoro (vocals, drums); Rogue (vocals, drum programming); Tony McNichol, Joe Losurdo, Jack Mathers, Peter Winter , Melanie Townsend, Paul Hockaday, Marc Keslow, John Easdale (vocals); Ken Flynn (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Liam Killen (guitar, background vocals); Steve Plonk, Bob Dabrowski, Steve Lines, Thierry LeCoz, Mark Englert, Pete Wood, Otto Capabianco, Jim Babjak, Jon Rubin, Tim Curry (guitar); Anthony Illarde (acoustic guitar, drums); Max Koc (electric guitar); Jason Wietlispach (saxophone); Elliot Crawford (keyboards, drums); Sean Flanagan (keyboards, programming); David Rix (bass guitar); Bill Johnston (drums, background vocals); Clem Burke, Dennis Diken, Theresa Drda, Dennis McLaughlin, Jim Hogland, Greg De Sousa, Glenn Benavides (drums); Timothy R. Powell (hi-hat, hand claps, background vocals); Timothy Powell (hi-hat, background vocals); Aslan (percussion); Kathie Napholz, Marty Cottrell (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Fred Chester; Perry Trest; Terry Wilson ; Goo; Otto Capabianco; Timothy Powell; Timothy R. Powell .Liner Note Author: Tony Visconti.Recording information: Artistic Studios, Tallahassee, FL (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Chicago recording Company (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Eightball Records, Chicago, IL (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Gallagher Recording, Sterling, VA (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Imageworks (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Joe's Bunker (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Metro Mobile Location Recording (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Middle Earth Studios (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Nebula Zone Recording, Bristol Pike, Bensalem, PA (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Novatech Studios, B and B (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Skyline Studios, Harrisburg, PA (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Sleepglue Studios, New York, NY (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Sun STudios, Memphis, TN (06/24/1985-04/23/1995); Tracks Studios, Gosport, Hampshire, England (06/24/1985-04/23/1995).Editor: Timothy R. Powell .With liner notes by Tony Visconti (which declare he produced over 160 T.Rex titles), the 20 tracks on Resurrection of the Warlock are six more than what appeared on the 1988 vinyl tribute Exalted Companion from the U.K.'sBarricuda Blue Records. Dramarama's "Raw Ramp" comes in crisp and clean on track three, and it shows why that band was a critic's darling in their day. The performance is smooth and grooving, as is Chicago's Shrunken Heads on "The Groover." As every note Marc Bolan ever played is being remastered and redistributed, these two tribute albums are exciting additions to the ever-growing catalog. There are the expected titles here, a driving and fun "Light of Love" by the Molotov Combo and a version of "Get It On (Bang a Gong)" recorded in Memphis, TN, by Friendly Ghosts. Executive producer Peter J. Giankopoulos does a fine job assembling the music, which includes New York's the Sky Blues starting things off with "Chariot Choogle" (there's a Boston-based band with the same name, both groups with about the same amount of notoriety and aware of each other, so it makes for some confusion) and the Sabrejets' rockabilly "Born to Boogie," sung by Brian Young and recorded in Belfast (it makes for a nice contrast when the three-piece Stormclouds do a faithful "Ride a White Swan" with a female vocalist, a version Visconti makes note of in his commentary)