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Post by GeorgeX on Apr 5, 2023 11:53:03 GMT -6
That would be great if he did. Market is wide open, however small.
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Post by xmiles on Apr 5, 2023 12:26:16 GMT -6
That would be great if he did. Market is wide open, however small. Don't hold your breath. I just don't think this is going to happen.
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Post by GeorgeX on Apr 5, 2023 16:07:07 GMT -6
That would be great if he did. Market is wide open, however small. Don't hold your breath. I just don't think this is going to happen. Me either. Too little money to be made. None of you streamers will buy anything anymore!
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Post by shadow on Apr 8, 2023 2:43:40 GMT -6
Hey Ed, did Mr. Fusion ever re-boot the Audiophile Imports thing, as you suggested back in 2021? He has been on dialysis for the past seven years and it is taking a big toll on his life. Also the person he was dealing with in Japan just told him he won't be dealing with Mike anymore. I guess he just doesn't feel like doing it anymore. Downloads have pretty much killed his business.
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Post by GeorgeX on Apr 8, 2023 4:25:14 GMT -6
Streaming is the death knell. At least wth downloads, there were a surprising number of feebs who were too scared or too computer illiterate to find AI type stuff. Any moron can stream, which is one of the main reasons it's 90% of the way people consume music now.
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SourceCodeX
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SO MUCH FUSION, SO LITTLE TIME . . .
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Post by SourceCodeX on May 2, 2023 11:09:01 GMT -6
I can add a few more that are worth checking: Next Order Takanori Niida WYSIWYG Koichi Yabori Koichi Yabori's Guess Where I Am is a def must-have. It took me about a year or two of steady looking before I scored a copy on eBay Italy site. Here's a brief sample:
I have been acquiring everything Fragile and Koichi Yabori released. Fragile CDs are very expensive. Most all are only available overseas. I lucked up yesterday and found Mercari of Japan and this seller: Kumamonosuke jp.mercari.com/user/profile/499890173 He has a ton of guitar-driven stuff of: fusion, prog rock, instrumental rock & many other genres. Other goodies are offered as well.
For non-Japan residents to shop on Mercari Japan I use a service called Buyee: buyee.jp/?lang=en They process sales and shipping from many Japanese retailers. You pay a small service fee per purchase. Then Mercari seller ships to Buyee warehouse. Once your item arrives, Buyee notifies you and you select shipping method.
I just had Buyee ship Fragile's Handle With Care CD for less than $10. That is way better than Discogs sellers!
Today, I was at Kumamonosuke's Mercari site and picked up Eddie Jobson's – Ultimate Zero Tour - Live 2CD release [see images below] for a song (no pun intended) and again via Buyee with very inexpensive shipping. You may want to have a tab open with Google's Japanese to English translation while shopping Mercari Japan. Buyee is in English.
For awhile there was this company on Discogs called Tokyo Price Busters (or something like that) selling Fragile CDs for ~ $22 with free, slowwwww shipping. (no jewel cases or tracking offered.)
Amazon.japan via Amazon.com (USA), as a third party seller, also was letting Fragile stuff go for like $20 with free international shipping. Everything I bought by Fragile from them arrived quickly and safely.
Happy Jap-Fusion shopping!
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Post by GeorgeX on Jul 13, 2023 8:32:26 GMT -6
I can add a few more that are worth checking: Next Order Takanori Niida WYSIWYG Koichi Yabori Koichi Yabori's Guess Where I Am is a def must-have. I don't agree. I think Bloomfield and You Were There are both, much better Yabori albums, honestly.
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Post by simoon on Jul 19, 2023 14:08:58 GMT -6
Good thread!
Kenso, KBB, Fazjaz, Exhivision, Gravitational Force Field, Space Circus and others mentioned are familiar to me. A few are not.
A couple not mentioned so far, off the top of my head:
6-North - they only had 2 recordings from 2000 and 2003, but they were both quite good.
And, Machine and the Synergetic Nuts
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