Save Now Japan Exorcising Ghosts-Half Speed Master EMI vinyl record

Reissue – Avantgarde Alternative Rock LP – Half Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London – The LPs are housed in a Gatefold Sleeve with Printed Inner bags. Contains a new Print / Abbey Road Half Speed Master Certificate and Obi strip.

Exorcising Ghosts (1984) is a 16-track 2LP set compiled and produced in consultation with lead singer David Sylvian, two years after Japan dissolved. This career spanning ‘Best of’ features three recordings from the band’s early career on the Hansa Records label (including 1979’s Quiet Life) but mainly focuses on material from their two seminal studio albums on Virgin Records; Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) and Tin Drum (1981).
Features key album tracks and 6 UK Top 60 singles:
“Gentlemen Take Polaroids” #60 in Oct. 1980
“The Art of Parties” #48 in May 1981
“Visions of China” #32 in Nov. 1981
“Quiet Life” #19 in Sept. 1981
“Ghosts” #5 in March 1982
“Nightporter” #29 in Nov. 1982

English new wave band Japan put out a small handful of albums in the late 70s and early 80s and managed to make an indelible mark with them. Exorcising Ghosts is a 1984 compilation that now gets reissued as a half-speed record. It was assembled in cahoots with lead singer David Sylvian after the band disbanded and features three recordings from the early-era work on Hansa Records. But mostly it draws on music from their two studio albums on Virgin Records, namely Gentlemen Take Polaroids in 1980 and Tin Drum in 1981. The extended and slightly varied versions make this a real must for fans.