This flipped my lid when I was told about it by a serious Japanese digging friend.
Some of you may have heard this, but the whole obi thing came from the Japanese book world, apparently.
The obi on a book was a way of knowing how many copies had been sold. When the buyer bought the book, the obi was removed and used for stock taking porpoises.
That also used to happen with rekkids apparently ...
When I heard that it kinda freaked me out ... after all, it's that weird pierce of paper that makes Japanese releases interesting for a lot of people (or do I mean valuable, a piece of fucking paper), and the fact that Japanese pressings have the reputation of being carefully pressed ...
In Japan, if the obi is missing these days, a music lover will be able to pick up a quality pressing in excellent condition (trashed records are pretty rare, but I've got all of them) for a very reasonable price ...
That's my 5 yen for tonight ...
Some of you may have heard this, but the whole obi thing came from the Japanese book world, apparently.
The obi on a book was a way of knowing how many copies had been sold. When the buyer bought the book, the obi was removed and used for stock taking porpoises.
That also used to happen with rekkids apparently ...
When I heard that it kinda freaked me out ... after all, it's that weird pierce of paper that makes Japanese releases interesting for a lot of people (or do I mean valuable, a piece of fucking paper), and the fact that Japanese pressings have the reputation of being carefully pressed ...
In Japan, if the obi is missing these days, a music lover will be able to pick up a quality pressing in excellent condition (trashed records are pretty rare, but I've got all of them) for a very reasonable price ...
That's my 5 yen for tonight ...
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