KATO KATSUMI Japan Vertigo 1st press Folk Psych Swirl

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KATO KATSUMI: “Paris II”

Label: VERTIGO Records Japan

Label Number: FX-8608

Original 1st Japanese pressing …comes on the Big SWIRL label!!!!!

GRADING:

LP Record: Near Mint

Tip Back Jacket: Excellent, lower left bumped corner

Gatefold Insert: Excellent

Some words on this issue:  KATO KATSUMI: “Paris II” (Vertigo – FX-8608). Great copy on the highly collectible vertigo Swirl label. Japan only release. Kato’s 3rd album, this time released on the Vertigo label. Hardly ever turns up. It turned out to be his last album and his all time best. Following his debut in 1969, Kato went again to Paris in 1972 (album released on January 25th, 1973) to record his final solo effort. Delicately arranged by Christophe Gaubert and flanked by Haruichi Mamoru and guitarist Hidaka Tomiaki of the band Garo who provide some excellent executed backing by spicing  up the whole recording affair with delicately carried out guitar licks and bass throbbing, matching eloquently the moods Kato tries to evoke and creating in the end a delicately crafted well-balanced and astonishing piece of musical and lyrically challenged sonic poetry. Next to this all, Kato’s vocal abilities were at their peak. Like balancing on a musical tightrope that is poppy, soft psychedelic tinctured, rocking brilliant and folkish textured at times. “Paris II” is a piece of art churned out by a mature and seasoned troubadour that deserves wider disclosure . Great album that continues to grow on you until the tunes hum back at you from deep below your skull. Brilliant record and sadly overlooked masterpiece.

Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.

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