Japan compilation Exorcising Ghosts to be reissued
By Classic Pop | August 11, 2022
Exorcising Ghosts, the 1984 Japan compilation, is to be reissued as a double vinyl special edition.
This new release has been mastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London. The LPs are housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner bags, a print of the band, an Abbey Road Half Speed Master Certificate, and an Obi strip.
The album will be released on 7 October via UMC.
A limited number of Exorcising Ghosts will be available with an exclusive 30cm x 23cm landscape print of Russell Mills’ sleeve artwork without text here.
Exorcising Ghosts is the definitive compilation of Japan. It features recordings from the albums Quiet Life, Gentlemen Take Polaroids and Tin Drum as well as a selection of rarities including A Foreign Place and Life Without Buildings, the 1981 remix of Taking Islands in Africa, Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer from 1983’s live album Oil On Canvas, and the extended 12″ mix of the 1981 single The Art Of Parties.
JAPAN ‘EXORCISING GHOSTS’
Side A
Methods of Dance
Swing
Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Quiet Life
Side B
A Foreign Place
Nightporter
My New Career
The Other Side of Life
Side C
Visions of China
Taking Islands in Africa (Steve Nye Remix)
Ghosts
Sons of Pioneers
Side D
Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer
Life Without Buildings
Talking Drum (Edit)
The Art of Parties (12”Version)
- Read our article on the Japan album Gentlemen Take Polaroids here.
- Want more from Classic Pop magazine? Get a free digital issue when you sign up to our newsletter!