"It's worth noting that the recording lineup for the newly-added track 9 is particularly rare and unique. It features Jun Obiga (June-Bleed) on guitar, Teruya Ogata on bass, and Jun Inui on drums. Now, here is the noteworthy part; this one and a track on "Vietnam Legend" are the only recordings ever done by Michiro and The Stalin that features this ultra short-lived lineup, as Teruya Ogata was in the band for a half year from December 1983 until June 1984 and Jun Obiga was in them for only a few months from December 1983 until he got his own band The Willard back together March 1984. The 1984 Takarajima 'Cassette-Book' series "ベトナム伝説 [Vietnam-Legend]" features almost the same lineup except that Jun Inui plays the drums on only one track (渚の天婦羅ロック = Nagisa-no-Tempura Rock) while some unknown dude called Takeshi Tsuchida plays on the rest. The recording lineup for the second track (天婦羅ロック = Tempura Rock) on the "電動コケシ / 天夫羅 Rock" flexi from the same B.Q. Records era is supposedly different than this FM radio version as well." - Inundow.
After nearly a decade of false starts, multiple game plans veering off the rails, and a handful of shattered hopes and/or dreams, the odyssey is finally complete—the new Fusetron site is here.
This is the first phase of a multipart rollout that will span the next few months: the currently browsable stock includes miscellaneous new releases from the past 8+ months (we have a lot of catching up to do), plus approximately a third of our backstock. Note that we’ve reduced/slashed prices on many titles and will continue to do so in order to make room for new stock. We’ll also be expanding / tweaking / improving / debugging the site itself (for example, we still have work to do on the automated international postage system, not to mention the inevitable inventory discrepancies that come with transferring an ancient and massive database to a new system).
Over the next few months, as we take inventory, clean house, and delve into our storage, we will be uploading thousands of additional items, gradually, on a near-daily basis. This will include the majority of the LPs, as well as many titles, in all formats, once thought long-gone. Many currently “sold out” items are likely to resurface.
Finally, once our general backstock is up (probably in the next two or three months) we’ll begin making our extensive stockpile of rarities available online for the first time: tons of random out-of-print titles, "deadstock," warehouse finds, secondhand collectibles, etc., accumulated over the past few decades.
Frequent/returning customers will be getting early access to these items. Details to follow on how this will work (a priority mailing list? a 'frequent flyer'-like program?), but it will not be based on dollars spent. We want to reward those who consistently support us, especially in the discogs marketplace era (to those who show up trying to poach five copies of a one-off rarity, and nothing else, ever… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).
So—we suggest you take some time to dig through the site—even we’ve been surprised by what’s been turning up, and there’s much more to come.
