25/07/16
got a few things for my collection today. i am super happy to have found a copy of beauty:burst's "THE ROAD WARRIORS" for super cheap on yahoo auctions (only 3400 yen!!) as the beauty:burst albums rarely show up for anything near a reasonable price, i am content that this will be my only beauty:burst release in my collection for quite a while. the road warriors is up there in terms of tracks to me in the beauty:beast library, especially when expanded to the 16 track version, with the DJ 92 and warst tracks standing out particularly to me as my favs.
"10th impact" is really a grail album for me, more so for the art than anything else, but it doesn't seem as though i'll be able to find an affordable copy of that anytime soon.
i was also able to grab a press copy of P2P, for not an amazing price but less than what i would've paid on mercari ig. i really love the aesthetics of this album and everything that sharpnel did with it, the beads and poles in the cd-r version and the cool bag art for the press copy. i also love the aesthetic of the work itself with all of the interesting bridges and vibe of the tracks in general. it feels more of a honed concept than a lot of the other sharpnel albums, which are just compilations of tracks (all great don't get me wrong.) luckily my copy came with the cardboard bag artwork, but without the bag to hold it all together, so i am storing it in a sleeve wrapper with the cardboard part led on top.
i also grabbed a copy of ace of aces but chiyoda dj union (i kept). aswell as some of the speed freaks sharpnelsound mixes, but i pretty quickly sold them on as they didn't come with the obi bands, and to raise some cash lol.