Zushi, Naoki: Paradise LP

Remastered edition of 1988's "Paradise" by Japanese guitarist and songwriter Naoki Zushi. A classic of Japanese psychedelia, "Paradise" was originally released on Org Records, the imprint of Shinji Shibayama of acid-folk group Nagisa Ni Te, with whom Zushi has guested on second guitar for decades. Both intimate and expansive, rich with revelatory songwriting and blasted, sky-scouring guitar, this reissue returns this album to print for the first time since the 2000s. Recorded in Kyoto's Townhouse Studios in mid-1987 and released in a limited-to-500 vinyl pressing, "Paradise" emerged from a scene in Kansai, Japan that was embracing the idiosyncracies of 1970s singer-songwriters, the soaring solos of early 70s psychedelia, and the DIY impulse of 1980s post-punk. Limited to 500 copies.