It's been awhile since the last time I've purchased a pillows album and now I want to purchase all of their Pre-Lostman era albums. White Incarnation is the first album I want to buy, however I can't seem to find it anywhere. The second album I would want to purchase is Bootleg the pillows which I can't find anywhere else besides Busters Shop which doesn't have an option for people outside of Japan to order their goods.

I will very much appreciate any help from you guys to try to solve these issues.

If you know any pillows fans currently living in Japan, you can work through them to get items from the Buster Shop without too much trouble. That or resort to paying out the ass via Rinkya or whichever other service is popular these days.

Edit: Jomei is currently living near Kobe/Osaka, and I know there's another Buster from the English community living in Tokyo these days, though I don't remember if he uses IM or what his sn is on here.

As for WI, this is the only one I found at the moment, at a steep markup: http://otaku.com/products/20954

Good luck.

Andrew (Famousloser) lives in Tokyo.

Yeah, I was thinking of him, but was being too lazy to try and figure out his sn here haha. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply guys. I actually do have buddy of mine that lives in Japan and is also band member to a pillows tribute band called Men's Pallows. However I don't know if he speaks English and my Japanese is poor. Though definitely will give the others a try.

As for WI, yeah it looks like I'm screwed do you guys think its worth to pay 80 bucks for it? Or should I instead get Bootleg for now?

[quote="CARNVAL372"]Thanks for the reply guys. I actually do have buddy of mine that lives in Japan and is also band member to a pillows tribute band called Men's Pallows. However I don't know if he speaks English and my Japanese is poor. Though definitely will give the others a try.

As for WI, yeah it looks like I'm screwed do you guys think its worth to pay 80 bucks for it? Or should I instead get Bootleg for now?[/quote]

Tomoyuki? He helped us with tickets, and we hung out on our 25th anniversary trip.

Also try this. http://buyee.jp/item/search?query=white%20incarnation

Edit: I just bid on the one ending in an hour (at the time) and won it. So I can send it to you when it gets to me. XD

[quote="Bebop56210"]
Tomoyuki? He helped us with tickets, and we hung out on our 25th anniversary trip.

Also try this. http://buyee.jp/item/search?query=white%20incarnation

Edit: I just bid on the one ending in an hour (at the time) and won it. So I can send it to you when it gets to me. XD[/quote]

Yes it was Tomoyuki.

As for White Incarnation, I've decided not to take any chances in buying a used one. I would wait out instead and buy a new one. But thanks for the offer.

[quote="CARNVAL372"][quote="Bebop56210"]
Tomoyuki? He helped us with tickets, and we hung out on our 25th anniversary trip.

Also try this. http://buyee.jp/item/search?query=white%20incarnation

Edit: I just bid on the one ending in an hour (at the time) and won it. So I can send it to you when it gets to me. XD[/quote]

Yes it was Tomoyuki.

As for White Incarnation, I've decided not to take any chances in buying a used one. I would wait out instead and buy a new one. But thanks for the offer.[/quote]

Ah well, I guess it's for me then. XD But if you can't find one I've already won it, so if it's in good condition you can have it if you want.

I can't ever get rid of my WI, I got that sucker inked up. I actually was fortunate enough to buy the early albums (barring Pantomime/90ML) because my wife's favorite band, Art-School, was having some albums drop out of print from their early career and I got worried about when that would happen for the pillows. Switched my purchase priority from getting the new releases to starting from Moon Gold and working forward, haha.

I hope they put it back in print for a future release, maybe they'll do an early pillows album bundle like they did with these various singles and dvd releases?

[quote="Marekenshin"]I can't ever get rid of my WI, I got that sucker inked up. I actually was fortunate enough to buy the early albums (barring Pantomime/90ML) because my wife's favorite band, Art-School, was having some albums drop out of print from their early career and I got worried about when that would happen for the pillows. Switched my purchase priority from getting the new releases to starting from Moon Gold and working forward, haha.

I hope they put it back in print for a future release, maybe they'll do an early pillows album bundle like they did with these various singles and dvd releases?[/quote]

That was a good move! haha cause now MG and WI are out of print and this makes me worry if KS and LF would also be out of print too. I mean I think it's pretty obvious for any band to not reprint their older catalog if their sound has changed drastically since then or they no longer perform songs from those albums anymore.

Is there anyway I can talk to Sawao Yamanaka? I would like talk to him about if he has any interest in reprinting their early stuff. I also would like to talk to him if he has any interest in releasing more demo songs.

It's more a record label thing, as far as I'm aware. So long as they're selling well, they get to stay in print. Sometimes they take things out of print just to do a re-release for a 10th anniversary or some other such thing, so odds are it will come back somehow, sometime.

And someone really should force the pillows to release all the demos. All of them.

[quote="CARNVAL372"]It's been awhile since the last time I've purchased a pillows album and now I want to purchase all of their Pre-Lostman era albums. White Incarnation is the first album I want to buy, however I can't seem to find it anywhere. The second album I would want to purchase is Bootleg the pillows which I can't find anywhere else besides Busters Shop which doesn't have an option for people outside of Japan to order their goods.

I will very much appreciate any help from you guys to try to solve these issues.[/quote]

I have Moon Gold, White Incarnation, Living Field, and Please Mr. Lostman on CD. I maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay be willing to consider the possibility of perhaps somehow exhuming them from the pit long forgotten mediocre bands. But only if you can point me in the direction of getting some Salon Music albums.

you need Kelly's Duck? I got Kelly's Duck.

also, hey

[quote="thejedipunk]I have Moon Gold, White Incarnation, Living Field, and Please Mr. Lostman on CD. I maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay be willing to consider the possibility of perhaps somehow exhuming them from the pit long forgotten mediocre bands. But only if you can point me in the direction of getting some Salon Music albums.[/quote]

Wow long time no see partner. I'm not interested in buying used CDs and I never gotten into Salon Music, so I don't have any CDs from them. I do like Zin's production with the pillows and Flipper's guitar but his actual music isn't my cup of tea.

[quote="CARNVAL372"][quote="thejedipunk]I have Moon Gold, White Incarnation, Living Field, and Please Mr. Lostman on CD. I maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay be willing to consider the possibility of perhaps somehow exhuming them from the pit long forgotten mediocre bands. But only if you can point me in the direction of getting some Salon Music albums.[/quote]

Wow long time no see partner. I'm not interested in buying used CDs and I never gotten into Salon Music, so I don't have any CDs from them. I do like Zin's production with the pillows and Flipper's guitar but his actual music isn't my cup of tea.[/quote][/quote]

The CDs are in great condition, but I'm not trying to sell them at all. I was proposing a trade.