Nobuyoshi Ino – Mountain

📀 Product Details
Year	1981
Country	Japan
Label	Better Days – YF-7015-ND
Media	EX
Sleeve	EX- (w/Insert, Light wear)
Obi	EX

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Japan Original Pressing.

A sublime 1981 Japanese ambient-jazz gem — deep acoustic bass drifting through cosmic synthesizers, spacious guitar and weightless improvisation.

Nobuyoshi Ino’s remarkable 1981 debut as a leader, produced by Kazumi Watanabe and featuring Dave Liebman and Hideo Yamaki.

Rather than conventional jazz-fusion, Mountain inhabits a beautifully spacious world of resonant upright bass, ARP and Prophet-5 synthesizers, delicate guitar and free-flowing improvisation. “Window” opens into deep cosmic ambience, “Waterfall” slowly unfolds with cinematic tension, while the title track strips everything back to pure tone, resonance and space.

A quietly visionary Japanese jazz record that sits naturally alongside the more adventurous side of Better Days.

$45.00 USD

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Grade	Description
S (Sealed)	Still sealed in factory wrap. Never played.
M (Mint)	Perfect condition. Looks unplayed with no signs of use. Typically used for records that are brand new or opened but never played.
EX (Excellent)	Very clean. May have light scuffs or hairline marks, but plays perfectly.
VG+ (Very Good Plus)	Minor wear, light surface noise, no major flaws — a solid average used copy.
VG (Very Good)	Visible wear and surface noise. Plays through without skipping.
G+ (Good Plus)	Heavily used. Significant wear or scratches, but still playable.

+ / − may be added to indicate slight variations (e.g. VG+, EX−).

We visually inspect every record, and we clean each one before shipping (play-testing when needed). Even new or great-looking vinyl—especially some Japanese pressings—can have light background noise. We grade carefully by eye and ear, but it’s still a human call, so please check the notes before buying.