Hiroshi Yoshimura – Flora 1987

Masterpiece album, I can’t believe I’m even holding a real copy right now. This green translucent is beautiful and perfectly matches the flowery green on the inside the sleeves. Not to mention, just like with every one of these Hiroshi Yoshimura reissues I’ve bought, the records themselves are free from a single click of crackle. Vinyl quality control is a big thing when it comes to music this delicate, and luckily Temporal Drift has been nothing but stellar so far in their packaging and final products. My only nitpick is I really wish we could go back to wrap around OBI strips instead of these flimsy J card ones that fall off the sleeve. Oh well, other than that this is my favorite release in a while and I’m really looking forward to more Yoshimura records getting the same treatment. Wetland next please!!!

The record sounds great and the packaging is awesome but unfortunately my copy is quite noisy and while listening to it on headphones, there is a high pitched frequency that’s noticeable on the lead in groove on all four sides. It might be baked into the recording though. Confirmed that it is not my equipment and is specific to this record. Regardless, I’m still happy to have this. It’s an awesome album!

No issues here either - sounds excellent.
Playing on a Rega RP10 and Apheta II

Why so many stupid colour vinyl pressings? Okay I kind of get there should be a ‘pink/magenta’ in keeping with the sleeve… but jeez yellow with black seaweed miso soup spots, vomit green with carrot bits orange etc etc
What happened to just plain old classic black vinyl.

Nothing wrong with my beautiful copy playing on a 1200 with 500. No cracks. No hiss. No skips. No any other extras.
Am I the only lucky one ? 🍀

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I echo the previous comment entirely.
The blue pressing is indeed phenomenal, one of the quietest vinyls I have acquired in the last years.
Really allows for all of the bliss to stand out in this music.
The blue colour is lovely and matches the overall artwork so harmoniously.
I personally find the pink and magenta to create overall monotonous artworks, while a stronger contrast evokes images of nature more beautifully, like coloured flowers against the sky in a sunny day.
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My copy sounds wonderful. Mostly quiet, a bit of light noise here and there which could be also attributed to me not having a wet cleaning option at the moment.

So much noise
Sounds it ’s from 1929 in my LP12. :(

My blue sky copy has just arrived and it is immaculate. Wonderful pressing. Completely silent with dynamic range. Very happy.

My copy sounds wonderful. Zero noise and full, well-balanced sound. Very vivid stereo image/separation too. It’s an excellent representation of the music.