PRE-ORDER: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Beauty [2LP], Ryuichi Sakamoto, Vinyl

Ryuichi Sakamoto's 1989 Outernational Masterpiece Beauty Returns to Vinyl in a Definitive 2LP Edition. An underrated gem from the Yellow Magic Orchestra legend's vast discography, Beauty expands on the Okinawan themes of Neo Geo with an all-star ""outer-national"" collaborator list including: Brian Wilson (Beach Boys), Robert Wyatt, Sly Dunbar, Arto Lindsay, Youssou N'Dour, Pino Palladino, along with Korean and Chinese instrumentalists. By the end of the 1980s, Ryuichi Sakamoto had become one of the rare musicians with the experience, reputation and ambition to imagine music on a truly global scale.