STUBBS - The New Proper Life Style 1983

Since the beginning of the year I have been investigating the band Stubbs and keyboardist Kojiro Yamash*ta a little more. I have recently made a lot of progress when I managed to get answers from a record store in Japan about all of Kojiro Yamash*ta's projects, including Stubbs' first album.

Thanks to the help of a collector to whom I sent the store's contact information, I received the ripped recordings in high quality, and I wanted to be able to share this rare find that I made available on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/_hPHDpySoLw?si=zYbjFBv4xfPZ_zH6

Edited by derickgtwkbk - July 04 2025 at 10:42

I'd forgotten the password for the account responsible for this thread. I'm not a frequent forum user, but to answer your question, all the releases I've gotten, whether "STUBBS," "CANTERBURILOGY," "ECTCT(C+T=G)," "ぢ Progressive," or "Atom Heart Little Brother," are all releases that were available on Third Ear, and some of them I've known about for a while.

It's not AI, they're real releases. It's just that not many people are researching Kojiro Yamash*ta in depth, and I already suspected there were a lot of forgotten material. Apparently, in Japan, there are a lot of things that sit forgotten for years in record stores.

Regarding the music sounding generic and uninspired, I must admit that this is typical of Yamash*ta's discography, with a few CANTERBURILOGY albums standing out. All projects outside of STUBBS have the added drawback of songs being played on digital keyboards and 80s drum machines.

As far as I know, very few people have a STUBBS album, and I'm referring to the reissues. I only know of one cassette version, except for the online version of "The Idyll Party." I have a version of that album without the noise and MP3 compression of the available version.

If Stubbs is a hoax, I'll provide some evidence from two releases on a Japanese music sales site in 2009: https://pme.jp/shop/cgi/cue/m_shop.cgi?class=all&keyword=-koujiroy-&superkey=1&FF=0&order=

The back of the cover of "The New Proper Life Style" appears on the cover of The Prime Moving Lumps. I know two people who have Yamash*ta albums. The collector I mentioned at the beginning of the thread and who helped me get these releases is Joe Paradiso. He's posted about "Atom Heart Little Brother" since 2016. This album is even in his archive, but with restricted access. All CDs releases are with him. And to reinforce, I have complete cover art and CDs for three "CANTERBURILOGY" and two "ぢ Progressive"/"TheGardMan" albums.











Edited by Derickgtwkbr - July 13 2025 at 08:54

Nothing here is secret; I just had to send a message to the Third Ear contact email address listed on the official website, and they listed all available releases along with the price.

https://thirdear.co.jp/

I personally don't know if there are improvised covers versions on the STUBBS albums, but on all their other albums, I recognized several covers of Canterbury classics and some pop songs, so a good portion of the releases are not original compositions.

My goal with this has always been to archive releases, to prevent them from being forgotten.

Besides, I have no problem sharing some rips; I'll leave one of the releases here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/129eWd5Sst0jTili3_AC6n5aE48ZdlyIQ/view?usp=sharing

Valdez wrote: Nobody has a Stubbs album . Same name pushing this ruse around. A.I. or not it seems bogus. If by some strange chance there is a yamash*ta, he should probably stick to gardening.

I have Prime Moving Lumps and will review it hopefully this year or next. Great record!

Valdez wrote: Hahaha !   It’s real!!

I get it! These days you just never know. Strange times.