Hanatarash We Are Hardcore
2014 6x CDr, DVDr, All Media
Noise
Experimental

Main image
Black Operations
compiled by, assemblage, artwork by Michael Gillham
performer Yamatsuka Eye
Recorded At Zabo, Kyoto, Japan
Recorded At Studio Ahiru
Produced At The Creche, Middlesbrough
This is a reissue of We Are Hardcore. Extra tracks are appended to each disc, and an additional CDr (which features the material from 地獄の子守唄) and DVDr (which features the Cock Aktion VHS in its entirety) are included. Some track titles vary slightly from the original issue, and some track times are also different (ranging from a single second up to two minutes).

CD5-5 First Recording (Alt Version) previously unreleased anywhere and was exclusive to Black Operations set

The discs are housed in individual PVC sleeves. The original five discs each feature full colour artwork which was only included with a small number of the Superman Cha Cha sets. All the sleeves are packaged together in an approx. A5-sized green ziploc bag which features pasted-on artwork on both sides. Also included are several A4-sized Xerox reproductions of early Hanatarashi articles from various Japanese magazines such as Fool's Mate, P.O.W, Gekko-Luna,etc. The sets are numbered by hand on the yellow 'We Are Hardcore' print on the outer ziploc bag.



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