drawn in by the sheer oddity of "Bass Construction" from NEW SOUND QUARTET's Italo disco album "Crazy Colours" ('79), he went to great lengths to track down a copy. The original, at four and a half minutes, has been re-edited out to six. On the flip, the Chicago side, is "Straight To The Point," a psychedelic boogie instrumental by the band The Saucer Planes that exists only as an acetate. Handclaps, clavinet, squelching synths — perfection. (Original Japanese text by AYAM)