Japan: A Foreign Place / The Biography 1974-1984

Burning Shed, the online music shop ‘run by artists, for artists’, has moved into book publishing this year with a new biography of influential new wave group Japan.

A Foreign Place: The Biography 1974-1984 has been written by respected musician and author, Anthony Reynolds with the full approval and co-operation of Richard Barbieri, Steve Jansen and Rob Dean and contains many unseen period photographs, as well as first-hand accounts of the band and its music from friends, music industry associates and musical collaborators.

The 212-page book is presented as a cloth bound, deluxe hardback edition (approximately 9″x9″) and is designed by Carl Glover, celebrated for his work with Lasse Hoile on Steven Wilson releases.

A Foreign Place: The Biography 1974-1984 is a one-print run and is available now exclusively from Burning Shed.