White Heaven
Electric Cool Acid (Tape)
Electric Cool Acid (CD)
Electric Cool Acid (2022 Remaster, Digital)
Levitation (CD)
Levitation (LP)
Levitation (2021 Remaster, Digital)
Out (Tape)
Out (LP, CD)
Out (Black Editions, LP)
Strange Bedfellow(Without Kurihara)
Threshold of the Pain (Single)
Next To Nothing
Live in Tokyo 1996
Links:
Takeya Sekiguchi's White Heaven etc Page - Includes history, discography & gig list
"The Blind Promise of White Heaven", Phil McMullen, July 1992, published in Ptolemaic Terrascope: Scans: Page 1, Page 2
Electric Cool Acid
 - 1 front.jpg)
 - 2 p2,3.jpg)
 - 3 p4.jpg)
 - 4 back.jpg)
 - flyer 1.jpg)
 - flyer 2.jpg)
| Tracks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | My Cold Dimention | 3:50 | ||
| 2. | Coloured Mind Drops | 5:53 | ||
| 3. | H.L. | 3:07 | ||
| 4. | Somebody Lives In | 3:48 | ||
| 5. | Dull Hands | 4:07 | ||
| 6. | Mandrax Town | 10:36 | ||
| 7. | Cold Hour | 15:32 | CD only | |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Vocal | |
| Michio Kurihara | Guitar | |
| Tetsuya Sakamoto | Guitar | 1 - 6 only |
| Souichiro Nakamura | Bass | |
| Ken Ishihara | Drums | |
[CD Info]
Recorded Live in 1987, Tokyo
7a Recorded in 1988
All songs written by You Ishihara
except 3,4,5,6 by Tetsuya Sakamoto / You Ishihara
Produced by You Ishihara
Engineered by Souichiro Nakamura
Editor Motohiko Maeda
Cover Concept You Ishihara
Cover Layout Yumi Yamaguchi
Special Thanks to Yoshiki Mouri
| Release History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes | |
| Japan | MC | 1988 | ||||
| Noon Disk | Noon CD-9502 | Japan | CD | 1995 | 1000 Ltd, 1 extra track | |
Electric Cool Acid (2022 Remaster)
| Tracks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | My Cold Dimention | 3:50 | ||
| 2. | Coloured Mind Drops | 5:53 | ||
| 3. | H.L. | 3:07 | ||
| 4. | Somebody Lives In | 3:48 | ||
| 5. | Dull Hands | 4:07 | ||
| 6. | Mandrax Town | 10:36 | ||
| 7. | Out | 25:24 | Digital only | |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Vocal | |
| Michio Kurihara | Guitar | |
| Tetsuya Sakamoto | Guitar | 1 - 6 only |
| Souichiro Nakamura | Bass | |
| Ken Ishihara | Drums | |
|
"ELECTRIC COOL ACID, a live album documenting the early days of WHITE HEAVEN in 1987, is being re-released digitally. The original was sold in 1988 as 100 cassette tapes only, and in 1995 was released on CD by NOON DISK in a limited edition of 1,000 copies, but is now out of print. This time, in addition to the original live performance at Shimokitazawa YANEURA in December 1987, a studio rehearsal version of the title track "OUT" (over 25 minutes) was added as a bonus track (previously unreleased). In this 1989 rehearsal version, the rhythm section was replaced by Hiroshi Goi (bass) and Kaoru Onuma (drums), and the lineup was positioned at the halfway point between the previously released "LEVITATION" ('88) and the first album "OUT" ('91). The lineup is positioned between "LEVITATION" ('88) and the first album "OUT" ('91). Please note that both the main album and the bonus tracks are from our vintage cassette tape vault and low-fi recording. As a purchase bonus, you can also download original CD cover, flyer, stage photos taken on the day of the live performance. The photo was taken by Sachio Ono, who also photographed Jagatara and Kenji Endo at the time, as well as the cover photo for WHITE HEAVEN's "OUT". |
7 studio rehearsal take Tokyo ‘89
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Vocal, Guitar | |
| Michio Kurihara | Guitar | |
| Hiroshi Goi | Bass | |
| Kaoru Onuma | Drums | |
| Release History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes | |
| Pedal Records Bandcamp | Japan | Digital | 2022 | Different extra track | ||
Levitation (LP versions)
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cold Hour | 15:39 | |
| 2. | Dull Hands | 5:12 | |
| 3. | Out of My Window | 6:10 | |
| 4. | Snow on the Table | 14:40 | |
| 5. | Silver Current | 5:46 | 2006 only |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Vo, G | |
| Michio Kurihara | G | |
| Chiyo Kamekawa | B | |
| Kouji Samura | Drums | |
Levitation (CD version)
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cold Hour | 15:39 | |
| 2. | Dull Hands | 5:12 | |
| 3. | Out of My Window | 6:10 | |
| 4. | Snow on the Table | 14:40 | |
| 5. | Silver Current | 5:46 | |
| 6. | 4 Hours (in the Afternoon) | 5:37 | |
| 7. | Threshold of the Pain | 3:41 | |
| Release History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes | |
| The Now Sound | TNS 9 | US | LP | 1997 | 700 Ltd | |
| Farside | 003 | HOL | LP | 2006 | 180 G, 300 Ltd, 5 tracks | |
| Farside/F-Minor | CD | 2007 | 500 Ltd, 7 tracks | |||
Levitation (2021 Remaster, Digital)
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cold Hour | 15:23 | |
| 3. | Out of My Window | 5:23 | |
| 2. | Dull Hands | 5:27 | |
| 4. | Snow on the Table | 14:40 | |
| 5. | Cold Hour Version 2 | 15:31 | |
Recorded somewhere in Tokyo 1988.
| After the live performance in 1987, which was later made into a CD as "Electric Cool Acid", the original member Tetsuya Sakamoto left and White Heaven became a four-member band consisting of You Ishihara, Michio Kurihara, Soichiro Nakamura and Ken Ishihara. For one year in 1988, the band spent their time in the studio doing sessions and experiments. The album "Levitation" is a collection of material from the missing link between Electric Cool Acid and the recording of their first album "Out" in 1990. |
| The album was released in the US in 1997 in a limited edition of 700 LPs, but sold out soon after and is now hard to find. |
| Track 5 are previously released as bonus track for “Electric Cool Acid” CD Noon Disk ’95. |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Vocal Guitar (on track 2,3,4) | |
| Michio Kurihara | Vocal, Guitar | |
| Soichiro Nakamura | Bass | |
| Ken Ishihara | Drums | |
| Release History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes | |
| Pedal Records Bandcamp | Japan | Digital | 2021 | |||
Out
| Tracks - Promo Cassette | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Out | |
| 2. | Dull Hands | |
| 3. | Coloured Mind Drops | |
| 4. | Blind Promise | |
| 5. | Peper Beach | |
| 6. | Out (of My Life) | |
| Tracks - LP, CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Blind Promise | 4:53 | |
| 2. | Dull Hands | 4:54 | |
| 3. | Fallin' Stars End | 9:00 | |
| 4. | My Cold Dimention | 3:30 | Remixed on CD |
| 5. | Mandrax Town | 11:51 | |
| 6. | Out | 7:22 | |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Vo, Guitar | |
| Michio Kurihara | Guitar | |
| Ken Ishihara | Drums | |
| Naohiro Yoshimoto | Bass | CD, LP only |
| Souichirou Nakamura | G | Promo only |
| Hiroshi Goi | B | Promo only |
[CD info]
All songs written by You Ishihara, except 2, 5 by You Ishihara/Tetsuya Sakamoto
Arranged by White Heaven
Produced by Taishi Takizawa & White Heaven
Engineer: Masanori Ihara, Takeshi Yoshida
Recorded at STUDIO J, November 1990
Cover photo: Sachio Ono
| Release History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes | |
| Japan | MC | 1989 | Promo only | |||
| P.S.F. Records | PSF-11 | Japan | LP | April 1991 | 500 Ltd | |
| P.S.F. Records | PSFD-11 | Japan | CD | 1995 | ||
Out (Black Editions LP)
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side A | |||
| 1. | Blind Promise | 4:51 | |
| 2. | Dull Hands | 4:53 | |
| 3. | Fallin' Stars End | 8:59 | |
| Side B | |||
| 4. | My Cold Dimension | 3:31 | |
| 5. | Mandrax Town | 11:50 | |
| 6. | Out | 7:23 | |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Voice, Guitar | |
| Michio Kurihara | Guitar | |
| Ken Ishihara | Drums | |
| Naohiro Yoshimoto | Bass | |
Deluxe LP w/ Download
Deluxe edition featuring pure black paper cover and insert with metallic gold ink and all new artwork.
Digital download is included. Pressed to high quality vinyl at RTI.
(BLACK vinyl or limited direct-only GOLD vinyl)
All songs written by You Ishihara
except 2, 5 by You Ishihara/Tetsuya Sakamoto
Arranged by White Heaven
Produced by Taishi Takizawa & White Heaven
Cover photo by Sachio Ono
Engineered by Masanori Ihara and Takeshi Yoshida
Remastered for Black Editions by Soichiro Nakamura at Peace Music Studio
Vinyl mastering Chris Bellman and Bernie Grundman Mastering
Originally released in an LP edition of 500 in 1991 by P.S.F. Records, Japan (PSF-11) and CD in 1994 (PSFD-11)
White Heaven’s debut album Out is one of the greatest psychedelic rock albums ever recorded. First released in 1991 by Tokyo’s P.S.F. Records and pressed in an edition of 500 copies the original LP has become a holy grail in underground circles, with only a scant few copies ever making it outside of Japan. Built on the chemistry between You Ishihara’s lysergic lyricism and the blistering leads of one of Japan’s undisputed guitar gods Michio Kurihara, Out is an absolute classic. It is one of the few albums to successfully join a deep love of classic rock n’ roll with the rapturous energy of punk and openness of the avant-garde. Each song creates its own world, raising dynamic structures that defy categorization.
Meticulously re-mastered by the artists this new edition is the album in its clearest, most powerful form. Cut at the legendary Bernie Grundman studios and pressed at RTI it is now available on vinyl for the first time in almost 30 years. Black Editions presents Out in its definitive edition.
“What happens if you want to make a sound like Eric Clapton on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” or Ritchie Blackmore on Made in Japan – two early influences Kurihara mentions in particular - but you’ve never been in a recording studio before? What happens if you want to sing like Marc Bolan or Robert Plant – or even Lou Reed and Tom Verlaine - but you’ve never been on a stage before? Listen to what happened on OUT: a wide knowledge and love of classic rock sounds fused to a freedom of expression based not only on punk, but on avant-garde experimentalism. It isn’t that these young players had chops like that at the time. But neither did they need them to hit heightened moments of what I can only describe as rock rapture.”- Damon Krukowski
| Interviews: | |
| The Guitarist Speaks, An interview with White Heaven's Michio Kurihara | |
| Michio Kurihara of White Heaven, Boris, Ghost, Damon & Naomi and one of the most revered underground guitarists to emerge in the last 30 years speaks with Justin Simon about his lifelong journey in sound... | |
| Parallel Dimensions in the Analog Era | |
| Damon Krukowski on White Heaven and their debut album Out | |
| "It was always completely silent in between songs, like a wake or something." | |
| White Heaven's You Ishihara speaks with Justin Simon about his formative years, the origins of White Heaven and the creation of the group's classic 1991 debut album "Out" | |
| Release History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes | |
| Black Editions Group | BE-005/11 | USA | LP | 2019 | ||
Strange Bedfellow
| Tracks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Snow | |||
| 2. | H.L. | |||
| 3. | Silver Current | |||
| 4. | Paper Beach | |||
| 5. | Behind the Locked Door | |||
| 6. | The Way We Were | |||
| 7. | Coloured Mind Drops | |||
| 8. | Mandy Blue | |||
Recorded at Inter Music Studio, Tokyo, October 1992. Edition of 700 copies.
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Vo, G | |
| Souichirou Nakamura | G | |
| Ken Ishihara | Drums | |
| Kouji Samura | B | |
| Release History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes | |
| P.S.F. Records | PSF-27 | Japan | LP | 1993 | 700 Ltd | |
Threshold of the Pain, Single
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Threshold of the Pain | ||
| B. | 4 Hours (of the Afternoon) | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Vocal | |
| Michio Kurihara | Lead Guitar Feedback Guitar | Side A Side B |
| Soichiro Nakamura | Guitar | |
| Koji Shimura | Bass | |
| Ken Ishihara | Drums | |
Engineer: Soichiro Nakamura
Recorded at INTER MUSIC STUDIO
Tokyo Feb '94
Both songs written by
Tetsuya Sakamoto/You Ishihara
Cover Design by Takeya Sekiguchi
Produced by You Ishihara
| Release History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes | |
| H. G. Fact. | HG-014 | Japan | 7" | 1994 | 1000 Ltd | |
Next To Nothing
| Tracks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD | LP | |||
| 1. | 1. | Midsummer Stroll | 5:36 | |
| 2. | 2. | Shadow of the Sun | 4:33 | |
| 3. | Strange Bedfellow | LP only | ||
| 3. | 4. | Look of Love | 5:14 | Long version on LP |
| 5. | Wednesday | LP only | ||
| 4. | 6. | Out There | 5:21 | |
| Personnel (CD) | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Vocal | |
| Michio Kurihara | Guitars, Bass | |
| Souichirou Nakamura | Guitars | |
| Kouji Samura | Bass, Drums | |
| Ken Ishihara | Drums | |
| Thanks to | ||
| Go Hirano | Keyboards | |
[CD Info]
1, 2 written by You Ishihara
3 written by Bacharach / David
4 written by Michio Kurihara / You Ishihara
Produced by You Ishihara
Recorded at INTER MUSIC STUDIO, Tokyo '94
Engineered by Souichiro Nakamura / Motohiko Maeda
Photography Naomi Hosokawa
Cover Layout Yumi Yamaguchi
| Release History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes | |
| Noon Disk | Noon CD-9401 | Japan | CD | 1994 | ||
| Noon Disk | Noon LP-9601 | Japan | LP | 1996 | 250 Ltd, 2 extra tracks | |
Live in Tokyo 1996
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sniffin' Snortin' | 4:25 | |
| 2. | Gravity | 9:22 | |
| 3. | Strange Bedfellow | 12:21 | |
| 4. | Dull Hands | 4:56 | |
| 5. | Snow | 6:05 | |
| 6. | Mandrax Town | 13:37 | |
| 7. | Out There | 5:57 | |
| 8. | Midsummer Stroll | 5:44 | |
| 9. | Silver Current | 5:22 | |
| Total | 67:53 | ||
Recorded live at Silver Elephant, Tokyo February 18, 1996.
White Heaven's 1996 live performance in Tokyo will be released digitally only.
Triple guitar formation: You Ishihara (Vo G), Michio Kurihara (G), Soichiro Nakamura (G), Koji Shimura (Ba), and Ken Ishihara (Dr).
Nine songs in total, including "Gravity," a song not included on the album, and "Sniffin Snortin," a cover by SG&S.
Please note that the sound quality may be difficult to hear due to the air sound source.
released September 2, 2022
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| You Ishihara | Vocal, Guitar | |
| Michio Kurihara | Guitar | |
| Soichiro Nakamura | Guitar | |
| Koji Shimura | Bass | |
| Ken Ishihara | Drums | |
| Release History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes | |
| Pedal Records | Japan | Digital | 2022 | Via Bandcamp | ||
MK Home