Hi Laura,
Thanks so much for telling me about your post here -- sorry I didn't find it myself and a lot sooner! We have so much in common, it's amazing....I have been a Japan fan since I was a young girl in '79 and have been a Steve fan ever since then. I rediscovered them myself last summer (after a dormant period of about a decade) when I came across an old cassette I had done of Polaroids/Tin Drum, threw it on my now-deceased tape player and immediately all those old feelings came back as if no time had passed at all. I have been basically obsessed again ever since, with Japan, Sylvian solo, the Dolphin Brothers, JBK, Mick solo, all of it.
Sadly for me, though, I never had a chance to see Japan live nor Sylvian to date...that's so fabulous you got to see them 4 times! And thank you so much for posting those photos...the Steve one especially is just gorgeous.
I'm just sorry I came in too late for your eBay auction! (I still have almost all my old memorabilia too as well as all the old photos that had been sent me years ago by friends in the UK, Japan and the Netherlands.)
Anyway, it's great to know you.
B xxx
These are years with a genius for living.