VAINIO, MIKA - M.T.V. 15.05.63 - 12.04.2017 (CD+Book) (Sealed) (CD)

blastfirstpetite's 'Psychopomp for M.T.V.' a 260 page, full colour, hardback book. [a psychopomp is a "guide of souls", whose purpose is to escort deceased souls from Earth to The Afterlife]. Limited Edition of 1000 copies containing: ~ A heart-wrenching collection of photographs from the Vainio family archive. ~ A broad range of artistic contributions (text, photographic and visual remembrances) from Mika's artist friends and collaborators. ~ An Updated and exhaustive Mika discography. ~ Jennifer Lucy Allen's unedited transcript for her The Wire magazine 2013 "Invisible Jukebox' - one of Mika's most animated media responses. ~ A variety of Pansonic ephemera from Paul Smith's own Blast First archives. +++ an album length exclusive CD of previously unreleased Pansonic performance recordings - "Turku Moai - live on Rapa Nui".