As they did with their ”HR-HM 1,000” series reissuing long time out of print albums from their Hard Rock / Heavy Metal catalog at the price of 1000 Yen = about 8 USD, Universal Music Japan did the same with a few rock&pop albums released between 1976-1985 which have been hard to find on CD for decades.
Titled ”Golden Era Of Rock 1,000“, the Vol.2 / second batch from the series covering 1976-1985 appeared at the end of 2021 includes this Eighties classic; THE FIXX‘s second album 1983’s ”Reach The Beach”, in its remastered version, expanded with bonus tracks.
At the time ”Reach The Beach” appeared I was in full with Journey, Styx, Kansas, and a friend of mine passed me a copy of the album saying ‘give it a try,
