Edogawa Rampo, The Red Chamber LP - Read by Laurence R. Harvey, score by Chris Bozzone

Edogawa Rampo, The Red Chamber LP - Read by Laurence R. Harvey, score by Chris Bozzone Oversees customers can purchase from Psilowave.com On "random" color vinyl - Less than 60x copies available  * Limited pressing on 150 gram vinyl * Gatefold jacket packaging * Includes liner notes by Leigh Blackmoore * Newly commissioned art by Zakuro Aoyama   About: As one might guess from reading his pen name of Edogawa Rampo aloud, Japanese writer Tarō Hirai was greatly influenced by American writer Edgar Allen Poe. While perhaps known for his series of stories and novels featuring the “Boy Detectives Club,” it is his work within the realm of horror and the macabre which also deserves attention. Interestingly, one can see his 1925 story, “The Red Chamber,” as being one which bridges the gap between detective stories and the macabre by the virtue of its intriguing conceit. Told in a format which recalls William Hope Hodgeson's Carnaki stories, Rampo's frame tale features a narrator introducing the