Hiroshi Sato’s landmark solo debut album, recorded at Electra Studios in California with the support of local musicians including Amos Garrett and Joe Carrello. The album features a self cover of “...
Ruriko Ogami’s “Typhoon Lady” is set to be released on colored vinyl!
This reissue also includes “ONE LAST LOVE”, a track originally featured as the B side of a single and not included on the album...
Centered around slow-tempo compositions, "Mori" unfolds as a series of deeply dramatic ballads, elevated by Moriyama’s expressive and lyrical drumming. Listeners will find themselves enveloped in ...
Yoshiko Sai, one of Japan's most iconic folk singers of the 1970s, continues to captivate fans with the recent revival of her original albums on colored vinyl. Amid this renewed interest, a newly u...
This album was recorded in 1968. Building on the resounding success of his performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, Hozan Yamamoto was beginning to fully develop his great musical versatility. Re...
Selected and supervised by Hitoshi Kurimoto, this is a compilation of Japanese fusion music that is garnering a lot of attention from music fans.
LP pressed on black vinyl
Music selected and supe...
A compilation of rare and unique songs that blend rock and soul grooves with pop songs sung in the traditional scales of Okinawa, a southern island of Japan. This compilation is based on the 2003 r...
Released in 1977
The 2nd album of Tetsuji Hayashi, one of the most famous composers in the Japanese music world.
Includes the gem of city pop masterpiece “RAINY SATURDAY & COFFEE BREAK”.
Track...
A deep and mysterious groove that makes you hesitate to surrender yourself. Kiyoshi Sugimoto, a guitarist who has sharply shot through the center of the times. Here is the highest point.Kiyoshi S...
Linda Carriere's fantastic debut album produced by Haruomi Hosono in 1977. All lyrics were written by James Ragan. Composed by Haruomi Hosono (4 songs), Tatsuro Yamashita (2 songs), Minako Yoshida ...
Asami Kado made her debut on September 5, 1979. She rarely appeared in the media, but her sophisticated music image was highly appreciated in the music scene at that time.
In 1987, she released two...
Izumi Kobayashi, who has recently experienced a resurgence in popularity due to the renewed interest in city pop, is once again in the spotlight both in Japan and abroad. She has reissued her secon...
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto and Yoshihiko Kannari, a former engineer for the TBM label, reunited on their last album "Blues for K" (SCOL-1062).
The duo have also produced numerous world-class recordings from...
Originally recorded on 78 rpm discs during the 1920’s, this collection of pre-war Japanese jazz contains some of the earliest recordings of jazz from Japan. Inspired by records brought into the c...
Midori Hara’s 2nd album. A masterpiece of 80s urban pop with mellow grooves. First class session musicians such as Hiroshi Sato (p), Kenji Takamizu (b), Shuichi Murakami (ds), and Masahiro Ikumi (...
Kifu Mitsuhashi studied with Soufu Sasaki of the Kinko-style shakuhachi in 1968. He became a member of Pro Musica Nipponia and participated in many concerts both in Japan and overseas after comple...
WRWTFWW Records and MEG Museum (Geneva) announce a new full-length album by celebrated Japanese percussionist Midori Takada, in collaboration with Buddhist monks belonging to the Samgha group of th...
Akiko Yano delivers a piano and vocal covers LP that is every bit as classic as the original songs and her original songs. We can be as weary of covers LPs as everyone else, but we love this one a...
Wewantsounds continues its extensive reissue program of Meiko Kaji's early discography, originally released by Teichiku Records in Japan between 1972 and 1974. The Quentin Tarantino muse -- famous ...
LP pressed on black vinyl
TBM reissue
Remastered
Track List:
Froggy Day
These Things
Hi Beck
Palo Alto
317 East 32nd
Subconscious Lee
My New Flame
Lennie's Pennies
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship May, 2026
American R&B singer and actress Sandra Alexandra delivers soulful renditions of classic Showa era pop songs with her captivating husky voice! This rare ge...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship July, 2026
Once again, Japanese crossover/fusion is heating up. As a development or spin-off from the global reappraisal boom of city pop, Japanese fusion has rapidly ...
Media / Sleeve: VG+, includes liner, foxing on liner.
Catalog Number: 30215-28
Not a photo of actual LP.
Urban city pop reconstructed for dance.
A 12-inch record featuring a re-arrangement of the...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship February, 2026
Kosuke Mine, having gained recognition in the Masabumi Kikuchi Group, recorded this work with his regular ensemble. Featuring emerging musicians includin...
