Released in 1971, this is the first album produced by a Japanese artist with the overseas market in mind. It was released simultaneously in the United States, Canada, and Japan, and in particular...
Noriyo Ikeda only released one LP, Dream In The Street, in 1979. But, she did it right. She enlisted Tatsuro Yamashita. He wrote, arranged, played guitar and sang on the chorus of the title trac...
Kikagaku Moyo started in the summer of 2012 busking on the streets of Tokyo. Though the band started as a free music collective, it quickly evolved into a tight group of multi-instrumentalists. K...
Makoto Kubota’s Machiboke LP is repressed by Universal Music Japan. Originally released in 1973, Machiboke was his first solo album while he was with Hadaka No Rarīzu. He co-produced it with Masat...
This is one that we're very happy to be stocking! We're fans and can't wait to hear this new remastering, done by Makoto Kubota. This is the LITA exclusive blue vinyl pressing.
Operating out of...
180 gram vinyl. WRWTFWW Records present the first official worldwide reissue of the debut album from fabled Japanese folk singer-songwriter/actress/writer Hako Yamasaki, Tobimasu. Originally releas...
Vampire Weekend's track, 2021, from "Father of the Bride," sampled Haruomi Hosono's Talking, so it is natural to release these songs as an A/B side. (Once you clear label politics out of the way.)...
This pressing of Barbecue comes from Nippon Columbia/Lawson Entertainment on yellow vinyl. Barbecue is considered a classic of Japanese pop and for good reason. The brother duo of Bread & But...
We're really happy to get our hands on some of this great WeWantSounds 40th Anniversary 2LP pressing of Akiko Yano's Gohan Ga Dekitayo. Yano collaborated with Yellow Magic Orchestra to records thi...
RSD 2023 indie exclusive. Official RSD UK Release. Paralyzed Brain was originally manufactured for sale on the artist's European tour "The Electric Dream Ecstasy Tour 2018" and only available on CD...
Haruomi Hosono solo debut work "HOSONO HOUSE" release 50th anniversary! Complete reproduction of the analog board with original specificationsHosono, a global artist who started his career with "Ap...
In 1974, Hiroshi Tanaka and Yoichi Fuwa, the self-proclaimed heirs of the Beatles, crammed into a 75 square foot room and recorded over 50 songs, all without names. 19 of those songs would be self...
A reissue of the 1971 rock masterpiece “TOO MUCH” is finally here!
“TOO MUCH” is the only album released by the four-member new rock band “JUNI & TOO MUCH”.
The original edition with Rock Age ...
Originally formed in 1968 under the name The Silencer, Nagoya, Japan progressive rock band Cosmos Factory didn't change their name until their 1973 debut on Nippon Columbia with An Old Castle Of Tr...
Speed, Glue & Shinki’s last album has been reissued in a gorgeous specification that faithfully reproduces the original, including the entire volume band! Released in 1972. It is a two-disc se...
Hosono's Cochin Moon LP, a soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist, repressed by King and HMV Lawson. This was originally an RSD pressing in Japan, but keeps getting repressed due to demand. Thi...
After K Records founder Calvin Johnson found a copy of their official debut from Zero Records ‘Burning Farm’, in a record crate, he would release it in the United States, where it found its way to...
Peasants' Memories is an outstanding mellow rock record from the 70's. Like many of the best Japanese interpretations of Western sounds, this LP takes a well known genre and makes it their own. I...
A limited edition seven inch single from Fuji of two tracks from Hosono House: Koi wa Momoiro and Fuku wa uchi Oni wa soto. This was originally released in 1973 and has now been repressed! We lov...
Originally released in 1991 by PSF Records in Japan, Tokyo Flashback is a Japanese rock compilation that is noisy, loud, and awesome. This shouldn't be an impulse buy for a City Pop fan, but inste...
The long-awaited LP release of "Hi No Ataru Basyo Ni Kiteyo", the third album released in 2022 by the alternative pop unit 'UCHU NEKOKO', which has captivated listeners not only in Japan but also a...
Drummer Kinichi Motegi, currently with the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, curated a selection of tracks for this album based on the concept of "Kuchu (Aerial)" and "Uchu (Universe)," featuring music...
Black Editions presents the deluxe, first-ever vinyl edition of Acid Mothers Temple's classic self-titled first album. Over the last 25 years no group has been more prolific or dedicated to pushing...
White Heaven's second album, Strange Bedfellow, is one of the great unsung albums of the '90s Japanese underground. Released two years after their striking debut, Out (BE 005LP), the album reveals...
