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...
Fishmans debuted their single 'Hikouki' on the 21st of April in 1991. To commemorate their 30th anniversary, Fishmans announced the release of their earlier albums as heavyweight vinyl LP remaster...
Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of Wamono music, Yoshiz...
Under the influence of The Beatles, the Group Sound Movement swept Japan in the mid '60s. This compilation collects some of the finest cuts made by several of the leading band of the time. Featurin...
Under the influence of The Beatles, the Group Sound Movement swept Japan in the mid '60s. This compilation collects some of the finest cuts made by several of the leading band of the time. Featurin...
Celebrating the 35th Anniversary!
Originally released on July 25, 1990, this iconic album is now available for the first time on analog vinyl as a 45 RPM double LP. It features the smash hit “Ai ha...
Kimyo Reitaro’s full album “Tamaranai Yokan” released in April 2022 for the first time in about 4 years has been converted to analog with clear blue vinyl specifications!
Kimyo Reitaro, a solitary...
"H" was released in May 1982 as Hajime Tachibana's solo debut album, one of the first releases on the YEN label, which was established within Alpha Records by Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi....
Discover the latest release from EXHUME EXHUME, a reissue project expertly overseen by FLATT THE LAIDBACK!
Originally self-produced and released in the mid-70s by members of the Knights, a light m...
Motoaki Masuo, known for his active role as a guitarist in the 1970s and 1980s, debuted his album on Polydor in 1973. This album, a hidden gem of Japanese soft rock, showcases his talent as a songw...
Reissue, originally released in 1990. Merzbow came roaring onto the Tokyo scene in 1979. To this day, the project remains one of the most prolific and aggressively forward-thinking acts in experime...
50 years ago, Hokkaido-born singer-songwriter Morio Agata released his debut single, 'Sekishoku Ereji' (Red Elegy), an emotive, shuffling piano ballad that (shockingly) sold half a million copies i...
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The long-awaited "novelty song" collection of Eiichi Otaki, the giant of the pop music world!!A project album that collects comic songs and "Novelty Songs" wit...
Not for the faint of heart!
Predating both Sonic Youth and Swans’ debut albums by a year, Zourokuno Kibyou, initially released in 1982, quickly vaulted Kansai noise rockers Hijokaidan to indie mus...
Following the previous work “HOTHOTHOT”, YOUR SONG IS GOOD’s 3rd full-length album “THE ACTION” will be released as a long-awaited LP!
Contains 12 songs full of YSIG-style punk rock tunes. Announc...
Known as one of the greatest fingerstyle guitarists of his generation, the late Isato Nakagawa’s “Solar Wind” is getting a long awaited analog reissue!
With incredible technical talent and an ear ...
“I am the Shizuoka Mick Jagger” snarls the lead singer of Shizuoka Rock’n’Roll Kumiai on opening track ‘Schon No Rock’ of their only LP Eikyu Hozonban. The year was 1973, and this band of energeti...
Steve Scales (Per) and Drutti McDonald (Vo) who also participated in Talking Heads, as well as Sandy and Makoto Kubota, are the pinnacle of world music produced by Japanese people.
Originally re...
The 2nd album “Ame agari no Machi”, which was released in 1973 by Tomio Terada, a rare melody maker who made his major debut as the first Japanese artist on the MGM label in 1972, has been highly a...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship May, 2026
Freedom, rebellion, and defiance — The rock/psych rock revolution that tore through Japan in the early 1970s!
Fully licensed Nippon Columbia masters.
Include...
The godlike debut album, self-produced by the lone genius Kazuyoshi Nakamura on June 18, 1997, is reissued in a deluxe 2-LP color vinyl set with plenty of bonus tracks!
The debut song “Dogs and Cat...
Tokyo playwright, director and artist J A Caesar sprang to prominence in the early '70s largely through his work with Shuji Terayama's Tenjo Sajiki Theatre, specializing in vaguely sinister music. ...
