This is the first album by Takao Uematsu, who played in the George Otsuka Group.
His blackness of blowing, spirit and technique, which are directly descended from Joe Henderson, set him apart from ...
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...
Disco legend Sylvester comes to Dark Entries with Private Recordings: August 1970, an intimate collection of vintage jazz, blues, and gospel. While Sylvester is best known for his chart-topping col...
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”.
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From Tsugaru, the birthplace of Tomokawa Kazuki and Mikami Hiroshi, comes Osorezan, Itako, Nebuta, Kesho Jizo... A super intense work left behind in 1978 by Furukawa Mibu, the Orpheus (mind) of Mu...
Yosuke Yamashita, Itaru Oki, Yuji Ohno, and Kimiko Kasai. An astonishing jazz workshop with a never-before-seen encounter. Japanese jazz was so sharp and original.
Yosuke Yamashita Trio, Itaru Oki...
A recording of a passionate live performance held in the northern land of Nemuro, which continues to be loved along with the first album "Tact." The title song is literally epic, like ice floes col...
Legendary Japanese guitarist Masaki Matsubara’s two solo albums will be reissued on PURE VIRGIN VINYL by CANYON/AGHARTA label, which is known worldwide for its “CITY POP” works in recent years!
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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...
BBE Music is thrilled to present J Jazz: Free and Modern Jazz From Japan 1954-1988, a remarkable large-format book covering some of the deepest, rarest, and most innovative jazz music released anyw...
Island Music compilation that includes songs by Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tatsuro Yamashita and more!
Catalog Number: 25AH 1423
Media: VG+, Sleeve: VG, OBI: VG+, includes li...
The Return of Sai Yoshiko!
At first glance, the partnership between JOJO Hiroshige and Yoshiko Sai seems implausible. After all, what could the King of Noise and the mystical folk singer have in c...
“Brass Fantasia II”, which features a brass quintet playing popular songs from “Studio Ghibli”, is finally available on vinyl for the first time ever! Originally released in 1994 as a double CD se...
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 (...
Yokobue player Michiko Akao’s 1983 publication “Yokobue: Michiko Akao’s World”, which was also published in the “New Age Music Disc Guide” (published by DU BOOKS), is reproduced for the first time...
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...
Sai Yoshiko returned from a 30 year absence to release this LP on CD in 2008. Now P-Vine reissues it as part of their 2021 Sai Yoshiko repressings. This LP shows that while she may have been out ...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship February, 2026
This album marks Akira Miyazawa’s first as a leader. It features some of Japan’s top jazz musicians, including Sadao Watanabe (alto saxophone, flute), Ak...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship December, 2025
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 ...
