Pacific Breeze 2 is another wonderful compilation put together by our friends at Light in the Attic Records. There are two different color pressings, Violet and LA Twilight. As much as we like th...
It has finally happened! A Cromulent Records exclusive pressing and what a pressing! WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol.II would be a favorite new release regardless, even if this wasn't an exc...
This is the Ed Banger repressing of Justice's 2007 debut Cross. The two LPs are housed in a gatefold sleeve that is described as being deluxe.
This pressing captures the massive sounds that made ...
The reissue train keeps rolling with another hard-to-find/afford classic getting a repressing from Warner Music Japan / Lawson Entertainment. We're so happy to get our hands on this and we're assum...
53 years after his debut!The remastered popular works of Masayoshi Takanaka, one of Japan's leading super-guitarists, are now available on limited edition colored vinyl!Alex Wharton of Abbey Road S...
Beauty shows Sakamoto's versatility and skill, weaving numerous styles together. We love this album because the tracks are great separately as well as part of the whole. We know this one isn't che...
Remastered sound sources for all songs, double-page spread lyric cards that reproduce the original specifications, reprinted with belt specifications.
The 2nd album released in 1985, which was pro...
Yamashita’s 3rd solo record, Go Ahead!, defined the path he would subsequently follow as it a blossomed writer acclaimed for this versatility. The songs “Let’s Dance Baby”, “Bomber” & “潮騒 (The...
The self-titled Tin Pan Alley debut LP brought together Haroumi Hosono, Masataka Matsutoya, Shigeru Suzuki, Tatsuo Hayashi to deliver an excellent and varied LP. Starting with Caramel Rag, a piano...
We're so excited about Funk Party getting a repressing! Out of print since the 70's (save a limited CD re-release 10 years ago,) this LP has been hiding in plain in the open for a while. It is on S...
With new mastering and new jacket artwork. Enjoy the beauty of the artwork with the rich sound of a vinyl record.
Score by Joe Hisaishi, Including 21 tracks.
Includes the songs ‘’Rouge no Dengon’’...
It is easy to get distracted by some of less important aspects of Marine Flowers. It is a New Age classic, which means a lot of hyperbole, only reinforced by the scarcity of original . Akira Ito ...
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...
Media / Sleeve / OBI: VG+, includes liner. Catalog Number: ALR6022Not a photo of actual LP.
Track List:
Technopolis
Absolute Ego Dance
Rydeen
Castalia
Behind the Mask
Day Tripper
Insomnia
Solid St...
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.)...
Kimiko Kasai and Herbie Hancock combine on this wonderful collection of cover songs. Recorded in Tokyo and released 1979, it quickly became a rare gem, coveted by fans of Jazz, City Pop, Funk, and...
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...
One word that might aptly describe Japan’s society and culture during the 1980s would be ‘bubble economy(バブル 景気)’, which is to say that it was characterized by abnormally inflated asset prices. Ja...
Released for the first time in 2009, utp_ is the third installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's V.I.R.U.S.'s series. It was commissioned for the 400th anniversary of Mannheim, Germany. The f...
80’s Tokyo City Pop! At that time, this press was astonishingly reminiscent of Sugar Babe. Now, this miraculous private record has finally been rediscovered after 42 years!
Childhood friends from ...
We're so happy that Universal Music and Lawson keeps churning out these represses of City Pop classics. It makes us so happy to be able to share them with you! Grab your copy of this 1981 LP.
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HMV Record Shop brings us a re-release of the second Naoko Gushima album, Quiet Emotion, on orange vinyl. Originally released in 1997, this album features a variety of sounds such as R&B, fun...
Scoring a hit with their second album Summer Breeze, Piper set out to record their follow up in a similar vein. Members remained the same: Keisuke Yamamoto (guitar, vocals), Takashi Shima (keyboar...
