Ryo Fukui's Scenery, 2023 Slowboat / Lawson Entertainment pressing as part of their Project Re:Vinyl series. It comes with an OBI and it is a limited edition (not sure just how limited though!) ...
The 2 LP compilation that kicked City Pop excitement into overdrive. This Light in the Attic compilation has been the gateway drug for many, and for good reason. This impressive lineup includes H...
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...
A masterpiece of jazz rock by maestro Jiro Inagaki! Beyond jazz rock. The soul media led by Jiro Inagaki arrived at the ultimate tight and cool groove. As Inagaki himself said, “I did black funk,” ...
Such a cool 70's vibes on this Jazz/Funk classic. It is hard to add too many labels to this one, but classic is a good place to start. Nippon Columbia's 2021 reissue that puts it in the price ran...
You may not be familiar with these Studio Ghibli commissioned jazz reworkings of much-loved classic soundtracks with the three-piece ensemble All That Jazz. P-Vine is here to change all that, by i...
Yasuke Ogawa pulls together a wonderful collection of Japanese Jazz from the Nippon Columbia catalog. This collection is brought to us by 180G on two 180G (obviously) black LPs, in a gatefold pack...
This is the second entry in the Ghibli Jazz series; the first can be found here. These LPs were originally put together by the power-house animation studio for a series of jazzed-up covers, the g...
Taeko Ohnuki's 1976 solo debut post-Sugar Babe 2021 repress by Nippon Columbia/Lawson Entertainment (HMV). Certain tracks would have been on the subsequent Sugar Babe LP, had they not broken up. ...
This LP's reputation is excellent, so we're not going to spend too much time telling you how great it is. You're probably already aware and happy to get your hands on a copy of it. There is a goo...
2021 Pressing by HMV as part of their Project Re:Vinyl effort. This 1972 LP lies is hard to pin down genre wise, alongside other Jiro Inagaki works. It is a favorite of Cromulent Records for this...
Jiro Inagaki before there was Funky Stuff, there was Head Rock. Jazz and rock merge on this on Head Rock, with the best possible results happening. We love this LP and keep it in regular rotatio...
The third installment in the popular Wamono series. In this one, our tour guides DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite and Chintam take us to the go-go bubble years of 1978-1988. This of course is the City Pop e...
The second installment in the Wamano series that pulls together some really great stuff you likely never heard of before. Japan could and did get funky in the 70's. This is a great introduction t...
One of the works representing New Hard released in 1972. Kosaburo Yamaki is in charge of the composition and arrangement in the whole volume, and he deeply pursues one of his long-standing themes,...
Universal Music Japan gives us with this pressing of Noriki's self-titled LP from 1983. Noriki was formed by keyboardist Kanekazu Nogi and quickly became quite well-known for their smooth City Po...
This is the 2023 Slow Boat/Lawson Entertainment Pressing of Mellow Dream from Ryo Fukui. It comes with an OBI and is part of the Project Re:Vinyl project from HMV/Lawson Entertainment. It is lim...
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...
Reissue, originally released in 1970. Finally, this ghost gem left by Jiro Inagaki's Soul Media has been reissued on vinyl for the first time thanks to Cinedelic Records. Woodstock Generation is a ...
Universounds, HMV Record Shop and 180g team up for an exceptional release in their highly acclaimed WaJazz series, to be out on Jiro Inagaki’s 90th birthday, October 3rd, 2023, celebrating the lif...
We're so happy to make another Akira Ishikawa classic available to our customers. Back to Rhythm is brought to us by Nippon Columbia, as part of the Deep Jazz Reality/Project Re:Vinyl series. Che...
This is a repressing of a previously unreleased live recording from June 8, 1977.
The recording was made at the Sapporo live house “Vidro” by Masataka Ito, the producer of Fukui’s “Scenery” and “M...
Soul Media is led by Jiro Inagaki, who played a part in the development of jazz rock in Japan. This album “Memory Lane” was recorded in 1980.
Regarding this work, Inagaki said, “We made this work ...
