This is a cool combination of classic tracks in a medley on the A side and a B side of originals from some of the top names in Japanese music. If you check out the videos below and likely want to ...
Midori Hara’s first album, produced by Kanematsu “Flash” Hikaru, who worked on numerous 80s urban funks. Kazuo Shiina is in charge of arranging all songs. Backed up by Hiroki Ito (b), Yasuo Tomiku...
A highly coveted record! A reissue of instructional records by talented studio musicians!
Super Percussion Vol.1 is the only solo album released by Tatsuo Hayashi, who played drums for Tin Pan All...
The City Pop / new wave jazz album from 1987 gets it's first analog reprint.
Based on the sound produced by Masanori Sasaji (ex. Maria), the left field-avant jazz work (‘87) that was imbued is the...
We're huge Coltrane fans here at Cromulent Records. Although, who isn't? When we had a chance to grab this "import" LP, we had to stock a few since it is such a banger. We hope you enjoy it as mu...
"Unreleased until now, Kiren represents an important period of Shimizu's artistic expression, an artist at his peak, while successfully exploring the intersections of fusion, synthpop, new wave, an...
A legendary live album originally released only in Japan in 1972.
No holding back, no calculated moves — a stripped‑down Roy Ayers dives straight into the very essence of groove.
Vibraphonist Roy ...
With confident touch, a solid sense of swing, and emotion seeping through its dynamism, Ryo Fukui lands in New York and approaches the essence of bebop alongside the rhythm section of his mentor, ...
Once again, Japanese crossover/fusion is heating up. As a development or spin-off from the global reappraisal boom of city pop, Japanese fusion has rapidly risen back into the spotlight since arou...
A reissue of "The Thing", an ambitious work recorded by Isao Suzuki, one of the leading bassists in the Japanese jazz scene, together with a group of promising young musicians, has been confirmed.
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Recorded on February 22, 1977, in New York, this rare session captures Japan’s proud bassist Takashi Mizuhashi performing alongside Herbie Hancock. Throughout the album, Mizuhashi’s deeply resonant...
The acclaimed album "But Not for Me" by the singular jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi is set for reissue as the third installment of “Spin This Now!”
Originally released in 1978, "But Not for Me" is a...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship April, 2026
Hiroshi Sato’s second album, crafted with an all star lineup including Haruomi Hosono, Akihiro Tanaka, Kenji Takamizu, Tatsuo Hayashi, Shuichi “Ponta” Murak...
Kosuke Mine, having gained recognition in the Masabumi Kikuchi Group, recorded this work with his regular ensemble. Featuring emerging musicians including Fumio Itabashi, the performances are both ...
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 vinyl. Amid this renewed interest, a newly u...
This was released in 1988 by guitarist Yuji Toriyama, who continues to work as an arranger, producer, and studio musician. This is his fifth album. Featuring: Hiroshi Sato (keyboard), Hideo Yamamot...
It easily straddles jazz rock and fusion. Mellow, stormy, and groovy.
The sound of the future born in 1980 is still vivid and fresh when listened to today.
Soul Media, led by Jiro Inagaki, played a...
Original full-length album from the singer/songwriter. 12 tracks including 'Henshin', 'Slow Love', 'Jinsei no Tobira' and more.
Pressed on black double 180g vinyl
2024 remaster
Produced by Tatsur...
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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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...
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...
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...
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 ...
