From Trudy Pitts to Duke Payne, from Roy Ward to Sounds Of Synanon, this is soul meets funk, 1968-style. There's club sounds, funk guitar groovers, soul cha-cha, Hammond magic, freak-out party soun...
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 memorable first album by the very accomplished yet restrained artist, Naosuke Miyamoto.
Thrilling straight-ahead jazz with Takashi Furuya and other Kansai-based members!
Kunji Shigi(tp&flh) /...
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...
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...
Izumi Kobayashi first gained recognition as the leader of the Flying Mimi Band before embarking on her solo career. As a solo artist, Kobayashi, began to standout in her keyboard performances with ...
“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...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship February, 2026
You’d be forgiven for not knowing about these Studio Ghibli commissioned jazz reworkings of much-loved classic soundtracks with the three-piece All That ...
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 ...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship December, 2025
Atsuko Nina's debut album released by Teichiku in 1983. All songs are covers of Western songs, with 9 songs having Japanese lyrics and only the fifth son...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship November, 2025
Akira Miyazawa, a master of Japanese jazz who left behind such important works as “Yamamegyo”, “Iwana” and “Kiso” a work that recalls the original landsc...
Original pressing of the classic LP!
Media: EX-, Sleeve / OBI: VG+, includes liner.
Catalog Number: MKF 1023
Not a photo of actual LP.
A sophisticated fusion landscape painted with light and a gu...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship September, 2025
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. Feat...
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...
Wewantsounds presents the reissue of Sho-Nuff's highly sought-after album Body Pressure from 1983. Recorded for Japanese label King Records, the album was only ever released in Japan and disappeare...
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...
Media: EX-, Sleeve: VG+, No Obi.
Catalog Number: 20PL1314
Not a photo of actual LP.
Includes the ultimate free soul classic "Crystal City," the mellow city pop "Rainy Saturday & Coffee Break,...
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”.
Track...
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...
Sit down, relax and enjoy the timeless sound of Miki Matsubara's eighth album, her sole collection of jazz standards, now reissued for the first time on beautiful clear deep blue vinyl. Originally ...
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...
