Nobuo "Hara," whose real name is Nobuo Tsukahara, is a Japanese saxophonist who became known in 1951 with his big band, the Sharp & Flats. Together they recorded more than a hundred album durin...
After releasing their second album, "Message From A New Dawn" Kyoto Jazz Massive has been touring Europe with Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra, a French band that has been releasing 12-inch records ...
Get ready to dive into a classic groove with the original soundtrack for the Nippon Television drama "Matsuribayashi ga Kikoeru," which first aired in 1977 and starred the legendary Kenichi Hagiwar...
At the age of 14, Ayako Hosokawa was already performing in the American military clubs in Japan, picking up the English language by singing international pop songs of that time. Now, she represent...
Discover the latest release from EXHUME EXHUME, a reissue project expertly overseen by FLATT THE LAIDBACK!
Originally self-produced and released in the mid-70s by members of the Knights, a light m...
"Watarase" is one of jazz pianist Fumio Itabashi's most famous compositions from the 1980s. This compilation is a collection of previously unreleased versions of the song and takes that were relea...
Produced by Maki Asakawa in 1992.
Spatial, fusion, jazz work by Takao Uematsu.
This is the first LP release of this valuable sound source featuring Hiro Tsunoda, Bobby Watson, and Takeshi Shibuya!
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This is the supreme duo work that Akira Miyazawa left with Takeshi Shibuya under the production of Maki Asakawa in 1992.
This is the first LP release of this infinitely beautiful collection of mast...
The agony of hard bop, the rise of jazz-rock, and the emergence of free jazz. The definitive live recording that captures the chaos and climax of jazz in Japan.
Japan's jazz scene around 1970 is v...
Handpicked by DJ CHINTAM (BLOW UP), renowned for “Japanese Groove A to Z,” this marks the vinyl debut of Junko Ohashi's 13th album from her Epic Records era.
It's the premiere analog release of Jun...
Asami Kado made her debut on September 5, 1979. She rarely appeared in the media, but her sophisticated music image was highly appreciated in the music scene at that time.
In 1987, she released two...
A stylish selection of jazz-funk from Japanese label Electric Bird, selected by DJ Notoya and featuring Yasuaki Shimizu, Shunzo Ohno, Bobby Lyle, Toshiyuki Honda, Mikio Masuda, David Matthews, and ...
The legendary Blue Train LP in a special 2LP edition.
65th anniversary special edition. John Coltrane performs by courtesy of Prestige Records, Kenny Drew by courtesy of Riverside Records. A Blue ...
The experimentations taking shape in jazz at the end of the '60s with Miles Davis leading the pack pushed jazz in many new directions. Released six months after Bitches Brew, Electric Byrd shows le...
Originally released on CD and Cassette in 1998, this awesome record is finally being reissued on vinyl for the first time ever!
Originally released in 1998
Pressed on Black Vinyl
Produced and wr...
The second album from Cantaro Ihara is finally here!
Deftly weaving everything from 70’s soul to AOR to city pop into his sound, Cantaro Ihara makes pitch-perfect groove-forward pop music. With hi...
New copy of the Great Tracks limited edition pressing, catalog number MHJL 99, released in 2019.
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Analog version of Taeko Onuki's MIDI era. The ninth original album...
Produced by Haruomi Hosono, this is a masterpiece of Japanese soul music was released by Chu Kosaka, who returned to popular music after a 25-year absence. Haruomi Hosono, Hiroshi Sato, Shigeru Su...
“Brass Fantasia I”, 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 set...
All songs arranged by Hiro Yanagida! The long-awaited reissue of an actress record that plays the finest mellowness! Her 1976 announcement, which is the only work under her own name, is reprinted ...
Wave to Mikey, the fourth album from the Los Angeles-based actor, musician and photographer Danny Lane is a nocturnal, neon-lit ode to the friendships that shape us. “I made this album for my frie...
The long-awaited record reissue of “Yoruno Tsuduki”, the second full-scale jazz album of “Enka no Joou” Aki Yashiro, which was released in 2017 following “Songs Around Midnight”, has been decided!...
2021 RSD Japan box set of Minako Yoshida's 扉の冬 / Winter at the Door LP. It contains LP, CD, 7" single and CD single. New/sealed copy.
Track List:
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外はみんな
待ちぼうけ
扉の冬
ねこ
綱渡り...
