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Endless Happiness Takayanagi/New Direction For the Arts: Free Form Suite LP
Masayuki "Jojo" Takayanagi (1932 - 1991) was a Japanese jazz/free improvisational musician. He was active in the Japanese jazz scene from the late 1950s. He was one of the earliest noise guitar improvisers, and the first (with Keith Rowe) to use the table
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Takayanagi/New Direction For the Arts: Free Form Suite LP
C$44.99
BBE Suzuki, Isao / Masahiko Togashi: Approach LP
BBE Music’s highly-acclaimed J Jazz Masterclass Series continues with an album that unites three J Jazz legends with a young musician beginning their professional career. Recorded and released in 1986, ‘Approach’ is both sophisticated and experimental in
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Suzuki, Isao / Masahiko Togashi: Approach LP
C$64.99
Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Trio: Sweet for K LP
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto and Yoshihiko Kannari, a former engineer for the TBM label, reunited on their last album "Blues for K" (SCOL-1062).

The duo have also produced numerous world-class recordings from Japan, including "Midnight Sugar" and "Misty".

Then
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Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Trio: Sweet for K LP
C$69.99
180g Various: WAMONO Disco - Nippon Columbia Disco & Boogie Hits 1978-1982 LP
In the mid-seventies, discotheques were booming in Tokyo and all over Japan. When the Fatback Band topped the 1975 US charts with their infectious “Do The Bus Stop” hit, Japanese label Victor put out the following year the first Japan made Disco tune with
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Various: WAMONO Disco - Nippon Columbia Disco & Boogie Hits 1978-1982 LP
C$44.99
Cinedelic Inomata, Takesi & Sound Limited: Innocent Canon LP
Innocent Canon is one of the hopelessly obscure Japanese underground albums that few people know about. It is a kind of unreleased delirious groovadelic soundtrack played by an acid-soaked Japanese big band with powerful drumming, heavy jazz fumes, and de
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Inomata, Takesi & Sound Limited: Innocent Canon LP
C$61.99
Cinedelic Togashi, Masahiko / Isao Suzuki: A Day In The Sun LP
A Day Of The Sun is a spiritual jazz masterpiece full of poetry by two geniuses of the Japanese musical scene. Masahiko Togashi and Isao Suzuki are both pivotal figures in jazz with unique talents and sensitivities that transcends conventional jazz forms
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Togashi, Masahiko / Isao Suzuki: A Day In The Sun LP
C$61.99
Endless Happiness Sato, Masahiko: Holography LP
One of the rarest albums ever from the mighty Masahiko Satoh, a composer and arranger, as well as a key figure in the avantgarde music from Japan. Originally issued on Japan Columbia in 1970, the two sides of very free piano show a sensitivity that's real
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Sato, Masahiko: Holography LP
C$44.99
Warner Matsushita, Makoto: First Light (Clear Lime Yellow) LP
A long-awaited LP vinyl reissue that is very popular as a Japanese AOR masterpiece. Makoto Matsushita is a well-known guitarist who participated in the fusion funk group AB’s with Tomaru Yoshino. The album is full of AOR taste, originally released in 1981
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Matsushita, Makoto: First Light (Clear Lime Yellow) LP
C$74.99
Black Editions Takayanagi New Direction Unit, Masayuki: Mass Hysterism in Another Situation LP
Black Editions presents Mass Hysterism in Another Situation remastered and cut to double 45RPM 12" vinyl. Mass Hysterism in Another Situation captures Masayuki Takayanagi's New Direction Unit in its final incarnation, at an apex in its development; it als
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Takayanagi New Direction Unit, Masayuki: Mass Hysterism in Another Situation LP
C$54.99
RCA Yamashita, Tatsuro: Spacy LP
Spacy, originally released in 1977, boasts an impressive lineup of Japanese legends including Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Minako Yoshida, Kenji Ohmura, and Hiroshi Sato. The album features all the usual Yamashita elements, such as euphoric vocals, i
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Yamashita, Tatsuro: Spacy LP
C$99.99
180g Inagki, Jiro: WaJazz Legends (Gold) LP
Universounds, HMV Record Shop and 180g team up for an exceptional release in their highly acclaimed WaJazz series, celebrating the life and music of one of the most iconic Japanese jazz musicians of the last 60+ years. This is the ultimate collection of m
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Inagki, Jiro: WaJazz Legends (Gold) LP
C$64.99
WeWantSound Shinozaki, Ayako: Music Now For Harp LP
Wewantsounds announce the first international reissue of Ayako Shinozaki's Music Now For Harp released in 1974 by Nippon Columbia. The LP was released on the label's cult "Master Sonic" series and features Shinozaki's harp soundscape on works by renowned
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Shinozaki, Ayako: Music Now For Harp LP
C$49.99
Lawson Yasui, Kazumi: Sora ni Ichiban Chikai Kanashimi LP
Kazumi Yasui, a female lyricist who created a new image of Japanese women. Now finally we have the long-awaited reprint of her incredible record, “Sora ni Ichiban Chikai Kanashimi”! Katsuhisa Hattori’s smart music making and the global world that fit toge
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Yasui, Kazumi: Sora ni Ichiban Chikai Kanashimi LP
C$84.99
Lawson Yasui, Kazumi: Zuzu LP
The long-awaited record reprint of the historical masterpiece released by Kazumi Yasui, a female lyricist who created a new image of women in Japan! Yasui himself wrote the lyrics for all the songs, while Kunihiko Murai, Hiroshi Kamayatsu, Kenji Sawada, T
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Yasui, Kazumi: Zuzu LP
C$84.99
Cinedelic Ishikawa, Akira & Count Buffalos: Bakishinba: Memories Of Africa LP
Reissue, originally released in 1970. "An ambitious, brand new album has reached the Japanese jazz scene. It is Bakimba: Memories of Africa." This is how Akira Ishikawa Count Buffalo Jazz And Rock Band's album was advertised by the Japanese press in 1970.
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Ishikawa, Akira & Count Buffalos: Bakishinba: Memories Of Africa LP
C$61.99
Lawson Maeda, Norio and All Stars: Rock Communication Yagibushi LP
A jazz work on the theme of traditional Japanese music, which has been gaining momentum for re-evaluation in recent years. Among them, the work that attempts to combine folk songs and jazz rock is a series of addicts at home and abroad with a stronger sti
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Maeda, Norio and All Stars: Rock Communication Yagibushi LP
C$84.99
Metaphon Ichiyanagi/Ranta/Kosugi: Improvisation Sep. 1975 LP
What was supposed to be a soundcheck for this session became the session itself: a haunting 50-minute séance of intense avantgarde improvisation using a large instrumentation and live processing (tape echo, ring modulation, phasing). A trident travelogue
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Ichiyanagi/Ranta/Kosugi: Improvisation Sep. 1975 LP
C$44.99
Universal Takanaka, Masayoshi: Seychelles LP
Japan’s leading super guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka’s memorable solo debut album is now being reprinted on LP!

A masterpiece of Japanese music with tropical grooves unfolding throughout. First released in 1976.

Contributing artists include: Hiroshi I
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Takanaka, Masayoshi: Seychelles LP
C$69.99
HMV Yoshida, Masami: My Tune, My Turn (Clear) LP
City pop-AOR masterpiece! Former grape Masami Yoshida released “My tune, My turn” in 1980, and it will be reissued on clear vinyl!

The only solo album “My tune, My turn” released by former grape Masami Yoshida after the activity of Chabozu is the first
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Yoshida, Masami: My Tune, My Turn (Clear) LP
C$84.99
Be With Coastlines: 2 LP
Balearic believers rejoice! Japanese tropical-fusioneers Coastlines are back with Coastlines 2. The follow-up to their classic debut (BEWITH 080LP, 2020), this is the sound of Coastlines' global influences. If the dedication to intricate sonic details is
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Coastlines: 2 LP
C$69.99
Glossy Mistakes Sawai, Genji: Sowaka LP
Genji Sawai’s classic LP “Sowaka”, featuring Midori Takada and Bill Laswell, reissued for the very first time.

Sowaka, recorded in 1984, displayed an innovative sound that went beyond genre – mixing dub, world, jazz, electro, hip-hop and avant-garde. A
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Sawai, Genji: Sowaka LP
C$49.99
180g Various: WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol . II - Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz from Japan 1962-1985 LP
Following the highly acclaimed first volume in the series, Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa continues the WaJazz exploration with another essential collection of music that contains something uniquely Japanese — focusing this time on the King Records cat
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Various: WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol . II - Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz from Japan 1962-1985 LP
C$69.99
We Are Busy Bodies Shiraki, Hideo Quintet: Plays Horace Silver LP
Reissue of Hideo Shiraki Quintet's 'Play Horace Silver' album. Led by Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, Hideo Shiraki, known for his hard bop and jazz albums in the 1950s and 1960s. Horace usually had a quintet on albums, whereas Hideo's group is a se
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Shiraki, Hideo Quintet: Plays Horace Silver LP
C$49.99
WeWantSound Yamash'ta & The Horizon: Sunrise From West Sea LP
Gatefold sleeve with OBI. Wewantsounds present a first time reissue of Sunrise From West Sea, Stomu Yamash'ta's cult LP originally released in 1971. A deep, cosmic, at time ambient performance recorded live and featuring two other Japanese legends: Takehi
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Yamash'ta & The Horizon: Sunrise From West Sea LP
C$41.99