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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

Ichiyanagi/Ranta/Kosugi: Improvisation Sep. 1975 LP

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Universal Ishikawa, Akira: Bakishinba: Memories of Africa LP

Drummer Akira Ishikawa played an immense role in the development of jazz rock in Japan. He created many works, but among them, his record “Bakimba-His African Memories”, recorded in 1970, has a special presence due to its content and rarity.

Accompanie

Ishikawa, Akira: Bakishinba: Memories of Africa LP

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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

Takanaka, Masayoshi: Seychelles LP

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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

Yoshida, Masami: My Tune, My Turn (Clear) LP

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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

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

Sawai, Genji: Sowaka LP

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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

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

Shiraki, Hideo Quintet: Plays Horace Silver LP

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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

Yamash'ta & The Horizon: Sunrise From West Sea LP

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WeWantSound Togashi, Masahiko/Don Cherry/Charlie Haden: Song Of Soil LP

Wewantsounds announce a special edition of the legendary 1979 Masahiko Togashi album Song of Soil, recorded in Paris with Don Cherry and Charlie Haden and released on Japanese label Paddle Wheel. Supervised by Parisian producer Martin Meissonnier -- then

Togashi, Masahiko/Don Cherry/Charlie Haden: Song Of Soil LP

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Cinedelic Suzuki, Hiromasa: Rock Joint Cither - Silk Road LP

Reissue, originally released in 1973. After the space-time experience and the translation into music of the Bible of Japanese civilization, the Fulukotofumi, the following year, in 1973, Hiromasa Suzuki pushes his research and experimentation beyond the b

Suzuki, Hiromasa: Rock Joint Cither - Silk Road LP

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Nippon Columbia Mitsuhashi, Kifu & Kiyoshi Yamaya: Shakuhachi: Sato no Uta LP

Kifu Mitsuhashi studied with Soufu Sasaki of the Kinko-style shakuhachi in 1968. He became a member of Pro Musica Nipponia and participated in many concerts both in Japan and overseas after completing the NHK Hougaku Training Program in 1972. Mitsuhashi s

Mitsuhashi, Kifu & Kiyoshi Yamaya: Shakuhachi: Sato no Uta LP

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Nippon Columbia Mitsuhashi, Kifu & Kiyoshi Yamaya: Shakuhachi Mountain Poetry LP

First released in 1976, “Shakuhachi Mountain Poetry” is one of a two part album collaboration between Shakuhachi master, Kifu Mitsuhashi and jazz musician, Kiyoshi Yamaya. Together, the two artists blended their individual musical disciplines to compose a

Mitsuhashi, Kifu & Kiyoshi Yamaya: Shakuhachi Mountain Poetry LP

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Nippon Columbia Inagaki, Jiro and Soul Media: Funk Party LP

A heavy funk party from the Japanese jazz scene of the 70s – and a set that hits a lot harder than some of the smoother fusion of the time! There’s a grit here that hearkens back to some of the best American jazz funk at the start of the decade – a nice e

Inagaki, Jiro and Soul Media: Funk Party LP

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Nippon Columbia Hara, Nobuo and Sharps & Flats + 1: Electronics! LP

Japan’s leading big band, Sharps & Flats, created a unique work featuring 22-year-old up-and-coming pianist, Takehiko Honda. The sound of an electric piano rolling comfortably over the powerful big band sound is absolutely incredible! In addition this rec

Hara, Nobuo and Sharps & Flats + 1: Electronics! LP

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Universal Akao, Michiko: Yokobue: The World of Michiko Akao LP

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! A new age work that greatly transcends the realm of pure

Akao, Michiko: Yokobue: The World of Michiko Akao LP

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Victor Miyazawa, Akira: Iwana (Bull Trout) LP

Akira Miyazawa, a tenor saxophonist, is one of the musicians who laid the foundation for the Japanese jazz scene. “We are Japanese, so I think we have to make someone who can only be Japanese,” said Miyazawa, who said “For Units,” “Iwana,” and “Kiso” from

Miyazawa, Akira: Iwana (Bull Trout) LP

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Mr. Bongo Ishikawa, Akira & Count Buffalos: Uganda (Dawn Of Rock) (box edition) LP

HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!
The respected Japanese jazz drummer Akira Ishikawa was not messing around when he recorded the 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' album with his band the Count Buffaloes. For this offering, originally released in 1972 on Toshiba Records, Aki

Ishikawa, Akira & Count Buffalos: Uganda (Dawn Of Rock) (box edition) LP

C$69.99

Nippon Columbia Suzuki, Hiromasa: High Flying LP

Hiromasa Suzuki is a composer/arranger/key player who has been active in the Japanese music world, including jazz as well as movies, television and commercials. In the late ‘60s and mid-’70s, he was deeply involved in the works of Terumasa Hino, Akira Ish

Suzuki, Hiromasa: High Flying LP

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Cinedelic Inagaki, Jiro & Soul Media: Woodstock Generation LP

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 masterpiece of Japanese jazz/rock funk/soul that for some

Inagaki, Jiro & Soul Media: Woodstock Generation LP

C$59.99

HMV Electro Keyboard Orchestra: s/t (Clear) LP

Masahiko Sato, Masao Yagi, Hiromasa Suzuki, Yuji Ohno, Kentaro Haneda, Hideo Ichikawa, Shigehito Ohara, Sadayasu Fujii. 20 synthesizers operated by eight of Japan’s leading keyboard players. The album “Electro Keyboard Orchestra” that has captivated a wid

Electro Keyboard Orchestra: s/t (Clear) LP

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Mr. Bongo Kawasaki, Ryo: Juice LP

Classic jazz-funk fusion from the late, great Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki. Recorded in New York, and originally released in 1976, 'Juice' presents Ryo at the height of his powers. Born in Japan in 1947, Ryo had a long and stellar career recording and

Kawasaki, Ryo: Juice LP

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Soave Matsutake, Hideki/Chojuro Imafuji/Masashi Komatsubara: Edo LP

In tomorrow!
Edo is a cosmic ambient experimental masterpiece conceived in 1977 by Masashi Komatsubara and developed alongside Hideki Matsutake (aka Logic System and reductively defined by many as the "fourth member of the Yellow Magic Orchestra"). As a

Matsutake, Hideki/Chojuro Imafuji/Masashi Komatsubara: Edo LP

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P-Vine Madhubuti, Haki R. & Nation: Rise Vision Comin LP

If being the founder and chairman of Third World Press Organisation – the largest independent black-owned publishers – wasn’t enough for activist and poet Haki R Madhubuti, he is also credited with a lesser-known yet remarkable music career. As the bandle

Madhubuti, Haki R. & Nation: Rise Vision Comin LP

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