Japanese — New Arrivals 
A special section of Japanese language records -- city pop, J-pop, and other styles unique to the culture of Japan!
Items added April 30 - May 4
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Grey October Sounds —
Lo-Fi Anime ... LP 
P-Vine (Japan), 2023. New Copy ... $29.99 36.99
One of the coolest projects so far from Grey October Sounds – a set that has all the crispy beats and laidback vibe of previous records, but which also focuses on themes from anime as well! There's plenty of tunes from the world of anime, but they're nicely changed up with the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Great Japanese pressing – with obi!)
Grey October Sounds —
Lo-Fi City Pop ... LP P-Vine (Japan), 2023. New Copy ... $29.99 39.99
A sweet little record that definitely offers up what it promises in the title – a lower-fi version of the Japanese city pop sound from years back, yet one that's also nicely inflected with some of the hip hop elements that Grey October Sounds use in their music! The image on the cover is ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Great Japanese pressing – with obi!)
Grey October Sounds —
Lo-Fi Ghibli ... LP P-Vine (Japan), 2022. New Copy ... $29.99 39.99
A really cool take on the sounds of Studio Ghibli – one that brings classic melodies from the famous animated features into play with the production talents of Grey October Sounds – who delivers the goods with all the low-fi elements promised by the title! The approach is instrumental ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Lo-Fi Ghibli ... CD 14.99(Nice Japanese pressing – with obi!)
All That Jazz —
Ghibli Jazz ... LP P-Vine (Japan), 2009. New Copy ... $27.99 39.99
A really great take on the music of Studio Ghibli – one that presents the sounds with very much the jazz promised in the title! The sound is very lean and stripped-down, with a small combo style on most numbers – all instruments handled by Tomoo Nogami, who mixes piano, bass, and drums ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Nice Japanese pressing – with obi!)
Ryuichi Sakamoto/
Midi (Japan), 1983. Used ... $19.99
A really wonderful little record – and some of our favorite work ever from Japanese pop maestro Ryuichi Sakamoto! Sakamoto really surprised folks with this set – not just because it accompanied his strong performance (with David Bowie) in the film, but also because it opened up the way ... (Soundtracks, Japanese) read more CD
Various —
Punch The Monkey 3 – Lupin The 3rd Remixes & Covers ... LP Readymade (Japan), 2000. Very Good 2LP ... Just Sold Out!
The best of both worlds from the Japanese scene – a set that features the classic 70s anime soundtrack work of the 70s, remixed by artists from the cool club scene of the late 90s – with work from DJ Muro, DJ Yoshio, Arai Toshiya, Crazy Ken Band, Konishi Yasuharu, Tajima Takao, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Various —
City Music Tokyo – Multiple ... LP Gearbox (UK), 1980s/1990s/2000s. New Copy 2LP ... $29.99 36.99
A really great dive into the city pop years of Japanese music – and a collection that's a bit different than some others, in that it not only presents gems from the 80s, but also follows the evolution of city pop modes into later decades as well! There's a nice variety of styles here – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available City Music Tokyo – Multiple ... CD 14.99
Various —
City Music Tokyo – Multiple ... CD Gearbox (UK), 1980s/1990s/2000s. New Copy 2CD ... $14.99 18.99
A really great dive into the city pop years of Japanese music – and a collection that's a bit different than some others, in that it not only presents gems from the 80s, but also follows the evolution of city pop modes into later decades as well! There's a nice variety of styles here – ... read more CD
Also available City Music Tokyo – Multiple ... LP 29.99
Various —
Do You Know This – Nostalgic TV & Radio Theme Song Collection ... LP Yupiteru (Japan), 1950s/1960s. Near Mint- ... Just Sold Out!
A very cool collection – filled with music from vintage Japanese programs of the postwar years! LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes insert. Cover has light aging in one corner, mostly on the back – but is very nice overall.)
Maki Asakawa —
Maki Asakawa ... LP Honest Jons (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $32.99 34.99
Haunting music from Japanese singer Maki Asakawa – every bit as smoky and soulful as you might guess from her image on the cover! These tracks are mostly sung in Japanese, but draw a very strong inspiration from American torch sounds of the 40s and 50s – a moody, late nite approach ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Hiroshi Yoshimura —
Green ... LP Air/Light In The Attic, 1986. New Copy (reissue)... $19.99 28.99
A great mixture of organic ideas and electric sounds from Japanese pioneer Hiroshi Yoshimura – a set that follows the cycle of "green" through a progression of really lovely little instrumentals – somewhere between the minimalist experiments of Brian Eno in the late 70s, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Hiroshi Yoshimura —
Surround ... CD Misawa Home/Temporal Drift, 1986. New Copy ... $15.99 19.99
A beautiful Japanese ambient session from the 80s – one of a rare breed of records issued by the Misawa Home Institute Of Research – partly as a project to integrate music and sound into everyday residential life! Hiroshi Yoshimura begins the set with one long track, the moves into ... read more CD
Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki & Tatsuro Yamashita —
Pacific ... LP Victory (Italy), 1978. New Copy (reissue)... $27.99 32.99
A really great take on the sound of the Pacific – a set that mixes together the growing electro instrumental world of Japan in the late 70s, with some of the breezier styles put forth in older Hawaiian and island music too! The music is a nice instrumental extrapolation of ideas that Haruomi ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Various —
Ukulele From The North Country ... CD Geneon, 1980s/1990s. Used ... $9.99
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