looks like recordshopshibuya has them all in stock again on cogs at standard price ¥4,950 if you are interested.
J-Jazz (Japanese Jazz)
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looks like recordshopshibuya has them all in stock again on cogs at standard price ¥4,950 if you are interested.
bornard
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In the crates...
Junko - Junko Kimora - Audio Lab Record. ALJ-1045
Piano trio audiophilia of the highest regard. Is it a great session, Fuck yeah, Does it blow the doors off, Fuck no...but if you can get your hands on any of the Audio Lab Record. originals then you'll truly know what a good record sounds like. I like Junko, she's got a classic style, sure its a bit rote, but Kawakami-sans bass is pretty swinging and Donald Bailey sure knows how to hold everything together.
Audio Lab Record. catalog blows the doors of most of the TBM catalog but it's missing the stars, which is why you can still find these records for under $20 (sometimes). Be a good boy and buy more of what Okihiko Sugano is cooking.
Recommended.
Junko - Junko Kimora - Audio Lab Record. ALJ-1045
Piano trio audiophilia of the highest regard. Is it a great session, Fuck yeah, Does it blow the doors off, Fuck no...but if you can get your hands on any of the Audio Lab Record. originals then you'll truly know what a good record sounds like. I like Junko, she's got a classic style, sure its a bit rote, but Kawakami-sans bass is pretty swinging and Donald Bailey sure knows how to hold everything together.
Audio Lab Record. catalog blows the doors of most of the TBM catalog but it's missing the stars, which is why you can still find these records for under $20 (sometimes). Be a good boy and buy more of what Okihiko Sugano is cooking.
Recommended.
kafunis
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CdJapan are great, I used to get a lot of stuff from them, haven’t ordered for a few years though, got some stuff from HMV but they aren’t sending down here at the moment.
kafunis
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CdJapan are great, I used to get a lot of stuff from them, haven’t ordered for a few years though, got some stuff from HMV but they aren’t sending down here at the moment.
kafunis
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CdJapan are great, I used to get a lot of stuff from them, haven’t ordered for a few years though, got some stuff from HMV but they aren’t sending down here at the moment.
Portland Sheriff
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I have Takeshi Inomata — The Dialogue based on the recommendation in this video about Audio Lab, and it does sound amazing. Unfortunately, I paid more than $20 (!) but have no complaints. One day I’ll pick up Side by Side, Kazuo Yoshiro plays Bosendorfer and Steinway, and I need To spend time exploring the label’s other titles.
The video host mentions that much of the content is derived from this article about Okihiko Sugano — and his background, recording techniques, work w Audio Lab Record and other labels, etc. It‘s a good read.
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bornard
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interesting article...while Japan has been closed since the covids and I haven't been able to visit - the stacks used to be flooded with perfect copies of the Side by Side series for nothing so much that I never bought them as I was always searching for the rarer titles...
ALJ-1035 - Alone Together is just an incredible session
ALJ-1065 - Love For Sale might be one of the rarest and is a personal favorite - also the album cover might get a look or two.
HMV aren't shipping to the UK either. CDJapan has been my saviour
Belgian label will reissue two Japanese free-jazz record :
First is Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai - Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai and it's its first reissue on vinyl since 1975 :
www.aguirrerecords.com
Second is Takayanagi Masayuki New Direction for the Art - La Grima and it's its first release on vinyl :
www.aguirrerecords.com
I pre-ordered the first and I would be surprise if @Mr Moore do not have these records pre-ordered.
First is Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai - Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai and it's its first reissue on vinyl since 1975 :
Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai - Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai LP
Ferocious JP / US free jazz bomb. A rare meeting between the NYC free jazz scene and the Japanese free music scene. Old-style Gatefold LP, with rare photographs & liner notes by Alan Cummings.Following hot on the heels of the first, mid-sixties generation of Japanese free jazz players like Kaoru...
www.aguirrerecords.com
Second is Takayanagi Masayuki New Direction for the Art - La Grima and it's its first release on vinyl :
Takayanagi Masayuki New Direction for the Art - La Grima LP
Famed free jazz concert registration of an early New Direction for the Art performance. Recorded in 1971. Old-style Gatefold LP, with rare photographs & extensive liner notes by Alan Cummings.The performance by Takayanagi Masayuki New Direction for the Art at the Gen’yasai festival on August 14...
www.aguirrerecords.com
I pre-ordered the first and I would be surprise if @Mr Moore do not have these records pre-ordered.
bornard
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the two Ayako Hosakawa's on TBM that I didn't have just arrived...Call Me and No Tears.
still working through these but initial impressions - packaging is typical Craftman, top notch, like the replica Obi on the front. mine came with a cool TBM sticker and TBM catalog as well, maybe a disk union thing?
sound on Call Me is disappointing so far. I don't have an original here to compare. the orchestra is pushed way back in the mix, and her vocal is shrouded. Have to say this might be the worst sounding TBM I've ever heard. It's so unlike their normal sound, muted, soft...be interesting to hear other impressions. Hopefully No Tears is better as its a small group instead of a big band.
FWIW the translation on the web says its from the original tape. CRAFTMAN RECORDS
I honestly don't know why her records shot up in value so much, I like her tone, and her English rendition is quite strong but I don't get it, maybe they were always rare and that's why the prices...I much prefer Mari Nakamoto. just my opinion
still working through these but initial impressions - packaging is typical Craftman, top notch, like the replica Obi on the front. mine came with a cool TBM sticker and TBM catalog as well, maybe a disk union thing?
sound on Call Me is disappointing so far. I don't have an original here to compare. the orchestra is pushed way back in the mix, and her vocal is shrouded. Have to say this might be the worst sounding TBM I've ever heard. It's so unlike their normal sound, muted, soft...be interesting to hear other impressions. Hopefully No Tears is better as its a small group instead of a big band.
FWIW the translation on the web says its from the original tape. CRAFTMAN RECORDS
I honestly don't know why her records shot up in value so much, I like her tone, and her English rendition is quite strong but I don't get it, maybe they were always rare and that's why the prices...I much prefer Mari Nakamoto. just my opinion
bornard
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No Tears is better, but not by a whole bunch...have to say disappointed with the SQ here. If anyone has originals would be interested to get a take...It's not like they sound bad, but they certainly don't do justice to any other TBM recording I own and I own a lot of them.
Only recommended for collectors - these are not essential sessions or worth the price of admission. The session on Impex should be enough and that is a great sounding record.
just to make sure it wasn't my old ears or cart, I put on Mari Nakamoto III from the Think! series a few years back and its night and day - given very different setting with just guitar and bass, but literally everything was better.
Weird. I've never had any issue with Craftman. I'll try and grab both if my local have them and will get back to you.
bornard
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just to clarify...none sound bad, just don't sound like TBM recordings..
indiana45s
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Coming June 18th for Japan’s second RSD drop:
河野康弘 - ローマ・イン・ザ・レイン | RECORD STORE DAY JAPAN
その内容と存在感でコレクター/リスナーから特別な1枚として寵愛される、河野康弘の傑作セカンド・アルバム。ファースト・アルバム『ピース』の録音から2年。ライヴ録音となる本作では、より焦点の定まった力強い自己表現がなされている。
recordstoreday.jp
小田切一巳 - 突撃神風特攻隊 | RECORD STORE DAY JAPAN
森山威男、古沢良治郎、植松孝夫などのグループで活動したテナー／ソプラノ・サックス奏者、1980年にわずか31歳で他界した小田切一巳が残した唯一のリーダー・アルバムである。凄まじいスピード感と鋭角なトーンを持って放たれるフレーズは、聴く者をえぐり、圧倒する。
recordstoreday.jp
bornard
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saw this as well...Aketa's Disk is an interesting one. The few originals I have (picked up many years ago) are not great sounding records by any metric, the music is variable across, I think its become one of those 'collectors' labels due to rarity...not the biggest fan of Aketagawa-sans playing, but Roma in the Rain is interesting to me - very curious about sourcing and generally about mastering as many of the Octive Lab vinyls of late have been very disappointing sounding.
would love to hear more from anyone who is more of a student of the label/sessions than I...
would love to hear more from anyone who is more of a student of the label/sessions than I...
Both of these imo are worth buyingBelgian label will reissue two Japanese free-jazz record :
First is Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai - Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai and it's its first reissue on vinyl since 1975 :
Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai - Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai LP
Ferocious JP / US free jazz bomb. A rare meeting between the NYC free jazz scene and the Japanese free music scene. Old-style Gatefold LP, with rare photographs & liner notes by Alan Cummings.Following hot on the heels of the first, mid-sixties generation of Japanese free jazz players like Kaoru...
Second is Takayanagi Masayuki New Direction for the Art - La Grima and it's its first release on vinyl :
Takayanagi Masayuki New Direction for the Art - La Grima LP
Famed free jazz concert registration of an early New Direction for the Art performance. Recorded in 1971. Old-style Gatefold LP, with rare photographs & extensive liner notes by Alan Cummings.The performance by Takayanagi Masayuki New Direction for the Art at the Gen’yasai festival on August 14...
I pre-ordered the first and I would be surprise if @Mr Moore do not have these records pre-ordered.
Some may know Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai due to Thurston Moore’s top ten underground free jazz list from years ago.
Portland Sheriff
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I didn’t see any posts about this 180g/Wajazz “Wamono” release. I just ordered it. I think it’s in the same series as Wamono Vols. 1-3 even though it’s not given a volume number. As the title indicates, the music features the shakuhachi and koto. Sounds great to me, and reviews of the vinyl on Discogs are promising.
www.discogs.com
Kiyoshi Yamaya, Toshiko Yonekawa, Kifu Mitsuhashi - Wamono Groove (Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk '76)
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2022 Vinyl release of "Wamono Groove (Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk '76)" on Discogs.
www.discogs.com
Portland Sheriff
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I picked up the Takeru Muraoka record based on this and previous posts about it. I think I got the last copy being sold by HMV. It helped that the exchange rate v. USD has become very favorable, so price was manageable.
I agree that it is superb, both the music and packaging, and I very highly recommend it despite the high price. Vinyl is silent, and sound quality is generally excellent, although I agree w/ a comment above that the low end could be more pronounced.
I don’t have Kikuchi Masubumi “End for the Beginning,” but it is being reissued on CD in June (as is Takeru, I think), at a much lower price, and I’ve preordered that from HMV bundled w/ a few of the forthcoming TBM titles.
I didn’t see any posts about this 180g/Wajazz “Wamono” release. I just ordered it. I think it’s in the same series as Wamono Vols. 1-3 even though it’s not given a volume number. As the title indicates, the music features the shakuhachi and koto. Sounds great to me, and reviews of the vinyl on Discogs are promising.
Kiyoshi Yamaya, Toshiko Yonekawa, Kifu Mitsuhashi - Wamono Groove (Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk '76)
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2022 Vinyl release of "Wamono Groove (Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk '76)" on Discogs.
I have Balades Sonores' exclusive edition pre-ordered and have to pick-up the record at their shop. I actually thought I had shares the info here but maybe not. It's indeed released by the same label who did Wamono Vols. 1-3 except this time master Yusuke Ogawa participated on this volume. FYI he is the one behind Project Re:Vinyl and Deep Jazz Reality series as well as Universounds shop. Not exactly a beginner
You can't go wrong with Superfly reissues. I have all of them and all sound beautiful on top of a great packaging. Their shop in Paris is a must visit if you ever come to visit France.
Speedracer
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This gem seems to have been repressed.
Jiro Inagaki and Soul Media - Funky Stuff LP
We love this LP and jumped at the chance to stock it for you! This is a stone cold classic and there is a good reason it disappears every time it is repressed! Grab this legendary LP that is part of the Deep Jazz Reality/Project Re:Vinyl collection. This album is incredible, truly well-named —...
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