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Release: 1989 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Stridulum Milky Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Sacred Bones)

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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It was winter break at university in Madison, Wisconsin. There was a snowstorm that covered the city with a still white haze. Not a single person in the streets. I was sitting on my bed with a cheap keyboard and a computer, screaming into the void. I barely remember writing the songs. It was a chaotic point in my life. I had no time to think about process or intent. It was a purge. I do remember taking a break from recording, bundling up, and walking through the barren streets while listening to the demos I'd made. The world, at once, felt clear. These songs were a huge leap of faith back then. It was my first time singing without layers of distortion, echo, and reverb. It was the first time I peeled back the layers to find out what was at the core. I'm still on that path today, seeing how far I can push myself into unknown places, whether through clarification or destruction. It's like Stridulum's still here with me, underneath it all." -Nika Roza Danilova

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Poor Animal / I Can't Stand

7" | 2010 | DE | Original (Souterrain Transmissions)

Release: 2010 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Limited edition, hand numbered Tiny wear.

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Okovi 15th Anniversary Edition

LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Sacred Bones)

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Since Nika Roza Danilova has been recording music as Zola Jesus she's been on Sacred Bones Records for most of that time, and Okovi marked her reunion with the label. Fittingly, the 11 electronics-driven songs on Okovi share musical DNA with her early work on Sacred Bones. The music was written in pure catharsis, and as a result, the sonics are heavy, dark, and exploratory. With Okovi, Zola Jesus has crafted a profound meditation on loss and reconciliation that stands tall alongside the major works of its genre. The album peaks of tragedy with great wisdom and clarity. Its songs plumb dark depths, but they reflect light as well.

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Arkhon Ecomix Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Sacred Bones)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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There is a way a voice can cut through the fascia of reality, cleaving through habit into the raw nerve of experience. Nika Roza Danilova, the singer, songwriter, and producer who since 2009 has released music as Zola Jesus, wields a voice that does that. When you hear it, it is like you are being summoned to a place that's already wrapped inside you but obscured from conscious experience. This place has been buried because it tends to hold pain, but it's also a gift, because once it's opened, once you're inside of it, it can show you the truth. Zola Jesus's new album, Arkhon, finds new ways of loosing this submerged, stalled pain. On previous albums, Danilova had largely played the role of auteur, meticulously crafting every aspect of Zola Jesus's sound and look. This time, she realized that her habitual need for control was sealing her out of her art. Arkhon sees Zola Jesus's first collaboration with producer Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, Mandy soundtrack, Candyman soundtrack) and with drummer and percussionist Matt Chamberlain, whose prior work appears on albums by Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie. Arkhon runs the spectrum from songs whose weight lies in their bare simplicity, like "Desire," an elegiac piano composition about the end of a relationship that was recorded acoustically in a single take, to towering, groove-oriented tracks like "The Fall" and the tight, interlocking percussion and samples of a Slovenian folk choir in "Lost," which propel narratives of collective despair and mutual comfort in kind. Through these turns, Arkhon reveals itself as an album whose power derives from abandon. Both its turmoils and its pleasures take root in the body, letting individual consciousness dissolve into the thick of the beat. Despite the darkness curled inside reality, there is power, too, in surrendering to what can't be pinned down, to the wild unfurling of the world in all its unforeseeable motion. That letting go is the crux of Arkhon, which marks a new way of moving and making for Zola Jesus.

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Arkhon Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Sacred Bones)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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This colorway is only available in Germany.

There is a way a voice can cut through the fascia of reality, cleaving through habit into the raw nerve of experience. Nika Roza Danilova, the singer, songwriter, and producer who since 2009 has released music as Zola Jesus, wields a voice that does that. When you hear it, it is like you are being summoned to a place that's already wrapped inside you but obscured from conscious experience. This place has been buried because it tends to hold pain, but it's also a gift, because once it's opened, once you're inside of it, it can show you the truth. Zola Jesus's new album, Arkhon, finds new ways of loosing this submerged, stalled pain. On previous albums, Danilova had largely played the role of auteur, meticulously crafting every aspect of Zola Jesus's sound and look. This time, she realized that her habitual need for control was sealing her out of her art. Arkhon sees Zola Jesus's first collaboration with producer Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, Mandy soundtrack, Candyman soundtrack) and with drummer and percussionist Matt Chamberlain, whose prior work appears on albums by Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie. Arkhon runs the spectrum from songs whose weight lies in their bare simplicity, like "Desire," an elegiac piano composition about the end of a relationship that was recorded acoustically in a single take, to towering, groove-oriented tracks like "The Fall" and the tight, interlocking percussion and samples of a Slovenian folk choir in "Lost," which propel narratives of collective despair and mutual comfort in kind. Through these turns, Arkhon reveals itself as an album whose power derives from abandon. Both its turmoils and its pleasures take root in the body, letting individual consciousness dissolve into the thick of the beat. Despite the darkness curled inside reality, there is power, too, in surrendering to what can't be pinned down, to the wild unfurling of the world in all its unforeseeable motion. That letting go is the crux of Arkhon, which marks a new way of moving and making for Zola Jesus.

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Arkhon Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Sacred Bones)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2022 | DE | Original (Sacred Bones)

Arkhon

22,99 €*

Release: 2022 / DE – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Coke Bottle Clear vinyl. tiny wear. Still sealed with hype sticker.

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LP | 2022 | DE | Original (Sacred Bones)

Arkhon

LP | 1980 | TR | Reissue (Universa Music Group)

Release: 2022 / DE – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edition. Inner sleeve with seam damage.

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Zerrin Özer

Seni Seviyorum

When It Falls 20th Anniversary Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1980 / TR – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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2019 Re-mastered – 140g black vinyl with 4 pages liner notes It was originally released in 1980 during the disco and funk period of Turkiye. The cover photo may delude you about the music style of the album. Zerrin Ozer looks like Janis Joplin. However, she is the queen of Turkish disco, soul and funk. What a powerful voice which vibes when she is singing. Listen to it and enjoy.

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Zero 7

2LP | 2004 | EU | Reissue (New State Music)

31,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (3eme Bureau / Wagram)

Release: 2004 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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This special run of Colored Vinyl (transparent orange (a/b side) & green (c/d side) celebrates the albums 20th anniversary. It uses the original artwork but now pressed on heavyweight colour 180g vinyl. Cutting is by engineer Kevin Metcalfe using his original cutting notes.

When It Falls is a timelessly classic album from a seminal electronic band and the essential soundtrack to any laidback chilling.

Zero 7 were formed in 1997 by producers Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. In 2001 their debut album Simple Things was released selling over a million copies to date and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. They released their second album When It Falls in 2004. When it was originally released, When It Falls was a UK Top 10 album, peaking at no.4 in the UK album charts and spent 24 weeks in total in the charts. It has sold over a quarter of a million copies. Stateside the album entered the Billboard Dance/Electronic chart at #3 and stayed in the Top 20 of that chart for almost thirteen months.

Singles taken from the original album include Home featuring Tina Dico, and Warm Sounds featuring Mozez. Sia and Sophie Barker also feature on the album, with tracks such as Somersault (a UK Top 100 single), In Time and Speed Dial No. 2.

This special run of Colored Vinyl (transparent orange (a/b side) & green (c/d side) celebrates the albums 20th anniversary. It uses the original artwork but now pressed on heavyweight colour 180g vinyl. Cutting is by engineer Kevin Metcalfe using his original cutting notes.

When It Falls is a timelessly classic album from a seminal electronic band and the essential soundtrack to any laidback chilling.

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Zaoui

Pulsations

Chrysalis Transparent Blue And Green Galaxy Marble Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Zaoui is the former leader of Therapie Taxi (over 500,000 albums sold, over 900m streams...). Today he unveils his first solo album, on which he worked for three years, after a first EP released in June 2022. The album features feelgood tracks, sunny pop and raw songs. He can sing deliciously provocative lyrics as well as words of abysmal depth. Zaoui is a human, and like all humans, he is multiple. He is Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, lightness and turmoil: at once a brat and a caring father. This is a modern album by a man who has torn off all his masks. And taken a lot of risks. A furiously lively record.

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Zanias

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Fleisch)

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Chrysalis Transparent Blue And Black Galaxy Marble Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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140g transparent blue and green galaxy marble vinyl housed in a matte 3mm cardboard sleeve with lyrics insert featuring photography and artwork by Hidrico Rubens. Limited to 300 copies. The creation of ‘Chrysalis’ was a retreat from a seemingly endless string of unfortunate events, a cocoon from which Zanias could weave hope from hopelessness. In each of its eight songs she has engineered unique worlds to express alternate facets of the modern human experience, from burnout and the toxicity of capitalism to processing death and the inherent isolation of personal trauma. Written and recorded between Berlin and the rainforest of Queensland, Australia, the sound design of ‘Chrysalis’ reflects the rich biodiversity of the latter environment, where she drew much of her inspiration. Her voice shifts and morphs into ghostly, alien forms between catchy hooks that plant this album firmly in the ‘pop’ genre, without losing the underground rawness and lyrical depth for which she is known. With her third full-length album, Zanias is expressing her truest form thus far, fusing her seemingly discordant influences into a genre-defying electronic artpop, as dark and evocative as it is ethereal and uplifting. Written and produced by Alison Lewis Bass guitar on ‘Lovelife’ by Laura Bailey Mixed by Ewan Kay Mastered by Alain Paul Photography and artwork by Hidrico Rubens Sigil by Nat Soba Design and layout by Alison Lewis Makeup by Eavan Derbyshire

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Zanias

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Fleisch)

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (River Run Films, Llc)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Zac Rae

Once Upon A River

21,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Fairy Night Feat. Sonia Rosa

Yuji Ohno

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Insense Music Works)

7" | 2021 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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City Funk remix of Yuji Ohno's mellow soul "Fairy Night feat. Sonia Rosa", the ending theme for the anime "Lupin the Third Part Iii" (1984), sung by Sonia Rosa!

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Yuga

June

Heavy Heavy Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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A soul-stirring female singer Yuga. her most popularsongs from the latest mini album featuring the theme song of a movie "A long Goodbye" will be released as a 7inch single! The finest city soul number "June", and B-side "sharon" which mixed contemporary R&B sound to her unique voice so comfortably.

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Young Fathers

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Ninja Tune)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Heavy Heavy Black Vinyl Edition

Young Fathers

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Ninja Tune)

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Fire)

Yosa Peit

Gut Buster

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Stand For Myself (Prod. By Dan Auerbach)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Classic Black Vinyl, Gloss Laminated Sleeve, Printed inner “Gut” sleeve DL card.

On Gut Buster, Yosa Peit spawns fleshy sonic escapades, a swarm of vigorously processed vocals and soulful bass, set to a backdrop of visceral percussive structures. Full of roguish curiosity, the record is cast with an air of lo-fi experimentation, but with a platinum glint of pop sensibility. Peit’s second album grapples with the destructive force of modern consumption, Gut Buster is an anti-capitalist battle cry that syntheses intimacy and hostility; a surrealist-punk affirmation and a testament to Peit’s singular vision and unique approach.

The free-ranging sound of Yosa Peit recalls the intense arrangements of a cyber-era Prince with the surrealist tones of Arthur Russell and early Björk. At the album’s core, “World Eaters” unleashes scorching guitars in search of humankind’s end, “I was born on a planet, I got hungry and I ate it.”

Even in the face of planetary doom and personal obstacles, Yosa evokes our propensity for mischief, humor and pleasure. “bb moon” processes sound solely from her bass into wicked oblivion. “call ME,” a song about friendship, chews up it’s anthemic melody into a gnarled strut worthy of an A$ap Rocky production, while “had3s” urges us to find balance, nodding to the mystical fuzz of Prince. Yosa’s work has been called “personal, punk, poignant, deep” yet her genre-defying production, as textured as it is catchy, escapes definition.

Gut Buster takes that collective playground for creation to planetary reaches, congregating friends from Berlin, Cologne, and New York’s fuzzy musical underbelly: Employee, Funkycan, Gerry Franke, Glenn Astro, Nauker, Paingel, Tbz, and UCC Harlo. The record was mixed by Brainfeeder affiliate Benjamin Vukelic in Portland and Jan Brauer in Berlin.

“Glitchy yet supple, the broken beats and warped abstractions are wholly unpredictable yet deliciously odd, like an esoteric mashup of Bjork, Aphex and Laurie Anderson” Electronic Sound

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Yola

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Easy Eye Sound)

23,99 €*

Yale Bowl '71 Record Store Day 2024 Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Stand for Myself is the anthemic new album from Yola. Produced by Dan Auerbach, the record is a timeless masterpiece marking an idiosyncratic sonic shift, which will defy all expectation. A sophisticated and diverse sonic mix of symphonic soul and classic pop, tracing an expansive musical thread to Yola’s most eclectic musical inspirations. Yola’s inimitable vocals share nuanced stories of allyship, black feminine strength through vulnerability, collective awakening and loving connection from the sexual to the social. Yola declares that it is only when we stand for ourselves, and acknowledge our complexity, that we can be truly alive. For Yola, living is more than merely surviving.

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Yes

LP | 2024 | Original (Rhino (Pure))

26,24 €* 34,99 € -25%

Live At Knoxville Civic Auditorium Record Store Day 2023 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Quantity: 4500
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

Previously unreleased in full performance of Yes from The Yes Album tour in 1971. Recorded at Yale Bowl in New Haven, CT on July 24, 1971, this limited edition 1LP features raw performances of classic tracks "I've Seeen All Good People", "Yours is No Disgrace" and more.

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Yes

3LP | 2023 | Reissue (Rhino Atlantic)

71,99 €*

Flag Limited Reissue 2022

Release: 2023 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Limited 3 x 140g 12" Black vinyl album. RSD 2023. The landmark concert from the 21 LP ‘Progeny’ Box showcases YES with their classic lineup at their peak right after the release of Close To The Edge.

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Yello

LP+12" | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Polydor / Island)

42,99 €*

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1985 | EU | Original (Total Experience)

Yarbrough & Peoples

Guilty

3,99 €*

Release: 1985 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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LP | JP | Original (Newfolk / Lawson Entertainment Co., Ltd.)

Yanushi

Ishino Youna Jiyu

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Road Trip / Lawson Entertainment, Inc.)

Release: JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Three songwriters have woven extraordinary melodies, energetic performances, rich arrangements that can be flexible and flexible, and earnest songs that shake the folds of the heart by Aiko, Shigeru Kishida (Kururi), and Masamune Kusano (Spitz). Yanushi is a four-member rock band that has received praise from many artists such as Yanushi.

The long-awaited LP release of the 3rd full album “Ishino Youna Jiyu”, which was released about two years after the previous album “doom”! A number of gentle yet powerful songs that take the beloved rock and pop music inherited from the 60's head on and complete them with new interpretations and grammar, as well as songs by old friend engineer Akihiro Iizuka and drum technician Takeda (ex. volleyboys) ), and the thorough sound makeup that has been applied to it is a magnificent masterpiece that further strengthens its evergreen charm.

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Yahho

Yahho No Tanoshimikata

With A Hammer Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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"Limited to 300 copies. Okayama's 8-bit hardcore punk band Yahho has released their 1LP, 45rpm, 39-track ""Yahho no Tanoshimikata"" on analog!

Okayama's Yahho, who has played numerous legendary live shows at the All Senses Festival hosted by Juusangetsu/GEZAN, Meteo Night hosted by Less Than TV, and more, will release their first album "" Yahho no Tanoshimikata "" (4-disc set: 3 CDs + 1 DVD)in August 2023. Despite not being distributed nationwide, they sold hundreds of copies through their own live merchandise and their own online shop. And one year after the release, "" Yahho no Tanoshimikata "" is finally being released on analog for nationwide distribution! The vinyl version also includes two new songs not yet released on CD! Limited to 300 copies pressed, so hurry up! ----------------------------------------------------------- We have received comments from everyone regarding the release of the vinyl version of YAHHO's "" Yahho no Tanoshimikata ""! ----------------------------------------------------------- (Yahho) That's why it's fun, and that's why it's lonely. (Together with someone) That's why it's fun, and that's why it's lonely.

Asano (wetnap, GAME&chips) ----------------------------------------------------------- My image of Yahho is him stumbling around on his own over 8-bit sounds, and he's also a friend who often invites me out. He recently performed overseas. I think he's an artist who doesn't fit into a box. It's great to archive his work! He makes me feel free. Yahho of the World

Moto Kawabe ----------------------------------------------------------- The first album by Yahho, the greatest punk rocker born at Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, has finally been released on vinyl. Yahho is here to rewrite and update the view of Japanese punk history!

Kawakami Konosuke (Author of ""Punk no Keifugaku"") ----------------------------------------------------------- On ""How to Enjoy Yahho"" Hey, Yahho! Isn't this first album packed with the romanticism of Yahho, music, and love for friends? While laughing, I read the lyrics and it hits me hard, and there are various gradations of blue. Seriously, no matter what mood I'm in, Yahho always responds with the best Yahho at that time. He'll be stupid with me and get depressed with me. Yahho's Yahho is bottomless! Infinite! Look, just saying Yahho makes me feel like I'm floating. Then I hear Yahho! from far away. After that, I can jump really high. It's a dream to have this sound source become a record! Come a little closer, Yahho! Please keep shouting and letting us hear it to each other. I love you forever!

THE Guays Captain Ryosuke ----------------------------------------------------------- He may look ordinary, but he's a weirdo. I love Shintaro's way of life.

Goto(MASTERPEACE) ----------------------------------------------------------- Yahho Analog Record Release! I was asked to comment, but when I hear Yahho, it's just a nightmare.

Contrary to Hamai's appearance, Yahho's charm is its over-the-top performance and sound, but when they visited Miyazaki Prefecture on a live tour, this caused a disaster, and they were banned from both the live house they performed at and the bar where they had their after-party. Rumors about their performance and sound spread to the Chamber of Commerce, and they were banned from all live houses and bars in Miyazaki Prefecture, and on top of that, all the bands they played with that night were also banned, which was a nightmare-like bonus. The rumor spread like wildfire among the prefecture's residents, and if a hiker shouts ""Yahho"" at the top of a mountain, they are looked at with disdain and spat on, and they can't stand it anymore and rush down the mountain... It has developed into a situation like this.

Yahho, congratulations on the release of the analog record!

Hiroaki Sakai ----------------------------------------------------------- 「Don't Forget Youth Memories,Forever.」

Boredom is the reason why I'm constantly irritated. Boredom is also the reason why I'm constantly spacing out.

Of course, boredom is also the reason why any mathematical formula, no matter how important, slips in one ear and out the other. That winter when I was 16 years old. I wanted something to destroy the saturated negative emotions. And I found it. It was undoubtedly the music of ""Yahho"".

Loud 8-bit sound and booming guitar. Screaming vocals writhing on the rough waves of that sound. In ""Extra Yahho"", the 8-bit sound is transformed into a hardcore band sound, with blast beats and screaming vocals exploding. What follows are unique raps and acoustic pop masterpieces. A fast-paced legend of 47 songs and 40 minutes. (*These comments are based on the CD version. The LP version contains 39 songs.) From the day I pressed the play button on my player, ""Yahho"" music became a part of my life.

When I listen to ""Yahho"" music, I feel the urge to scream. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way. ""Ya-ho"" shouts out the boredom and frustration we've been holding inside, using it as a springboard. The poetic, yet endlessly straightforward lyrics really bring that home.

I pack all my boredom and endlessly overflowing frustration into a backpack and start running. I don't need to decide where to go. Just look ahead. This album gives me the push I need. I hate it. No, I'm totally against it. It's okay if you're bad at it, just keep going. I'm convinced that becoming an adult isn't that hard. "" Yahho no Tanoshimikata"" taught me everything.

It was a winter when I was 16, not sure if I was an adult or a child. Alone in my messy room, I pumped my fist into the air and said, ""I hope this album will help me become an adult.""

Shokudou (door TO Door) ----------------------------------------------------------- Hitting your forehead on the strap. Earphones and sighs leaking out as the train moves slowly. The music that plays when you take that first step to transfer from one crowded train to the next.

Nishioka (Peoples) ----------------------------------------------------------- How to enjoy Yahho I said out loud, ""This is the ultimate Famicom hardcore punk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!""＼(^o^)／ I love how the song ends so quickly＼(^o^)／ I love how it's gentle and tenacious＼(^o^)／ More than anything, I love how it's fun＼(^o^)／ In the end, I was lucky to be able to listen to a variety of music＼(^o^)／

Nozawa Dive Kinshi (Niji no Tasogare) ----------------------------------------------------------- For the vinyl release of Yahho's ""How to Enjoy Yahho"", I asked people around Yahho who are close to me and have always looked after me for comments, and they all replied promptly and readily agreed, which really made me realize how charming Yahho is and how charismatic he is as an artist. *From the beginning, Yahho said he felt bad about asking for comments from everyone, so I took the initiative and did it on my own.

It wasn't easy to get to the point where we decided to release it, but I was driven by a mysterious sense of mission that even Yahho himself probably didn't want, that made me reach this project. Yahho released a CD last year and sold hundreds of copies individually without national distribution, so I took a selfish action that even he didn't want at all, in order to put him in a more interesting situation. Yahho has already established a solid position in the underground, but we approached Yahho with the idea of releasing this album with the sole desire that more people listen to their music, that they come to their live shows and get excited and laugh, and that we want them to become a part of everyone's lives.

This is a wonderful album that you should listen to and experience for yourself if something isn't going right every day and you're struggling and wondering if things are okay. Once you've listened to it, all that's left to do is gather in the mosh pit at the live venue.

Thank you Yahho!

Hiracchi (manga Shock) ----------------------------------------------------------- I think if you listen to this album on vinyl you'll want to run out the door as fast as you can. Awesome!! Mikuru (ANORAK!) ----------------------------------------------------------- To Hamai Congratulations on the release! The three of us used to go to coffee shops together Do you remember? Don't you remember? I hope we can go again someday

Y.I.M. Omiru Asu chan ----------------------------------------------------------- That packs a punch!

Watson (Dotsuitarunen) -----------------------------------------------------------"

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Yaeji

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (XL)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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With A Hammer Black Vinyl Edition

Yaeji

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (XL)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (XL)

Yaeji

What We Draw Mixtape

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Anti)

Xenia Rubinos

Una Rosa

21,24 €* 24,99 € -15%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1983 | DE | Original (Polydor)

X-Ray Connection

Replay

4,99 €*

Release: 1983 / DE – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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LP | 1985 | US | Original (Elektra)

Womack & Womack

Radio M.U.S.C. Man

6,99 €*

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1985 | US | Original (Elektra)

Womack & Womack

Radio M.U.S.C. Man

8,99 €*

LP | 1985 | US | Original (Elektra)

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Womack & Womack

Radio M.U.S.C. Man

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Willy Jouhsen Und Die Original Eschweiler Fanfaren-Trompeter

Fanfaren Hitparade

LP | 1974 | DE | Original (EMI Electrola)

Release: 1974 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Be Thankful For What You Got 50th Anniversary

William DeVaughn

LP | 1974 | Reissue (Demon)

31,99 €*

Release: 1974 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Warner Music International)

Wilhelmine

Meere

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Whitney Houston SuperVinyl 180g 33rpm LP Edition

LP | 1985 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

73,99 €*

Release: 1985 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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SOURCED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND LIMITED TO 4,000 NUMBERED COPIES:

MOBILE FIDELITY'S 180G SUPERVINYL LP PRESENTS 1985 BLOCKBUSTER IN AUDIOPHILE SOUND, PLAYS WITH EXCEPTIONAL CLARITY
PCM digital master to analogue console to lathe

Whitney Houston’s self-titled debut album has few parallels. Viewed solely through the lens of sales numbers, Whitney Houston is a watershed statement on par with the most commercially successful and culturally dominant LPs ever released. Having sold more than 14 million copies in the U.S. and upwards of 25 million units worldwide, the 1985 LP became the equivalent of the television show or blockbuster film that everyone collectively experiences and discusses. Nearly four decades later, it’s lost none of its appeal or magnetism — and its artistic significance and historical import have only grown.

Sourced from the original master tapes, pressed at RTI on MoFi SuperVinyl, and strictly limited to 4,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's 180g SuperVinyl LP of Whitney Houston presents the breakthrough in audiophile sound for the first time. The signature traits Houston exhibits on every song — her three-octave range, radiant warmth, personal conviction, impossibly controlled register — come across with exceptional clarity, focus, and presence. Free of artificial ceilings and constricted dynamics, this reissue plays with an openness, airiness, and balance that put the singer’s once-in-a-lifetime instrument and immortal artistry into proper perspective.

It does the same for the songs’ cascading melodies and captivating arrangements. Individually produced by one of four renowned industry veterans — Kashif, Micheal Masser, Jermaine Jackson, and Narada Michael Walden — each composition feels grander, closer, more genuine. A vocal spectacular, Whitney Houston benefits from the high-end characteristics of SuperVinyl, which include a nearly inaudible noise floor, superb groove definition, and dead-quiet surfaces. This is how an album that changed the direction of popular music — opening previously inaccessible doors for Black artists; bringing smooth-singing vocalists back into the mainstream; kickstarting a movement that soon included several “divas” who would command the charts through the early 21st century — should look and sound.

Though Houston’s seemingly effortless performances suggest otherwise, creating the record Rolling Stone ranks as the 257th Greatest Album of All Time wasn’t easy. Nearly 18 months were required to identify songs suitable for a still-unknown singer who did not fit into the conventional frameworks of the mid ‘80s. Confident, powerful, and prodigiously talented, Houston would forge her own parameters with Whitney Houston. In the process, she obliterated the stubborn lines between R&B and pop, Black and white radio. She dared to reimagine who could be a superstar and then went out and defined the role. Recorded for nearly $400,000 and released on Valentine’s Day, the LP exceeded the wildest expectations of those most closely associated with it — save for Houston and her family.

Having made her first public appearance at the age of 11 singing at a Baptist church, Houston understood pressure and knew her way around, inside, and through a song. The invaluable guidance and support she received from her mother, Cissy, an accomplished gospel vocalist who backed Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley, are on display throughout Whitney Houston. They arrive in the types of authoritativeness, discipline, and diction rare for even most seasoned veterans — and unheard-of for a 21-year-old newcomer. Houston brings a soulful elegance, understated glamour, and in-the-moment rapture to every note. Moving up, down, or staying in the middle of the vocal ladder; channelling softness or sweetness; showing restraint or increasing the volume, she is a marvel of emotionalism, a dynamo who can seamlessly transition from one mood to another within a verse.

Though the 10-track LP largely concerns itself with the ballad tradition, Houston covers the bases, getting into an R&B groove on the fleet “Thinking About You,” turning up the heat on the duet “Take Good Care of My Heart,” and investing the contagious dance-pop confection “How Will I Know” with all the anxiety, hope, energy, and enthusiasm its lyrics demand. Featuring her mom on background vocals and Houston’s pitch-perfect tone, uncanny precision, and skyscraper highs (no AutoTune here, friends), the synth-based anthem propelled Whitney Houston into the stratosphere, the vocalist into regular MTV rotation, and the term “crossover” into popular parlance. The double-platinum single reached No. 1 on the Hot 100, Hot R&B, and Adult Contemporary charts — a trifecta that foreshadowed accomplishments that would ultimately crown Houston as the most-awarded female artist of all time.

Whitney Houston became the first album by a Black female performer to top the Billboard charts. It remained there for 14 non-consecutive weeks en route to claiming the title of the best-selling LP of 1986. It stands as the first debut and first album by a solo female artist to spawn three No. Hits, as well as the first album by a Black female artist to top the year-end charts in Australia and Canada. These are just a handful of the accolades — along with four Grammy nominations — that surround a set that also contains the unforgettable ballad “Saving All My Love,” string-accompanied “Greatest Love of All,” and sensual “You Give Good Love.”

As TIME observed in an article written two years after the album took the world by storm: “This is infectious, can't-sit-down music, and her performance dares the listener not to smile right back.” We’re still smiling.

SACD

Sourced from the original master tapes and strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's hybrid SACD of Whitney Houston presents the breakthrough in audiophile sound for the first time. The signature traits Houston exhibits on every song — her three-octave range, radiant warmth, personal conviction, impossibly controlled register — come across with exceptional clarity, focus, and presence. Free of artificial ceilings and constricted dynamics, this reissue plays with an openness, airiness, and balance that put the singer’s once-in-a-lifetime instrument and immortal artistry into proper perspective.

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31,99 €*

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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LP | 1985 | JP | Original (Arista)

Release: 1985 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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22,99 €*

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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17,99 €*

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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LP | 1985 | US | Reissue (Arista)

Release: 1985 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Release: 1985 / US – Original

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LP | 1987 | JP | Original (Arista)

Whitney

Release: 1987 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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LP | 1990 | DE | Original (Arista)

I'm Your Baby Tonight

Release: 1990 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Last Christmas Zoetrope Vinyl Edition

Wham!

12" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

Last Christmas Snowflake White Vinyl Edition

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop, Christmas

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Limited new edition of this classic single featuring an unreleased Live-Recording.
"Last Christmas" by Wham! is one of the most iconic Christmas pop songs, originally released on December 3, 1984. The song was written and produced by George Michael, one half of the British pop duo Wham!, alongside Andrew Ridgeley. Despite its massive popularity, "Last Christmas" was initially released as a double A-side with the song "Everything She Wants," and it surprisingly did not reach the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart, being kept at number two by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

"Last Christmas" has become one of the most played Christmas songs worldwide, and it is frequently covered by various artists. It consistently reappears on music charts during the holiday season.
The song remains one of the best-selling Christmas singles and has had a lasting cultural impact, often associated with holiday cheer and nostalgia despite its bittersweet lyrics.

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Wham!

12" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

23,99 €*

Last Christmas Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop, Christmas

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Wham!

12" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

Mit Pfefferminz Bin Ich Dein Prinz

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop, Christmas

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Westernhagen

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Secretly Canadian)

Wesley Joseph

Glow Clear Vinyl Edition

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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For polymath artist Wesley Joseph, writing a song is like shooting a film. He sees in terms of scenes and colors, lighting the proper mood, drawing the right emotional arc_far beyond just getting a catchy melody down on tape. Music and filmmaking are Joseph's two great loves. Film came first_he started making DIY videos at age 12 to entertain himself and his friends growing up in a small UK community_but when he moved to London to study it, the energy he discovered in the city demanded to be captured in song, resulting in his 2021 debut Ultramarine, a distinctly cinematic collection of avant-R&B and soulful future-pop shot through with moments of surprising aggression and an intriguingly complex postmillennial aura. Since collaborating with the likes of Jorja Smith and Loyle Carner, he returns with Glow, eight more songs of love, loss, anxiety, and joy about coming of age at a time of unprecedented change. Showcasing his range across songwriting, performing, and production_not to mention his flawless transitions between singing and rapping, between character studies and raw emotional honesty_it's a stunningly beautiful work that makes it clear Joseph's on the path to becoming a worldchanging talent. As on previous projects, Joseph is providing his own visual accompaniments for Glow, creative directing its artwork and directing its first video. "cold Summer" finds Joseph singing from a supervillain's perspective over woozy film-score strings, and the concept bleeds over into its video accompaniment, a cryptic post-post-Tarantino gangster comedy shot in Kazakhstan. It's usually hyperbole to call an artist as young and new as Joseph "visionary," but it's undeniable that he has a vision, one that transcends old ideas of genre and medium, one that seems to get bigger and richer every time he steps into a studio or behind a camera. Glow is one of the deepest and most satisfyingly cinematic listening experiences of the year_and Wesley Joseph is just getting started.

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Way Wave

Wavy Girl / Dance Party

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Sichtexot)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Blurring the lines between idol and classic soul groups of the 60s and 70s, Way Wave are two sisters Yuna and Anna on a mission to bring soul and funk into a new era. This latest single follows two full-length albums, and this latest single may just be their grandest production of Memphis-leaning dancefloor-hitting anthems yet. As they link vocal harmonies with insticts that only sisters could know, the full backing band featuring trumpet and saxophone blast the spirit of soul into the airwaves on lead single "wavy Girl". The B side" Dance Party" keeps the energy flowing with its funk guitar rhythms and smooth vocal deliveries.

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Wandl

Body Memory

Waldeck/Saint Privat/Goodman,Soul

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Pop

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Like some of his contemporary UK peers (looking at you, Tom Misch and Jordan Rakei), the 27-year-old Austrian producer-turned-singer Wandl is a rare example of an artist that’s able to combine the groove and emotionality of soul music with colorful electronic textures and the exciting and youthful feel of hip-hop. His third solo album »Body Memory« works as an empowering statement of clarity and immediacy. Being blunt, it could be described as Wandl’s »pop album«, even though that might do a disservice to his craft. Still, to this day there is no work in his catalogue that allows Lukas Wandl, the human, that much space for presentation.

Recordings for »Body Memory« started even before his last album »Womb« was released in 2020. For Wandl, the process of working on it mirrors the idea of opening himself back up to a community. It all started when he found himself in a place of brokenness, physically and mentally drained, having to cancel a planned tour because of this. To overcome the resulting state of depression and hopelessness, he instigated a process of tuning back in with his environment and the world at large. »Body Memory« is the result of this inner journey, exploring the fact that stress and emotional injuries are stored in our bodies and therefore can only be expressed and given form through our bodies.

For »Body Memory«, Wandl worked with some of his usual peers from the Austrian scene, such as Dorian Concept, The Clonious, Fid Mella or Lex Lugner, but also his new partner-in-crime, German beatsmith Torky Tork, that co-produced almost half of the record. To let their joint creative spirits flow, they traveled to Poland to build a foundation of tunes, while others were written and recorded in Vienna, Berlin, the Austrian countryside and even the basement of Wandl’s parents’ place in St Pölten, Lower Austria. No surprise that this album has turned out a deeply collaborative work, as almost every track contains contributions from multiple musicians. Not forgoing the playfulness and innovation of his past records, Wandl moves his emotional, fragile vocals to the very front of the mix for the first time. In moving past his comfort zone, he breaks free from learned stereotypes of taste, writing slightly more conventional, but still extremely authentic songs. Working to regain access to his true inner voice and intuition, Wandl has written an album of sheer physicality, but also immense emotional depth and beauty.

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Waldeck Presents 20 Years Dope Noir

5LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Dope Noir)

114,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Vulfnik Splatter Vinyl Edition

Vulfmon

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Vulf)

39,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Vulfnik Ivory Vinyl Edition

Vulfmon

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Vulf)

54,99 €*

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Vulfnik Black Vinyl Edition

Vulfmon

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Vulf)

39,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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LP | 2014 | EU | Reissue (Mannequin)

Void Vision

Sub Rosa

LP | 1978 | JP | Original (Casablanca)

Release: 2014 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Void Vision is a Philadelphia-based electronic project helmed by Shari Wallin. It began around 2009 at a time when a wave of synth-revivalists were materializing, but the quality of the songwriting and intense vocals set the band apart from the pack. In a rare instance, Void Vision has managed to combine vintage dance elements with melodic structures, haunting melancholy, and lyrics that have a palpable soul. The songs themselves are dynamic, referencing a cross-section of the last 30 years of electronic music, while simultaneously retaining a uniqueness all their own.

Wierd Records weekly club night in New York, which showcased a variety of talented electronic and coldwave artists, served as an incubator for Void Vision in it’s early stages. After a standout debut performance at the club, they immediately caught the attention of Blind Prophet Records, who consequently released their first 7″ single, ‘In 20 Years’, which received excellent reviews.

Vari has continued performing and recording steadily over the last few years, releasing songs on compilations for various labels, including Rough Trade, and in 2012 the song ‘Everything is Fine’ was selected for Artforum magazine’s ‘Best of 2012′ issue. In 2013, Void Vision toured the West Coast and later that year released a split 12″ with Portland-based band, Vice Device. The first official full-length album, entitled ‘Sub Rosa’ is set to debut on Berlin-based Mannequin Records, followed by a European tour in 2015.

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Village People

Macho Man

Release: 1978 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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LP | 1977 | GDR | Original (AMIGA)

Veronika Fischer & Band

7,99 €*

Release: 1977 / GDR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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LP | 1981 | JP | Original (Victor)

Veronica Unlimited

Veronica Sound Shower

14,99 €*

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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LP | 1986 | US | Original (Motown)

Vanity

Skin On Skin

6,99 €*

Release: 1986 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Accentuate The Positive Colored Vinyl Edition

Van Morrison

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Virgin Music Las)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2008 | EU | Reissue (XL)

Vampire Weekend

The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2008 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Back in print!

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Valerie June

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Concord / Fantasy)

23,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Valerie June announced her first new album in four years The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers, out March 12th, 2021 via Fantasy Records. Produced by Jack Splash (Kendrick Lamar, Alicia Keys, John Legend) and Valerie June, the new album is sweeping and ambitious with earthy R&B production and a touch of psychedelia amidst its astral folk-pop orchestration, the pair arrived at a sound that is elegant and endlessly surprising. At the center is June’s spellbinding vocals and infectious sense of wonder that finds the Brooklyn-via-Memphis artist narrating the often-precarious journey to joyful possibility.

The album’s first official single "Call Me A Fool,” is a marvelous preview of her upcoming LP, a delicious slice of Memphis soul that features Stax legend Carla Thomas on background vocals. Valerie

shared the song’s sensuous day-dreamy video today with joint support across BET, CMT and MTV, including a broadcast premiere via CMT, watch it: Here.

Valerie June on “Call Me A Fool”:

“Have you ever been a fool for a dream? It might have been a little dream like a kiss from a lover or a big one like the dream of peace that Dr. King, John Lennon, and so many others have had for humanity. No matter how big or how small your dream may be, keep believing, and let the world call you a fool!”

Working at Fresh Young Minds in L.A. and Hit Factory Criteria in Miami June found an ideal collaborator in Splash, who shares her tendency toward childlike adventuring in the artistic process. “For this album I wanted to see how we could bring some modern elements into that band-in-the-room approach I’ve taken with my records in the past,” says June. In bringing the album to life, the pair utilized reference points ranging from the Afrobeat of Fela Kuti to the grandiose string arrangements of Bowie producer Tony Visconti as the eclectic lineup of esteemed musicians absorbed themselves in free-flowing experimentation.

From the delicate whispered epiphany of “Fallin” and the sagebrush soul of “Two Roads” to

the joyful determination of “Smile” and the prayerful invocation of “Home Inside,” the shapeshifting textures of The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers prove infinitely mesmerizing.

Commenting on the new album, June says:

“With this record, it finally became clear why I have this dream of making music. It’s not for earthly reasons of wanting to be awarded or to win anybody’s love—it’s because dreaming keeps me inquisitive and keeps me on that path of learning what I have to share with the world. When we allow ourselves to dream like we did when we were kids, it ignites the light that we all have within us and helps us to have a sort of magic about the way we live.”

Late last year, Valerie released “Stay” / “Meditation” / “You and I,” a rhapsodic, three-song suite that Rolling Stone affirmed, "If early previews like [this] are any indication, June’s next record should be a career-making statement." In addition, Essence called the tracks "well worth the wait" and the New York Times named “You and I” one of the Best Songs Of 2020. Listen to them Here.

The follow-up to her 2013 breakthrough, Pushin’ Against A Stone, and the widely adored The Order of Time—a 2017 effort that earned the admiration of Bob Dylan and landed on best-of-the-year lists—The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers is a transportive, deeply affecting work - a potent catalyst for those foolish enough to dream.

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ZYX Italo Disco New Generation Volume 3

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ZYX)

17,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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What A Wonderful World With Original Love?

2LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Victor Entertainment Japan)

50,99 €*

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Takao Tajima’s style of musical expression = Original Love. Since debuting in 1991 with the single “deep French Kiss” (released on June 14, 1991), Original Love has continued to propose and update Japan’s good music standards with high tension, soulful rock, and alternative. To commemorate the 30th anniversary, the first official cover album “What a Wonderful World with Original Love?” A wonderful circle of music drawn by the rich connections between Original Love’s music and Takao Tajima’s artists, comrades, and artists who will be responsible for the next generation of Japan with whom I feel close. In this wonderful era, this album explores the new world of Original Love drawn by wonderful musicians with their love of music.

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Victor All Time Hit Series - The Best Of Hits Vol 3

7" | 1963 | JP | Original (Victor)

3,99 €*

Release: 1963 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop, Soundtracks

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12" | 1990 | US | Original (Ultimix)

Ultimix 36

7,64 €* 8,99 € -15%

Release: 1990 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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2x12" | 2013 | US | Original (Ultimix)

Ultimix 190

8,99 €* 14,99 € -40%

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Two Synths A Guitar (And) A Drum Machine - Soul Jazz Records #1 Post Punk Dance

CD | 2021 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Soul Jazz Records new ‘Two Synths, A Guitar (and) A Drum Machine’ is a new collection of current D-i-y post-punk bands shaped by the mutant sounds of no wave, punk funk and New York Noise bands from the late 70s and early 80s that collided with the world of underground dance music found at the Paradise Garage, Mudd Club in New York City (esg, Arthur Russell, Bush Tetras, Talking Heads, Suicide, Liquid Liquid).

Other influences cited here include Manchester and Sheffield’s industrial post-punk sounds of the 1980s (Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire, Gang of Four) as well as the 1970s German electronic experimentalism of Cluster, Neu!, Harmonia and Can.

Featured artists from around the globe include Los Angeles D-i-y band Automatic, New Fries from Toronto, artist/music collaborators Toresch from Germany, Susumu Makai from Japan/UK, Vex Ruffin from the Phillipines/California and Madmadmad, Gramme, Tom of England and other UK groups

That all the bands featured here manage to make distinctive contemporary music out of these 80s roots is testament to the wide range of other musics that are seamlessly absorbed into a modern melting pot of sound – hip-hop, the electronic European avant-garde, rave culture, and more.

Two Synths, A Guitar (and) A Drum Machine come as a heavyweight double vinyl housed in bespoke individual inner sleeves and the limited edition first pressing of this album comes with its own free pull-out fanzine on the groups featured.

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Tres Chic! More French Girl Singers Of The 1960s

LP | 2013 | UK | Original (Ace)

Release: 2013 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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180g Colored Vinyl! Hand-picked titles by Françoise Hardy, France Gall. Annie Philippe, Elsa, Violaine, Pussy Cat, Brigitte Bardot, Delphine and Liz Brady!

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Tour Du Monde De Fin D'Année

7" | 1971 | FR | Original (Les Disques ICEM-CEL)

4,99 €*

Release: 1971 / FR – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Top 2000-The 60's

35,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Radio 2 Top 2000 is the largest annual radio event in The Netherlands. The audience of Radio gets to vote for their favourite all-time songs. These (literally) millions of votes come together in the Top 2000, All these 2000 songs are broadcasted back to back from Christmas until a few minutes before New Years Eve, when they air the No.1 of the chart. Radio 2 Top 2000 - The 60’s contains the best hits from the century in which the music industry saw its biggest change. It were the years some of the biggest bands in the history of music rose to fame, like The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Who, and Fleetwood Mac. Rock, pop, funk, soul and psychedelia all stand side by side on this release, with artists like James Brown, Nina Simone, David Bowie, Etta James, Elvis Presley, and Dusty Springfield. These artists and many more you’ll find on this wonderful 2LP. The Top 2000 bridges the gaps between all musical generation from the Sixties to the present, making it the most eclectic chart out there, and keeping more that half of the country glued to their radio day and night for the whole week it’s broadcasted. And with a daily TV spin-off during its broadcast, it has reached an even bigger audience.

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LP | 2015 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

This Record Belongs To

49,99 €*

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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The Universe Of Buddha-Bar

4LP Box | 2022 | EU | Original (George V)

60,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Welcome to the enchanting Universe of Buddha-BarThis 4-CD box set offers a great selection of hypnotizing sounds, mostly unreleased captivating and exotic tracks.Crafted by the coolest Chill-Out & Organic House artists around the universe, this new selection will take you through the four galaxies of Mr. ID (Morocco), Milo Häfliger (Swiss), The Soul Brothers (Mexico) and Ravin (Buddha-Bar Paris resident DJ).Get ready for an interstellar odyssey, an escape through time and space, where reality fades into dreams, where music is the journey.Welcome to a new dimension, welcome to the Universe of Buddha-Bar

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LP | 1968 | US | Original (Atlantic)

The Super Hits Vol. 2

Release: 1968 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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LP | 2011 | US | Reissue (Minimal Wave)

The Hidden Tapes

29,99 €*

Release: 2011 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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A Compilation of Minimal Wave from Around the World ‘79-‘85. The Hidden Tapes features rare, unreleased, and licensed tracks from as far as Japan and the former Yugoslavia. Most of the bands on this compilation recorded on 4-track tape in their bedroom studios while two of them went further to collaborate by sending tapes through the mail. The sounds on this record range from raw proto-industrial to naive danceable Belgradian new wave, to filmic synthesizer music to more complex, vocal-driven melodic synthpop.

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Teen Expo: The Cleopatra Label

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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From a basement in New Jersey, Tommy Falcone remade himself into a DIY Phil Spector. From 1962 to 1970, he founded and ran Cleopatra Records, discovered and mentored young Garden State talent, wrote songs and produced wild studio effects, and quit his day job to promote it all himself. Trained as an accordionist, Falcone had a whirlwind imagination and an omnivorous approach to genre, expressed through acts like the Centuries, the Tabbys, Johnny Silvio, the Inmates, Bernadette Carroll, the Hallmarks, Vickie & the Van Dykes, the Shandillons, Eugene Viscione, the Shoestring, and more. Cleopatra became a time-capsule of every 1960s pop style imaginable—garage rock, psychedelia, surf, girl groups, soul, novelties, exotica, even a crooner—a kaleidoscope of sound in search of the ever-elusive hit record.

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LP | DE | Original (Bell)

Soul Party

5,99 €*

Release: DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG

Underrated Soul Compilation. Some cracks in lamination. The record has quite some scuffs, yet is closer to VG.

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Songs For Jacky Chan - The Miracle Fist

LP | 1982 | JP | Original (Columbia)

Release: 1982 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop, Soundtracks

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with OBI!

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Song Education 3

25,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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She's All Right With Me - Girl Group Sounds USA 1961-1968

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Ace)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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For those who prefer to own their music on vinyl, here is an eclectic and gorgeously packaged selection of American girl group artefacts from the 60s.

The album opens with ‘Whirlwind’ by producer Gary Paxton protégées the Rev-Lons, the trio’s final recording but also their best, and closes with ‘He’s All Right With Me’ by the Mirettes ( the Ikettes incognito). Other highlights include the Supremes-style ‘Cupid’s Got A Hold On Me’ by the Belles; the Sweethearts’ recording of ‘Beauty Is Just Skin Deep’, a song originally intended for the Ikettes; and ‘Summertime Is Surfin’ Time’ by the Surf Bunnies – three more terrific instances of the West Coast girl group sound. But not all the tracks here emanate from that part of the USA – viz ‘Mr Everything’ by New York-based Little Eva Harris and little-heard examples from the Pets, Tren-Teens and Lovettes, all from New Jersey.

Felice Taylor – here with her unissued-at-the-time ‘Sing Me A Love Song’ – graces the eye-popping jacket, which houses a colourful inner sleeve featuring a 3,000-word track commentary and an array of illustrations. Compilation and notes by Mick Patrick.

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Shanghai'd Soul: Episode 4 White With Purple Splatter Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Shanghai'd Soul: Episode 4 Seaglass Wave Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Revenge Of The Killer B's

LP | 1985 | US | Original (Warner)

13,99 €*

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Dekmantel)

Profondo Nero

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Profondo Nero compiled by Cinema Royale Profondo Nero narrates a storyline that goes beyond the borders of Italy’s musical legacy. Cutting across the face of Italo disco’s leftfield musicians between the early and late ‘80s, Profondo Nero champions a multi-faceted sound that nods to the blueprint of Italo disco but tries to dig deeper. The music is unmistakably Italo disco but moves away from the familiar classic sound. Amsterdam based collector Cinema Royale stitches together eleven tracks from 1983 – 1989, celebrating a sound he fittingly describes as ‘leftfield Italo’. The compilation connects the dots between soulful disco (Louise Freeman – Mirage), synth-pop (Mark – Dreamland), electro-rap (Loukas Thanos – Jazzburger), breaks (Santoro – Lover Message), 80s dub disco (Jet Set – Love Break), Balearic (Isamar & Compañia - No Estas), boogie (Tom Hooker – Talk With Your Body) and proto-house (International Music System - An English ’93). Profondo Nero’s title salutes the legendary oeuvre of Italian horror director Dario Argento. His Profondo Rosso (1975) is a classic example of exquisite cinematic storytelling, boasting courageous colors, expressionist camera angles and an unforgettable Goblin score forming the ingredients for an intriguing piece of art. Profondo Rosso’s music, created the spark for a new Dekmantel Records endeavor led by Amsterdam based experimental film score connoisseur, record collector and DJ Cinema Royale. For those in the know of underground Amsterdam music culture, Arne Visser aka Cinema Royale is among the city’s longest standing record collectors. Born to an Italian mother and Dutch father, Arne was brought up on a diet of Italo disco in the 80s. Cinema Royale explains: ‘For Profondo Nero I took a plunge into the lesser known fringes of Italo disco. From there I tried to connect, among others, San Francisco boogie, Balearic, Japanese late era Italo-electro and synth-pop funk. I hope you can hear what I had in mind: an infectious showcase of my take on traditional Italo disco that will hopefully get a lot of listeners itching for a spin. It’s fair to say that lately this particular sound has seen a reappraisal and renewed interest. As a party-starting collection for entry-level connoisseurs or suave but lazy types, I hope Profondo Nero can be an education. I’m not claiming I’m the first DJ or collector to do so, but I did try do present something special by digging deep.’ It wasn’t my goal to unearth the most obscure tracks, instead I wanted to compose a compilation that takes you on a journey. ‘In my opinion the best DJs create something extraordinary out of illogical selections by combining music against all odds and showing different kind of moods along the way. There’s a certain amount of arrogance involved: you take the music out of its original context. But by doing so in a very conscious way, you might be able to enhance the power of the individual records. Hopefully each song on Profondo Nero provides an intimate and memorable experience.’

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Dekmantel)

Profondo Nero

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Private Lessons - Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack

LP | 1981 | JP | Original (WEA)

14,99 €*

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop, Soundtracks

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

With OBI and insert.

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LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Warner)

Pride 2021

9,89 €* 21,99 € -55%

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Pop

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Pink vinyl,

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LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Cache Cache)

Plastic Dance Volume 1

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Having spent exactly ten years living off the small change and 45 adapters of each others pockets, Finders Keepers/Cache-Cache Records co-founders Andy Votel and Doug Shipton spread their wings and pool their DJ bags for a new series of sporadic various artists compilations focussing on the global punk and makeshift electro records that have kept their beer soaked dance floors and distorted sound systems moving in recent years. Meet the younger sarcastic sisters of some of the classic Finders Keepers family and their spotty friends then watch what happens when jazz punk underdogs cock their legs to their overqualified elder brothers.

Plastic Dance presents ten unacquainted and elusive slices of synthetic squat pop, angular funk, teapot kosmische and fraudulent disco from self-propelled imprints and global co-ops. Named after Günter Bernas obscure DIY anti-band this ongoing series combines rare, unknown and untravelled wax nuggets of night club punk, art school Zeuhl and quasi-political pop united by soldering irons, C-60s and sarcastic synth tones. Featuring a cross section of unobtainable unreleased unknown and unwanted reluctant punk and snide synth pop with sleeve-notes by respected DJ/Haç hack/Situationist addict John McCready and artwork by airbrush legend Terry Pastor (Ziggy Stardust/Soft Machine/Arthur C. Clarke) Plastic Dance becomes flexible under heat.

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CD | 2003 | IT | Original (Innersound Records)

Perfect Evolution

14,99 €*

Release: 2003 / IT – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Japanese edition with booklet.

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Pacific Breeze Volume 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 Pink Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

47,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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* The latest chapter in the acclaimed Pacific Breeze series! * Artwork by renowned illustrator Hiroshi Nagai * Compiled by Yosuke Kitazawa and Mark “Frosty” McNeill (dublab) * Newly remastered audio * 2xLP housed in a deluxe wide spine jacket with full color inner sleeves and custom die-cut OBI * Extensive artist bios by Yosuke Kitazawa * Digital mockups are not an exact representation of colors * Available in two vinyl variants: Pink or Black Vinyl

Light in the Attic’s Pacific Breeze series has supplied the world’s growing legions of Japanese music fans with an expertly curated selection of the most sought-after City Pop recordings—the mesmerizing and nebulous genre of Japanese bubble-era music of the ‘70s-’80s that encompasses AOR, R&B, jazz fusion, funk, boogie and disco. These familiar sounds are spun through the unique lens of optimistic, cosmopolitan fantasy colored by Japan’s affluence at the time. Much of the music has previously been nearly impossible to acquire outside of Japan and continues to captivate listeners with its unique blend of groove-laden escapism, even birthing wholly new genres such as Vaporwave.

Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 marks the latest chapter in the famed series and features holy grails plus under-the-radar rarities. The collection bursts at the seams to reveal some of the greatest Japanese tracks ever laid to tape, pushing towards the edge of City Pop to reveal glimmers of the next waves of styles to spring forth from the country’s creative minds. The appearance of Pizzicato Five hint at the emergence of Shibuya-kei while the influence of hip hop and electro as an emerging global trend are also evident here through the prevalence of heavier programmed drum beats on tracks such as “Heartbeat” by Miho Fujiwara.

This volume of Pacific Breeze, like its predecessors, is a female-forward offering with many tracks being voiced by women who would become household names in Japan as actresses and pop idols. Their songs here subvert the norm and brim with an innovative spirit that shatters gender roles in favor of sonic transcendence. Techno-pop classics from Susan, Miharu Koshi and Chiemi Manabe sit alongside sublime funk from Atsuko Nina and Naomi Akimoto while Teresa Noda slides into the mix with a sultry reggae jam. The genre span is stretched wider with hypnotic jazz fusion by Parachute and Hiroyuki Namba, a synthesizer fantasy from Osamu Shoji, and magnetic pop by Makoto Matsushita and Chu Kosaka.

Although not front and center, the visionary members of Yellow Magic Orchestra are still very present on Pacific Breeze 3, with Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi taking up producer and musician roles on many of these tracks. Pacific Breeze 3 serves up a captivating musical journey that adds an essential chapter to the iconic compilation series.

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Pacific Breeze Volume 3 Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 HHV Exclusive Tropical Love Trip Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Light In The Attic)

57,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Limited to 500 copies, worldwide, exclusively available at HHV. The latest chapter in the acclaimed Pacific Breeze series!

Artwork by renowned illustrator Hiroshi Nagai

Compiled by Yosuke Kitazawa and Mark “Frosty” McNeill (dublab)

Newly remastered audio

2xLP housed in a deluxe wide spine jacket with full color inner sleeves and custom die-cut OBI

Extensive artist bios by Yosuke Kitazawa

Digital mockups are not an exact representation of colors

Light in the Attic’s Pacific Breeze series has supplied the world’s growing legions of Japanese music fans with an expertly curated selection of the most sought-after City Pop recordings—the mesmerizing and nebulous genre of Japanese bubble-era music of the ‘70s-’80s that encompasses AOR, R&B, jazz fusion, funk, boogie and disco. These familiar sounds are spun through the unique lens of optimistic, cosmopolitan fantasy colored by Japan’s affluence at the time. Much of the music has previously been nearly impossible to acquire outside of Japan and continues to captivate listeners with its unique blend of groove-laden escapism, even birthing wholly new genres such as Vaporwave.

Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 marks the latest chapter in the famed series and features holy grails plus under-the-radar rarities. The collection bursts at the seams to reveal some of the greatest Japanese tracks ever laid to tape, pushing towards the edge of City Pop to reveal glimmers of the next waves of styles to spring forth from the country’s creative minds. The appearance of Pizzicato Five hint at the emergence of Shibuya-kei while the influence of hip hop and electro as an emerging global trend are also evident here through the prevalence of heavier programmed drum beats on tracks such as “Heartbeat” by Miho Fujiwara.

This volume of Pacific Breeze, like its predecessors, is a female-forward offering, with many tracks being voiced by women who would become household names in Japan as actresses and pop idols. Their songs here subvert the norm and brim with an innovative spirit that shatters gender roles in favor of sonic transcendence. Techno-pop classics from Susan, Miharu Koshi and Chiemi Manabe sit alongside sublime funk from Atsuko Nina and Naomi Akimoto, while Teresa Noda slides into the mix with a sultry reggae jam. The genre span is stretched wider with hypnotic jazz fusion by Parachute and Hiroyuki Namba, a synthesizer fantasy from Osamu Shoji, and magnetic pop by Makoto Matsushita and Chu Kosaka.

Although not front and center, the visionary members of Yellow Magic Orchestra are still very present on Pacific Breeze 3, with Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi taking up producer and musician roles on many of these tracks. Pacific Breeze 3 serves up a captivating musical journey that adds an essential chapter to the iconic compilation series.

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Pacific Breeze Volume 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1975-1987 Green Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

47,99 €*