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Thanks to the lovely reissue label We Want Sounds, we've got the first international release of this fun, funky, synthy, beautiful pop record by Akiko Yano. A range of emotions from start to end, perfect cover and even more perfect lineup of musicians on this!
Label: Wewantsounds – WWSLP18 |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
Country: Europe |
Released: 31 May 2019 |
Genre: Folk, World, & Country |
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Akiko Yano
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Tadaima
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Wewantsounds
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Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
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UK
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Original: 1981 | This reissue: Nov 2018
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WWSLP16
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New
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$48.00
Roughly translating to "dinner is ready," the double-LP was recorded with Yellow Magic Orchestra and originally coproduced with Ryuichi Sakamoto across Tokyo and Los Angeles. The 14-track album showcases Yano's move away from her pop and jazz funk origins towards a synth pop sound. Akiko Yano is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and a longtime YMO affiliate. This reissue follows two Yano albums rereleased on Wewantsounds this year, Japanese Girl and Iroha Ni Kompeito. – Resident Advisor
Label: Wewantsounds – WWSLP32 |
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
Country: France |
Released: 24 Jan 2020 |
Genre: Electronic |
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Alice Clark's highly sought-after Soul Jazz classic produced by Mainstream Records' Bob Shad in 1972. Featuring such classics as "Don't You Care" and "Never Did I Stop Loving You" and remastered from the original tapes, this release is the first official reissue of Alice Clark’s original album for decades, a long-overdue release of one of the best Soul albums ever recorded. – Bandcamp
Label: Wewantsounds – WWSLP19, Mainstream Records – MRL362 |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Gatefold |
Country: Europe |
Released: 13 Apr 2019 |
Genre: Funk / Soul |
Style: Soul |
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When it comes to underground New York Disco, Donna McGhee's highly sought-after 1978 LP, "Make It Last Forever," ranks among the best in the genre, thanks to Donna's singing and the production skills of legendary producers Greg Carmichael and Patrick Adams. Featuring five songs penned by the producing pair, it's got their quintessential Disco sound of the late 70s topped by Donna McGhee's superb vocals. These have also blessed recordings by The Fatback Band, Phreek, Bumblebee Unlimited and The Universal Robot Band around the same time. The LP has been an elusive affair since it first came out in 1978 and this is one the first times in decades it is available in its original form with newly remastered audio. - Bandcamp
Label: Wewantsounds – WWSLP29 |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
Country: France |
Released: 2019 |
Genre: Funk / Soul |
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Following the reissue of Ziad Rahbani's "Abu Ali" album earlier this year, Wewantsounds pursue its exploration of great Lebanese music with the reissue of "Wahdon," released in 1978 by legendary Middle Eastern diva Fairuz, recorded during the Abu Ali sessions and including the Lebanese dancefloor cult classic “Al Bosta“. - Bandcamp
Label: Wewantsounds – WWSLP22 |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Country: France |
Released: 28 Jun 2019 |
Genre: Folk, World, & Country |
$48.00
"The world of rare Japanese Funk & Soul is a vast and expensive one to visit. The kind of realm that can be dangerous for your record budget once you start falling deep into. But there is something absolutely irresistible about the pop music that was coming out of Japan in the late 70’s and early 80’s...
...Filed under “Experimental Synth-Pop” is probably where you’d find this gem by Hiroshi Sato sorted at your local record store. Except you won’t. It’s one of those rare treasures that won’t appear magically in a dollar bin near you. You’ll have to pay a couple hundred dollars for an original of this one but thankfully it has been reissued a few years ago and will probably come around again. Back to the record in question: “Orient” (released in 1979) was Sato’s third album in a very productive period that saw him release 8 albums in 12 years (from ’76 to ’88)." - Music Is My Sanctuary
"If you like synth-pop, you’ll love this obscure, cult-ish, previously hard to find and expensive treat. Actually, it’s synth-pop meets jazz-funk with more than a touch of exotica and Oriental proto-electronica...
...Originally released in 1979 (on Kitty Records in Japan only), it was a distant Japanese relation of M, Flying Lizards, Buggles, Gary Numan, The Human League et al. And it is now being made widely available (digitally remastered from the original tapes), six years after the death of its creator, Hiroshi Sato, a keyboardist, composer, arranger, producer, sound engineer and – some say – near-member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (apparently he turned down the offer to join the collective and they drafted in Ryuichi Sakamoto instead)." - Classic Pop Mag
"Sato, was a member of Happy End and had things turned out slightly different, he could have been a part of Yellow Magic Orchestra. The position was offered to him by Haruomi Hosono but was later taken by the great Ryuichi Sakamoto. Needless to say, it is a testament to Sato’s musical chops, all of which are on full show on Orient. With Haruomi Hosono featuring on bass, Sato took on vocals, keyboards and synthesizer, kalimba, drums, writing and production duties for the album." - Electronicbeats
"Digitally remastered from the original tapes, Orient features the cream of Japanese musicians including Shigeru Suzuki on guitar, Haruomi Hosono on bass, Pecker on Percussion and Sato himself on keyboards and synthesizers. This highly sought-after album on the Balearic scene is a superb breezy mix of Japanese synth-pop and exotica with subtle touches of mid 70s Herbie Hancock-style funk and AOR." - Bandcamp | Wewantsounds
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Hiroshi Sato |
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Orient |
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WWSLP12 |
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New |
$48.00
1981 SYNTH CLASSIC BY JAPANESE KEYBOARD WIZARD AND YMO PROGRAMMER HIDEKI MATSUTAKE REISSUED OUTSIDE OF JAPAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS. REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES WITH STRIKING ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY LEGENDARY ILLUSTRATOR PATER SATO WITH STUNNING FULLY ILLUSTRATED 8P COLOUR INSERT
His name may not be instantly familiar, but Hideki Matsutake has had a huge influence over Electronic music. Starting his career as the assistant of Japanese Electronic Music master Isao Tomita in the early 70s, he went on to work with Ryuichi Sakamoto before joining Yellow Magic Orchestra as the group's keyboard programmer and unofficial fourth member. In 1981 he started his own Logic System project recording "Venus" that year in Los Angeles with Don Grusin, Nathan East and Michael Boddicker, brilliantly mixing Synth Funk, Ambient and Boogie with a touch of Smooth Jazz predating Vaporwave by 30 years. Wewantsounds is delighted to reissue this visionary album, which comes remastered from the original tapes and features Pater Sato stunning artwork including the rare beautiful 8-page insert that only came out for the first Japanese pressing with an exclusive interview of Hideki Matsutake by Hashim Kotaro Bharoocha. - Bandcamp
Label: Wewantsounds – WWSLP35 |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Booklet & Obi strip |
Country: Europe |
Released: 07 Aug 2020 |
Genre: Electronic |
Style: Synth-pop |
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A MAJOR EXPLORATION OF TOKYO'S CUTTING EDGE 80S SOUND THROUGH THE MUSIC OF CULT JAPANESE LABEL NIPPON COLUMBIA AND ITS BETTER DAYS IMPRINT, SELECTED BY BRITISH RADIO PRESENTER AND DJ NICK LUSCOMBE.
‘Tokyo Dreaming’, a superb selection picked from the highly collectible Nippon Columbia label and its Better Days sub-label. For the occasion, we’ve teamed up with journalist and Japanese music expert Nick Luscombe who was granted rare access to the much guarded Nippon Columbia vaults for a masterful selection encapsulating the fascinating sound of Tokyo in the late 70s and 80s. The selection mixes electro, synth-pop, funk and ambient and features such artists as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Mariah, Shigeo Sekito, Juicy Fruits, Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama and Yumi Murata. The tracklist includes many sought-after rarities and hidden gems which have never been released outside of Japan and the set has been newly remastered by Nippon Columbia. – We Want Sounds
Label: Wewantsounds – WWSLP40 |
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered |
Country: France |
Released: 27 Nov 2020 |
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop |
Style: Synth-pop, Easy Listening, Latin Jazz, Ambient, Fusion, Experimental, Avant-garde Jazz, New Wave, Post-Punk, AOR, City Pop, Disco, Funk, New Age |
$45.00
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO'S LANDMARK 1981 ALBUM REISSUED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES OUTSIDE OF JAPAN IN ITS RARE JAPANESE EDITION . REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES BY BERNIE GRUNDMAN.
Ryuichi Sakamoto's third solo album "Hidari Ude No Yume" (Left Handed Dream) was originally released in 1981 on the Alfa label. Save for a small-scale Dutch vinyl release in 1981, it is the first time the album's original Japanese edition is released outside of Japan (the European release on Epic Records included significantly different tracks and mixes). Newly remastered from the original tapes by renowned engineer Bernie Grundman, this LP edition comes with original artwork featuring a striking cover shot by famous photographer Masayoshi Sukita (sourced from the original negative), OBI strip and 4-page insert with new introduction by journalist Anton Spice. – We Want Sounds
Label: Wewantsounds – WWSLP33 |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition |
Country: Europe |
Released: Nov 2020 |
Genre: Electronic |
Style: Synth-pop, Experimental |
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The ‘imaginary’ soundtrack to the adventures Of Kindaichi Kosuke, the cult detective book series by writer Seishi Yokomizo is on many DJ want-lists. Arranged by soundtrack master Kentaro Haneda and featuring a mysterious group of the best 70s Japanese Funk musicians, the album is pure undiluted Disco Funk. This reissue is the album's first official release outside of Japan. Remastered from the original tapes, it features artwork by renowned illustrator Ichibun Sugimoto, OBI strip and a 4 page insert with a new introduction by British journalist Anton Spice. - Bandcamp
Label: Wewantsounds – WWSLP31 |
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Country: Europe |
Released: 2020 |
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Stage & Screen |
Style: Soundtrack, Score, Theme, Jazz-Funk, Disco |