Jazz Rock / Psychedelic / Instrumental 1970
Mickie Yoshino (吉野正弘)
1970
via Beethobear Records
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Saturday, August 22, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
娘ごころはスクーターズ
The 1982 debut from Scooters, led by legendary art director Mitsuo Shindo. Rooted in 60s girl groups like The Ronettes and The Supremes, it carried Motown, girl-group and Mods aesthetics into 80s Tokyo to forge a distinctive "Tokyo Motown Sound." Its signature song was later covered by Kyoko Koizumi. Over 40 years on, this Japanese Mods classic finally gets a vinyl reissue.
パチンコ / マンボのビート
From Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys, who led Japan's early-90s lounge boom, a 7-inch pairing two oddball gems from their 1991 debut Mambo Tengoku, originally issued on an 8cm CD single. The A-side "Pachinko" is a brain-melting pachinko mambo; the B-side was a beloved TV theme. Instant party killer tunes.
Glitter
Mariah Carey's eighth studio album and the soundtrack to the 2001 film of the same name. For its 25th anniversary it gets a first-ever vinyl release — a magenta 2LP set. An underrated record, home to "Loverboy" and more, that fans have steadily reappraised.
California Here I Come
Six years after Waltz for Debby, Bill Evans returned to Manhattan's Village Vanguard in 1967 for two rare trio nights, captured live here. This year's Verve Vault edition is fully analog, cut by Ryan K. Smith from the original tapes at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180g vinyl.
Live On KEXP
Angine De Poitrine — the masked, polka-dot-clad French duo whose name means "angina" — release two live records at once. This one captures the KEXP studio session that made them viral, finally on vinyl, brimming with surreal underground energy.
Live In Quebec 2025
One of two live LPs from Angine De Poitrine, documenting a raw acoustic performance in Quebec. Direct, feral and uncompromising, packed with surreal underground atmosphere.
Dreams
A revered psychedelic-jazz landmark and hip-hop sampling bible, Gabor Szabo's 1968 classic Dreams is reissued by Mr Bongo with faithful gatefold and tip-on packaging. The Hungarian émigré's unmistakable guitar tone fuses psychedelic jazz with Eastern European folk; his cover of Donovan's "Ferris Wheel" is essential.
FOLK 3
The folk-covers series from Japanese duo Humbert Humbert makes its vinyl debut. FOLK 3 continues their cross-generational song choices — Noriyuki Makihara's "Donna Toki mo," Kenji Ozawa's "Konya wa Boogie Back," Kome Kome Club's "Roman Hikou" and more across 12 tracks — performed by just the two of them, with a new mono mix for vinyl.
FOLK 4
The fourth entry in Humbert Humbert's FOLK covers series, on vinyl for the first time. FOLK 4 features two new originals plus covers of Senri Oe, Miyuki Nakajima's "Taxi Driver" and The Blue Hearts' "Linda Linda" across 12 tracks, again remixed to mono for vinyl.
Equal Rights
A high-quality orange 2LP from MOV. A key member of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Peter Tosh devoted his life and music to politics, social justice, anti-colonialism and cannabis legalization, standing with Marley and Bunny Wailer as reggae's essential figures. This 1977 classic holds "Get Up Stand Up" and "Stepping Razor," expanded here with dub versions.
Safe + Sound
A limited, individually numbered red 2LP (1,000 copies) from MOV. DJ Quik's third album and a G-Funk landmark turns 30 — a summer-party record that injected his own signature into the style and reached No. 14 on the Billboard 200.
Warsaw
Recordings by Warsaw, the band that became Joy Division, named after the Bowie/Eno track "Warszawa." This collection gathers their early work — nascent versions of later staples like "Transmission" and "Shadowplay" — and adds five "Warsaw Demo" tracks. THT's new 2026 blue-vinyl color.
A phantom masterpiece on vinyl for the first time, over half a century on. Keyboard prodigy Mickie Yoshino cut this lavish jazz-meets-rock session in 1970 at age 18, while still in The Golden Cups — yet it went unreleased until the tapes were miraculously found in 2008. With top players like Masahiko Sato and Takeshi Inomata, it documents Japan's dawning new-rock and psychedelic jazz. Released on G-matics.