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A mysterious 1974 collaboration between two AACM members, Joseph Jarman and Anthony Braxton. Side A is full of silence and introspective long tones, the two playing almost in parallel without meeting; on Side B percussion and synthesizer seep in from that vacuum, generating noise-shaped chaos that turns out to be luminous. They separate again on the closer, leaving golden particles in the air — the noise was never pollution but the light produced by keeping distance rather than conversing. Cover art by Turtel Onli, a key figure of the Black comics era, painted in his early twenties as an expression of Rhythmism.

兩位 AACM 成員 Joseph Jarman 與 Anthony Braxton 於 1974 年錄下的謎樣共作。A 面滿是留白與內省長音，兩人像各自獨奏般彼此不交集；B 面打擊樂與合成器才開始從平行的真空裡滲入，製造出近似噪音卻充滿靈光的混亂對話。最後一曲他們再度分開，空氣中只留下金色粒子——原來那些噪音不是污染，而是「保持距離」而非「對話」所生的美。封面由黑人漫畫重要人物 Turtel Onli 二十多歲時繪製，以非洲節奏與神秘科幻意象為核心的節奏主義（Rhythmism）之作。

A 1971 date from the important Japanese jazz drummer George Otsuka, with a quintet of Hideo Ichikawa, Takao Uematsu, Shunzo Ohno and Takashi Mizuhashi. It moves freely from waltz and blues to soul and funk; the title track rides Ichikawa's electric piano and Otsuka's groove into thick seventies air, while the highlight is a near twelve-minute modal reconstruction of The Beatles' 'The Fool on the Hill'. Decades later Mike Peden and Tony Higgins picked the title cut for BBE's 'J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1969–1984', pulling it back into view. Reissued by Spin This Now!

日本爵士界重要鼓手ジョージ大塚 1971 年的作品，集結市川秀男、植松孝夫、大野俊三、水橋孝組成五重奏。從華爾滋、藍調到 Soul／Funk 自在穿梭，同名曲由市川秀男的電鋼琴與大塚的 groove 鼓聲帶出濃厚七〇年代氣息；最大亮點則是把 The Beatles〈The Fool on the Hill〉延伸成近十二分鐘的 Modal Jazz 重構。多年後 BBE 的《J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1969–1984》選入同名曲，讓這張再度被海外樂迷注目，如今由 Spin This Now! 復刻。

Isao Suzuki's singular 1980 solo album, made entirely by himself. Double bass, Hammond organ, vocoder, taishogoto, erhu and his own voice, all stacked through multitrack recording — and he handled the composing, the playing, the cover painting and the liner notes too. His free-roaming spiritual experiments and low-end aesthetics are pushed as far as they go, making this the record that mirrors his artistic soul most directly. Now repressed on heavyweight clear vinyl.

鈴木勲 1980 年的異色獨奏專輯，完全由他一人獨力完成。低音大提琴、哈蒙德風琴、vocoder、大正琴、二胡加上自己的歌聲，全靠多軌錄音層層堆疊；從作曲、演奏、封面繪製到內頁解說也全由他親手包辦。天馬行空的靈性實驗與低音美學在此推到極致，是一張真正映照「鈴木勲」藝術靈魂的盤。這次改採重量盤規格，再版壓製透明彩膠。

A 1981 session between the internationally known bassist Isao Suzuki and his Three Blind Mice-era ally, pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto. Brazilian rhythm runs through the whole record, and with a top-tier cast including Takayuki Kato, Ichiro Doi and Donald Bailey, the unbridled improvisation and elastic bass build a genuinely festive mood. Repressed here on heavyweight clear vinyl.

世界知名爵士貝斯手鈴木勲與三盲鼠時期的盟友、鋼琴家山本剛於 1981 年的錄音。全篇貫穿巴西音樂律動，加藤崇之、土井一郎、Donald Bailey 等頂尖陣容，以奔放的即興手感與極富彈性的低音，營造出慶典般歡愉的氛圍。這次同樣改採重量盤規格，再版壓製透明彩膠。

A November 1976 landmark from Masahiko Togashi, finally given its first official reissue after a full fifty years. He assembled a large ensemble — Masahiko Sato, Shigeo Suzuki, Yoshisaburo Toyozumi, Keiki Midorikawa, Yoshio Ikeda — of three woodwinds, keyboards, cello, two basses and three sets of percussion. The six movements, 'First Expression' through 'Sixth Expression', manufacture freedom not from melody or from violent clusters of notes but from space, repetition, timbre and collective improvisation. This was never a lost record rediscovered later: it took Swing Journal's Japanese Jazz Award the year it came out.

日本自由爵士重要音樂家富樫雅彦 1976 年 11 月的名作，睽違整整五十年首度正式復刻。集結佐藤允彦、鈴木重男、豊住芳三郎、翠川敬基、池田芳夫，以三組木管、鍵盤、大提琴、雙貝斯與三組打擊構成大型編制。全作由〈First Expression〉到〈Sixth Expression〉六樂章組成，不靠旋律推進也不靠激烈音符堆砌「自由」，而是以空間、反覆、音色與集體即興展開詩意的聲響世界。這並非後來才被挖掘的幻之名盤——發行當年即拿下《Swing Journal》的「日本ジャズ賞」。

Mariko Nagai's second album from 1988, reissued on vinyl as part of her 40th anniversary campaign. Ten songs including 'Hitomi Genki', her second single written by Midori Karashima, 'Mariko', the first lyric she wrote herself, and the third single 'Brand-New Way' — the bright, crisp side of late-eighties Japanese pop.

永井真理子 1988 年的第二張專輯，為出道 40 週年企劃迎來黑膠再版。收錄辛島美登里作曲的第二張單曲〈瞳・元気〉、她本人首次作詞的〈Mariko〉，以及第三張單曲〈Brand-New Way〉等全十曲，是八〇年代末日本流行樂明亮俐落的一面。

The peak of Eric Clapton's career, locked in a dream duel with Duane Allman. Released in 1970, it carries the immovable 'Layla' and 'Bell Bottom Blues' plus a cover of Jimi Hendrix's 'Little Wing', and the two guitars' flaming slide lines and torn solos stand for blues rock at its absolute height. It is also the only Derek & The Dominos studio album — it landed flat at the time, failing to chart in the UK at all, and only years later was crowned Clapton's greatest work. This pressing is a transparent blue vinyl limited to National Album Day 2026.

Eric Clapton 生涯最高峰與 Duane Allman 的夢幻交鋒。1970 年發行，收錄搖滾史無可撼動的〈Layla〉、〈Bell Bottom Blues〉以及翻唱 Jimi Hendrix 的〈Little Wing〉，兩把吉他如火焰般交纏的滑音與撕裂 solo，代表藍調搖滾最極致的黃金時代。這也是 Derek & The Dominos 唯一一張錄音室專輯，當年反應其實平平、英國甚至沒進榜，多年後才被封為 Clapton 生涯最偉大的作品。本次為 2026 英國 National Album Day 限定透明藍彩膠。

Marking thirty years of Mogwai and of their own label Rock Action Records, this gathers career-spanning staples alongside brand new material. It includes 'Underground', a new single with Iggy Pop, rarities previously issued only digitally, and a special rework of 'Brand New Paths to Helicon 1'. Available as 2LP or 4LP, the latter adding thirteen more remixes, live takes and unreleased tracks.

Mogwai 與自家廠牌 Rock Action Records 成立三十週年的紀念作，匯集三十年生涯的經典曲目與全新作品。收錄與 Iggy Pop 合作的新單曲〈Underground〉、僅以數位形式發行過的珍稀曲目，以及《Brand New Paths to Helicon 1》的特別重製版。有 2LP 與 4LP 兩種版本，4LP 另收 remix、現場與未發表曲共十三首。

The repackage of Cortis's second EP 'GREENGREEN', now issued on vinyl for the first time. The pressing comes in two editions, Street Version and Studio Version, carrying over the original's blue-toned Californian street photography and Polaroid-style design.

Cortis 第二張 EP《GREENGREEN》的改版作，首度以黑膠形式發行。本次黑膠版分為 Street Version 與 Studio Version 兩種版本，封面延續原作加州街頭的藍調影像與寶麗來式設計。

The record where Bon Iver dismantled folk into vocoders, samples and numerological symbols, now ten years old. The anniversary edition comes in a newly designed soft-touch gatefold with spot UV gloss, the original 28-page lyric book printed in three silver inks, and a new 12-page full-colour insert documenting the album's making, publishing previously unseen artwork and an essay by visual artist Eric Timothy Carlson on the world behind its symbolic language. Pressed on frosted silver vinyl.

Bon Iver 將民謠拆解進聲碼器、取樣與數字符號學的轉向之作，迎來十週年紀念版。全新設計的柔軟觸感折疊封套飾以局部 UV 光澤，內含原版 28 頁歌詞本（以三種銀色油墨印刷），以及一本全新的 12 頁全彩插頁，記錄專輯創作過程、釋出此前從未公開的藝術作品與視覺藝術家 Eric Timothy Carlson 的個人文章，探索那套充滿象徵意義的語言背後的世界。Frosted Silver 彩膠。

A Cranberries live album once believed lost, finally restored and released by Interscope this year. It spans the stretch from their 1993 debut to the 1994 breakthrough of 'No Need to Argue', with 'Linger', 'Dreams' and 'Zombie' all present. As a document of how they went from Dublin to the world stage during rock's most crowded moment, it rather speaks for itself.

一度被認為錄音已遺失的小紅莓現場專輯，今年終於由 Interscope 重製發行。涵蓋 1993 年首張專輯到 1994 年以《No Need to Argue》大獲成功這段期間的曲目——〈Linger〉、〈Dreams〉、〈Zombie〉悉數在列。他們如何在搖滾樂百家爭鳴的關鍵時期從都柏林站上全球舞台，這張幾乎是不言而喻的重要紀錄。