Saturday, October 31, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
North Marine Drive / Each And Every One
Part of a cover-song 7" series produced by SUBURBIA selector Toru Hashimoto around the idea of 'the happiness of an afternoon coffee.' Keiichi Sokabe covers Ben Watt's 'North Marine Drive' on the A-side; Miyuki Hatakeyama takes on Everything But The Girl's 'Each And Every One' on the flip. Cover art by Jiro Fujita (FJD), mastering by Japanese electronic artist Calm.
Jean's Not Happening / Headstart For Happiness
The second 7" in the series: Freedom Suite, led by Wack Wack Rhythm Band's Hiroshi Yamashita, covers The Pale Fountains' 'Jean's Not Happening,' while Small Town Talk reworks The Style Council's 'Headstart For Happiness' — bringing back the fresh melodies of '80s British Neo-Acoustic.
The Tribal Sound of Baka Beyond & Outback 1991-2014
A compilation of two projects by British guitarist Martin Cradick: Outback, formed in 1988 with didgeridoo player Graham Wiggins, and Baka Beyond, born from Cradick's immersion in the music and rainforest life of Cameroon's Baka people. Hypnotic didgeridoo drones weave through African rhythms, psychedelic guitar, Baka polyphonic singing and TR-808 drums. Eight tracks selected by Pol Valls for French label Hot Mule, in a limited tip-on 2LP.
Blue Valentine
Tom Waits' 1978 classic and a stylistic turning point: the piano, jazz and barroom balladry of his early years give way to electric guitar and a bluesier, rawer, more direct sound. Features his cover of 'Somewhere' from West Side Story and one of his best-loved songs, 'Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis.' The 2018 Anti/Epitaph 180g remaster.
Hours Were the Birds
An early solo album from Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker, recorded before the band existed and now reissued by 4AD. Back home in Minneapolis in 2013, she cut ten songs of mostly acoustic guitar and voice with producer Rob Oesterlin at Terrarium Studios, mixed by future Big Thief collaborator Andrew Sarlo. Delicate fingerpicking, close-mic'd vocals and vivid lyrics already reveal the voice she would become.
From Left to Right
Bill Evans' 1970 album shows a side beyond the classic piano trio: acoustic piano paired with Fender Rhodes, a rhythm section and orchestral arrangements flowing between jazz, easy listening and classically tinged melody. Richer and softer than Waltz for Debby. White-vinyl edition back in stock.
NANA Best Extended Version (OST)
The extended-version 2LP of the NANA anime soundtrack best-of is back in stock — the in-show bands' signature songs, and a slice of youth for many fans.
Ruby
Restock of the red-vinyl edition of BLACKPINK member Jennie's debut solo studio album, featuring 'Mantra,' 'Like Jennie,' 'Love Hangover' and 'ZEN.'
Hurt
To mark DAIZAWA RECORDS' 25th anniversary, four syrup16g albums get simultaneous vinyl releases on 12/15. This is their long-awaited comeback album, 'Hurt,' in a 25th Anniversary Edition.
darc
To mark DAIZAWA RECORDS' 25th anniversary, four syrup16g albums get simultaneous vinyl releases on 12/15. This is their 2016 album, 'darc,' in a 25th Anniversary Edition.
delaidback
To mark DAIZAWA RECORDS' 25th anniversary, four syrup16g albums get simultaneous vinyl releases on 12/15. This is their 2017 album, 'delaidback,' in a 25th Anniversary Edition.
Les Misé blue
To mark DAIZAWA RECORDS' 25th anniversary, four syrup16g albums get simultaneous vinyl releases on 12/15. This is their 2022 album, 'Les Misé blue,' in a 25th Anniversary Edition.
Let Your Hair Down
The self-titled new album from a seven-piece Melbourne soul-funk band drawing members from Karate Boogaloo, Surprise Chef, The Pro-Teens and The Teskey Brothers. It extends their debut's boogaloo soul and funk with more psychedelic grooves, moody minor-key melodies and heavy horns, keeping a live, improvised feel. One for fans of the Australian instrumental funk scene.
Mist
The debut from AEAEA, the duo of Nicolás Jaar and American experimental guitarist Patrick Higgins. Recorded over three years in Berlin and upstate New York, it takes Higgins' guitar and percussion and runs them through Jaar's live electronic processing — dismantled, stretched and reassembled — with improvisations from cellist Judith Hamann. Ambient, drone and electroacoustic, hazy and low yet threaded with delicate melody.
Chungking Express (OST)
Limited vinyl of the soundtrack to Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express: Faye Wong's 'Dreams' and 'Random Thoughts,' Roel A. Garcia & Frankie Chan's score, and The Mamas & The Papas' 'California Dreamin''.
Under The Iron Sea
A 20th-anniversary zoetrope picture disc of Keane's second album, half-speed mastered at Abbey Road. Each side carries a different design by zoetrope veteran Drew Tetz, animating Sanna Annukka's original illustrations as the record spins.
Recorded in Paris in 1978 and not released in France until 1981, this cross-cultural meeting between jazz trumpeter Don Cherry and Indian tabla master Latif Khan is a hidden gem prized by Cherry devotees. Khan's intricate, highly syncopated tabla patterns form the foundation while Cherry roams freely across trumpet, bamboo flute, keyboards and percussion. The two had never met before the session yet clicked instantly, sidestepping the emerging 'world music' trend to let jazz and Indian classical blend naturally. 2025 vinyl reissue.