Afrobeat / Funk / Jazz 1975
Fela Kuti
Expensive Shit (50th Anniversary Edition)
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
Total Castration
Japanese noise-rock band Zeni Geva's 1991 album Total Castration comes to vinyl for the first time, newly restored and remastered. Crushing guitar walls, industrial noise and lopsided rhythms make for an extremely heavy, violent sound. Recorded by Steve Albini, it marked a turning point for the band and began their long partnership; KK Null played Taiwan's Lacking Sound Festival in 2012. Limited 24Hz Gold vinyl with a double-sided long OBI.
Lofi Girl: Halloween 2026
Lofi Girl's Halloween 2026 compilation arrives, as always, well after the holiday — slated for January 2027. The pumpkin-headed character at a lamplit desk continues the series' cozy vibe, offered on orange marble vinyl and, this time, a liquid-filled edition too.
The New Abnormal
The Strokes' sixth album, their first in seven years, produced by Rick Rubin and winner of the Grammy for Best Rock Album. Restocking on vinyl in December at a rare bargain price.
Is This It
The Strokes' debut, whose wiry guitars and Julian Casablancas' languid vocals sparked the millennial garage-rock revival. The shop notes this pressing has become surprisingly scarce — and it's arriving in December at a sweet price.
Hell Freezes Over
The Eagles' 1994 reunion album, named after their famous vow that they'd reunite "when hell freezes over." Four new studio songs plus MTV unplugged live cuts, including the iconic acoustic "Hotel California." 2LP restocking in December.
Hotel California
The Eagles' landmark album, its title track's twin-guitar coda alongside "New Kid in Town" and "Life in the Fast Lane" capturing the glamour and disillusion of the '70s California dream. Vinyl restocking in December.
Number Ones
Michael Jackson's chart-topper collection, gathering the King of Pop's peak moments from "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" to "Thriller" and "Smooth Criminal." 2LP restock available for December pre-order.
American Football
Illinois band American Football's self-titled debut — interlocking guitar figures, odd meters and touches of trumpet — the defining touchstone of Midwest emo. Vinyl restocking in November.
Ross.
Low Roar's fourth album turns life's lonely moments into something both cold and warm, probing the unsettling gap between physical and emotional distance — an honest diary that can uplift or break your heart. Expansive ambience and soft electronic pulses meet minimal arrangements and delicate acoustic instruments, distilling the essence of Low Roar.
Rachael
Inspired by the Blade Runner character Rachael, this new album from London-based French producer and multi-instrumentalist Fred N'Thepe, aka Neue Grafik, landed earlier this year. It blends jazz, hip-hop and broken beat, weaving groovy electronic rhythms with piano, double bass and vocals; "Bold" with Jerome Thomas has a warm neo-soul glow. Released by Cologne's Week-End Records, home to Jim O'Rourke and Eiko Ishibashi.
Renaissance
Albert Dailey's 1977 Renaissance was the American jazz pianist's only release on Catalyst. Once briefly with Coltrane and later alongside Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins and Art Blakey, he's a deep player too little known. "Mr. Pogo" dashes elegantly across the keys, while the bossa-tinged "Mimosa" pairs lyrical piano with warm bass and hazy vocals; Coltrane-inspired saxophonist Carter Jefferson is equally stunning. First official vinyl reissue from PANORAMA Records, remastered on 180g.
CHO CO PA と DUB POW POW (FIRE)
CHO CO PA CO CHO CO QUIN QUIN's tropical percussion and psychedelic melodies get reworked by Okinawan dub producer HARIKUYAMAKU. The remixes drift with a Laraaji-like cloud-borne ease, layered dub echoes conjuring a jungle expedition. A four-track EP on strictly limited 10-inch vinyl.
Three Cushion
Legendary Japanese jazz bassist Isao Suzuki teamed with tenor saxophonist Akira Miyazawa in 1981, joined by Motohiko Hino and Takaaki Miyanoue for a tight, high-tension jazz conversation. Compared with Blow Up, it returns to his hard-bop roots, from "Perhaps" to the title track — and was his first digitally recorded album. First-ever vinyl reissue in the SOUND FUJI series.
OKINAWA
A strange 1976 classic from legendary drummer Akira Ishikawa's Count Buffalo, built on Okinawan folk songs. Side A fuses his driving drums with Philly soul and jazz-funk, evoking a '70s Koza disco; Side B turns to Okinawan scales, sitar-like guitar and dreamy choirs. Arrangements are by Koichi Sugiyama, later famed for Dragon Quest, and Minyo Crusaders' Katsumi Tanaka calls it his musical bible. Clear-vinyl reissue in the SOUND FUJI series.
Soft Landing
Saxophonist Ken Muraoka's 1978 second solo album, featuring trumpeter Shin Kazuhara, keyboardist Masanori Sasaji and other session aces from records by Tatsuro Yamashita, Yoshitaka Minami and Anri. It roams across jazz, funk, disco and fusion, opening with the explosive "Ode To Naska." A pricey collector's item in its original pressing, now reissued for the first time on blue vinyl.
BGM
The sole 1977 album from Fujimaru Band, led by legendary guitarist Fujimal Yoshino in his first real turn at the helm. Long an insider's rare-groove treasure, it runs from the summer-breeze "Hishochi no Dekigoto" to the wistful city-night "Paper Machine" with barely a wasted track. True to its title, it works as close listening or as background to everyday life. Reissued on high-fidelity Pure Vinyl.
ディスコ花笠音頭 相馬盆唄
Memphis funk/soul band Ebonee Webb, arranged by Japan's Riki Ueda, boldly turn traditional folk songs like "Soran Bushi," "Hanagasa Ondo" and "Asadoya Yunta" into disco-funk floor-fillers. Taut guitars, fat bass and charmingly accented Japanese vocals fuse perfectly with festival exuberance; "Tanko Bushi" even borrows the groove and chords of "Isn't She Lovely." Featured in the guide Wamono A to Z, the pricey 1979 original now gets its first-ever vinyl reissue.
In 1974 Nigeria's military government raided Fela's home and tried to plant a joint on him — so he swallowed it on the spot. Police held him three days waiting for the evidence to pass, but a cellmate swapped his sample, and the satirical album title was born. Fela and Africa 70 deliver two ten-minute-plus Afrobeat epics of thick funk grooves, punchy horns and jazz improvisation, fusing music with political defiance. The 50th-anniversary edition comes on gold-nugget vinyl in a tri-fold jacket with an archival envelope of posters, prints and press clippings.