Monday, July 6, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
Midnight Sun
A reissue of one of Three Blind Mice's signature titles. Tsuyoshi Yamamoto's warm, singing touch turns the standards into something intimate and full-bodied, and the title track pushes the classic piano-trio sound to its richest. Pressed on 180g vinyl with fresh mastering by Mixer's Lab.
Moon Ray
A reissue of this 1977 Three Blind Mice session led by alto saxophonist Yoshio Otomo, whose quartet delivers crisp, fiery straight-ahead jazz. It embodies the label's ethos of music made to move the individual heart. 180g vinyl.
Cool Jojo
Guitarist Masayuki "Jojo" Takayanagi's Three Blind Mice classic, recorded with his PCM Audio Unit. Carrying the cool-jazz lineage of Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz, the playing is sharp and youthful beneath its cool surface — a record that still rewards modern ears. 180g vinyl.
Go On
A mainstream-jazz gem from drummer George Otsuka's quintet, reissued from Three Blind Mice's TBM-13. The 1972 session crackles with hard-driving cohesion and stands as a key entry in TBM's early catalogue. 180g vinyl.
Platinum
Casiopea's 1987 album, recorded in New York — gleaming musicianship and sleek, urbane arrangements that have found new attention amid the J-Fusion revival. Reissued here on limited yellow vinyl.
Submarine
Written by The Marías in the wake of Maria Zardoya and Josh Conway's breakup, the album voices heartbreak in a graceful, restrained hush. This Half Blue / Half Clear split-color vinyl is a pressing rarely seen before.
Superclean Vol. I & II
A compilation of The Marías' two early EPs, Superclean Vol. I and Vol. II — languid, hazy bedroom pop laced with retro soul that laid the groundwork for the band's dreamy signature. The last of the overseas black-vinyl stock.
Supergirl - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Mutant partners with WaterTower Music and DC Studios to release the first physical colored-vinyl 2LP of Claudia Sarne's original score for the film Supergirl. Cover art by Bilquis Evely, with a Superman etching on side D — a collector's pressing of the film's music.
First Love/初恋
Utada's dream 7-inch returns at last. A fully production-limited edition commemorating the Netflix drama First Love, this double 7-inch collects the two same-titled theme songs spanning twenty years, in fresh 2022 mixes and remasters — plus exclusive a cappella versions of both. The cover uses a previously unreleased 1998 photograph, newly printed from the original negatives, capturing an eternal moment of a 15-year-old Utada.
In 1970, Brazilian MPB master Edu Lobo left behind this career landmark on the legendary Elenco label. Created during the military dictatorship's censorship era, the album is built on acoustic guitar woven with jazz harmony and delicate arrangements, trading blunt protest for refined musical language that hides longing and introspection inside poetic lines. The lineup is staggering: maverick Hermeto Pascoal handles piano, flute, and arrangements, with percussion by Airto Moreira, who would later join Miles Davis. This is the first-ever officially licensed reissue, limited-pressed by Cologne boutique label Week-End with new liner notes penned by Lobo himself.