PICKS FOR 2023

Special Treatments by senses of vision and hearing

  • SEASON'S PICK of FALL & WINTER 2023

    PRESENTED BY xcaiticx

  • Drums Method

    Akira Ishikawa (石川 晶)

    Columbia – JDX-68
    LP | Japan | 1972

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  • Me Too

    Hiromi Iwasaki (岩崎 宏美)

    Victor – SJX-30364
    LP | Japan | 1988

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  • Rumour (デマ)

    Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井 康隆)
    Kosuke Ichihara (市原 宏祐)
    Masahiko Sato (佐藤 允彦)

    CBS/Sony – SOLL-28
    LP | Japan | 1973

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  • Funky Little Queenie/Simple Love (English Version)

    Junko Ohashi (大橋 純子)

    Philips – SNP-74
    Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM | Japan | 1978

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  • Fine And Mellow

    Shigeko Toya (戸谷 重子)

    Three Blind Mice – TBM-16
    LP | Japan | 1973

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  • Portrait In Jazz

    Bill Evans Trio

    Riverside Records – RLP 1162/The Electric Recording Co. – ERC052S
    LP | United Kingdom | 2021

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  • Streets Are Hot

    Miho Fujiwara (藤原 美穂)

    RCA – RHS-249
    Vinyl, 7" | Japan | 1986

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  • Point Zero

    Junko Ohashi (大橋 純子)

    Philips – 28PL-61
    LP, OBI | Japan | 1983

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  • Getz/Gilberto

    Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto

    Supersense – Archival Tape Editions Nᵒ 004
    Acetate Lacquer | Austria | 2021

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  • Blow Up (ブロー・アップ)

    Isao Suzuki Trio / Quartet (鈴木勲 三 / 四重奏団)

    Three Blind Mice – TBM-15
    LP | Japan | 1973

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SEASON’S PICK

Summer Collection 2023

Explorations

Bill Evans Trio

Milestone – SMJ-6038 (SRS-6002)

LP | Japan | 1974

Kabaneri of The Iron Fortress

(甲鉄城のカバネリ)

Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野 弘之)

Aniplex Inc. – MD15-0194001

Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM | Japan | 2016

BLUE GIANT SUPREME

John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Clark, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, McCoy Tyner, Johnny Griffin, Clifford Brown

Blue Note – PROZ-7003

LP, Picture Disc | Japan | 2017

Big Wave (ビッグウェイブ)

Tatsuro Yamashita (山下 達郎)

Moon Records – MOON-28019

LP, Test Pressing | Japan | 1984

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Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick

Paul Gonsalves Quartet

Vocalion – LAE 587

LP, Mono | United Kingdom | 1964

Matrix

Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet (菊地雅章セクステット)

Victor World Group – SMJX-10078

LP | Japan | 1969

SEASON’S PICK

Spring 2023

True Blue

Tina Brooks

Blue Note – BLP 4041

LP, Mono | 1960 | United States

Helen Merrill

Helen Merrill

EmArcy – MG 36006

LP, Mono | 1955 | United States

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RECORDS
OF THE YEAR

2022