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IN   ZSTHEZS’S   O P I N I O N,    【THE MOTIVATION】      THAT   LIES  BEHIND      THE  COLLECTING  OF        VINYL RECORDS     ALWAYS   RELATES   TO_______ [TIME]:                  THE    NEED       TO MAKE  BEAUTY         AND                    PLEASURE       ^PERMANENT^  ,________________BASED                IN            A   FEAR_____________OF                ITS             LIKELY           DISAPPEARANCE;   AS  WELL  AS    +NOSTALGIA+,         A SENSE OF BELONGING ㊪      FELT        THROUGH          COLLECTING    # BITS  OF  THE  PAST # .      VINYL RECORD      I T S E L F        S E R V E S       A S       A    B R I D G E ,      AND              EACHRECORD ______________________ CONNECTS     ITS  OWNER       WITH    TWO  ʚ ERAS ɞ  ,    THAT   OF   ITS       CREATION        AND          THAT    OF     ITS       ACQUISITION.                 CERTAINLY,      RECORD         IS    A KIND OF     MATERIAL____________WITH   USE VALUE         ,                WHETHER                 THAT            IS          PLEASURE    OR      RESEARCH.

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  • あらためまして、はじめまして、ミドリです。

    MIDORI (ミドリ)

    Cicada Peaks – CPAR-2009
    LP | Japan | 2008
    Original Pressing, Limited Edition

    VIEW

  • SOUL STATION

    HANK MOBLEY

    Blue Note – BLP 4031
    LP, Mono | United States | 1960
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • THE PLAYBOY'S MANUAL (円楽のプレイボーイ講座12章)

    NORIO MAEDA & THE PLAYBOYS (前田憲男とプレイボーイズ)
    三遊亭円楽

    RCA – JRS-7003
    LP | Japan | 1969
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • TOKYO NEW YORK

    VODKA COLLINS

    Express – ETP 8274
    LP | Japan | 1973
    Original Pressing, Promo

    VIEW

  • うたかたの日々

    MARIAH

    Shan-Shan / Better Days – YW-7411~12 BD
    2×LP, 45 RPM | Japan | 1983
    Original Pressing

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  • WINDY LADY / 夏の陽

    TATSURO YAMASHITA (山下 達郎)

    RCA – SJLD-3005
    Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM | Japan | 1976
    Original Pressing, Promo

    VIEW

  • MINA'S SECOND THEME

    YAMASHITA YOSUKE TRIO (山下洋輔トリオ)

    Victor World Group – SMJX-10075
    Victor – SVIR-10031
    LP | Japan | 1969
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • THE REAL FOLK BLUES (MASON LIEBERMAN PRESENTS)

    SEATBELTS (シートベルツ)

    Sunrise Music Publishing / FUNimation
    Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM | United States | 2020
    Original Pressing, Limited Edition

    VIEW

  • GENIUS OF MODERN MUSIC VOLUME 2

    THELONIOUS MONK

    Blue Note – BLP 1511
    LP, Mono | United States | 1956
    Original Pressing

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  • MAGICAL

    JUNKO OHASHI (大橋 純子)

    Philips – 28PL-79
    LP | Japan | 1984
    Original Pressing, Promo

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  • WE NOW CREATE - MUSIC FOR STRINGS, WINDS AND PERCUSSIONS

    TOGASHI MASAHIKO QUARTET (富樫雅彦クワルテット)

    Victor – SMJX-10065
    LP | Japan | 1969
    Original Pressing

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  • ORANG-UTAN

    ISAO SUZUKI QUARTET (鈴木勲カルテット) + 2

    Three Blind Mice – TBM-44
    LP | Japan | 1975
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • HANK MOBLEY QUINTET

    HANK MOBLEY

    Blue Note – BLP 1550
    LP, Mono | United States | 1957
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • DRUMS METHOD

    AKIRA ISHIKAWA (石川 晶)

    Columbia – JDX-68
    LP | Japan | 1972
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • 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
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • PORTRAIT IN JAZZ

    BILL EVANS TRIO

    Riverside Records – RLP 1162
    The Electric Recording Co. – ERC052S
    LP | United Kingdom | 2021
    Reissue, Limited Edition

    VIEW

  • GETZ/GILBERTO

    STAN GETZ
    JOAO GILBERTO

    Supersense – Archival Tape Editions Nᵒ 004
    Acetate Lacquer | Austria | 2021
    Reissue, Limited Edition, Numbered (49 of 99)

    VIEW

  • 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
    Original Pressing, Limited Edition

    VIEW

  • NOTHING MUCH BETTER TO DO

    HIROSHI FUJIWARA (藤原 浩)

    HMV Record Shop – HRLP020-22
    3×LP | Japan | 2016
    Reissue,Deluxe Edition

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  • EMBALO

    TENÓRIO JR.

    RGE – XRLP-5.234
    LP, Mono | Brazil | 1964
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • BIG WAVE (ビッグウェイブ)

    TATSURO YAMASHITA (山下 達郎)

    Moon Records – MOON-28019
    LP | Japan | 1984
    Original Pressing, Test Pressing

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  • BOOM-JACKIE-BOOM-CHICK

    PAUL GONSALVES QUARTET

    Vocalion – LAE 587
    LP, Mono | United Kingdom | 1964
    Original Pressing

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  • MATRIX

    MASABUMI KIKUCHI SEXTET (菊地雅章セクステット)

    Victor World Group – SMJX-10078
    LP | Japan | 1969
    Original Pressing

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  • TRUE BLUE

    TINA BROOKS

    Blue Note – BLP 4041
    LP | United States | 1960
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • HELEN MERRILL

    HELEN MERRILL

    EmArcy – MG 36006
    LP, Mono | United States | 1955
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • BACK TO RHYTHM

    AKIRA ISHIKAWA (石川 晶)

    Columbia – KZ-7510
    LP | Japan | 1975
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • NOW SOUND '75 脱・日本民謡

    KOSUKE ICHIHARA (市原 宏祐)
    3L (LOVE LIVE LIFE)

    Victor – SJV-796
    LP | Japan | 1975
    Original Pressing

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  • OUT TO LUNCH!

    ERIC DOLPHY

    Blue Note – BLP 4163
    LP, Mono | United States | 1964
    Original Pressing

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  • 黄昏のBAY CITY (SPECIAL MIDNIGHT VERSION)

    JUNKO YAGAMI (八神 純子)

    Discomate – DSS-1011
    Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM | Japan | 1983
    Original Pressing, Promo

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  • THE TIME IS RIGHT

    LOU DONALDSON

    Blue Note – BLP 4025
    LP, Mono | United States | 1960
    Original Pressing

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  • UNICORN

    TERUO NAKAMURA (中村 照夫)

    Three Blind Mice – TBM-18-T
    LP | Japan | 1973
    Original Pressing, Test Pressing

    VIEW

  • BLUE LIGHTS, VOLUME 1

    KENNY BURRELL

    Blue Note – BLP 1596
    LP, Mono | United States | 1958
    Original Pressing

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  • SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS

    SONNY ROLLINS

    Prestige – LP 7079
    LP, Mono | United States | 1957
    Original Pressing

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  • CHILD'S ATTRACTION (JOAQUIN JOE CLAUSSELL REMIX)

    NUJABES (瀬葉 淳)

    Hydeout Productions – HOR-063
    Vinyl, 12" | Japan | 2016
    Original Pressing, Limited Edition

    VIEW

  • OKINAWA

    AKIRA ISHIKAWA & COUNT BUFFALOES
    KAYOKO ISHU (伊集 加代)
    TIME FIVE

    Seven Seas – SKA-154
    LP | Japan | 1976
    Original Pressing

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  • BLOND

    FRANK OCEAN

    XL Recordings – 862160000302
    2×LP | United States | 2016
    Original Pressing, Limited Edition

    VIEW

  • COWBOY BEBOP OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK

    SEATBELTS (シートベルツ)

    Sunrise Music Publishing – BX-04138
    FUNimation – FN 04138
    LP, 2×Red | United States | 2018
    Original Pressing, Limited Edition

    VIEW

  • JOY / TATSURO YAMASHITA LIVE

    TATSURO YAMASHITA (山下 達郎)

    Moon Records – MOON - 63001~3
    3×LP | Japan | 1989
    Original Pressing, Promo

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  • GET UP!

    AKIRA ISHIKAWA & COUNT BUFFALOES

    RCA – RVH-8501
    LP | Japan | 1975
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • A LOVE SUPREME

    JOHN COLTRANE

    Impulse! – AS-77
    Impulse! – A-77
    LP | United States | 1967
    Reissue

    VIEW

  • 夢の続き ('89 REMIX) / プラスティック・ラブ (EXTENDED CLUB MIX)

    MARIYA TAKEUCHI (竹内 まりや)

    Moon Records – LCS-653
    Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM | Japan | 2018
    Original Pressing, Promo, Limited Edition

    VIEW

  • HOT IS COOL

    KATSUMI HORII PROJECT (堀井勝美プロジェクト)

    Air Records – RAL-8845
    LP | Japan | 1987
    Original Pressing, Promo

    VIEW

  • KIND OF BLUE

    MILES DAVIS

    Analogue Productions – UHQR 0004
    LP, 200g, Clear | United States | 2021
    Reissue, Limited Edition, Numbered (5447 of 25000)

    VIEW

  • ANGEL TOUCH

    CINDY

    Great Tracks – DQJL 7116
    LP | Japan | 2020
    Original Pressing

    VIEW

  • A MILLION MILES AWAY (百万マイル離)

    マクロスMACROSS 82-99

    Neoncity Records – NCR005LPb
    LP | Hong Kong | 2018
    Reissue, Limited Edition

    VIEW

  • TRUE LOVE

    CRAIG RUHNKE

    Overseas Records – SUX-243-V
    LP | Japan | 1983
    Original Pressing, Promo

    VIEW

RECORDS
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A YEAR’S JOURNEY IN SOUND DISTILLED INTO

ZSTHEZS’S HANDPICKED RECORDS

⁂ AT THE START OF EVERY YEAR, ZSTHEZS TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO THE RECORDS HE COLLECTED OVER THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS.

⁂ EACH ALBUM IS REVISITED, ITS SLEEVE PULLED FROM THE SHELF, ITS GROOVES REPLAYED AND REMEMBERED.

SELECTED BY ZSTHEZS

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⁂ A HANDPICKED SELECTION OF VINYL THAT NOT ONLY DEFINED THE YEAR IN HIS COLLECTION, BUT ALSO HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS OWN LISTENING LIFE.

⁂ THESE ARE NOT JUST CRITICALLY NOTABLE RELEASES—THEY’RE THE RECORDS THAT SPOKE TO HIM, STAYED WITH HIM, AND EARNED THEIR PLACE IN THE STORY OF THE YEAR.

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ALBUM COVER DOES MATTER

In Gallery, we showcase the visual side of record culture: the sleeves, the artwork, the design language that turns a 12-inch square into a canvas of cultural history.

Here you’ll find iconic designs, rare pressings, and the overlooked gems that prove just how powerful vinyl visuals can be. From bold typography to surreal photography, each cover tells a story, sometimes louder than the music inside.

Where Music

Meets Visual Art.

FOR COLLECTORS
WHO JUDGE A RECORD
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