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RECORD   OF   ░▒      THE    ▒    YEAR      ▒░

A TENOR SOUND
FULL OF SOUL AND
QUIET INTENSITY

BLUES-TINGED
LINES WRAPPED
IN ELEGANCE

FROM OVERLOOKED
RELEASE TO A
TRUE CULT CLASSIC

AN UNDERRATED
BLUE NOTE TREASURE
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

HARD BOP ENERGY
CARRIED WITH
EFFORTLESS FLOW

A DYNAMIC INTERPLAY
WITH HUBBARD, JORDAN,
AND THE CREW

TRUE BLUE

Tina Brooks

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

VIEW

CITY POP

  • For You

    Tatsuro Yamashita

    Air Records – RAL-8801
    LP | Japan | 1982
    Original Pressing, Promo

  • 黄昏のBay City (Special Midnight Version)

    Junko Yagami

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

FUSION & OST

  • Drums Method

    Akira Ishikawa

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

  • Big Wave

    Tatsuro Yamashita

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

JAZZ

  • Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick

    Paul Gonsalves Quartet

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

  • Getz/Gilberto

    Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto

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

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