Record Store Day 2022

It's time for Record Store Day! This weekend on Saturday April 23 is the worldwide Record Store Day, and like always there are many releases happening in Japan too! Below is a list of recommended picks. Many releases in Japan have already been announced and the full list can be found here

As always, there are no online pre-orders, but online sales in Japan may start on release day from 13:00 (JST). There will also be an RSD Drops day on Saturday June 19. Stay tuned!

Various Artists "a young person's guide to blue-very e.p." (7")

A 7" of four songs from the "a young person's guide to blue-very" compilation released a year ago.

A1. 101 Dalmatians / waitin'
A2. Memory Girls / our freedom our darkness
B1. Reina / make a pancake
B2. Dai Nakamura / I Love You

blue-very label blvd-028
Out 4/23, ¥1600 (excl. tax)
Order: disques blue-very, Tower (Japan only)

DÉ DÉ MOUSE & punipunkdenki "Midnight Dew" (7")
DÉ DÉ MOUSE & ぷにぷに電機「Midnight Dew」

Recent single by DÉ DÉ MOUSE and singer-songwriter/producer punipunidenki, released digitally in December and followed in February by a dance mix by DÉ DÉ MOUSE. Both tracks are included on this 7".

A. Midnight Dew
B. Midnight Dew (Dance Mix)

not records NOT0036
Out 4/23, ¥1600 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Pasocom Music Club "See-Voice" (12")
パソコン音楽クラブ「SEE-VOICE」

3rd and latest album by Pasocom Music Club, "See-Voice", released in October 2021.

A1. Dehors (Intro)
A2. Listen
A3. Locator
A4. Far
A5. Aqua Glass
A6. Panorama
A7. Underwater
B1. Sun Point
B2. Voice
B3. Nukete
B4. Innocent Blue
B5. Affirmation
B6. Around the core
B7. Uminari

Pasocom Music Club PSCMLP004
Out 4/23, ¥3300 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

kiss the gambler "mokusou" (12")
kiss the gambler 「黙想」

1st album by kiss the gambler, released on CD and digitally in August last year (, Spotify, YouTube Music), is being released on colored vinyl. kiss the gambler also released this month a 7" single of "Fresh" (with for B-side an acoustic versio of "Summer Sunrise"), and there will be another 7" of "Ginger" coming soon (with a "Lovers Dub" mix for B-side).

A1. Intro
A2. Siberia Sponge Cake
A3. Fresh
A4. Spring Call
A5. Brother
A6. Summer Sunrise
A7. Can You Whistle, Johanna?
B1. Good Bye, Youth
B2. Ginger
B3. Nyoki Nyoki
B4. Your Concrete House and My House of Sand
B5. A Little Dog Barks
B6. Don't Wither, Cranberries

Rhion Records RHION-LP2
Out 4/23, ¥3182 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

3776 "3776 Calendar" (12"+CD)
3776 「3776カレンダー」

Idol group 3776 (Minanaro)'s album "3776 Calendar" gets a LP release. The package includes games of "sugoroku" and "fukuwarai", and a CD of the same contents as the LP.

A1. shogatsu wa ee mon da
A2. 2037nen no Valentine
A3. shunmin
A4. sakura sakura
A5. 88ya
A6. hotaru koi
B1. Repeater
B2. bon uta ondo
B3. tsuki no ikari
B4. manako gumo
B5. aki matsuri
B6. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Narisu Records LX-3776-E
Out 4/23, ¥5000 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

moe hiiro "Trouble Boys" (7")
一色萌「トラブル・ボーイズ」

"Pub rock" idol Hiiro Moe (member of XOXO Extreme) covers Dave Edmunds' "Trouble Boys" in Japanese, with the music performed by the band of Billy Bremner (ex-Rockpile). The B-side is a new song produced by Satō Yūsuke and performed by Kūchū Camera.

A. Trouble Boys
B. taiyō o nusunda onna

Narisu Records NRSP-7102
Out 4/23, ¥1700 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Sunaga t experience "STE" (2LP)

2LP release of Sunaga t experience's 2015 album "STE".

A1. Inugami-ke no ichizoku ~ai no Ballad~
A2. shikisai no Blues feat. chihiRo
B1. Kind of
B2. Ventura Highway feat. Sofia Finnila
B3. moderno ~keep going, Tokyo~
C1. a.S.S. ~dedicate to Hermeto Pascoal~
C2. Kiev no sora feat. Jukka Eskola
C3. shin Chitose kūkō
D1. DIRTY30 feat. Zeebra, MURO, RINO LATINA II, ECD, YOU THE ROCK★, Scha Dara Parr
D2. 20:00_20 gō sen
D3. Slumber

Universal Music / HMV record shop PROZ-7910/1
Out 4/23, ¥4500 (excl. tax)
Order: Jet Set, HMV, Tower (Japan only)

Q.A.S.B. "Baby Soul / Love Merry-Go-Round" (7")

Single cut from Q.A.S.B.'s latest album "Candy Dream", with a non-album B-side.

A1. Baby Soul
B2. Love Merry-Go-Round

Soul Garden Records SG-079
Out 4/23, ¥1700 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Slowly "Tripping Out (2022 Remaster / Soul Mix)" (7")

Cover of Curtis Mayfield's "Tripping Out" (first released in 2018), remastered and with for B-side the "Soul Mix" that was only available on the album's double-LP release (released for Record Day 2021).

A. Tripping Out (2022 Remaster)
B. Tripping Out (Soul Mix)

Flower Records FLRS-144
Out 4/23, ¥1800 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

akiko "Love Theme from 'Spartacus'" (7")

Jazz singer akiko's popular cover of "Love Theme from 'Spartacus'" newly re-arranged in a club-friendly way. The B-side is a self-cover of original song "The Transformer" in a tech house style. Bot hwere re-arranged by pianist Masayasu Tzboguchi.

A. Love Theme from 'Spartacus'
B. The Transformer

ability muse records PMKA-1001
Out 4/23, ¥2000 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

akiko "I'm Every Woman" (7")

Chaka Khan cover, made in collaboration with Yukihiro Fukutomi.

A. I'm Every Woman [Discol Ver.]
B. I'm Every Woman [Minimal Ver.]

Monday Michiru "YOU MAKE ME (Radio Edit) / Sunshine After The Rain (Radio Edit)" (7")
Monday 満ちる「YOU MAKE ME (Radio Edit) / Sunshine After The Rain (Radio Edit)」

Single cut of tracks from 1998 and 1995. "You Make Me" was produced by Shinichi Ōsawa (Mondo Grosso).

A. YOU MAKE ME (Radio Edit)
B. Sunshine After The Rain (Radio Edit)

Universal Music / HMV record shop PROT-7172
Out 4/23, ¥1800 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Matsudaira Ken "Matsuken Samba II" (7")
松平健「マツケンサンバⅡ」

7" cut of Matsudaira Ken's "Matsuken Samba II" (first released in 2004). The song regained popularity in 2021 around the Tokyo Olympics, from the public strongly suggesting to feature it in the ceremony and despite that not happening.

A. Matsuken Samba Ⅱ (Full Version)
B. Matsuken Samba Ⅱ (Original Karaoke)

HMV record shop HR7S246
Out 4/23, ¥1900 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Bread & Butter "Pink Shadow / kakure basho" (7")
ブレッド＆バター「ピンク・シャドウ / 隠れ場所」

2000 self-cover of their own hit "Pink Shadow", and an original written around the same period.

A. Pink Shadow
B. kakure basho

Victor Entertainment / HMV record shop NKS-739
Out 4/23, ¥1900 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Ōnuki Taeko "ai wa maboroshi / One's Love" (7")
大貫妙子「愛は幻 / One's Love」

Re-issue of a rare promo 7", with renewed artwork.

A. ai wa maboroshi
B. One's Love

Nippon Crown / HMV record shop CRK-1026
Out 4/23, ¥2000 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Hirota Mieko "My Memory / 'Doberman deka' no Theme" (7")
弘田三枝子「マイ・メモリィ / 『ドーベルマン刑事』のテーマ」

Re-issue of a 1977 single of two songs from the "Doberman deka" movie.

A. My Memory
B. "Doberman deka" no Theme

Nippon Columbia HMJA-152
Out 4/23, ¥2000 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

"a young person's guide to blue-very e.p." sampler clip