ORIGINAL LOVE - ORIGINAL LOVE [1988]

1. Body Fresher
2. Caution (100 Secrets of Love)
3. Darlin'
4. Orange Mechanic Suicide
5. Original Love (Body Fresher II)
6. Talkin' Planet Sandwich
7. X'mas no Hi

Released either right before Takao Tajima joined Pizzicato Five or during his time with them, here is ORIGINAL LOVE's major debut album! It's not jazzy like the stuff they put out in the 90s but it's certainly a gem! Very indie, but with ORIGINAL LOVE's own spin on it.

Takao Tajima sounds so young here I cannot believe it.

You can get it here.

Shigeru Suzuki - Cosmos '51 [1979]

1. You Are A Bad Liar
2. Five Steps
3. Illusion
4. Galaxy Girl
5. Viva California
6. Hey! Woman
7. Bad Dream
8. Santa Monica Rally
9. Cold Blood
10. Phoenix

A great album by the former member of Happy End! No previews this time around due to the fact I can't find anything from this album on Youtube. Just trust me, it's great.



You can get it here.

Toshiki Kadomatsu - Sea Breeze [1981]

1. Dancing Shower
2. Elena
3. Summer Babe
4. Surf Breaks
5. Yokohama Twilight Time
6. City Nights
7. Still, I'm In Love With You
8. Wave

Here is Toshiki Kadomatsu's debut album! T. Kado is my favorite artist, ever. Please enjoy his smooth city pop sound. :~)

You can get it here.

Junko Yagami - Communication [1984]

1. Imagination
2. Cheater
3. Communication
4. 1984
5. Miss D.J.
6. Kashimiya No Hohoemi
7. Zyohanasubargu    
8. Donna Shidan Tsukattemo
9. Believing
10. Reaching Out

Released on the legendary (to me, at least) Moon Records in 1984, this was Junko Yagami's 8th (I believe?) album. The title song is worth downloading the entire album for anyway, but the rest of the album is also pretty good in it's own right.

You can get it here.

ORIGINAL LOVE - LOVE! LOVE! & LOVE! [1991]

I'm back again with my favorite Japanese jazz band from the 90s, ORIGINAL LOVE. Apparently, this is a double album, but the person I ordered this from didn't have the second disc so it's incomplete. Whoops! It's still worth a listen even without Part-2. Deep French Kiss and Let's Spend the Night Together are the highlights of this album for me.

1	Body Fresher
2	Blue Talk
3	Deep French Kiss
4	Giant Love
5	Sweat And Sugar Night
6	Fat Love Story
7	Time
8	夜をぶっとばせ ~Let's Spend The Night Together

You can get it here.

LaB LiFe - 食卓の花 [1997]

Here's a bit of a rare item - LaB LiFe's debut mini-album released in 1997. I believe this was an indies release? Not sure, but it's a superb mini and I HIGHLY recommend it.

       1. 食卓の花

  2. ポートレート

  3. さかなになりたい

  4. ラヴ・ライフ

  5. 昼と始まる(インストゥルメンタル)

You can get it here.

Taeko Onuki - SIGNIFIE [1983]

Hey all, I'm back! Sorry for not posting anything in awhile, I just honestly forgot about this blog. Anyway! I'm posting an album by one of my favorite musicians, Taeko Onuki. It's a great new-wave-ish album from the early 80s. Not my favorite release by her, but it's still a pleasant album.

1	夏に恋する女たち
2	幻惑
3	Signie
4	Patio
5	ルクレツィア
6	テディ・ベア
7	Recipe
8	アーニャ
9	Siesta
10	エル・トゥルマニエ
11	みずうみ

You can get it here.

Salon Music - M*A*S*H [1995]

Salon Music started out as a new-wave duo in the early to mid 80s, but when the 90s came around their sound morphed into a shoegaze/grunge hybrid. To go along with the times, I suppose.

I don't know much about this group or release, but I do know M*A*S*H is a great album and a must-listen!

You can download the album here.

ORIGINAL LOVE - 結晶 -Soul Liberation- [1992]

I first stumbled upon ORIGINAL LOVE after listening to Bellissima! by Pizzicato Five. Takao Tajima, the front-man for OL, joined Pizzicato Five for a brief period in 1988 to 1989 and provided vocals for P5's Bellissima! and On Her Majesty's Request albums. I really enjoyed his vocals on Bellissima! so I just had to check out Tajima's other band....and I immediately fell in love with them.

Soul Liberation is ORIGINAL LOVE's second album and it topped at 10 on the Oricon chart. It contains the singles "月の裏で会いましょう" and "The Venus". It's an all-around great 90s jazz album, so check it out!

You can download it here.

LaB LiFe - Planet Headphone [1998]

LaB LiFe were an techno-pop duo founded by Oya Yusuke (now known as SPENCER for his solo project) and Odate Kenichi back in the mid 1990s. They first released a mini-album on an indies label back in 1997 and a year later were picked up by a major label, making their debut with PLANET HEADPHONE.

A nice blend of 90s feel-good pop and techno music, Planet Headphone is a solid 90s electro album.

A year after Planet Headphone's release they released their second and last album titled WORLD'S eND. In the new millennium they provided J-pop star Ayumi Hamaski with a remix of one of her songs, then disappeared from the music scene. Yusuke was soon spotted again fronting the band Polaris, but Kenichi was never heard from again. I really do wonder what happened to him. Did he just tire of making music? Most likely, but it will remain a mystery.

You can download it here.

Pizzicatomania! [1987]

So, the first album I'll post is Pizzicato Five's 'Pizzicatomania!' album from 1987.

Released on Haruomi Hosono of Yellow Magic Orchestra's Non-Standard label, it was the first full album by Pizzicato V (as they were known back then). With Mamiko Sasaki on vocals it is quite different than Pizzicato Five's 90s releases, but a good album overall. Sadly it doesn't seem like she provided vocals on anything after she left (was kicked out of?) Pizzicato Five, except 'Summer Beauty 1990' by Flipper's Guitar on their Camera Talk album. Sad, as I really enjoyed her vocals.

You can get it xxxxxxx (will be uploading to Mega in the coming days)

Whoops....

Hey there, long time no post! I had something very tragic happen to me a few months ago and it apparently made me forget entirely about this little blog of mine. Anyway, I was thinking about re-hauling this blog to where I'll upload albums along with posting a blurb about them. I've a vast collection of CDs and the majority are not readily available for download, so I thought I'd change that. I'll start that sometime in the coming days, so watch out!