★King Records Japan

Memphis funk band Ebonee Webb turn Japanese folk songs into disco in 1979, arranged by Chikara Ueda: Soran Bushi, Hanagasa Ondo and Tanko Bushi with heavy grooves and vocals in Japanese. First vinyl reissue, newly cut from the master tapes.

Bassist Isao Suzuki and tenor saxophonist Akira Miyazawa together in 1981, with Motohiko Hino on drums: Suzuki's first digitally recorded album, long a hidden gem of Japanese jazz. First vinyl reissue, newly cut from the original master tapes.

Drummer Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalo's 1976 concept album on Okinawa: funk, Afro and disco over standards, Western pop covers and Okinawan folk songs, some arranged by Koichi Sugiyama. First colour vinyl, newly cut from the master tapes.

Saxophonist Takeru Muraoka's 1978 session for Seven Seas: crossover and fusion with sharp ensemble playing, with Shin Kazuhara on trumpet and Masanori Sasaji on keyboards. First colour vinyl edition, newly cut from the original master tapes.

The only album by guitarist Fujimaru Yoshino's Fujimaru Band, from 1977: a Japanese rare groove record known to few for decades, rediscovered abroad, here on uncoloured virgin vinyl, newly cut from the original master tapes.