Pot-pourri in January

Old school hip-hop soundtrack from the 1983 movie: Wild Style.

Looking for a fight?

Lester Young last recordings, 2 weeks before his death, in March 1959.

Sophie Tucker LP from 1964, not to be confused with Priscilla, Queen of the desert....

Those were the days.... Minami Yuji and the Full Sails : "Fortune teller Lady" in 1970....

The love robber: Okumura Chiyo all set for the hunt. 1969, année érotique.

Mayuzumi Jun : "A girl in love", in 1970.

Enough is enough, see you next week.

Happy New Year 2014

Best wishes for 2014!!!!!

Hatsumode: the first temple visit of the year.

Keiko Fuji, who passed away last year, will still be with us in 2014.

Mari Henmi, Private, 1970.

Jun Mayuzumi, Au-delà de la brume, 1967.

See you around along 2014!!

Night and day in Shinjuku

A fishmonger who came all the way from Tsukiji market

Kabukicho Ichibangai

Don Quijote

Vuitton dogs

Looking for the Third Arrow...

...Found it

45 rpm, ladies night

Tomoko Ogawa: La rupture inattendue, 1970.

Jun Mayuzumi: le miracle de l'amour, 1968、let's listen to that one right now:

Chiyo Okumura: Terminus, 1971.

Saori Yuki: Cet amour éternellement, 1971.

Yukari Ito: Mais je ne savais pas, 1969.

Enjoy Christmas Eve, I hope you will get plenty of vinyls and get rid of those mp3s.

Time slip into Showa

Which one shall I spin today....

Let's start with Pedro&Capricious and their first Lp in 1972: Maeno Yoko really knows how to swing it...

Let's continue with Pedro&Capricious and their second album in 1973: the afro keeps growing...and Maeno Yoko has been replaced by Takahashi Mariko as the lead singer.

Los Indios are less funky in their tuxedos but they have a few good numbers behind their bow-ties.

The happy six and Miura Hitoshi, the invisible man on the cover.

This is way too much emotion for me this week, sayonara, matane!

Woods and ouds

Autumn leaves in Tokyo.

The Great Jimmy Heath: Swamp seed.

Billy Hart

Luiz Bonfa

Splendid Ahmed Abdul-Malik on oud.

Farid El Atrache on the oud.

Charles Mingus on the wood bass .

Richard Davis on the wood bass too.

Preparation for New Year's Eve seichi cuisine: only 3 weeks left....

Have a nice week.

Mood Kayo week

Happy record store day!

Ooyan Feifei, don't miss her live in January in Tokyo!

The fabulous Matsuo Tomoko.

The magnificent Ogawa Tomoko.

The transcendental Mayuzumi Jun

The ubiquitous Sawa Tamaki.

New record shop in Shinjuku dedicated to Showa pop music.

Fuji san on the right, the sun on the left.

May the peace be with you.