“Lazy Crazy Blues” by Sheena and the Rokkets (1979)
https://youtu.be/cjdlVLqau28?si
Rolling Stone Japan rated this album, Vacuum Pack, number 44 on their list of the “100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time,” and with one listen you can understand why.
This track is solid New Wave, and hits just right around 5:00 on this Friday afternoon.
“Tornado” by Minako Yoshida (1980)
https://youtu.be/aXtes0qFO40?si
You’d probably put this squarely in the category of Japanese City Pop, which is not normally in my wheelhouse, but this album is straight up 🔥
Don’t let format stop you from hearing this one. It’s up on a lot of the streamers.
“For My Little Bird” by Shigeharu Mukai Quintet (1975)
https://youtu.be/2euQaR_xkG4?si
Woke up with this melody in my head, not that I ever need an excuse to listen to #ShigeharuMukai. The Japanese #jazz trombonist is in rarified air in my opinion, and this album is one of his best.
#AlternateFridayMusic
Jan 2 2026
We start the year with #Hope
This may be a repeat, but her lyrics are just too good. The song is Hejira, by Joni Mitchell, from her 1976 album Hejira.
In the church they light the candles
And the wax rolls down like tears
There's the hope and the hopelessness
I've witnessed all these years
We're only particles of change I know I know
Orbiting around the sun
But how can I have that point of view
When I'm always bound and tied to someone
In case anyone needs or expects they may need some music to escape into, this might be a good list to bookmark for emergencies. 151 albums that got other Fedizens through last year - from 1971-2025, various genres, and various countries - complete with streaming links and tasting notes.
https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/01/02/albums-the-fediverse-loved-in-2025/
“Ventura” by Lucinda Williams (2005)
https://youtu.be/spHCWVAHxmw?si
Fantastic live record from the fantastic #LucindaWilliams
🎶 I wanna watch the ocean bend
The edges of the sun then
I wanna get swallowed up in
An ocean of love 🎶
The recording is top shelf. Do what you can to hear this.
“Superstition” by Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats (1976)
https://youtu.be/2zDqNZtn_iY?si
Superstitious on New Year’s? It seems most cultures have something, a bid for health, prosperity, good fortune, or improved relationships.
And why not? New beginnings, new opportunities.
So while I think on that, here’s #NobuoHara and His Sharps & Flats tearing through a blistering big band #jazz version of the Stevie Wonder classic.
Happy New Year, everyone!
CURTIS MAYFIELD
Super Fly
1972 Canada pressing
Happy New Year’s Eve, everybody!
Might as well make the last waning hours of this foul year of our Lord 2025 extra FUNKY.
Touted as one of the few soundtracks to out-gross the film it accompanied, Mayfield’s third album is an all-time classic of all classics.
If your body or head doesn’t start bobbing, or your walk doesn’t start turning to a glide when the title track begins, then you are already dead inside, and there is no hope for you.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #funk #soul #superfly #curtismayfield #blaxploitation
Ogawa
MISM
the buff who fell to earth
The Vinyl Ape 🦧
Midnight Eye