Japanese Pop

VA - Favorite Japanese Instrumentals (2002) {Hana Ola/Cord International}

VA - Favorite Japanese Instrumentals (2002) {Hana Ola/Cord International}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 225 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 147 mb
Genre: Japanese pop

Favorite Japanese Instrumentals is a 2002 compilation CD released by Hana Ola Records via Cord International, representing Japanese instrumentals recorded and released in the 1950's by the 49th State Recording label in Honolulu before Hawaii became an official 50th state. The songs are performed by The Tokyo All-Star Orchestra and The All-Star Orchestra, who may or may not be one and the same band. These recordings were licensed by 49th State and sold very well in Hawaii as well as throughout Japan.
VA - Heisei No Oto: Japanese Left​-​field Pop From The CD Age, 1989​-​1996 (2021)

VA - Heisei No Oto: Japanese Left​-​field Pop From The CD Age, 1989​-​1996 (2021)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 530 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 212 Mb | 01:32:07
Electronic, Ambient, Leftfield | Label: Music From Memory

Music From Memory are excited to announce a special compilation that they’ve been working on for some time now; MFM053 – VA – Heisei No Oto – Japanese Left-field Pop From The CD Age (1989-1996). Compiled by long-time friends of the label, Eiji Taniguchi and Norio Sato, Heisei No Oto delves into a world of music released almost exclusively on CD and brings together a fascinating selection of discoveries from a little known and overlooked part of Japan’s musical history.
Emy Jackson - The Emy Jackson Album (The Very Best Of Emy Jackson) (1996) {Japanese Edition}

Emy Jackson - The Emy Jackson Album (The Very Best Of Emy Jackson) (1996) {Japanese Edition}
XLD Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 334 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 138 Mb
Scans Included | 00:50:59 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop, Beat, Surf, Garage Rock | Nippon Columbia Co. #COCA-13946

Emy Jackson (エミー・ジャクソン) was born in Essex, England as Emy Eaton. As a teenager in Yokohama she still couldn’t read Japanese well, but her ability to speak both English and Japanese fluently landed her a job as a youth DJ for the Good Hit Parade on Radio Kanto. In her notes to the excellent compilation Nippon Girls: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-1970 Sheila Burgel writes: Her DJ career was cut short when her colleague Reiko Yukawa found Jackson singing “You Are My Sunshine” whilst strumming the guitar and sent word to A&R man Akira Izumi at Columbia Records. Akira insisted that Jackson break with the cover-pops tradition and tackle original songs written by Japanese songwriters in her native language of English.

Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at Dec. 6, 2020
Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.

Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. By Roland Kelts
2006 | 253 Pages | ISBN: 1403974756 | PDF | 2 MB

Ayumi Hamasaki - Duty (2000) {Japanese Edition}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Dec. 28, 2017
Ayumi Hamasaki - Duty (2000) {Japanese Edition}

Ayumi Hamasaki - Duty (2000) {Japanese Edition}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 380 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 125 Mb
Full Scans (PNG, 400 dpi) ~ 192 Mb | RAR 5% Recovery
J-Pop, Electronic, Pop Rock | Avex Trax #AVCD-11837

Duty is the third studio album by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on September 27, 2000 by Avex Trax. Upon the album's release, it was met with favourable reviews from music critics. Critics highlight individual songs as stand out tracks, and found the album a memorable effort within the Japanese pop genre. Duty became Hamasaki's third studio album to reach the top spot on Japan's Oricon Albums Chart. The album has sold over three million units in Japan, making this her best selling studio album as of today. Five singles were released from the album. Two of the singles, "Seasons" and "Surreal", topped Japan's Oricon Singles Chart, while the former sold over 1.3 million units in Japan.
VA - Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988 (2021)

VA - Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988 (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 329 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 126 Mb | 00:54:50
Electronic, Pop | Label: Light in the Attic Records

Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980–1988 hovers vibe–wise between two distinct poles within Light In The Attic’s acclaimed Japan Archival Series—Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980–1990 and Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976–1986. All three albums showcase recordings produced during Japan’s soaring bubble economy of the 1980s, an era in which aesthetic visions and consumerism merged. Music echoed the nation’s prosperity and with financial abundance came the luxury to dream.

VA - Wamono A To Z Vol. II (Japanese Funk 1970​-​1977) (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at April 18, 2021
VA - Wamono A To Z Vol. II (Japanese Funk 1970​-​1977) (2018)

VA - Wamono A To Z Vol. II (Japanese Funk 1970​-​1977) (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 1,01 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 357 Mb | Covers included | 02:24:13
Funk, Disco, City Pop | Label: Columbia Records

Following the highly acclaimed Volume I, dig further into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by step778 at June 13, 2018
In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage (Repost)

William M. Tsutsui, Michiko Ito, "In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage"
2006 | pages: 225 | ISBN: 1403964610 | PDF | 1,9 mb

Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016) Japanese Edition  Music

Posted by Designol at Feb. 5, 2023
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016) Japanese Edition

Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016) Japanese Edition
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 309 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 118 Mb | Scans ~ 111 Mb
Label: Streamline/Interscope | # UICS-1316 | Time: 00:50:48
Pop, Pop/Rock, Dance-Pop

Joanne is the fifth studio album recorded by American singer Lady Gaga. It was released on October 21, 2016, through Streamline and Interscope Records as a follow-up to Artpop (2013) and Cheek to Cheek (2014). Gaga collaborated with several producers on the record, including Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, BloodPop and RedOne, and co-produced the majority of the material. The music of Joanne features "stripped-down" soft rock and dance-pop styles in order to emphasis the singer's vocal abilities, unlike on Artpop. Lyrically, the album delves on the theme of family and life's emotions, with the death of her father's sister, Joanne Stefani Germanotta, having a deep influence on the record. Japanese Edition contain bonus tracks.

Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989) Japanese Edition  Music

Posted by Designol at Jan. 4, 2023
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989) Japanese Edition

Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989) Japanese Edition
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 345 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 127 Mb | Scans ~ 111 Mb
Dance Pop, Latin Pop, Adult Contemporary | Label: Epic/Sony | # 25・8P-5299 | 00:55:40

Cuts Both Ways is the debut solo album by American recording artist Gloria Estefan and final album with Miami Sound Machine, as they would become her backup band for her solo career after its release. Although Estefan's name is on the front cover, the album credits Estefan and Miami Sound Machine (as with the previous album, Let It Loose).