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![Gong Gong Gong 工工工 - Phantom Rhythm Remixed 幽靈節奏 (LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/a3602209809_10_26d23d81-e28f-444d-91aa-b4075b470f32_{width}x.jpg?v=1716369185)
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![Loren Connors & Alan Licht - At The Top Of The Stairs (LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/a0602434793_10_07fee7d9-f5c3-4ace-be15-9b5396c9e250_{width}x.jpg?v=1711618162)
![Loren Connors & Alan Licht - At The Top Of The Stairs (LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/0032172513_10_4a806049-5dab-44cc-88b7-2cfb8ad96329_{width}x.jpg?v=1711618162)
![Joyce Street - Tied Down (Clear Vinyl LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/PtYb8Gio_26262615-106e-4764-9426-190a72d533e4_{width}x.jpg?v=1711608667)
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![Meril Wubslin - Faire ça (LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/IMG_5255_{width}x.jpg?v=1710343915)
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![V.A. - Sweet Lotus Blossom: A Collection of Vintage Drug Songs from the 20s-40s (LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/LSD69006LP_CU_20846533-c659-4166-898e-daacb3ac139b_{width}x.jpg?v=1704874121)
![Maki Asakawa - Some Years Parst (LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/PROT-7152_81e749d4-64b6-4f0f-b885-e2965b7cea42_{width}x.jpg?v=1702714666)
![The Dead Tongues - Unsung Passage (CD)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/a0868320042_10_ed002f55-7982-4c32-b97e-0ed27499e368_{width}x.jpg?v=1700045052)
![Maki Asakawa (2LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/448d3814211a097db223077c2b3ec217.image.550x550_a113ca7b-07e3-4e62-9494-bfe06f1efd11_{width}x.jpg?v=1698310158)
A stunning survey of the 1970s heyday of great Japanese singer and countercultural icon Maki Asakawa (1942-2010). Deep-indigo, dead-of-night enka, folk, and blues, inhaling Billie Holiday and Nina Simone down to the bone. A traditional waltz abuts Nico-style incantation; defamiliarized versions of Oscar Brown Jr. and Bessie Smith collide with big-band experiments alongside poet Shūji Terayama; a sitar-led psychedelic wig-out runs into a killer excursion in modal, spiritual jazz. Existentialism and noir, mystery and allure, hurt and hauteur. With excellent notes by Alan Cummings and the fabulous photographs of Hitoshi Jin Tamura. "Japan's answer to Scott Walker, with a visual aesthetic and a death-decadent appeal that is straight out of the Keiji Haino songbook." --Volcanic Tongue
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![Shirley Ann Lee - Songs Of Light (Brown Vinyl LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/NPH44003lp-C1_6a12f08e-5931-48cb-b08e-d07a7fa3a9f7_{width}x.jpg?v=1693045746)
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![Mike Cooper - Life and Death in Paradise + Milan Live Acoustic 2018 (LP+CD)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/a3886286009_10_{width}x.jpg?v=1688888803)
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![V.A. - Jukebox Mambo Volume IV: Afro-Latin Accents In Rhythm & Blues 1946-1962 (2LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/files/a0790525094_10_6ec3c62b-1c39-45a7-91a1-f43419f026d5_{width}x.jpg?v=1688797171)
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![Clube Tormenta - O som do Labirinto (Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl LP)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/products/NNT035LPC1_dfb77e62-021a-4a07-a2fb-8fe22e07b2cf_{width}x.jpg?v=1671273261)
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![Jeb Loy Nichols - The United States Of The Broken Hearted (LP+DL)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/products/a2734130919_10_ffcc354b-f985-4b93-8417-4a166edc520e_{width}x.jpg?v=1670475408)
![Jeb Loy Nichols - The United States Of The Broken Hearted (LP+DL)](http://meditations.jp/cdn/shop/products/0029962150_10_c7d7314c-0b3c-4ad3-b43c-569e62b8f494_{width}x.jpg?v=1670475408)
On-U Sound are proud to present a new album from longtime friend and associate of the label, Jeb Loy Nichols. Produced by Adrian Sherwood, with careful arrangements framing twelve beautiful, acoustic-based songs. The album features contributions from the likes of Martin Duffy (Primal Scream/Felt) and Ivan “Celloman” Hussey, fresh from his work on the massively acclaimed duo of Horace Andy albums, Midnight Rocker and Midnight Scorchers, both of which featured songwriting contributions from Jeb Loy.
Jeb Loy comments: "The United States Of The Broken Hearted has been forty years in the making. I’ve known Adrian, and considered him one of my closest friends, for that long. During that time we’ve spent more hours listening, and talking about, music than anything else. Reggae, Country, Folk, Jazz, Soul; it’s been the backdrop to our friendship. Adrian introduced me to some of my favourite music; Count Ossie, Culture, Harry Beckett, Mulatu Astatke. Through the years we’ve listened to Sun Ra, Lee Perry, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie. A couple years ago, on a visit to Adrian, I mentioned Gram Parsons’s concept of ‘American Cosmic Music’, the melting mix of musical genres that constitutes a uniquely American sound. We talked about recording a record that incorporated all the influences I’d gathered, from Bluegrass to Jazz to Reggae to Soul. The United States Of The Broken Hearted is that record. We wanted to include Folk (Deportees), Country (Satisfied Mind), protest songs (I Hate The Capitalist System), and songs of my own that bore the marks of those that had gone before. I sang the songs and played guitar; Adrian brought in friends and fellow travellers to finish them. It’s all there, Soul, Jazz, Country, Folk; and underlying everything, Adrian’s Reggae infused production.”
Adrian Sherwood adds: “This is Jeb’s ‘Great American Songbook’, he’s become such a great singer and songwriter over the years. This is a beautiful piece of work reminiscent of our mutual love for the Miracle album I made with Bim Sherman. I’m really proud of this record and it’s a fitting follow-up to Long Time Traveller.”