Ariran (Arirang) 10 INCH 78 rpm Standard Play (Occupied Japan) Eagle 1946

  

 淡路のり子 長谷川一郞 accomp. 明大マンドリン オ-ケストラ  Korean folk song Ariran (Arirang)/Toraji Song 10 INCH 78 rpm (Standard Play) Record (Occupied Japan) Eagle N 138/122327  (rare 1946 release – instrumental with singers Awaya Noriko and Hasegawa Ichirō. )

Click for Korean SP release info. at Bae Yeon Hyung’s site: Rare. Korea Record Archive information

Mic’s collection status: I have a copy of this record. My copy is in almost perfect near mint condition with original sleeve well preserved.

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Rumkicks 反骨 (Born Rude) First full album on CD

Rumkicks 反骨 First full album on CD Self released 13 track including 2023 versions of ‘Punk Rocker’ & ‘Goodbye Song’. This copy actually belongs to my niece Lee Ji-yun who lives in Jayang-dong and is a first year middle school student. Her favorite song by this band is their cover version of Turning Point.

(Part of this description is from a Reddit post under my ID: Hanahoe-double-agent) Seoul, Korean punk band trio which has had different line-ups over the years. The enduring member has been the charismatic current lead singer-guitarist and primary songwriter Jeong Yea-won, who is/was also in the band Rux. Current bass player is Yoo Yeon-ju and long time-returning drummer is Cho Min-jeong. Former member Choi See-un played bass and vocals on previous releases.

There’s been some discussion about their visual image, but it’s important to note that this image, which draws upon the early 80s British punk scene, is something quite new in a Korean context. While Rux and other bands pioneered it, Rumkicks projected it further. Unlike in Japan, the optics and the music itself emerged relatively recently in South Korea. All the classic early British punk albums and many of the U.S. ones were released in Japan not long after their home releases, so Japan latched onto this music right at the time. But South Korea was under a military dictatorship right up until at least the very late 80s, and anything punk was deemed as subversive and was strongly censored. (The only albums that found their way out were pirate pressings of NMTB and a couple of later Clash albums.) So within Korea itself this band’s style, music and dress wise, is something quite new to the vast majority of Koreans.

What I really like about Rumkicks is their songs are good. Punk Rocker and Goodbye Song are really well written tracks … the melodies work and they’re cohesive. My dad’s from South-East London and I also like the way that a lot of these recent Korean punk bands, Rux included, draw influences from the early UK punk sound and have a similar vibe.

My favorite song by this group. (Live in Jakarta, Indonesia.)

My niece’s favorite song by this group. (The original is great too.)

LEENALCHI Sugungga 수궁가 Sea Palace Songs LP WHITE VINYL 2020

LEENALCHI Sugungga 수궁가 Sea Palace Songs LP WHITE VINYL 2020 (Korea) ZANPAR / Machang Music & Pictures Co., Ltd. (2020 180 gram album with quality cover on WHITE VINYL. This is my favorite Korean band at the moment – with this album being a modern Pansori style. It’s great!)

KIMCHI KATS 김치켓 KOREA キムチ・シスターズ Japan 45 1961

KIMCHI KATS 김치켓 A: 경성의 밤/B: 아리랑 (Arirang) (Japan) Victor VS-558 (1961 – rare Japanese single. I got this recently from Japan after looking for it for many years. Scans are a bit different from the pictures I took, but this copy genuinely almost mint.)

NOTE FROM WEB PAGE AUTHOR

August 2018: Please note that I will take a bit of a break from updating this site for a while – at least until my next break period at the end of this year. 

The reason is mostly to do with time constraints this year, but also that this site mostly deals with international vinyl pressings of Korean artists/music, and I have already found most of the discs that are out there. It’s getting harder to find new items in this area.

In future I may try to provide information on the new vinyl which is being pressed in Korea at the moment. Will think it through at the end of the year, when I start to update the site again.

Meanwhile, three non-Korean vinyl pressings of Korean music I haven’t been able to find a copy of are pictured below. These are three records I am still trying to find:

HAPPY DOLLS Show Album No.1 VINYL LP (Canada) Solar SAR 2012 (1977) (The prices have gone up really high for this album so I might wait until I am lucky to pick up one for a modest price.)

KIM SISTERS Their first album TAIWANESE RED VINYL

キムチ シスタ-ズ  KIMCHI KATS  京城の夜 / アリラン 7 INCH VINYL 45 (Japan) Victor VS 558 (1961 – Airiang on B side, I think the group traveled to UK at one stage.)

There are a couple of European Kim Sisters records I am looking for also.

If interested … I also have a web page with info on Japanese pressings in my collection (punk/hip hop/jazz/funk/etc.).

Click here or on the picture for link to the Japanese pressings page:

     

KIM SISTERS The Fabulous Kim Sisters Sing AUSTRALIA EP 1967

KIM SISTERS The Fabulous Kim Sisters Sing 7 INCH VINYL EP (Australia) Monument PXE-11,463 (1967 – incredibly rare release. Unfortunately, the copy of this EP that I finally found did not have a picture copy. Thus I have included pics of the labels only, however below are some pictures of a copy which sold on E-bay not long ago. This is very rare, and I wasn’t sure it actually existed until recently. Note: the E following PX indicates that this is a special Australian EXPORT pressing to be shipped for distribution to South East Asia.

Mic’s collection status: I now have a copy of the EP but my copy does not have a picture cover. It is in nice condition though.

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Picture of the cover from E-bay below (I know the person who bought this picture cover copy actually), she has a lot of very rare records by the Kim Sisters and other Korean artists.

ARIRANG ELLY WILLIAMS US VINYL 1954

 

ELLY WILLIAMS Worry, Worry, Worry / Arirang (Ah-Dee-Dong) (US) Rainbow 45-253 RED VINYL (1954 – this single is of particular interest because it’s one of the first releases of Arirang on vinyl record (not shellac SP 78) anywhere. It may well be the first because I the song isn’t on the earlier Folkways LP. Rare.)

Mic’s collection status: I  have a copy of this 45.

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BOA 気持ちはつたわる12 INCH VINYL EP 2001

BOA 気持ちはつたわる  5 track 12 INCH VINYL EP   Japan Rhythm Republic  RR12-88348 (2001 release – heavy vinyl)

This one is her first Japanese vinyl release. One of a number of BOA Japanese vinyl releases. She released 7 12 INCH VINYL singles in Japan between 2001 and 2004 + also ID; Peace B was released on a 12 inch in the USA in 2002.

Mic’s collection status: I now have a copy of this record.

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KIM SISTERS BACKING VOCALS IN FRENCH – TONY DORI VINYL 7 INCH 45 1961

KIM SISTERS BACKING VOCALS – TONY DORI (& Con La II° Roman N.O.J.B.) VINYL 7 INCH 45  Patate E Maccheroni/Cherie, Fais Moi La Pizza (ITALY) RCA Italiana ‎ 45N 1171 w/PS (Very rare 1961 release recorded in Italy. KIM SISTERS do backing vocals in FRENCH on both tracks. Clearly their vocals)

This single was recorded along with other tracks in Italy in 1960/61. See other Italian item listed on this site.

Mic’s collection status: I have a copy of this 45.

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BYONGKI HWANG Music From Korea, Vol. 1: The Kayakeum 12 INCH VINYL LP US East West 1965

BYONGKI HWANG Music From Korea, Vol. 1: The Kayakeum 12 INCH VINYL LP Sanjo/The Fall/Pomegranate House/The Forest (Green Shade, Cuckoo, Rain, Moonlight) (US – Hawaii) East West Press EWS-1001 (rare 1965 album pressed in Honolulu by respected Kayakeum musician. Nice liner notes by Barbara Smith. This copy is Mono but a Stereo version was also released. No copies of this came up for sale online for years then recently a few copies have surfaced. Early release by a Korean musician and very hard to find.)

Mic’s collection status: I now have a copy of the LP. Took me a while to get one.

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KYUNG-WHA CHUNG 정경화 12 inch VINYL DOUBLE LP London 1976 Japan only release?

KYUNG-WHA CHUNG 정경화 (violin) Tchaikovsky & Sibelius VIOLIN CONCERTOS Tchikovsky/Sibelius/Bruch/Saint-Saens/London Symphony/Royal Philharmonic/Previn/Kempe/Foster 12 INCH DOUBLE VINYL LP Tracks:  (Japan) London K15C-9066/7 (1976 – Japan only? release in gatefold cover with obi.)

Collectors notes: Beautiful heavy card gatefold cover with Japanese language liner notes plus nice obi

Mic’s collection status: I have this LP, my copy is near mint.

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