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Designing a vinyl record jacket for reissue in 2021 (and 2022)

Designing a vinyl record jacket for reissue in ...

When recreating album artwork for reissue, we prefer to start from scratch, with Roger Bong rebuilding the jacket piece by piece by relying on a combination of photographing the original LP,...

Designing a vinyl record jacket for reissue in ...

When recreating album artwork for reissue, we prefer to start from scratch, with Roger Bong rebuilding the jacket piece by piece by relying on a combination of photographing the original LP,...

Our 70th release: Kalapana's 1975 debut LP

Our 70th release: Kalapana's 1975 debut LP

It’s official: our 70th release is the vinyl reissue of Kalapana. Much like Mackey Feary Band’s debut, Kalapana’s first record (eponymously titled Kalapana and sometimes referred to as Kalapana I) has always left an...

Our 70th release: Kalapana's 1975 debut LP

It’s official: our 70th release is the vinyl reissue of Kalapana. Much like Mackey Feary Band’s debut, Kalapana’s first record (eponymously titled Kalapana and sometimes referred to as Kalapana I) has always left an...

The Present and the Past: AGS-067 explores Chinese folk songs through jazz with saxophonist Jason Gay

The Present and the Past: AGS-067 explores Chin...

“Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself. Change your tone and shape so often that they can never categorize you.” Charles Bukowski’s poem, No Leaders, Please, is the driving ethos behind...

The Present and the Past: AGS-067 explores Chin...

“Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself. Change your tone and shape so often that they can never categorize you.” Charles Bukowski’s poem, No Leaders, Please, is the driving ethos behind...

Dedicated to DJ Pratt (a Vinyl Don mix in memory of David John Pratt)

Dedicated to DJ Pratt (a Vinyl Don mix in memor...

The news arrived yesterday afternoon that DJ Pratt, the founding guitarist of Kalapana, passed away suddenly. Long-time Kalapana member Gaylord Holomalia posted a photo on his Facebook page with the caption,...

Dedicated to DJ Pratt (a Vinyl Don mix in memor...

The news arrived yesterday afternoon that DJ Pratt, the founding guitarist of Kalapana, passed away suddenly. Long-time Kalapana member Gaylord Holomalia posted a photo on his Facebook page with the caption,...

Announcing Arthur Lyman's long-lost jazz ambient album, Island Vibes (AGS-061)

Announcing Arthur Lyman's long-lost jazz ambien...

Releasing August 27, 2021, Island Vibes Island Vibes paints a meditative canvas of the Hawaiian Islands’ natural beauty. Merging the sounds of nature along with his resounding vibraphone, Arthur Lyman and...

Announcing Arthur Lyman's long-lost jazz ambien...

Releasing August 27, 2021, Island Vibes Island Vibes paints a meditative canvas of the Hawaiian Islands’ natural beauty. Merging the sounds of nature along with his resounding vibraphone, Arthur Lyman and...

Don Tiki on wax: Announcing 'Hot Like Lava' from Honolulu's legendary neo-exotica group

Don Tiki on wax: Announcing 'Hot Like Lava' fro...

Culled from compact discs spanning 1997 to 2009, our latest release (AGS-064) is an exhilarating collection of exotica instrumentals by Don Tiki, Honolulu's pioneers of the pseudo-Polynesian genre. Hot Like Lava by...

Don Tiki on wax: Announcing 'Hot Like Lava' fro...

Culled from compact discs spanning 1997 to 2009, our latest release (AGS-064) is an exhilarating collection of exotica instrumentals by Don Tiki, Honolulu's pioneers of the pseudo-Polynesian genre. Hot Like Lava by...