WORLD

Full catalogue listing with many sound samples of the acclaimed series of traditional music from around the world. 100 titles divided by region and country.

150 albums of traditional music from around the world. The 152 titles of the King World Music Library series repackaged, plus long deleted albums reissued, new recordings, and some 2CD and 3 CD collections. A remarkable body of work, all with English liner notes.

Back in the 1970s Colombia released on LP several classic recordings of traditional music from around the world. Long deleted, these are now released onto CD.

Customs CDs of fantastic recordings made by Smithsonian Folkways in the 1950s - 90s.
A Custom CD is a high-quality CD-R which is produced at Smithsonian Folkways, and a mixed mode disc (also known as an Enhanced CD/CD Extra/CD Plus). A mixed mode disc contains both audio (for CD audio players) and data (readable on other devices, like PCs). Custom titles are sold with a digital copy of the album's original liner notes (as a .PDF file) on the CD.

Starting in 1967, the Nonesuch Explorer Series set the benchmark for ethnic recordings of music from around the world. 50 CDs are released in Japan, with the original LP jackets, many not yet re-released elsewhere.

The legendary Audi-book label was active between 1989 and 1997 and was mostly compiled from journalist Toyo Nakamura's extensive collection of 78s and LPs.

Respect Records is one of Japan's best labels, exclusively represented worldwide by Far Side Music.

Large selection of Japan only releases of music with a large following in Japan. Japanese artists, Hawaiian and Pacific artists, compilations and more.

Vintage American Music

From Mongolia and Tuva, Japanese and Asian only releases. Many more traditional titles from the region available from King World Music Library and JVC World Sounds series sections below.

Natural sounds from areas of natural beauty from throughout Japan, Pacfic islands and other locations from around the world.