Vivid Sound

Vivid Sound is a Japanese record label and music company. Its official company page identifies it as VIVID SOUND CORPORATION (株式会社ヴィヴィド・サウンド・コーポレーション), established in August of Showa 48 (1973), with capital of 24 million yen and representative Takayuki Nirazawa. Its stated business activities include record manufacturing, distribution and sales; master production and copyright management; recording studio operation; and inviting foreign musicians. Its main labels include VIVID SOUND, CHOP, puff up, NALYD, HIGH CONTRAST RECORDINGS, TICK TACK, MEERKAT RECORDS, VOLTA RECORDS, MUSKRAT RECORDS and POKAPOKA RECORDS. The official site describes its release information as covering new and reissued CDs and LPs, domestic and imported editions, across a wide range of genres in both Western and Japanese music.

Vivid Sound is a Japanese record label. According to its official company page, VIVID SOUND CORPORATION was established in August of Showa 48 (1973), with capital of 24 million yen and representative Takayuki Nirazawa. Its business activities include record manufacturing, distribution and sales; master production and copyright management; recording studio operation; and inviting foreign musicians. The company operates under main labels including VIVID SOUND, CHOP, puff up, NALYD, HIGH CONTRAST RECORDINGS, TICK TACK, MEERKAT RECORDS, VOLTA RECORDS, MUSKRAT RECORDS and POKAPOKA RECORDS. Its official site presents release information for new and reissued CDs and LPs, domestic and imported editions, across a wide range of genres in both Western and Japanese music. The site also notes that in the 1990s it reissued albums by artists such as Happy End, Shigeru Suzuki and Tin Pan Alley, and that dead stock of such analog records was later released from its warehouse.

A long-established independent label handling a wide range of genres in both Western and Japanese music, including core titles not handled by major record companies.

• CD releases

• LP/analog records

• Reissues

• Domestic editions

• Imported editions

1. 1VIVID SOUND – CD・LPの新作・再発・国内盤・輸入盤など洋楽・邦楽問わず多岐に渡るジャンルを取扱う老舗インディーズ・レーベルvividsound.co.jp
2. 2会社案内 – VIVID SOUNDvividsound.co.jp
3. 3Vivid Soundwikidata.org