Korean Vinyl Pressings

Interesting 60s vinyl 45s.

Korean vinyl pressings.

There is an earlier one but i am yet to see a copy myself or even a picture of of a copy kim sisters 7 inch monument pke 1661 1966. Have only included the more interesting items here. These are south korean pressings of vinyl records that are stored at my dad s place in australia along side the japanese pressings. Rare 50s rock and roll vinyl 45s.

Official releases of western artists were not pressed in large numbers and are of the same quality as european or japanese pressings. The significant thing about the first pressing of this record is that it is probably the very first vinyl record not shellac 78 disc containing korean music ever made. I have quite a lot of them so will just be selective about the ones i note here. The korean music on vinyl page gets the most traffic by far.

These are three records i am still trying to find. Although this site web site is predominately devoted to non korean vinyl releases of korean music i have decided to occasionally include some odd korean pressing items from my collection that are of special interest or have especially cool covers and in this case an cd related to rare korean sp 78 rpm records. As many people already know a significant number of korean pressings records have unique track listings and or different covers. Some interesting asian music vinyl records.

North korean pressings of vinyl records 북한에서 제작된 레코드 like everything else in north korea it is hard to find precise information what vinyl records and possibly 78s standard play records were issued there. Note all official korean vinyl records are now rare and very hard to find. Rolling stones live 12 inch vinyl lp south korean creato mhrl 1061 creato 4009 high quality korean only release with 13 tracks. Click on picture for link.

Earliest australian pressing of a vinyl record by korean artists that i have found to definitely exist. As an australian i m particularly interested in any korean music released in australia. One of the all time great. Almost certainly the first ever made outside of korea.

Meanwhile three non korean vinyl pressings of korean music i haven t been able to find a copy of are pictured below. Interesting 70s vinyl 45s. Damned smash it up australia 45 punk 1979 damned smash it up 7 inch vinyl single australia chiswick chis 165 1979 extremely clean copy of quite rare single. These are some of the non japanese korean pressings i have stored along with the japan korea discs.