Venus Records is a Japanese jazz record label. It was founded in 1992 by Tetsuo Hara, who had worked as a producer for RCA Victor. It mostly works with a select group of artists from Italy, the United States, and Japan, and uses a signature 24-bit mastering process, named "Hyper Magnum Sound," that produces "very powerful sound with strong presence". It is also known for its album covers, which use well-known photographers and frequently feature nudity.
Discography VENUS-1002 Albert Ayler Bells (CD, RE, Promo) 1993 TKCZ-79136 Marzette Watts Marzette Watts (CD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCZ-79134 Burton Greene Trio The On Tour (CD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCZ-79130 Giuseppi Logan More (CD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCZ-79126 Patty Waters Sings (CD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCZ-79118 Why Not? (CD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCZ-79108 Giuseppi Logan Quartet The Giuseppi Logan Quartet (CD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCZ-79102 Albert Ayler Spirits Rejoice (CD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCZ-79101 Albert Ayler Trio Spiritual Unity (CD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCZ-79004 Gil Evans Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) (2xCD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCZ-79005 Art Pepper with Sonny Clark Trio Holiday Flight - Lighthouse 1953 (2xCD, Album, RE, RM) 1993 TKCV-79021 Barney Wilen Inside Nitty = Gritty (CD, Album) 1993 TKCV-79016 Marion Brown Quintet Mirante Do Vale ~ Offering II (CD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCV-79012 Marion Brown Quintet Offering (CD, Album, RE) 1993 TKCY-79013 Dewey Redman Featuring Joshua Redman African Venus (CD, Album) 1994 TKCZ-79158 Albert Ayler Quintet At Slug's Saloon 1966 (2xCD, Album, Comp) 1994 TKCZ-79024 Richie Beirach Trio Methuselah (CD, Album, RE) 1994 TKCV-79084 Paul Bley Trio Emerald Blue (CD, Album) 1994 TKCV-79074 Paul Bley Trio Modern Chant (CD, Album) 1994 TKCV-79055 Lonnie Smith Trio Purple Haze (CD, Album) 1994 TKCV-79053 Lonnie Smith Trio Føxy Lady (CD, Album) 1994 TKCV-79022 Lonnie Smith = John Abercrombie Trio The Afro Blue (CD, Album) 1994 TKCZ-79506 Sonny Rollins Quintet / Thad Jones Sonny Rollins Plays (CD, Album, RE, Comp) 1995 TKCZ-36010 Albert Ayler Trio Spiritual Unity (CD, Album, RE, Ltd, 24K) 1996 TKCV-79307 Archie Shepp Quartet Blue Ballads (CD, Album) 1996 TKCV-35015 Lee Konitz Quartet Jazz Nocturne TKCV-35134 Enrico Rava Italian Ballads (CD, Album) 1996 TKCV-35018 Lee Konitz Lee Konitz & The Brazilian Band – Brazilian Serenade (CD, Album) 1996 TKCV-35036 Steve Kuhn Trio Sing Me Softly of the Blues (CD, Album) 1997 JAS-8007 Kenny Dorham The Arrival of Kenny Dorham (CD, Album, RE) 1997 JAS-8004 JR Monterose The Message (CD, Album, RE) 1997 TKCV-35102 Steve Kuhn Trio Love Walked In (CD, Album) 1999 TKCV-35084 Richie Beirach Trio What Is This Thing Called Love? (CD, Album) 1999 TKCV-35088 Steve Kuhn Trio Quiereme Mucho (CD, Album) 2000 TKCV-35098 Steve Kuhn Trio Temptation (CD, Album) 2001 TKCV-35091 Richie Beirach Trio Romantic Rhapsody (CD, Album) 2001 TKCV-35307 Steve Kuhn Trio Waltz – Red Side (CD, Album) 2002 TKCV-35306 Steve Kuhn Trio Waltz – Blue Side (CD, Album) 2002 TKCV-35305 Richie Beirach Trio No Borders (CD, Album) 2002 TKCV-35302 Enrico Rava Renaissance (CD, Album) 2002 TKCV-35343 Super Trio Super Standard (CD, Album) 2004 TKCV-35524 Archie Shepp Quartet Deja Vu (CD, Album) 2003 VHCD-78073 Peter Bernstein Stranger in Paradise (CD) 2003 SSC 1109 Steve Kuhn Love Walked In (CD, Album) 2003 KACD 0304 Roland Hanna with Ron Carter, Grady Tate Apres Un Reve (CD, Album) 2003 TKCV-35336 Steve Kuhn Trio Easy to Love (CD, Album) 2004 TKJV-19157 Nicole Henry Teach Me Tonight (LP, Album) 2005 TKJV-19145 Simone Romance (LP) 2005 TKCV-35346 Nicole Henry Teach Me Tonight (CD, Album) 2005 TKCV-35349 Cedar Walton Midnight Waltz (CD, Album) 2005 TKCV-35380 Richie Beirach Trio Manhattan Reverie (CD, Album) 2006 TKCV-35361 Steve Kuhn Trio Pavane for a Dead Princess (CD, Album) 2006 TKCV-35200 Simone Moonlight Serenade (CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap) 2006 TKJV-19183 Simone Taking a Chance On Love (LP, Album) 2007 TKCV-35218 Rob Agerbeek Trio The Very Thought of You (CD, Album) 2007 TKCV-35397 Simone Taking a Chance On Love (CD, Album) 2007 TKCV-35395 Steve Kuhn Trio Plays Standards (CD, Album) 2007 VHJD-8 Marilyn Scott Every Time We Say Goodbye (LP, Album) 2008 VHJD-19 Simone Let's Fall in Love (LP, Album) 2008 VHCD-1017 Tessa Souter Nights of Key Largo (CD, Album) 2008 VHCD-1010 Simone Let's Fall in Love (CD, Album) 2008 VHCD-1003 Steve Kuhn Trio Baubles, Bangles and Beads (CD, Album) 2008 TKJV-19194 Nicki Parrott Moon River (LP, Album) 2008 TKCV-35419 Marilyn Scott Every Time We Say Goodbye (CD, Album) 2008 TKCV-35417 Richie Beirach Trio Summer Night (CD, Album) 2008 VHJD-21 Nicki Parrott Fly Me to the Moon (LP) 2009 VHJD-13 Tessa Souter Nights of Key Largo (LP, Album) 2009 VHCD-8009 Simone Essential Best (CD, Album, Comp) 2009 VHCD-5011 Nicki Parrott Moon River (CD, Album) 2009 VHCD-1021 Phil Woods Quintet Ballads & Blues (CD, Album) 2009 VHCD-1032 Kenny Barron Trio Minor Blues (CD, Album) 2009 VHCD-1035 Alexis Cole Someday My Prince Will Come (CD, Album) 2009 VHCD-1024 Richie Beirach Jazz Adagio (CD, Album) 2009 VHCD-1023 Nicki Parrott Fly Me to the Moon (CD, Album) 2009 VHCD-1154 Tete Montoliu Catalonian Rhapsody (CD, Album) 2014 VHJD-37 Alexis Cole Someday My Prince Will Come (LP, Album) 2010 VHCD-4122 Simone Romance (CD, Album, RE) 2010 VHCD-4121 Simone Moonlight Serenade (CD, Album, RE) 2010 VHCD-1046 Alexis Cole with One for All (3) You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (CD, Album) 2010 VHCD-1045 Simone & Her Hawaiian Jazz Band Alomas of Hawaii (CD, Album) 2010 VHCD-1044 Steve Kuhn Trio I Will Wait for You – The Music of Michel Legrand (CD, Album) 2010 VHCD-1041 Nicki Parrott Black Coffee (CD, Album) 2010 VHJD-49 Simone & Her Hawaiian Jazz Band Alomas of Hawaii (LP, Album) 2011 VHJD-44 Alexis Cole (with One for All) You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (LP, Album) 2011 VHJD-41 Nicki Parrott Black Coffee (LP, Album) 2011
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