P-Vine Records

P-Vine Records is an independent record label, started by Blues Interactions, Inc., a firm in Tokyo, Japan established in 1975 by Yasufumi Higurashi and Akira Kochi. It started out as a label specializing in blues, but has expanded to cover a wider range of music including, jazz, Latin music, funk, j-pop and garage punk.

The label has released some newly recorded materials, including the album, Original Chicago Blues, that featured Kansas City Red, Eddie Taylor, and Big John Wrencher However, its primary focus has been on reissuing vintage recordings. P-Vine has released materials from labels such as Chess, Delmark, Modern/Kent, Black Top, Alligator among many others. It was also responsible for releasing previously unreleased live and studio recordings by Parliament-Funkadelic.

Apart from P-Vine label, Blues Interactions has been running other labels including Substance and P-Vine NonStop. It has also been engaged in publishing magazines (such as Blues & Soul Records and Black Music Review) and books.