Why are we here? Will anyone ever love me? Where is my order? 
These are some of life's greatest questions. Here at JPU Records we can supply you with answers to at least TWO of these great conundrums.

The status of your order can be found be logging in and checking your "order history". If you decided not to make an account, or you just don't fancy logging in, you can also find the status of your order from the email confirmation we sent when you placed the order.

If everything is fine your order will first show as "confirmed". During this phase we'll have taken payment and secured your order. Everything's groovy, there's nothing left for you to do. It will still show as confirmed when we have sent the item, but with addition of tracking info if you paid for tracking. You will also receive an email to confirm that your item has been shipped. If it's shipped and you still haven't received it, see the shipping section below for expected delivery times and what to do if your order exceeds these.

Also; we love you.

As soon as we can! We aim to process all orders the same day they arrive where possible. Sometimes this is not always possible, especially during busy periods.

If your order includes an item that is a preorder, the whole order will be held until we begin shipping preorders. If you don't want to wait, send us an email and we will split the delivery and send you a request for additional postage costs if needed.

If some time has passed and your order hasn't been shipped yet, please check to see if the item is a preorder by checking the item's page, and checking the date that shipping will begin. 99.9% of emails we receive are about preorders that have yet to be sent, despite release date still being far off in the future... we print these emails off, scrunch them up and dunk 'em hard into the "silly bin". Don't go in the silly bin. It's bad for the environment.

Did you subscribe to our mailing list and click "telepathy" for how you'd like to receive information? If not, don't worry, there are other ways to find out where your order currently is. 

1. Sign in > Order History > Select the order.
If the order says "Fulfilled", your order is on its way to its destination. If you paid for a tracked service, you can check the current location of your item from this page too. If you did not pay for tracking, then godspeed to you and your order.

Select the item you want to track and if it's been sent it should it should say "Fulfilled" under its title, followed by the date it was sent and how it was sent (in the picture below it was sent via Royal Mail). Then, there should be a tracking number, as highlighted in the image. Click that and you will be taken to the delivery company's website with further information about the current situation of your order.

2. Check your shipment confirmation email
We will email you when your order has been despatched.
If you paid for a tracked delivery this email will also include your tracking number.
You can click "View your order" and follow the details above, or simply press the tracking number (shown in the image below) to be taken to the delivery company's website for further details about your delivery.

3. Manually track your order
This is only recommended for the pros. As such, we believe in you, you'll figure it out on your own. 
We generally use Royal Mail. Here's their tracking site: https://www3.royalmail.com/track-your-item#/
We do not condone other methods of manual tracking, such as staking out the letter box or stalking the deliver person in hopes they have your order.

If it was our decision, we'd do it. But alas, it's out of our control. We offer several methods for payments, which are all handled by their respective payment services. Once these guys gives us the thumbs up, the order gets confirmed. If you're having problems getting a payment confirmed, it's best to reach out to the payment provider you're attempting to use and see what they recommend to do next.

Easy, drop us a message by using our Contact Page. We'll then process a refund and cancel your order (and shed a tear). Please include information such as the email address you used to place the order, order number and anything else that will help us find your order.

Yes you can! Drop as a message on our Contact Page with what you'd like to add and we'll send you a request for the additional money required. Similarly, if you decide you don't want an item anymore that's part of a larger order, just let us know and we'll refund that item.

Our system takes the money as soon as the order is placed. 
This way your order is confirmed and secured at the moment you complete checkout.

We know!! Give yourself a pat on the back. You rock.

Because of licensing restrictions we have to remove the "Add to Cart" button for certain items in certain countries. If you want us to have the license in your country, feel free to let the band know – we want the license too!

We recently changed our settings so accounts are required for orders (previously you could check out as a guest). If you ordered from us as a guest in the past, there's a small chance our system will think you have an account when you don't. Just drop us an email and we'll send you an account invite – which should fix everything smoothly!

It's very easy. Once you've purchased the video on demand content, it will be available from your account page. Simply log-in, and there will be a button labelled "Digital Content" above all of your orders. Click that, and select the video you wish to watch. Don't forget to click the "CC" button for subtitles.

Shipping costs are calculated on the weight of the whole order. 
To find out how much shipping will be for your order, go to your basket, click "check out" at the bottom of the page and then click "express checkout", which will show you the total amount due. This figure includes taxes (included in the item price), and will show you how much of it is for shipping. If you don't choose that, just fill in your shipping details and press "continue to shipping" to see how much shipping will cost and what options are available for you.

Generally, one CD will have the lowest shipping cost and will allow you to send via an unrecorded delivery method. Anything heavier than a CD will be sent recorded delivery.

Shipping prices start at:
UK: £1.99 
Europe: £3.99 (around €4.65)
Rest of World: £4.99 (around $6.85)

Yes.

We ship from our offices in London and generally use Royal Mail. According to Royal Mail, this is how long shipments are estimated to take once we have processed them and sent you a shipping confirmation:

UK: 2-3 working days
Europe: 5 working days
Rest of the world: 5-7 working days (but can be much longer depending on country)

We can tell you, but there is a faster and more efficient way. Legend tells of an all knowing oracle who can tell you more details about any order that has a tracking number. That oracle has a Twitter account that accepts DMs from anyone, even you. Head to https://twitter.com/RoyalMailHelp with your tracking number and bask in their all powerful knowledge for yourself. If you don't have Twitter, we can bask on your behalf.

If you didn't purchase tracked shipping, then 🤷‍♂️.

Maybe! Sometimes there are issues at a country's international mail centre, or with customs in that country. To see if your country is current affected by any issues that might slow down mail, you can click this handy link to see any current issues. Just scroll down and see if your country is on the list, and then click it to see what the issue is.

We hope not!! If you're not sure what's going on, definitely click the tracking number of your order to see updates directly from the delivery company. We generally use Royal Mail, who have a fantastic Twitter account you can DM with any questions you have: https://twitter.com/RoyalMailHelp Just remember to quote your tracking number! This is much faster than asking us about your order, as all we will do is then go and ask them on Twitter anyway.

Alternatively, you can contact the delivery partner for your country by finding your country here.

The following are how many working days must pass before the item is considered lost, according to Royal Mail:
To the UK: Ten working days after expected arrival date.
To Europe: 20 working days after expected arrival date.
To everywhere else: 25 working days after expected arrival date.

Shhh. 🤫

Good point! BRB while we increase the price of our CDs...

Yes, we have a UK VAT number and also an IOSS Number for the EU.

This means that all orders within the UK and EU automatically include tax when you place the order. All orders outside of these territories do not include tax and may be taxed upon arrival.

As above, we have a UK VAT number and an EU IOSS number. All orders within the EU and UK automatically include tax. All other territories do not include tax.

No! We have an IOSS number, all orders include tax, and as along as the customs / border agency staff aren't being dopey, your order will swiftly pass through without any additional fees. 

Yep! Kind of... it also means you may have to pay tax upon arrival. It depends how large your order value is, so it can all works out the same in the end...

One of the best, most exciting, most enthusiastic, award winning labels outside of Asia for music from Japan and beyond, that's who!

Officially in 2012 with JPU001: the GazettE's phenomenal album DIVISION. The album remains one of the biggest selling CDs we've put out, having sold several thousand copies in the UK and Europe. The CD was also amongst HMV's Recommended Metal Releases in the UK and was one of the top selling titles from our distributor for the year. We unofficially started the label in the mid-2000s, selling our favourite musical treats from Japan.

We fell in love with music from Japan and wanted to share all the wonderful things we'd found!

Originally this started life as a club night that travelled around the UK called Japan Underground that would play only Japanese rock and metal, as well as having bands perform live (including FACT, [Champagne] (now called [Alexandros], PASSEPIED, Shonen Knife and Otoboke Beaver). We had the wonderful Iain Lee MC a charity event we held with Brit Legend Adam Ant to raise money following 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, as well as DJ some of his favourite tracks from Japan at an earlier event – we are very grateful for Iain Lee and Adam Ant's kindness, help and enthusiasm for music from Japan.

Anyway, this led to making a label in order to make CDs from the bands we love easier to buy overseas, and at a price that won't break the bank.

LOVEBITES won "Best New Band" at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards because of our efforts launching the band outside of Japan. We have also had the GazettE, SCANDAL and most recently BAND-MAID win "Best Musical Act" in the NEO Magazine Awards, voted for by the readers of the UK's longest running and best Asian pop-culture publication. The label has also won the "Best Specialist Company" in the same awards consecutively for a number of years.

Our founder worked at one of the UK's biggest independent record labels and distributors in the early 2000s, eventually finding a place in the marketing and production department after spending time in various other positions at the company. In his lunch break he was writing freelance articles for a number of magazines and websites, including published work in The Japan Times, GamesMaster, MCV and NEO, where he built a relationship with labels in Japan.

This experience of working in all areas of a big label, as well as already establishing links and trust with labels in Japan, as well as building an audience with Japan Underground meant that everything aligned for the launch of JPU Records.

We've also worked on projects for the Japanese Government as well as Yoshiki / X-Japan.

We operate from North London, in the United Kingdom. All orders placed from this website will be sent from the UK.

We also have physical distribution warehouses and sales teams in the UK, Europe and North America, as well as digital sales and distribution teams around the globe.

Every release is officially licensed directly from either the band, their label in Japan or their management company. They receive a percentage of every sale, as well as an advance. So buying JPU releases directly supports them, as well as us. Thank you!

Get in touch! We'll pass your requests to the appropriate sales team and warehouse for your country.

Send us a message on our Contact Page to get started.

We'd love to! Maybe... We're a label, so only the items we've released will appear on our website.

If there's a band you think we should release, get in touch and tell us why they're awesome!

いいえ、まだまだです。

We have one rule: don't be a dick. Anyone caught violating this rule will be dealt with accordingly.

Becoming a JPU Records Affiliate (by clicking here) involves you registering for an affiliate account, which is separate from the JPU Records account that you use for ordering awesome CDs. Once this is done, you can log in (using the link at the start of this paragraph) and make unique URLs for our releases / homepage that are unique to you. If you share one of these links and this results in someone buying something from our site, our website will recognise that you were the awesome person responsible for helping to make that sale, and as a thank you from us, we'll give you 5% of the sale in actual real (digital) cash!

Yeah! Even the music you don't like, too!

You'll get 5% of each sale that you manage to generate. The full terms can be read by clicking on the "Terms" link at the bottom of the Affiliate Registration page.

Your first born must have the initials JPU.

Nah, there's no catch! But in order to receive the money you must have accumulated at least £30 from being awesome, we'll then process it and send the cash your way!

It's easy! First thing to do is go and find a release from our website that you want promote. Once you've found its page, copy the URL for the page, then log in to your affiliate account (by clicking here). Once you're in, click on "Dashboard" from the menu on the left. This should bring up a page with a graph at the bottom (which tracks your awesomeness / sales so far), as well as a box higher up with the title "Affiliate Link". Click on "Get referral link for a specific product" from this box. On the next window that pops up paste your URL from earlier into the area below "Product Link". 

Once you've pasted the URL, smash that sexy green "Generate" button. This will produce a new URL in the field below that's unique to you. Click "Copy & Save" and then begin pasting this new URL wherever you please! Because it's unique to you, we can track who purchases from JPU after coming from your link. There are full details available on how it works in the Terms section on the Affiliate Registration page.

All links are beautiful.

If you want to make it look extra nice, with a preview pic showing up and all that jazz, you can paste the URL on the following links:

To make it look nice on Facebook: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/
To make it look nice on Twitter: https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator