YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHIOnce a Fool (Hi Quality CD)Ref: FSD4613 Price: £22.99
Takahashi's first album that he recorded for Pony Canyon. Originally released in 1985. 1. Harukanaru Omoi 2. Fuyu no Sillhouete 3. Providence 4. Shigoto o Oeta Bokutachi wa 5. One More Chance 6. Sailor 7. I saw the light 8. Konchuki 9. Nakitai Kimochi 10. Kyo no Sora
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YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHI...Only When I Laugh (Hi Quality CD)Ref: FSD4614 Price: £22.99
Originally released in 1990. 1. Weekend 2. Solution 3. Life Like a River 4. Ima no Boku Kara..5. Episode 87 6. Camp 7. Ie ni Kaeritai 8. Yume Kara Sametata 9. Moolight Feels Right
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YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHILa Pensee (Hi Quality CD)Ref: FSD4615 Price: £22.99
Originally released in 1987. Instrumentals produced for a Yohji Yamamoto fashion show. Compuerized sounds plus piano. 1. Parfum de L'aube 2. Memoires D'un Homme 3. Memoires D'une Femme 4. Brise 5. Entracte 6. Parano-Mania 7. Voyage a Travers Le Futurproche 8. Les Filles Qui Arrivent de la Chine 9. Old Step 10. Professeur 'Fate' 11. Bondissement 12. Errance
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HAPPY ENDHappy End (HQCD)Ref: FSD4998 Price: £25.99
First album from 1970 from the folk rock band featuring Haruomi Hosono (bass and vocals), Takashi Matsumoto (drums) Eichi Ohtaki (guitar, vocals) and Shigeru Suzuki (guitar, vocals). The group were heavily influenced by US West coast folk rock bands, especially Buffalo Springfield, and Happy End were one of the first groups to successfully put Japanese lyrics to Western folk / rock music. 12 tracks.
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HAPPY ENDKaze Machi Roman (HQCD)Ref: FSD4999 Price: £25.99
1971. Happy End are noted for being one of the first Japanese groups to perform original songs sang entirely in Japanese while influenced by western rock and folk. They are considered pioneers and their members included bassist/vocalist Haruomi Hosono (later of Yellow Magic Orchestra), guitarist/vocalist Eiichi Otaki, guitarist/ vocalist Shigeru Suzuki and drummer Takashi Matsumoto. The band lasted only four years from 1969 recorded three albums but have certainly left their legacy.Kaze Machi Roman is considered the best of those albums and includes the song Kaze Wo Atsumete, used in the soundtrack to the film Lost in Translation.
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HAPPY ENDHappy End Live on Stage (HQCD)Ref: FSD4997 Price: £25.99
Early live album. 11 tracks
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TIPOGRAPHICAThe Man Who Does Not Nod (HQCD)Ref: FSD4995 Price: £26.99
Tipograhica were a leading Japanese progressive band, in a kind of jazz-rock / Frank Zappa mold. They were around from 1986 until 1998 and have pretty fervent fan base. This is a live album of free-flowing jazzy instrumentals and is considered a masterpiece by fans of the genre. 1. Naked Lunch 2. Tipographica's Worst Date 3. King's Golden Toilet 4. MC-500 in a Zen Room 5. The Turf Have Disorded Gravity 6. The Man Who Does Not Nod 7. A Smell of Gunpowder and a Flavour of She
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TIPOGRAPHICAGod Says I Can't Dance (HQCD)Ref: FSD4996 Price: £26.99
Avant-garde progressive jazzy sounds on Tipographica's second studio album. Horns and drums in a Zappaesque sound of mid-tempo grooves. 1. Friends 2. Control Tower Says TP-1, Break Down 3. White Collar Worker vs. Black Rubber Man 4. The Last Ship is Going 5. Japanese Room (We Have no Zen) 6. Laughin' Photograph 7. Forest Tipographical 2
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SADAO CHINAAkabana (HQCD)Ref: FSD5000 Price: £22.99
Re-release from 1978 of Sadao China's first foray into Okinawan 'popular' music, featuring the hit 'Bye Bye Okinawa'.
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THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANTCult Grass Stars (HQ)Ref: FSD4880 Price: £19.99
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant were an influential Japanese punk band who broke up in 2003. 1st album includes one of their most famous songs, 'Sekai no Owari'. Among the 12 other tracks are Tokage, King, Black Tamboline, Uncle Sam eno Tegami, Suicide Morning and Ijikeruna Baby.
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THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANTHigh Time (HQ)Ref: FSD4881 Price: £19.99
The second album which took them to a new level of popularity. 12 tracks such as Lilly, Koi o Shiyouyo, Waraushika nai, Candy House and Slow.
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THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANTChicken Zombies (HQ)Ref: FSD4882 Price: £19.99
Third album, considered to be a classic. 13 tracks such as Birdmen, Get Apple Sea, Russian Hasky, Boogie, Culture, Sunny Side River and Bronze Master.
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THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANTGear Blues (HQ)Ref: FSD4883 Price: £19.99
Released in 1998, 15 tracks include West Cabaret Drive, Smokin' Billy, Dog Way, Hotel Bronco and Boiled Oil.
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THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANTCassanova Snake (HQ)Ref: FSD4884 Price: £19.99
From 2000. 18 tracks including Dead End Star, Cobra, Young Jaguar, Naked Sun, Pistol Disco and Drop.
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THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANTRodeo Tandem Beat Specter (HQ)Ref: FSD4885 Price: £19.99
Releases in 2001. The 14 tracks include Alligator Night, God Jazz Time, Mona Lisa, Turkey, and The Redhead Kelly.
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HAPPY ENDHappy End (HQCD)Ref: FSD4998 Price: £25.99
First album from 1970 from the folk rock band featuring Haruomi Hosono (bass and vocals), Takashi Matsumoto (drums) Eichi Ohtaki (guitar, vocals) and Shigeru Suzuki (guitar, vocals). The group were heavily influenced by US West coast folk rock bands, especially Buffalo Springfield, and Happy End were one of the first groups to successfully put Japanese lyrics to Western folk / rock music. 12 tracks.
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HAPPY ENDKaze Machi Roman (HQCD)Ref: FSD4999 Price: £25.99
1971. Happy End are noted for being one of the first Japanese groups to perform original songs sang entirely in Japanese while influenced by western rock and folk. They are considered pioneers and their members included bassist/vocalist Haruomi Hosono (later of Yellow Magic Orchestra), guitarist/vocalist Eiichi Otaki, guitarist/ vocalist Shigeru Suzuki and drummer Takashi Matsumoto. The band lasted only four years from 1969 recorded three albums but have certainly left their legacy.Kaze Machi Roman is considered the best of those albums and includes the song Kaze Wo Atsumete, used in the soundtrack to the film Lost in Translation.
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HAPPY ENDHappy End Live on Stage (HQCD)Ref: FSD4997 Price: £25.99
Early live album. 11 tracks
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TIPOGRAPHICAThe Man Who Does Not Nod (HQCD)Ref: FSD4995 Price: £26.99
Tipograhica were a leading Japanese progressive band, in a kind of jazz-rock / Frank Zappa mold. They were around from 1986 until 1998 and have pretty fervent fan base. This is a live album of free-flowing jazzy instrumentals and is considered a masterpiece by fans of the genre. 1. Naked Lunch 2. Tipographica's Worst Date 3. King's Golden Toilet 4. MC-500 in a Zen Room 5. The Turf Have Disorded Gravity 6. The Man Who Does Not Nod 7. A Smell of Gunpowder and a Flavour of She
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TIPOGRAPHICAGod Says I Can't Dance (HQCD)Ref: FSD4996 Price: £26.99
Avant-garde progressive jazzy sounds on Tipographica's second studio album. Horns and drums in a Zappaesque sound of mid-tempo grooves. 1. Friends 2. Control Tower Says TP-1, Break Down 3. White Collar Worker vs. Black Rubber Man 4. The Last Ship is Going 5. Japanese Room (We Have no Zen) 6. Laughin' Photograph 7. Forest Tipographical 2
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SADAO CHINAAkabana (HQCD)Ref: FSD5000 Price: £22.99
Re-release from 1978 of Sadao China's first foray into Okinawan 'popular' music, featuring the hit 'Bye Bye Okinawa'.
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