Sunday, August 16, 2020
VA - Even a Tree Can Shed Tears. Japanese Folk and Rock (1969-1973) [2017]
FOLK ROCK JAPAN
VA - Even a Tree Can Shed Tears. Japanese Folk and Rock (1969-1973) [2017]
The first-ever fully licensed compilation of this music to be released outside Japan. In mid-to-late 1960s Tokyo, young musicians and college students were drawn to Shibuya's Dogenzaka district for the jazz and rock kissas, or cafes, that dotted it's winding hilly streets. Some of these spaces doubled as performance venues, providing a stage for local regulars like Hachimitsu Pie with their The Band-like ragged Americana, Tetsuo Saito with his spacey philosophical folk, and the influential Happy End, who successfully married the unique cadences of the Japanese language to the rhythms of the American West Coast. For many years Dogenzaka remained a center of the city's New Music scene. Meanwhile a different kind of music subculture was beginning to emerge in the Kansai region around Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. Far more political than their eastern counterparts, many of the Kansai-based "underground" artists began in the realm of protest folk music. They include Takashi Nishioka and his progressive folk collective Itsutsu No Akai Fuusen, the "Japanese Joni Mitchell" Sachiko Kanenobu, and The Dylan II, whose members ran The Dylan cafe in Osaka, which became a hub for the scene. Even a Tree Can Shed Tears also includes the bluesy avant-garde stylings of Maki Asakawa, future Sadistic Mika Band founder Kazuhiko Kato with his fuzzy, progressive psychedelia, the beatnik acid folk of Masato Minami, and the intimate living room folk of Kenji Endo. Nearly 50 years on, this New Music is born anew. (Amazon)
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VA - Even a Tree Can Shed Tears. Japanese Folk and Rock (1969-1973) [2017]
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VA - Even a Tree Can Shed Tears. Japanese Folk and Rock (1969-1973) [2017]
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Track lists
01 Kenji Endo Curry Rice 3:02
02 Kazuhiko Yamahira & the Sherman Sotto Futari De 2:52
03 Sachiko Kanenobu Anata Kara Toku E 3:30
04 Fluid Rokudenashi 2:52
05 Kazuhiko Kato Arthur Hakase No Jinriki Hikouki 5:46
06 Happy End Natsu Nandesu 3:15
07 Takashi Nishioka Man-In No Ki 4:07
08 Masato Minami Yoru Wo Kugurinukeru Made 3:27
09 Maki Asakawa Konna Fu Ni Sugite Iku No Nara 3:57
10 Fumio Nunoya Mizu Tamari 2:28
11 Haruomi Hosono Boku Wa Chotto 3:56
12 Takuro Yoshida Aoi Natsu 3:05
13 Akai Tori Takeda No Komori Uta 3:09
14 Gu Marianne 6:28
15 Tetsuo Saito Ware Ware Wa 5:44
16 Gypsy Blood Sugishi Hi Wo Mitsumete 3:56
17 Hachimitsu Pie Hei No Ue De 6:29
18 Ryo Kagawa Zeni No Kouryouryoku Ni Tsuite 4:01
19 The Dylan Ii Otokorashiitte Wakaru Kai 4:41
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I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so ... ♪♫♪
ReplyDeleteHi D,
DeleteDid you vapors in your eyes? :)
What a great album. I have listened to this one many times over and always find something new. Enjoy.
Cheers.
Just finished. This is a real treat! Thank you so much
ReplyDeleteHi Nancy McClelland,
DeleteGlad you got something from this great set. I thought is was a real treat and find too.
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This was a good one! You are correct.. a real treat. I appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much
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