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YANO, Akiko - Japanese Girl - Vinyl (LP)
Sold Date:
June 22, 2020
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April 28, 2020
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information Akiko YANO Japanese Girl(LP + 4 page insert + MP3 download code with obi-strip) Wewantsounds
Cat: WWSLP 17. Rel: 1 Apr 19
Coldwave/Synth
Side 1 - Track 1. Sayonara Side 1 - Track 2. Kuna Side 1 - Track 3. Telephone Line Side 1 - Track 4. Tsugary Tour Side 1 - Track 5. Funamachi-Uta (part 2) Side 2 - Track 1. Oinaru Shiino-ki Side 2 - Track 2. Hekoriputaa Side 2 - Track 3. Fuuta Side 2 - Track 4. Oka Wo Koete Side 2 - Track 5. Funamachi-Uta (part 1)
Although not that well known in Europe, Akiko Yano's "Japanese Girl" set caused a stir in the Japanese music scene upon its release in 1976, not least because her vocal style was closer to the intonations of breathy American pop than the more "girlish" approach prevalent in J-pop at the time. Here reissued by We Want Sounds, the album remains something of an unusual but brilliant J-pop classic. Its 10 tracks variously draw influence from country music, reggae, blue-eyed soul, jazz-fusion, West Coast rock, folk and traditional Japanese music, without particularly sounding like any of them.
