Tsunematsu Masatoshi - 1981 - E.D.P.S. 12'' (JPY)
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Monday, October 18, 2010
Shonen Knife - 1983 - Burning Farm (JPY)
Shonen Knife - 1983 - Burning Farm (JPY)
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Burning Farm is the first album by Shonen Knife. It is almost entirely in Japanese, with only "Twist Barbie" on the original release in English. The Japanese 8" vinyl (Zero Records 0-0783) had 8 songs. CD reissue bonus tracks "Parrot Polynesia," "Watchin' Girl" and "Banana Fish" first appeared on the Zero Records compilation LP Aura Music in November 1983.
The other CD bonus songs are either "Watchin' Girl" and "Twist Barbie" live (Oglio Records, USA), or "Ukkari Hachibei" and a cover of The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" (MCA Victor, Japan).
The album's cover was painted by bassist Michie Nakatani.
There are at least two pressings of the 8 inch record, both have different labels and back covers. One back is black with a live photo, the other is yellow with a posed group photo. Both pressings misspell the third track as "Twist Birbie."
K Records released, in small quantities, Burning Farm on audiocassette in the USA with a different cover and track listing, described below.
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source Wikipedia (link)
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Friday, April 16, 2010
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Monday, September 7, 2009
SS, The - 2002 - The Original 12'' (JPY)
SS, The - 2002 - The Original 12'' (JPY)
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This live set was recorded at Kid Airac Hall on 3/27/1979, and the copy I have is a one-sided bootleg on 33 rpm. The MRR reviews included (as a transparent insert!) indicate that it was originally a 45 rpm two-sider. Except for the lo-lo-fi recording, this does not really bare resemblance to later Japanese hardcore like GAUZE or S.O.B. (although I have not heard THE STALIN, so maybe them?), and instead comes across as super-charged garage rock a la THE MIDDLE CLASS ("Out of Vogue" or "Love Is Just a Tool," especially) or later THE GERMS. The first half of the record probably will remind one of HÜSKER DÜ's Land Speed Record, while the second half opens with an incredibly catchy mid-tempo song that may or may not get fast, depending on when you think that particular song ends. They also have a song that sounds like 60's surf anthems like "Tequila" or "Wipe Out," if you can believe that. And, yes, there is an absolutely astounding cover of THE RAMONES "Blitzkrieg Bop" as an encore. Someone said it is faster than the SOB version, but I don't know about that. Anyways, this band was as fast or faster than any other band in the US or Britain at the time, and probably would have blown the minds of critics who were saying THE CLASH were "the only band that mattered" that very year. Unfortunately one cannot say this record was too influential, because it was released six years after the fact, but as a document of our punk heritage, and a fucking good time, it's hard to beat.
-BEN PARKER
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
V.A. - 1979 - Tokyo New Wave '79 [LP] (JP)
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tracklist:
01. Sex - TV Easy
02. Sex - Muryoku No Kakera
03. Jisatsu - Zero
04. Jisatsu - Hitotsu
05. Pain - Confusion
06. Pain - Refuse Night
07. 8½ - Mannequin Doll
08. 8½ - Kurai Tokoro E
09. 8½ - City Boy
10. Bolshie - Robot In Hospital
11. Bolshie - Clockwork Arts
12. Bolshie - Nostalgic Boy
Thursday, February 26, 2009
V.A. - 1979 - Tokyo Rockers [LP] (JP)
V.A. - 1979 - Tokyo Rockers [LP] (JP)
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Tracklist:
01. Friction - Senaka No Code
02. Frictoin - Cool Fool
03. Mr. Kite - Exit B9
04. Lizard - Robot Love
05. Lizard - Requiem
06. Mirrors - Situation
07. Mirrors - Tokyo Network
08. Mr. Kite - Innocent
09. S-Ken - Black Machine
10. S-Ken - Ah-A Koibito & Oh Yure! Tokyo
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