Monday, April 28, 2014

Various - Nippon Girls : Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1967-1969


Year : 2013
Label : Big Beat International
Genre : Rock, Pop, Jazz
Style : Bossa Nova, Beat

Sweet sugar pop & Rock 'N Roll spirit from the "land of the rising sun" compiled by Sheila Burgel for Big Beat International. It brings together some of the greatest hits performed by the queens of the japanese pop in twelve incredible songs released between 1967-1968, featuring Jun MayuzumiMieko HirotaReiko OharaMie Nakao or Sayuri Yoshinaga. Most of the tracks selected was composed following the GS (for Group Sounds) wave, a japanese rock genre influenced by the US Rock & British Pop music which introduced the japanese pop in a modern era. Titles include pure rock songs (Black Room, Sharock No.1, Kiiro No Sekai), Jazz pop-oriented songs (Peacock Baby,  Watashi No Inori) and Bossa Nova tunes (Tsukikage No Rendezvous,  Ame Agari No Samba).




SIDE A : Jun Mayuzumi - Black Room / Mie Nakao - Sharock No. 1 Keiko Mari - Tsukikage No Rendezvous / J Girls - Kiiro No Sekai / Reiko Ohara - Peacock Baby / Mieko Hirota - Nagisa No Tenshi

SIDE B : Rumi Koyama - Watashi No Inori  / Nana Kinomi & Leo Beats - Suki Sa Suki Sa Suki Sa / Miki Obata - Hatsu Koi No Letter  / Ryoko Moriyama - Ame Agari No Samba / Ayumi Ishida - Taiyou Wa Naite Iru / Sayuri Yoshinaga With Schoolmates - Koi No Yorokobi

Yuji Ohno - Lupin The 3rd TV BGM Collection Vol. 2


Year : 1981
Label : Nippon Columbia
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk, Smooth Jazz

Part II of the TV Original Soundtrack BGM Collection series, recorded for the fourth and final season of "Lupin The 3rd" animated serie broadcast between 1979-1980. This compilation includes new recordings of the previous tracks composed for the first season from 1977 to 1978 (Midnight Chasers & Active Guys), unreleased & alternative takes (The Memory Of Mysterious Journey). Various songs were extracted for background music recorded for the "Cagliostro No Shiro" movie (1979), later gathered in two compilations released in 1983 & 1994. All tracks composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno, performed by You & The Explosion Band.

Side A : Lupinland (also known as "On The Sunny Street") - A Fogcircle - Run! Run! Run! The Game Of Chase (new version of Midnight Chasers - 1977) - A Man's Man (variation of Super Hero - 1978) - Christal So Christal Nightmare - Teardrops - Dangerous Temptation (new version of Active Guys M9 - 1977) - Darkness And Shadow - Don't Be Shy, Zenigata

Side BLupin In The Trap - The Memory Of Mysterious Journey (variation of Mysterious Journey) - Strange Sensation (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Fire Treasure (instrumental version from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Sneakin' (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Lone Wolf (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Uncanny Night (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Leave You (instrumental version)
                               

Chris Joss - Sticks


Year : 2009
Label : Eighteenth Street Lounge Music
Genre : Electronic, Pop
Style : Acid Jazz, Soul Jazz, Psychedelic

Fifth album from french multi-instrumentalist & DJ, Chris Joss (organ, bass, sitar) featuring german saxophonist Praful, norwegian pianist Alexander Von Mehren (vibraphone) & Cosmika (voices). "Sticks" is an instrumental album inspired by the swinging London sixties era including Psychedelic Rock, Soul Jazz and Indian Folk influences. An oriental atmosphere hovers on the album emphasized by the regular use of sitar which take us in a psychedelic journey. Titles include pure dancing tracks (Danger BudsZingy Twangs feat. Cosmika), Afrobeat (Root JuiceTea Age Sea Feat. Alexander Von Mehren), psychedelic pop grooves (CharmerMelisma Mercury Feat. Praful, A Soft Reprise) & cinematic atmosphere with "Night Scare" feat. Cosmika . All tracks composed, performed & produced by Chris Joss.
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...