Jimmy Takeuchi & His Exciters - Pops Best 24

Year : 1971

Label : Toshiba

Serie : Drum Drum Drum Series

Genre : Jazz, Rock

Style : Pop, Funk/Soul, Rock&Roll

First volume of three compilation series including cover songs of western Pop hits & Rock 'N Roll standards recorded by Jimmy Takeuchi from the late 60's to early 70's, featuring The Beatles, Simon, & Garfunkel, The Ventures, Elvis Presley, Bill Halley among others. This compilation brings together various songs previously released on others Jimmy Takeuchi's albums of the "DRUM DRUM DRUM" Toshiba series, divided in four cover themes (one for each side) including "Hits Of The Ventures" on side A (SAMPLE), "Hits Of The Beatles" on side B (SAMPLE), "Hits Of Pop" on side C (SAMPLE) and at last, "Hits Of Rock 'N Roll" on side D (SAMPLE). Although not best as the originals, some tracks are definitely worth listening such as amazing variation of jazz standard "Caravan", "Come Together", the Shocking Blue's "Venus", "Be Bop A Lula" and a insane version of "Wipe Out" by The Surfaris. All tracks performed by Jimmy Takeuchi & His Exciters, arranged by Kunihiko Suzuki.

Kazuo Yashiro Trio - Black Nag

Year : 1969
Label : Nippon Columbia
Serie : Takt Jazz Series
Genre : Jazz
Style : Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Bossa Nova

"Black Nag" is an essential japanese jazz album, one of the most wanted "Takt Jazz Series" recorded by pianist Kazuo Yashiro and mixed by famous engineer Okihiko Sugano, the japanese Rudy Van Gelder. The album is a succession of various styles from Bossa Nova (Carolina, Favela) to Soul Jazz (Black Coffee, Georgia On My Mind) by Ragtime (Marionette Blues, Lady Madonna), including also pop variations (Love For Sale) and up-tempo (Favela) produced by the drums & bass duo, Masanaga Harada and the band leader of The Exciters, drummer Jimmy Takeuchi. The iconic title-track was selected in the "Shibuya Jazz Classics" & "Midnight Tokyo (Club Jazz Music)", two famous compilations, supervised by Sleep Walker & Konishi Yasuharu.

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Jimmy Takeuchi by Be Hard Bop - The Exciting Drumming Beat Pops Vol. 2

Compilation dedicated to the japanese jazz drummer Jimmy Takeuchi & his legendary Exciters group, in a selection of several popular killer tunes released for the famous Toshiba 'DRUM DRUM DRUM' serie, also known for its singular sexy covers. All tracks were recorded between 1968 to the early seventies, include demonstrations of powerful drum technic made of frantic beats & ingenious breaks, speaking in a skillful blend of Japanese Pop, Rock&Roll, Jazz & Soul music. Titles include pop cover songs, classics of Surf Music from the Ventures or the Surfaris and Rock 'N' Roll standards from Elvis Presley, The Beatles or The Animals. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Jimmy Takeuchi by Be Hard Bop - The Exciting Drumming Beat Pops

Compilation dedicated to the japanese jazz drummer Jimmy Takeuchi & his legendary Exciters group, in a selection of several popular killer tunes released for the famous Toshiba 'DRUM DRUM DRUM' serie, also known for its singular sexy covers. All tracks were recorded between 1968 to the early seventies, include demonstrations of powerful drum technic made of frantic beats & ingenious breaks, speaking in a skillful blend of Japanese Pop, Rock&Roll, Jazz & Soul music. Titles include pop cover songs, classics of Surf Music from the Ventures or the Surfaris and Rock 'N' Roll standards from Elvis Presley, The Beatles or The Animals. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Jimmy Takeuchi & His Exciters - Tenshi No Yūwaku

Year : 1969

Label : Toshiba Records

Serie : Drum Drum Drum Series

Genre : Jazz, Pop

Style : Surf Music, Rock, Jerk

Original issue of "Tenshi No Yūwaku" from the Toshiba's "DRUM DRUM DRUM" series including the greatest hits of the japanese pop and GS rock genre (for Groups Sounds) out in 1968 and arranged by Kunihiko Suzuki. Titles include rock cover songs from The Tigers (Flower Necklace), The Tempters (Please, God), The Golden Cups (Girl With Long Hair), The Folk Crusaders (Unbearably Sad) or The Wild Ones (Bara No Koibito), the Suzuki's composition for Jun Mayuzumi (Angel Love), the Soul Jazz standard "Alligator Boogaloo" (Lou Donaldson), "Lady Madona" and "Pata Pata" (Miriam Makeba). All tracks arranged by Kunihiko Suzuki.

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Jimmy Takeuchi And His The Exciters - Drum Drum Drum

Year : 1968
Label : Toshiba Records
Serie : Drum Drum Drum
Genre : Jazz
Style : Rock/Pop, Surf Music, Jerk

The first album introducing the 'DRUM DRUM DRUM' series of Toshiba Records (best known for its legendary singular sexy covers), for which Jimmy Takeuchi recorded numerous others albums. Formed in 1967, The Exciters (lead by the drummer) mix Pop, Rock & Surf music with Jazz including standards songs from Elvis Presley, The Surfaris, The Beatles, The Ventures and from others japanese pop/rock artists. Titles include massive japanese hits from GS (for Group Sounds, japanese rock genre) & japanese pop tunes (Seaside Bound, Itoshi No Jizabel, Blue Chateau) plus the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles. All tracks performed by Jimmy Takeuchi & His Exciters and arranged by Kunihiko Suzuki.

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Jimmy Takeuchi - Drumming Beat Pops

Year : 1969
Label : Union
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Rock

Another Pop covers & Funk/Soul album coming from the huge discography of japanese drummer Jimmy Takeuchi, recorded during the "R&B Drumming" recordings sessions. Titles include iconic songs of Pop music from Psychedelic Rock to R&B with The Beatles (Ob La Di, Ob La Da, Good-Bye), Dusty Sprinfield (Wishin' And Hopin), Marie Laforêt (Manchester Et Liverpool), Cream (White Room), Donovan (Hurdy Gurdy Man) or The Zombies (Time Of The Season).

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Jimmy Takeuchi - R&B Drumming

Year : 1969
Label : Union
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Rock, Funk/Soul

"R&B Drumming" is a Funk/Soul covers album including the greatest hits of Soul music released on legendary labels such as Stax or Motown by Otis Redding (The Dock Of The Bay, Respect), The Supremes (Love Child, You Keep Me Hanging On), James Brown (I Got The Feelin'). Professional drummer since 1948, Jimmy Takeuchi started in the Nobuo Hara's Sharps & Flats big band under the Wasaburo Takeuchi name. In the late 1950s, he played in a big combo including two others iconic drummers George Kawaguchi & Hideo Shiraki, joined the Yuzuru Sera's Modern Playing Made and the Kazuo Yashiro Trio in the late sixties, and later played with Hidehiko Matsumoto, Shoji Suzuki, Sadao Watanabe and Teddy Wilson. 

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