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A celebration of the wonderful world of Japanese 60s pop. The likes of Shonen Knife and The 5-6-7-8s have given more face to women in Japanese pop, but they draw on a tradition that stretches back to the wild 1960s "Group Sounds" era, when the Land Of the Rising Sun was smitten with westernized rocknroll, yet came to develop its own distinctive brand of the same. Like in the west, female artistes tended to be solo, though their accompaniment often came from some of the top GS acts like the Bunnies. Major female stars of the period represented here include Miki Obata, Linda Yamamoto and Mie Nakao, the latter with the fuzztoned classic Sharock No 1. The sound was eclectic, drawing upon not only the full smorgasbord of 60s styles like groovy go-go, lounge-y bossa nova and wobbly pop-psych, but also traditional Japanese songwriting and themes. Theres dance floor fillers such as Ye-Ye and the usual fascinating interpretations of western material, such as Nana Kanomis take on the Zombies I Love You. "Nippon Girls" is annotated by noted girl group expert and latter-day Japanese pop champion Sheila Burgel of Cha Cha Charming magazine, who provides a fascinating overview of this tremendous and compelling tributary of 60s pop. Highly recommended to girl group fanciers, GS groovers and any one else with a keen ear for eclectic 60s pop."
Track listing:"
01 BLACK ROOM Jun Mayuzumi 02 SHAROCK NO. 1 Mie Nakao 03 PEACOCK BABY Reiko Ohara 04 SUKI SA SUKI SA SUKI SA Nana Kinomi & Leo Beats 05 TAIYOU WA NAITE IRU Ayumi Ishida 06 Yé-Yé Eiko Shuri 07 NAGISA NO TENSHI Mieko Hirota 08 KOI NO BAN BAN Linda Yamamoto 09 KIIRO NO SEKAI J Girls 10 SUKI YO AI SHITE Mari Atsumi 11 WATASHI NO INORI Rumi Koyama 12 KOMACCHAU NA Linda Yamamoto 13 BAZAZZ TENGOKU The Cupids 14 DOYOU NO YORU NANIKA GA OKIRU Jun Mayuzumi 15 HATSU KOI NO LETTER Miki Obata 16 AME AGARI NO SAMBA Ryoko Moriyama 17 TAIYOU GA KOWAI NO Kaoru Hibiki 18 UWASA NO FUTARI Mie Nakao 19 KOI WA HEART DE Aki Izumi 20 TENSHI NO ITAZURA Emy Jackson 21 TSUKIKAGE NO RENDEZVOUS Keiko Mari 22 AEBA SUKI SUKI Margaret with Bunnys 23 KOI NO YOROKOBI Sayuri Yoshinaga with Schoolmates 24 KAZE TO OTOKO NO KO Mieko Hirota 25 NIKUI AITSU Mika Nohira"
