SAYONARA AMERIKA,
SAYONARA NIPPON:
A GEOPOLITICAL PREHISTORY OF J-POP

Michael K. Bourdaghs
Columbia University Press, 2012

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ISBN: 978-0-231-15875-6
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Folk (1960s-70s):
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Sound Samples:

    Folk Crusaders, "Kaette kita yopparai"
    (The drunk who came back, 1967), from
    the CD Kigen nisennen.  

    Jacks, "Love Generation" (1968) from the
    CD Vacant World.

    Okabayashi Nobuyasu, "Kyo o koete"
    (Beyond today, 1970), from the CD Miru
    mae ni tobe
Video clips:

    Mike Maki, "Bara ga saita" (Roses in bloom,
    1966).

    Folk Crusaders, "Imujingawa" (Imjin river,
    1968)

    Jacks, "Marianne" (album version, 1968)

    Folk Guerillas, "Ei-chan no ballad" (Ballad of
    [Sato] Eisaku, recorded live at West entrance
    of Shinjuku Station, 1969)

    Okabayashi Nobuyasu, "Watashitachi no
    nozomu mono wa" (What we really want, live
    concert video with members of Happy End as
    backing band, 1970)

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Recommended CD:

Okabayashi Nobuyasu, Miru mae
ni tobe (Leap before you look, ).  
The second album by Japan's "God
of Folk," originally released on the
URL label in 1970.  Legendary rock
band Happy End acted as
Okabayashi's backing band on the
recording sessions, which include
many of his best known numbers.