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

Michael K. Bourdaghs

Columbia University Press, 2012

Paper, 304 pages, 13 halftones
ISBN: 978-0-231-15875-6
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ISBN: 978-0-231-15874-9
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Group Sounds & Ereki (1960s):

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Sound Samples:

The Tempters, "(Can't Get No) Satisfaction,"

from the CD

The Tempters on Stage

(live

concert recording from 1969).

The Tigers, "Rira no matsuri" (Flower

Festival, 1968) from the CD

Human

Renascence

The Mops, "Asa made matenai" (Can't Wait

for Morning, 1967), from the CD

Psychedelic Sounds in Japan

Video clips:

The Golden Cups's delirious rave-up version of

"Hey Joe"

(1968)

The Tigers, "

See See See

" (1968)

The Spiders, "

Day Tripper

" (from 1981

reunion concert)

Kamayatsu Hiroshi

plays the Spiders' "Ban

Ban Ban" atop the Berlin Wall

, February

1990.

PYG, "

Hana Taiyo Ame

" (Flower Sun Rain,

1971)

Vodka Collins, "

Sands of Time

" (1973)

Other books, articles, and websites:

Home page

for Alan Merrill (active in Japan

1968-1973 with The Lead, as solo artist,

and as member of Vodka Collins)

Julian Cope Presents JapRockSampler:

Group Sounds A-Z

Big Beat Records'

"GS I Love You:

Japanese Garage Rock"

reissue

series.

Official website

for the Golden Cups

(Japanese language)

Documentary Film:

The Golden Cups:

One More Time

(DVD; Region 2, no

English subtitles)

Recommended CD:

The Spiders, Meiji hyakunen, Spiders
shichinen (Teichiku Entertainment,
TECH-20253). CD reissue of 1968 Spiders'
album featuring eleven original compositions,
plus two bonus tracks.