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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New Music (1970s):
Return to "Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon" Online Resources Index
Sound Samples:

    Happy End, "Haru yo koi" (Spring, come
    ye hence; 1970), from the CD Happy End

    Arai Yumi, "Hikoki gumo" (Airplane cloud,
    1973), from the CD Hikoki gumo

    Yellow Magic Orchestra, "Rydeen" (1979),
    from the CD Solid State Survivor
Video clips:
Other books, articles, and websites:
Recommended CD:

Happy End, Kaze machi roman
(1971), the band's second studio
album and proclaimed by some as
the greatest Japanese rock album of
all time.