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
$27.50 / £19.00

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ISBN: 978-0-231-15874-9
$84.50 / £58.50

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ASIN: B0074MTK6C

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Recommended CD:

Various artists, Natsukashi no
melody:  Teiban best
(Vol. 1, Vol. 2,
and
Vol. 3) (Teichiku, TECE-1015,
1016, 1017).  Nice series of three
CDs compiling 1920s, 30s and 40s
hits from a variety of genres from one
of Japan's most important domestic
record labels.