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Nippon Rock 'N' Roll: The Birth Of Japanese Rokabirii 1958-1960 |
Label: Ace RecordsRecorded: 1958-1960 |
Genre: Japanese/ Rock N Roll/ Rockabilly |
Our Item#: 216644 UPC: 029667001212 Catalog: HIQLP 013 Item Weight: 170 grams |
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Nippon Rock N Roll documents the rise of Masaaki Hirao. Dubbed 'The Japanese Elvis', Hirao was one of the famed Rokabirii Sannin Otoko (Three Rockabillies), alongside singers Mickey Curtis and “Kei-chanâ€, Keijiro Yamashita. In early 1958| the rokabirii buumu (rockabilly boom) was born, the first youth music tribe in the Land Of The Rising Sun. Rokabirii may resemble US rockabilly, but this Nipponese version is a more varied dish. Hirao and his band’s covers of Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley and Little Richard are not kitsch renditions, but raw, desperate rockers. Hear a Paul Anka makeover, but put through a rocking mangle; a smattering of jazz; a twist of New Orleans; and some Japanese folk songs with a greased-down quiff. American occupation a distant memory, these boys wanted to party. The studio numbers here are hardboiled, with unkempt live recordings that really rock. Tough drums back up honking sax, in a pedal steel pandemonium with slap bass. In the words of Elvis: these guys “get real goneâ€. |
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