Japrocksampler: How the Post-War Japanese Blew Their Minds on Rock 'n' Roll (Paperback)
by Julian Cope (Author)

Editorial Reviews
Review

'This book's astonishing blend of seriousness and hilariousness is testament to perhaps the most remarkable mind in rock today' Word 'The most obscenely enjoyable book of the year enlightening, thrilling and occasionally hilarious Cope is a supremely engaging writer whose aim is to entertain, educate and freak out, like A. J. P. Taylor being spiked by Lester Bangs' Telegraph 'Fascinating keeps the reader gripped his evocations of all this authentically inauthentic music are enticing and convincing' ***** Observer Music Monthly 'Cope's first-hand knowledge of the petty rivalries and idiocies of life in the rock 'n' roll business lends his tales the sheen of authenticity. In its own way, Japrocksampler is a brave book' The Wire

Product Description

In the 1960s rock ‘n’ roll music began crossing the Atlantic Ocean—with The Beatles and The Who leading the British Invasion of the United States—and the Pacific Ocean, as American and European rock slowly began to take hold in Japan. This insightful study from visionary rock musician Julian Cope explores what really happened when Western music met Eastern shores. The clash between traditional Japanese values and the wild renegades of 1960s and 1970s rock ‘n’ roll is examined, and the seminal artists in Japanese post-World War II culture are all covered. From itinerate art-house poets to violent refusenik bands with penchants for plane hijacking, this is the story of the Japanese youths and musicians who simultaneously revolutionized a musical genre and the culture of a nation.

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Product Details
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK (January 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0747593035
ISBN-13: 978-0747593034

Anywhere [IMPORT]
Flower Travellin' Band

Product Details
Audio CD (March 26, 2007)
Original Release Date: April 24, 2007
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Universal Japan

Track Listings
1. Anywhere
2. Louisiana Blues
3. Black Sabbath
4. House of the Rising Sun
5. Twenty-First Century Schizoid-Man
6. Anywhere

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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Part of Universal's 'naked Line' Series of Japanese Classic Rock Reissues. 1970 Album by the Prog/Psych-rock Band.




Product Details
Audio CD (November 6, 2007)
Original Release Date: 2003
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Phoenix Records

Track Listings
1. Satori, Pt. 1
2. Satori, Pt. 2
3. Satori, Pt. 3
4. Satori, Pt. 4
5. Satori, Pt. 5

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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
UK reissue of classic 1971 album from Japanese rock act that influenced metallers & hard rockers alike. Five tracks. Radioactive Records. 2004.