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- Record Label: Light in the Attic Records
- Release Date: Oct 20, 2017
- Summary: The 19-track compilation of Japanese folk and rock music from between 1969-1973 features songs from such artists as Yellow Magic Orchestra's Haruomi Hosono, Maki Asakawa, Sachiko Kanenobu, and Ryo Kagawa.
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- Record Label: Light in the Attic Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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MagnetOct 19, 2017The songs are tightly constructed, the recordings clean and largely devoid of production effects, allowing the melodies, all quite lovely to take center stage. [No. 147, p.61]
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MojoOct 19, 2017An exquisite, meditative experience. [Nov 2017, p.108]
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Oct 19, 2017Ultimately, this is a soundtrack for an era of discovery that reflects the powerful desire of a generation striving to claim an identity of its own.
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Oct 19, 2017The nascent stirrings of Japan’s independent music scene can be divined here; the first comp to offer a detailed overview of the country’s fertile early 70s folk and rock movement.
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UncutOct 23, 2017Discovering all this mellow gold now is akin to discovering Laurel Canyon was actually on the other side of the Pacific. [Dec 2017, p.47]
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The WireDec 11, 2017Translated lyrics illuminate and mystify in equal measure. [Oct 2017, p.67]