Sayonara America, Sayonara Nippon - '70—'80s Japanese Music

[Victor]

Your song of the moment (Part 1)

in 1972, at age 19, Tats dropped out of Meiji University and self recorded a collection of American hits with his middle school pal Susumu Namiki and other. Original released on Surfin’ Rabbit Studio, 1972, ltd 100 copies. Limited 1985 reissue available in the record shop Pied Piper House or through mail-order only. Fascinating. Four months later Happy End is over after an arguably failed attempt to capture the American magic at its source. A couple years later Yamashita does the same…