WAMONO A to Z Vol. II - Japanese Funk 1970-1977 [Import]

KEY FEATURES

• Fully licensed Nippon Columbia and Victor Japan masters available for the first time outside of Japan, featuring rarities from Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media, Hiroshi Sato, Bread & Butter, Hatsumi Shibata, Fujio Tokita and more!
• Tracks selection by Japanese super diggers and Wamono specialists DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite and Chintam
• Mastered and cut at Timmion Cutting Lab
• Artwork by Yoxxx (Tokyo)
• 180g heavy vinyl pressing, reverse board jacket

RELEASE DESCRIPTION

Following the highly acclaimed Volume I, dig further into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler, and producer. An avid record collector and an expert on the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guidebook in 2015 which instantly sold out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but then still unknown, Japanese groove scene.

After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Pop-Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo's Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove, and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guidebook together with Yoshizawa.

In this second volume of the acclaimed Wamono series, Yoshizawa and Chintam dig into some of the best and rarest funky tunes produced in Japan during the seventies. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume, and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove, and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

CREDITS

All tracks licensed by Nippon Columbia except B3 licensed by Victor Entertainment, Japan.
Compilation produced and all tracks selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam.
LP release production by Ryohei "Nitchiku-kun" Tanaka (Nippon Columbia), Gregory Gouty and Maxime Brottes (180g).
Art direction and design by Yasuho Takahashi (Yoxxx, Zooham).
Original illustration by Akira Teranishi.
Illustration retouch by Toshiko.
Mastering and lacquer cut by Timmion Cutting Lab, Helsinki, Finland.
180GWALP02 - Manufactured and distributed by 180g.

TRACKLIST

1. Mieko Hirota - Theme Of "Doberman Cop"
2. Hiroshi Sato - Bad Junky Blues
3. Sammy With Jiro Inagaki /Amp; Soul Media - The In-And-Outer-Stomp-And-Shouter
4. Fujio Tokita - Watashi No Beatles
5. School Band - I Hope It's Fine
6. Bread / Butter - Devil Woman
7. Hatsumi Shibata - Singer Lady
8. Kan Mikami - Jikokeno No Samba
9. Akira Yasuda / Beat Folk - Yumura No Obaba
10. Pinky Chicks - Tosetsu Donpan Bushi

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