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Wamono A To Z Vol. I (Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980) LP

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! Fully licensed Nippon Columbia and Victor Japan masters available for the first time outside of Japan, featuring Akira Ishikawa, Jiro Inagaki, Chikara Ueda, Kifu Mitsuhashi, Toshiko Yonekawa and more! Tracks selection by Japanese super diggers and Wamono specialists DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite and Chintam (Blow Up).

With this first volume of the Wamono series, the two DJs here guide you through some of the best and rarest jazz funk and rare groove tunes produced in Japan between 1968 and 1980. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

NEW / Released in 2020

Tracklist:

A1 米川敏子 = Toshiko Yonekawa– ソーラン節 = Soran Bushi

A2 山下毅雄 = Takeo Yamashita– A Touch Of Japanese Tone

A3 見砂直照と東京キューバン・ボーイズ* = Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys– じょんがらレゲエ（津軽じょんがら節）= Jongara Reggae

A4 上田力 と パワー・ステーション = Chikara Ueda & The Power Station – Cloudy

A5 渡辺宙明 = Chumei Watanabe– ダウンタウンブルース = Downtown Blues

B1 三橋貴風 = Kifu Mitsuhashi– 花笠音頭 = Hanagasa Ondo

B2 モニカ・ラッセンとザ・サウンズ = Monica Lassen & The Sounds– 満る心 = Incitation

B3 前田憲男 、 稲垣次郎オール・スターズ = Norio Maeda, Jiro Inagaki & The All-Stars– ゴー・ゴー・ア・ゴー・ゴー = Go Go A Go Go

B4 石川晶とカウント・バッファロー＆ザ・ジャズ・ロック・バンド = Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo & The Jazz Rock Band– The Sidewinder

B5 佐藤允彦 、 稲垣次郎とビッグ·ソウル·メディア* = Masahiko Sato*, Jiro Inagaki & Big Soul Media– Sniper's Snooze