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Monster Japanese jazz-funk classic recorded in 1970 by arranger Norio Maeda for Teichiku Records, and now available for the first time with newly remastered audio.

Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the reissue of Norio Maeda's cult classic Rock Communication Yagibushi released in Japan in 1970. The album has since become a Japanese Jazz Funk cornerstone and is now highly sought-after on the international DJ scene. The album reinterprets 14 traditional Japanese folk songs into jaw-dropping Jazz Funk instrumentals featuring killer arrangements by Maeda that would fit perfectly between David Axelrod and Lalo Schifrin.

One of the most prolific Nippon arrangers, Norio Maeda on a par with Yuji Ohno and Kentaro Haneda and this album has long been on many collectors' wantlist. "Rock Communication Yagibushi" is reissued internationally for the first time, with newly remastered audio, original gatefold artwork and new liner notes by Paul Bowler. — (via Label)

Vinyl tracklist:
1. Yagibushi 
2. Tsugaru Jongara Bushi 
3. Hanagasa Ondo 
4. Otemoyan 
5. Sado Okesa 
6. Soran Bushi 
7. Kinbira Ships 
8. Asadoya Yunta 
9. Hokkai Bonuta 
10. Mt. Bandai Aizu 
11. Edo Nihonbashi 
12. Tairyo Utaikomi 
13. Donpan Bushi 
14. Kuroda Bushi 

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Label: WeWantSounds
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Reissued: 2024 / Original Release: 1970
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Folk
Style: Jazz-Rock, Japanese Jazz

File under: Japanese // Japanese Jazz 
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