Nippon Guitars

Nippon Guitars

This first ever retrospective of Japanese guitar pioneer Takeshi Terauchi charts his career from the 1960s surf boom, via groovy instrumentals, through to 70s fuzz freak-outs and funk rock.<p>The set was collated by Honest Jon's Records' resident Japan-ist, Howard Williams, the man behind the <b>Killing Melody</b> Japanese gangster soundtrack compilation and the Japonica blog and club night.<p>A must-have item for collectors of guitar 'n' beats from around the world or anyone with a curiosity for vintage Oriental popular music, the collection features a wealth of traditional Japanese folk melodies and 60s J-pop given an electric guitar battering.<p>Available on CD and shorter limited edition vinyl LP!<p>If you enjoyed our other Japanese compilations, <b>GS I Love You</b> (CDWIKD 159), <b>GS I Love You Too</b> (CDWIKD 196) and <b>Nippon Girls</b> (CDWIKD 288), check this out now.