Japanese Rock/Folk 1968-1978 Complete Album Guide (1996)

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Japanese Rock/Folk 1968-1978 Complete Album Guide (1996)

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I just noticed this blog:

https://japanrockology.wordpress.com/

had actually one more list. It comes from a 1996 book titled "Japanese Rock/Folk 1968-1978 Complete Album Guide" and features 100 albums, unranked and with a one-album-per-artist rule, the main aim being to illustrate the 97 most important acts in Japanese rock and folk (of the 1968-1978 period, although they do get overboard every once in a while) through their best album, plus three various artists albums.

https://japanrockology.wordpress.com/20 ... bum-guide/

Agata Morio: Jipangu Boy (1976)
Asakawa Maki: Asakawa Maki no sekai (1970)
Arai Yumi: Hikō-Ki Gumo (1973)
RC Succession: Single Man (1976)
Yellow: Yellow (1975)
Yellow Magic Orchestra: Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)
Izumiya Shigeru: Shunka shûtô (1972)
Itsutsu no Akai Fusen: Otogibanashi (1969)
Inoue Yosui: Koori no Sekai (1973)
Ueda Masaki & South to South: Kono Atsui Tamashii o Tsutaetainya (1975)
Vodka Collins: Tokyo•New York (1973)
Endo Kenji: Manzoku dekiru ka na (1971)
Ohtaki Eiichi: Niagara Moon (1975)
Ohnuki Taeko: Grey Skies (1976)
Okabayashi Nobuyasu: Love Songs (1977)
Orange County Brothers: Orange County Brothers (1976)
Kagawa Ryo: Out of Mind (1974)
Kanenobu Sachiko: Misora (1972)
Kamayatsu Hiroshi: Monsieur/Kamayatsu Hiroshi no sekai (1970)
Carmen Maki & OZ: Carmen Maki & OZ: (1975)
Garo: Garo (1971)
Kina Shokichi & Champloose: Kina Shokichi & Champloose (1977)
Carol: Funky Monkey Baby (1973)
Kuni Kawachi & His Friends: Kirikyogen (1970)
Kubota Makoto & Yuyake Gakudan: Second Line (1979)
Gedo: Gedo (1974)
Kosaka Chu: Hôrô (1975)
Cosmos Factory: Transylvania no kojô (1973)
The Golden Cups: Super Live Session (1969)
Condition Green: Life of Change (1978)
Saito Tetsuo: Kimiwa eiyû nankajanai (1972)
Southern All-Stars: Atsui munasawagi (1978)
Sadistic Mika Band: Sadistic Mika Band (1973)
Sato Nanako: Funny Walkin’ (1977)
Son House: Uchoten (1975)
Sheena & The Rokkets: #1 (1979)
The Jacks: Vacant World/Jacks no sekai (1968)
Sugar Babe: Songs (1975)
Suzuki Keiichi & Moonriders: Hinotama boy (1976)
Suzuki Shigeru: Band Wagon (1975)
Zunôkeisatsu: Zunôkeisatsu Second (1972)
Speed, Glue & Shinki: Speed, Glue & Shinki (1972)
Segawa Hiroshi: Pierrot (1972)
Sentimental City Romance: Sentimental City Romance (1975)
Sooo Baad Revue: Sooo Baad Revue (1976)
Takada Wataru: Keizu (1972)
Chikada Haruo: Natural Beauty/Tennen no bi (1979)
Char: Char (1976)
Tulip: Yellow Magical Shoes/Mahô no kiiro ikutsu (1972)
The Dylan II: Kinô no omoide ni wakare o tsugerunda mono (1972)
Tomokawa Kazuki: Inu/ Akita Concert Live (1979)
Tomobe Masato: Ninjin (1973)
Nakagawa Goro: 25 nenme no oppai (1976)
Nakajima Miyuki: Watashi no koe ga kikoemasu ka? (1976)
Nakayama Rabi: Rabi hirahira (1974)
Nagira Kenichi: Mannendoko/Nagira Kenichi sanjo (1972)
Narita Ken: Nemuri kara samete (1971)
Nishioka Kyozo: Dylan nite (1972)
Hagiwara Kenichi: Nekkyô Raibu (1979)
Les Rallizes Dénudés: ’77 Live (1991)
Hachimitsupai: Sentimental dôri (1973)
Happy End: Kazemachi Roman (1971)
The Happenings Four: Hikishio, Michishio (1971)
Hayakawa Yoshio: Kakkoii koto wa nante kakkowaruin darô... (1969)
Panta & Hal: Malacca (1979)
PYG: PYG! (1971)
Far Out: Nihonjin (1973)
Funny Company: Funny Company (1973)
The Folk Crusaders: Kigen Nisennen (1968)
Budôbatake: Slow Motion (1976)
Flower Travellin' Band: Satori (1971)
Furuido: Furuido no Sekai (1972)
Blues Creation: Demon & eleven children (1971)
Hosono Haruomi: Bon Voyage Co. (1976)
Magical Power Mako: Magical Power (1974)
Mikami Kan: Mikami Kan no Sekai (1971)
Minami Masato: The Tropics/Kaikisen (1971)
Minami Yoshitaka: Matenryô no heroine (1973)
Murahachibu: Live Murahachibu (1973)
Mentanpin: Mentanpin Second (1976)
The Mops: Iijanaika (1971)
Morita Dôji: Goodbye (1975)
Yazawa Eikichi: I love you, OK (1975)
Yasuminokuni: Yasuminokuni (1969)
Yanagida Hiro: Hiro (1972)
Yano Akiko: Japanese Girl (1976)
Yamaguchi Fujio: Himatsubushi (1974)
Yamazaki Hako: To•bi•ma•su (1975)
Yamashita Tatsuro: Circus Town (1976)
Yamahira Kazuhiko: Hôsô kinshi uta (1972)
Yûkadan: “Seibun” 59-bu!! (1977)
Yoshida Takuro: Genki desu. (1972)
Yoshida Minako: Flapper (1976)
Yoninbayashi: Isshoku Sokuhatsu (1974)
Lily: Dulcimer (1973)
Rokumonsen: King Salmon no iru shima (1972)
Lost Aaraaff: Lost Aaraaff (1991 - unreleased material from the 1970s)
VA: Genya~Maboroshi no no wa genshutsu shita ka (1971)
VA: Sho o suteyo machi e deyou (Soundtrack) (1971)
VA: Tokyo Rockers (1979)
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Wow! Great site, great list. Thank you. :greetings-waveyellow:
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Yet another reformatting of an old Japanese list. Now that the big ones are out of the way, doing these goes much faster.

Format:

act name [in Japanese characters, if relevant] | album title [in Japanese characters, if relevant] | release date [note, if any]

Morio Agata [あがた森魚] | Zipangu Boy - Nippon Shōnen [日本少年] | 1976
Maki Asakawa [浅川マキ] | Asakawa Maki no Sekai [浅川マキの世界] | 1970
Yumi Matsutoya [松任谷由実] | Hikō-Ki Gumo [こうき雲] | 1973 [released as Yumi Arai, 荒井由実]
RC Succession [RCサクセション] | Single Man | 1976
Yellow [イエロー] | Yellow | 1975 [Yellow (13) on Discogs]
Yellow Magic Orchestra [イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ] | Yellow Magic Orchestra [イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ] | 1978
Shigeru Izumiya [泉谷しげる] | Shun Ka Shū Tō [春夏秋冬] | 1972
Itsutsu no Akai Fūsen [五つの赤い風船] | Otogibanashi [おとぎばなし] | 1969
Yōsui Inoue [井上陽水] | Kōri no Sekai [氷の世界] | 1973
Masaki Ueda [上田正樹] | Kono Atsui Tamashī wo Tsutaetainya [この熱い魂を伝えたいんや] | 1975 [released as Masaki Ueda & South to South]
Vodka Collins [ウォッカ・コリンズ] | Tokyo - New York | 1973
Kenji Endō [遠藤賢司] | Manzoku Dekiru Kana [満足できるかな] | 1971
Eiichi Ohtaki [大瀧詠一] | Niagara Moon | 1975
Taeko Ohnuki [大貫妙子] | Grey Skies | 1976
Nobuyasu Okabayashi [岡林信康] | Love Songs [ラブソングス] | 1977
Orange County Brothers [オレンジ・カウンティ・ブラザーズ] | Orange County Brothers [オレンジ・カウンティ・ブラザーズ] | 1976
Ryō Kagawa [加川良] | Out of Mind [アウト・オブ・マインド] | 1974
Sachiko Kanenobu [金延幸子] | Misora [み空] | 1972
Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu [かまやつひろし "ムッシュ"] | Monsieur/Kamayatsu Hiroshi no Sekai [ムッシュー/かまやつひろしの世界] | 1970
Carmen Maki & OZ [カルメンマキ&OZ] | Carmen Maki & OZ [カルメンマキ&OZ] | 1975
Garo [ガロ] | Garo | 1971
Shōkichi Kina & Champloose [喜納昌吉 & チャンプルーズ] | Kina Shōkichi & Champloose [喜納昌吉 & チャンプルーズ] | 1977
Carol [キャロル] | Funky Monkey Baby [ファンキー・モンキー・ベイビー] | 1973 [Carol (20) on Discogs]
Kuni Kawachi [河内邦夫] | Kirikyōgen [切狂言] | 1970 [credited to Kuni Kawachi & His Friends, which featured two artists from the Flower Travellin' Band, the album is sometimes co-credited to the band on bootlegs for this reason]
Makoto Kubota & Yūyake Gakudan [久保田麻琴と夕焼け楽団] | Second Line [セカンド・ライン] | 1979
Gedō [外道] | Gedō [外道] | 1974
Chu Kosaka [小坂忠] | Hōrō [ほうろう] | 1975
Cosmos Factory [コスモスファクトリー] | Cosmos Factory/Transylvania no Kojō [トランシルバニアの古城] | 1973
The Golden Cups [ザ・ゴールデン・カップス] | Super Live Session | 1969
Condition Green [コンディション グリーン] | Life of Change | 1978
Tetsuo Saitō [斉藤哲夫] | Kimi wa Eiyū Nanka Janai - 6/8 [君は英雄なんかじゃない - 6/8] | 1972
Southern All Stars [サザンオールスターズ] | Atsui Munasawagi [熱い胸さわぎ] | 1978
Sadistic Mika Band [サディスティック・ミカ・バンド] | Sadistic Mika Band | 1973
Nanako Satō [佐藤奈々子] | Funny Walkin' | 1977
Sonhouse [サンハウス] | Uchōten [有頂天] | 1975
Sheena & the Rokkets | Sheena & the Rokkets #1 | 1979
The Jacks | Vacant World/Jacks no Sekai [ジャックスの世界] | 1968
Sugar Babe [シュガー・ベイブ] | Songs | 1975
Keiichi Suzuki & Moonriders [鈴木慶一 & ムーンライダーズ] | Hinotama Boy [火の玉ボーイ] | 1976
Shigeru Suzuki [鈴木茂] | Band Wagon | 1975
Zunō Keisatsu [頭脳警察] | Zunō Keisatsu 2nd Album [頭脳警察セカンド] | 1972
Speed, Glue & Shinki | Speed, Glue & Shinki | 1972
Hiroshi Segawa [瀬川洋] | Pierrot | 1972
Sentimental City Romance [センチメンタル・シティ・ロマンス] | Sentimental City Romance [センチメンタル・シティ・ロマンス] | 1975
Sooo Baad Revue [ソー・バッド・レビュー] | Sooo Baad Revue [ソー・バッド・レビュー] | 1976
Wataru Takada [高田渡] | Keizu [系図] | 1972
Haruo Chikada [近田春夫] | Tennen no Bi [天然の美] - Natural Beauty | 1979
Char | Char | 1976
Tulip [チューリップ] | Mahō no Kiiroi Kutsu [魔法の黄色い靴] - The Yellow Magical Shoes | 1972
The Dylan II [ザ・ディランII] | Kinō no Omoide ni Wakare wo Tsugerundamono [きのうの思い出に別れをつげるんだもの] | 1972
Kazuki Tomokawa [友川カズキ] | Inu/Akita Concert Live [犬/秋田コンサートライブ] | 1979
Masato Tomobe [友部正人] | Ninjin [にんじん] | 1973
Gorō Nakagawa [中川五郎] | 25-nenme no Oppai [25年目のおっぱい] | 1976
Miyuki Nakajima [中島みゆき] | Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasu ka [私の声が聞こえますか] | 1976
Rabi Nakayama [中山ラビ] | Rabi: Hirahira [ラビ :ひらひら] | 1974
Kenichi Nagira [なぎらけんいち] | Mannendoko/Nagira Kenichi Sanjō [万年床/なぎらけんいち参上] | 1972
Ken Narita [成田賢] | Nemuri Kara Samete [眠りからさめて] | 1971
Kyōzō Nishioka [西岡恭蔵] | Dylan Nite [ディランにて] | 1972
Kenichi Hagiwara [萩原健一] | Nekkyō Raibu [熱狂雷舞] | 1979
Les Rallizes Dénudés | '77 Live | 1991 [in Japanese, the name of the act is Hadaka no Rallies, 裸のラリーズ]
Hachimitsupai [はちみつぱい] | Sentimental Dōri [センチメンタル通り] | 1973
Happy End [はっぴいえんど] | Kazemachi Roman [風街ろまん] | 1971
The Happenings Four + 1 [ザ・ハプニングス・フォー + 1] | The Long Trip/Hikishio Michishio [引潮・満潮] | 1971
Yoshio Hayakawa [早川義夫] | Kakkoii Koto wa Nante Kakkowaruin Darou [かっこいいことはなんてかっこ悪いんだろう] | 1969
Panta | Malacca [マラッカ] | 1979 [credited to Panta & HAL]
PYG | PYG! Original First Album | 1971
Far East Family Band [ファー・イースト・ファミリー・バンド] | Nihonjin [日本人] | 1973 [released as Far Out, ファーラウト]
Funny Company [ファニー・カンパニー] | Funny Company | 1973
The Folk Crusaders [ザ・フォーク・クルセダーズ] | Kigen Nisennen [紀元貮阡年] | 1968
Budōbatake [葡萄畑] | Slow Motion | 1976
Flower Travellin' Band | Satori | 1971
Furuido [古井戸] | Furuido no Sekai [古井戸の世界] | 1972
Blues Creation [ブルース・クリエイション] | Demon & Eleven Children/Akuma to 11-nin no Kodomotachi [悪魔と11人の子供達] | 1971
Haruomi Hosono [細野晴臣] | Bon Voyage co./Taian Yōkō [泰安洋行] | 1976
Magical Power Mako [マジカル・パワー・マコ] | Magical Power | 1974
Kan Mikami [三上寛] | Mikami Kan no Sekai [三上寛の世界] | 1971
Masato Minami [南正人] | Kaikisen [回帰線]/The Tropics | 1971
Yoshitaka Minami [南佳孝] | Matenrō no Heroine [摩天楼のヒロイン] | 1973
Murahachibu [村八分] | Live [ライブ] | 1973
Mentanpin [めんたんぴん] | Second | 1976
The Mops [ザ・モップス] | Iijanaika | 1971
Dōji Morita [森田童子] | Good Bye | 1975
Eikichi Yazawa [矢沢永吉] | I Love You, OK | 1975
Yasumi no Kuni [休みの国] | Yasumi no Kuni [休みの国] | 1969 [strange entry, there is a self-titled album for Yasumi no Kuni in 1972; in 1969 they also have one but it's a split-release with Nobuyasu Okabayashi [岡林信康], and the full title is Yasumi no Kuni/Okabayashi Nobuyasu Recital [休みの国/岡林信康 リサイタル]. Since the entry is present in both lists on the blog, I suspect a mix-up from the person who posted the lists and that it should be the 1972 album]
Hiro Yanagida [柳田ヒロ] | Hiro | 1972
Akiko Yano [矢野顕子] | Japanese Girl | 1976
Fujio Yamaguchi [山口富士夫] | Himatsubushi [ひまつぶし] | 1974
Hako Yamasaki [山崎ハコ] | To・Bi・Ma・Su [飛・び・ま・す] | 1975
Tatsurō Yamashita [山下達郎] | Circus Town | 1976
Kazuhiko Yamahira [山平和彦] | Hōsō Kinshi Uta [放送禁止歌] | 1972
Yūkadan [憂歌団] | Seibun 59-bu [生聞59分] | 1977
Takurō Yoshida [吉田拓郎] | Genki Desu. [元気です。] | 1972
Minako Yoshida [吉田美奈子] | Flapper | 1976
Yonin Bayashi [四人囃子] | Isshoku-Shokuhatsu [一触即発] | 1974
Lily [りりィ] | Dulcimer - Nani mo Tsutawanaide [なにも伝わないで]/Nothing by Mouth | 1973
Rokumonsen [六文銭] | First Album: King Salmon no Iru Shima [キングサーモンのいる島] | 1972
Lost Aaraaff [ロスト・アラーフ] | Lost Aaraaff [ロスト・アラーフ] | 1991 [archival release; all material previously unreleased]
Various Artists | Genya - Maboroshi no no wa Genshutsu Shita ka/'71 Nihon Genyasai Sanritsuka de Matsure [幻野 - 幻の野は現出したか/'71日本幻野祭 三里塚で祭れ] | 1971 [Live festival recording]
Tokyo Kid Brothers [東京キッドブラザース] | Santora-ban!! Sho wo Suteyo Machi he Deyō [サントラ盤‼ 書を捨てよ町へ出よう]/Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets | 1971 [Soundtrack album]
Various Artists | Tōkyō Rockers [東京 Rockers] | 1979 [not a compilation]
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