| GS I Love You Too: Japanese Garage Bands of the 1960s | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Released: | November 9, 1999 |
| Recorded: | 1960s |
| Length: | 1:17:44 |
| Label: | Big Beat |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
GS I Love You Too: Japanese Garage Bands of the 1960s is the second installment in the GS I Love You CD compilation series, featuring songs from the Group sounds (or GS) movement in Japan during the 1960s (the first CD being GS I Love You).[1] GS was essentially the Japanese variant of garage and psychedelic rock.[2] [3] Japan, like many Western countries, experienced a beat boom in the 1960s as a result of the British Invasion, particularly in the wake of the Beatles' 1966 visit to the country.[2] [4] [5] Though the Japanese beat craze blossomed slightly later than in the West, it stretched well into the end of the decade, with groups continuing to play in the beat/garage style after it had fallen out of favor elsewhere.[2] [6] Surf rock, which had been popular in Japan since before the arrival of the Beatles continued to exert influence on the music throughout the decade.[2] [5] Bands typically sang in both Japanese and English.[2] GS I Love You Too was issued in 1999 by Big Beat Records.[3] Like the first entry in the series, it is noted for good mastering and high sound quality.[2] The front cover sleeve of the CD is adorned with a backdrop of bright red sun rays invoking the pre-WWII (pre-surrender) Japanese imperial flag, and the inside includes English liner notes that provide biographical information about the groups and their songs.[2] [3] The set commences with "Hanashitakunai" by the Youngers, who re-appear with other up-tempoed, fuzz-laced confections such as "Zin Zin Zin", "My Love, My Love" and "Do the Whip The Carnabeats' frantic British Invasion-inspired sound is featured on several cuts such "Chu Chu Chu", "Sutekina Sandy", "Give Me Lovin'", and "Love Only You".[3] The Tempters are more stylistically and rhythmically diverse as evidenced in "Himitsu No Haikutoba", "Kono Mune Ni Dakishimete", "Bokutachi Tenshi", and "Kamisama Onegai".[3] The Jaguars start with "Dancing Lonely Night" but then venture into the album's most intense flight into psychedelia with "Seaside Bound", then return with "Stop the Music", and "Beat Train".[3] The Savage provide a surf rock instrumental in "Space Express". Lind & the Linders manage to combine 60s garage raunch with pop polish in "Koi Ni Shiberete".[3]
"Hanashitakunai" 2:41
"Dancing Lonely Night" (Kunihiko Suzuki) 3:01
"Chu Chu Chu" 2:50
"Please Please Trina" (Ronnie Parina) 2:05
"Himitsu No Haikutoba" (Yoshiharu Matuzaki) 2:53
"Sutekina Sandy" (Ai Takano) 2:37
"Zin Zin Zin" 3:00
"Tell Me More" 3:44
Seaside Bound 3:10
"Stone Free" (Jimi Hendrix) 5:24
"Space Express" 2:23
"Koi Ni Shiberete" 3:04
"Kidotta Ano Ko" (Yoshiharu Matuzaki) 2:48
"Give Me Lovin'" (Bill Schnare) 2:49
"Dancin' Baby" (Hisayuki Okitsu) 2:44
"Stop the Music" (Milton Subotsky/Clive Westlake) 3:02
"My Love, My Love" 2:47
"Kono Mune Ni Dakishimete" (Yoshiharu Matuzaki) 2:11
"Love Only for You" 3:14
"Yuhi Yo Isoge" (Hiroshi Kato) 2:56
"Beat Train" (Yukio Miya) 2:55
"Bokutachi No Tenshi" (Yoshiharu Matuzaki) 3:10
"Do the Whip" (Jesse James) 2:24
"Taiyoh Yaroh" (Tokiko Iwatani) 2:00
"Kanashami No Bell" 2:49
"Wasure Emu Kimi" (Yoshiharu Matuzaki) 2:52
"Kamisama Onegai" (Yoshiharu Matuzaki) 2:11