{"product_id":"agi-jo-hardly-living","title":"AGI JO -Hardly Living","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 7\" Vinyl\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: JBAY001\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: Oct 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Blues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e01 Ikiteru Dake No Koto Nanda (Hardly Living)\u003cbr\u003e02 Oira Wa Kanashii Uiikendo Hippy (I Am A Sad Weekend Hippy)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgi Yuzuru (aka Agi Jo) from late 60s kayou groove singer, actor and model, to dogged krautrock and free music researcher, underground music journalist, magazine owner \/ editor, and early 80s Japanese electronic music pioneer \/ instigator, with his (holy grail) label Vanity Records\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A spiky existential protest song, Agi pressed 100 copies of the record himself in 1970, after he had briefly joined folk harmony pop-rock group The Happenings Four. The single was arranged by band member (now Japanese rock legend) Kuni Kawachi. A nihilistic number, in the vein of underground musician \/ singer- songwriter Mikami Kan: a pained cry of confused existence, in the darkness of a rapidly modernising world. Weekend Hippy, with a Bob Dylan style barely-in-tune harmonica blasted intro, Agi comments on the hippy movement.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Two songs that express anger, and a rejection of accepted norms, both the everyday, and the so-called alternatives. A small testament to the character of a near unsung great of new music in Japan.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Licensed in a limited edition of 300 copies, in a facsimile of the original sleeve, with Japanese lyrics, and professionally printed insert with lyrics in English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Blues","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42078263247004,"sku":"JBAY001","price":14.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/2_be67e359-a04e-428a-873f-955868dae706.jpg?v=1665648886","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/agi-jo-hardly-living","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}