Various Artists - Is It Really Goodbye? More Ryūkōka Recordings, 1929-1938 [CD Album]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: DEATH050CD
Barcode: 5050580775527
Release Date: 10 Dec 2021
Genre: World/Reggae (Japan)

01: Fumiko Yotsuya Let's Dance the Tango
02: Kiyoshi Utsumi & Asami Kuji A Wandering Journey
03: Kusunoki Shigeo White Camellia Song
04: Michiyakko Oh, That's It
05: Nakano Rhythm Boys Kazuhisa Yamadera
06: Noriko Awaya Blues for Farewell
07: Kouta Katsutaro Kanaka's Daughter
08: Sato Chiyako Tokyo March
09: Wantanabe Hamako I'll Forget It
10: Dick Mine Yukari's Song
11: Fujiyama Ichiro Recollection
12: Kouta Katsutaro & Shigeo Kusunoki Tairiku Bushi
13: Issei Mishima Over the Kuroshio
14: Fumiko Yotsuya The Izu Dancer (Dancer's Song)
15: Hanko Kagurazaka & Toshiro Oumi Hatsukoi Nikki
16: Akasaka Koume Is It Really Goodbye?

A further volume of ryūkōka recordings, covering the end of the 1920s though to the late 1930s, supplementing the recent Longing for the Shadow collection...

Emerging during the early stages of the recording industry in Japan, the ryūkōka style adopted western classical, blues & jazz elements into traditional and classical Japanese music.

Is It Really Goodbye? further collects pre-war ryūkōka records which capture the hauntingly unique sound of a cultural merging that was starting to reflect itself via popular song, ahead of the widespread influence of western pop music during post-war US occupation.

More From This Artist: Akasaka Koume Asami Kuji Dick Mine Fujiyama Ichiro Fumiko Yotsuya Hanko Kagurazaka Issei Mishima Kiyoshi Utsumi Kouta Katsutaro Kusunoki Shigeo Michiyakko Nakano Rhythm Boys Noriko Awaya Sato Chiyako Shigeo Kusunoki Toshiro Oumi Wantanabe Hamako