When Jun Togawa struggled to escape from her strict teenage life near Shinjuku, Tokyo, she turned to music and fortunately music saved her back. The booming Japanese New Wave rock scene in the 80s has become a landmark which eventually shaped the future sound for both J-Pop and J-Underground music, even till today.
Join Freddie and others for this special Rock Marathon show, as we dig deep into all the soulful, kaleidoscopic, cheesy and obscure sounds that have or have not been listened to enough, especially on a beautiful Saturday night. Only at WTJU 91.1 FM Charlottesville | wtju.net worldwide!
On Air 04/14/2018
1. "Sayonara wo Oshiete (It Hurts To Say Goodbye)" - Jun Togawa - Suki Suki Daisuki [HYS: 1985]
2. "Sweet Warm Rain" - S t i l l - Pale Face [Strawberry Records: 1985]
3. "Ryugujyo No Koibito" - Miharu Koshi - Parallelisme [Yen Records: 1984]
4. "Happy Morning" - La Sellrose Can Can - Soft Selection 84 [Soft: 1983]
5. "Back Door Night" - Akina Nakamori - Fushigi [Reprise Records: 1986]
6. "Snow" - Mariko Fuji - Kyoso song [Continental: 1982]
7. "Harumi Futoh" - Kyoko Furuya - 7'' [Better Days: 1982/2017]
8. "Horridula" - Aragon - Aragon [Invitation: 1985]
9. "Sanshin Fuma's Love ~ Penny A Liner" - Kazuhiro Nishimatsu - Trade Wind Story [Invitation: 1985]
Singer from Aragon
10. "Z-JA-Z" - Zelda - Carnaval [Philips: 1983]
11. "Silence" - Dip In The Pool - Silence [Rough Trade: 1986]
12. "I Love You, Oh No!" - Plastics - Welcome Plastics [Invitation: 1980]
13. "Kameari Pop" - P-Model - In A Model Room [Warner Bros. Records: 1979]
14."Gessekai Ryokou" - Apogee & Perigee - Chojiku Korodasutan Ryokoki [Yen Records: 1984]
Jun Togawa, Haruomi Hosono, Miharu Koshi & others
15. "Konchugun/Incert Army" - Jun Togawa - Tamahime Sama [Yen Records: 1984]
16. "Inanaki" - Wha-ha-ha - Shinutokiwa Betsu [Better Days: 1981]
Akira Sakata on sax, Shuichi Chino on keyboards
17. "Kohmori" - Wha-ha-ha - Shinutokiwa Betsu [Better Days: 1981]
18. "Festival Song" - Che-Shizu - 12'' [1984]
19. "Shinzo no tobira" - Mariah - Utakata no Hibi [Shan-Shan/Better Days: 1983]
20. "Love Hallucination" - Colored Music - Colored Music [Better Days: 1981]
21. "Heartbeat" - Colored Music - Colored Music [Better Days: 1981]
Atsuo Fujimoto, Ichiko Hashimoto
22. "Kakashi" - Aragon - Aragon [Invitation: 1985]