This first ever retrospective of Japanese guitar pioneer Takeshi Terauchi charts his career from the 1960s surf boom, via groovy instrumentals, through to 70s fuzz freak-outs and funk rock. The set was collated by Honest Jon's Records' resident Japan-ist, Howard Williams, the man behind the "Killing Melody" Japanese gangster soundtrack compilation and the Japonica blog and club night.
SIDE ONE
1. GANROKU HANAMI ODORI
2. RISING GUITAR
3. SADO OKESA
4. THE CLAMOUR OF THE SUN
5. HOSHI ENO TABIJI (JOURNEY TO THE STARS)
6. MEIJI ICHIDAI ONNA
7. SA NO SA
8. SOUTH PIER
SIDE TWO
1. SUMMER BOOGALOO A & B
2. TOURYANSE
3. MEIGETSU AKAGI YAMA
4. NAMBUZAKA YUKI NO WAKARE
5. TSUGARU YAMABIKO UTA (MOUNTAIN ECHO)
6. TSUGARU ELEKI BUSHI