HALF JAPANESE 1/2 Gentlemen 3LP ARMAGEDDON orig JadFair
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HALF JAPANESE (1/2 JAPANESE)
"1/2 GENTLEMEN-NOT BEASTS"
<recorded: 1977-1979>
Side:A tracklisting
NO DIRECT LINE FROM MY BRAIN TO MY HEART
10TH AVENUE FREEZEOUT
TA SHERI TA TA
MY GIRLFRIEND LIVES LIKE A BEATNIK
HER PARENTS CAME HOME
SHHH / SHHH / SHHH
GIRLS LIKE THAT
RRRRRRRR
NO MORE BEATLE MANIA
Side:B tracklisting
TANGLED UP IN BLUE
PATTI SMITH
SCHOOL OF LOVE
JODI FOSTER
SHY AROUND GIRLS
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
BOGUE MILLIONAIRES / COOL MILLIONAIRES
TN TN TN TN K1
Side:C tracklisting
I CAN'T STAND IT ANY MORE
I LOVE ORIENTAL GIRLS
DREAM DATE
DU DU DU / DU DU DU
AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG
ANN ARBOR, MI.
I'M GOING TO THE ZOO
SHI YI YI
RAVE ON
I TA NA SI NA MI EEEE
TILL VICTORY
RIP MY SHIRT TO SHREDS
Side:D tracklisting
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE MONO NO MORE
SHE CRACKED
BBBBBBBB / BBBBBBB / BBBBBBB
FUNKY BROADWAY MEDLEY
I'M SORRY
T / T / T / T / T / T
THE WORST I'D EVER DO
Side:E tracklisting
LIVE
Side:F tracklisting
LIVE
1980 3LP BOX SET ARMAGEDDON RECORDS A-BOX-1
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL COPY
WITH LYRIC INSERT, GIANT POSTER & 24-PAGES BOOKLET
FROM MY RECORDS COLLECTION
grading:
Record EX (possibly played two or three times)
Box Cover VG(+)
(normal wear, but a little bit discoloured on spines,
1 tear on right spine, 1 mark on front near edge on left,
look at the pictures, please)
Poster+Book in near EX CONDITION
Insert VG+ (normal wear)
Few of punk rock's founding fathers could have anticipated the extreme to which
Half Japanese took the music's do-it-yourself ethos. Founded by brothers Jad and David Fair,
Half Japanese was quite probably the most amateurish rock band to make a record
since the Shaggs, all but ignoring musical basics like chords, rhythms, and melody.
However, the brothers made that approach into a guiding aesthetic, steadfastly refusing
to progress in their primitive musicianship over a career that lasted decades.
As with any album that is three records long, 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts unwittingly
shows Half Japanese's true roots. Over the three records, the band "covers" such
minimalists as the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and Jonathan Richman, as well
as deconstructing such wordsmiths as Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan.
Although they would have you believe that their untuned, almost unlistenable,
instrumental clatter is the result of being so enthusiastic that they didn't bother
to learn how to play their instruments, it's just the logical, inevitable intellectual
extension of Richman's naivete and the Velvet Underground's stripped-down guitar.
Half Japanese is consciously primitive and amateurish...(AllMusic)
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