Today’s show is a flashback to early Japanese psychedelia.  Some of the best psych in the world!  You can read about many of these albums in Julian Cope’s brilliant Japrock Sampler.

Turn on. Tune in. Freak out!

The Jacks . Vacant World . Marianne . . 1968

The Mops . The Psychedelic Sounds of Japan . Atsuku Nareai . . 1968

The Apryl Fool . Apryl Fool . The Lost Mother Land Parts 1 & 2 . . 1969

Flower Travelin’ Band . Anywhere . Twenty First Century Schizoid Man . . 1970

Food Brain . Social Gathering . Clock . . 1970

Lost Aaraaff . S/T . Untitled . . [early Keiji Haino] . 1971

Love Live Life + 1 . Love Will Make a Better You . T/T . . 1971

Masahiko Satoh and the Soundbreakers . Amalgamation (Kokotsu no Showa Genroku) . Face 1 . . 1971 1971

People . Ceremony, Buddha Meet Rock . Prayer Part 2 . . 1971

Speed, Glue & Shinki . Eve . Ode to the Bad People . . 1971

Tokyo Kid Brother . Throw Away the Books Let’s Go Into the Streets . The I Kind of Hate My Father Rock . . 1971

Nonou Keisatsu . S/T . Jyuu wo Tore (part 1) . . 1971

だててんりゅう . 1971 . あぶくの味 . . 1971

Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes . Uganda . Wanyama Na Mapambazuko (excerpt) . . 1972

J・A・シーザー . 国境巡礼歌 . 越後つついし親不知 . . 1973

Far Out . Nihonjin . Too Many People (excerpt) . . 1973

Taj Mahal Travellers . July 15, 1972 . Track 2 (excerpts) . . 1972

Yonin Bayashi . Ishoku-Sokuhatsu . 02 . . 1974

Masayuki Takayanagi . April Is The Cruelest Month . What Have We Given? . . 1975

Les Rallies Dénudés . Tachikawa December 17th 1976 . . 1976

Renzoku Shasatsuma . Shibuya Yaneura . I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier . . 1978

光束夜 . ファースト・ライブ1979 吉祥寺マイナー – EP . Track 3 . . 1979