{"product_id":"even-a-tree-can-shed-tears-lp-japanese-folk-and-rock-comp","title":"Even A Tree Can Shed Tears Lp - Japanese Folk And Rock Comp 2XLP","description":"Beware! You'll want to track down all these artists after hearing this comp! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Maki Asakawa track... whoa!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"release-notes\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst-ever fully licensed compilation of this music to be released outside Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginal artwork by illustrator Heisuke Kitazawa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncludes book with extensive liner notes and bios by Yosuke Kitazawa and Jake Orrall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCompiled and produced by Jake Orrall, Yosuke Kitazawa, Matt Sullivan, and Patrick McCarthy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"release_description\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere was something in the air in the urban corners of late ‘60s Japan. Student protests and a rising youth culture gave way to the angura (short for “underground) movement that thrived on subverting traditions of the post-war years. Rejection of the Beatlemania-inspired Group Sounds and the squeaky clean College Folk movements led the rise of what came to be known in Japan as “New Music,” where authenticity mattered more than replicating the sounds of their idols.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSome of the most influential figures in Japanese pop music emerged from this vital period, yet very little of their work has ever been released or heard outside of Japan, until now. Light In The Attic is thrilled to present \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEven a Tree Can Shed Tears\u003c\/em\u003e, the inaugural release in the label’s Japan Archival Series. This is the first-ever, fully licensed collection of essential Japanese folk and rock songs from the peak years of the angura movement to reach Western audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn mid-to-late 1960s Tokyo, young musicians and college students were drawn to Shibuya’s Dogenzaka district for the jazz and rock kissas, or cafes, that dotted its winding hilly streets. Some of these spaces doubled as performance venues, providing a stage for local regulars like Hachimitsu Pie with their The Band-like ragged Americana, Tetsuo Saito with his spacey philosophical folk, and the influential Happy End, who successfully married the unique cadences of the Japanese language to the rhythms of the American West Coast. For many years Dogenzaka remained a center of the city’s “New Music” scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeanwhile a different kind of music subculture was beginning to emerge in the Kansai region around Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. Far more political than their eastern counterparts, many of the Kansai-based “underground” artists began in the realm of protest folk music. They include Takashi Nishioka and his progressive folk collective Itsutsu No Akai Fuusen, the “Japanese Joni Mitchell” Sachiko Kanenobu, and The Dylan II, whose members ran The Dylan cafe in Osaka, which became a hub for the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEven a Tree Can Shed Tears\u003c\/em\u003e also includes the bluesy avant-garde stylings of Maki Asakawa, future Sadistic Mika Band founder Kazuhiko Kato with his fuzzy, progressive psychedelia, the beatnik acid folk of Masato Minami, and the intimate living room folk of Kenji Endo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNearly 50 years on, this “New Music” is born anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"playlist\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr data-track-position=\"A1\" class=\"first tracklist_track track\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_artists\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/1070564-Kenji-Endo\"\u003eKenji Endo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title mini_playlist_track_has_artist\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\"\u003eCurry Rice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-track-position=\"A2\" class=\"tracklist_track track\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_artists\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_content_multi_artist_dash\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/5778791-Kazuhiko-Yamahira-amp-The-Sherman\"\u003eKazuhiko Yamahira \u0026amp; The Sherman\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title mini_playlist_track_has_artist\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\"\u003eSotto Futari De\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd 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href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/5317748-%E5%8F%A4%E4%BA%95%E6%88%B8\"\u003eFluid\u003c\/a\u003e*\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title mini_playlist_track_has_artist\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\"\u003eRokudenashi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-track-position=\"A5\" class=\"tracklist_track track\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_artists\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_content_multi_artist_dash\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/165582-Kazuhiko-Kato\"\u003eKazuhiko Kato\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title mini_playlist_track_has_artist\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\"\u003eArthur Hakase No Jinriki Hikouki\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd 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href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/927554-Takashi-Nishioka\"\u003eTakashi Nishioka\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title mini_playlist_track_has_artist\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\"\u003eMan-in No Ki\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-track-position=\"B3\" class=\"tracklist_track track\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_artists\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_content_multi_artist_dash\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/878446-Masato-Minami\"\u003eMasato Minami\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title mini_playlist_track_has_artist\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\"\u003eYoru Wo Kugurinukeru Made\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd 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href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/2812156-Akai-Tori\"\u003eAkai Tori\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title mini_playlist_track_has_artist\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\"\u003eTakeda No Komori Uta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-track-position=\"C4\" class=\"tracklist_track track\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_artists\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_content_multi_artist_dash\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/1586138-Gu-4\"\u003eGu (4)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title mini_playlist_track_has_artist\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\"\u003eMarianne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" 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De\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-track-position=\"D3\" class=\"tracklist_track track\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_artists\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_content_multi_artist_dash\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/732324-Ryo-Kagawa\"\u003eRyo Kagawa\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title mini_playlist_track_has_artist\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\"\u003eZeni No Kouryouryoku Ni Tsuite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-track-position=\"D4\" class=\"tracklist_track track\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_artists\"\u003e\n\u003cspan 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