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| 1. Furi Furi '66 | |||
| 2. Upside Down | |||
| 3. Go Go | |||
| 4. Johnny B Goode | |||
| 5. Teardrops | |||
| 6. Hey Boy | |||
| 7. Mr. Tax | |||
| 8. Yves | |||
| 9. Once Again | |||
| 10. Ban Ban | |||
| 11. Yogiri No London | |||
| 12. Kuroyuri No Uta | |||
| 13. Koi No Doctor | |||
| 14. Akai Dress No Onna No Ko | |||
| 15. Robby Robby | |||
| 16. End Of Love | |||
| 17. Lucky Rain | |||
| 18. Thinking Of You Baby | |||
| 19. Little Robby | |||
| 20. Kaze Ga Naiteriru | |||
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02. Upside Down (1967, Spiders # 3 LP)
03. Go Go (1966, Spiders #1 LP)
04. Johnny B Goode (1966, Spiders # 2 LP)
05. Teardrops (1966, Spiders #1 LP)
06. Hey Boy (1966, Spiders #1 LP)
07. Mr. Tax (1968, Meiji One Hundred, Spiders Seven LP)
08. Yves (1967, Spiders # 4 LP)
09. Once Again (1966, Spiders #1 LP)
10. Ban Ban (1967, Spiders # 4 LP)
11. Yogiri No London (1967, The Spiders Meets The Savages LP)
12. Kuroyuri No Uta (1968, Meiji One Hundred, Spiders Seven LP)
13. Koi No Doctor (1967, Spiders # 4 LP)
14. Akai Dress No Onna No Ko (1968, Meiji One Hundred, Spiders Seven LP)
15. Robby Robby (1966, Spiders #1 LP)
16. End Of Love (1968, Meiji One Hundred, Spiders Seven LP)
17. Lucky Rain (1966, Spiders #1 LP)
18. Thinking Of You Baby (1966, Spiders # 2)
19. Little Robby (1966, Spiders #1 LP)
20. Kaze Ga Naiteriru (1967, Spiders # 4 LP)
21. Mo Ichido Mo Ichido (soundtrack)
22. S.P.I. (1967, The Spiders Meets The Savages LP)
23. Inside Looking Out (1967, Spiders # 3 LP)
24. Summer Girl (1967, Spiders # 3 LP)
25. No Mo Boy (1966, Spiders #1 LP)
26. Ano Niji Wo Tsukamo (1967, Spiders # 4 LP)
27. Mr. Monkey (1966, Spiders #1 LP)
28. Sad Sunset (1967, Spiders # 4 LP)
Japan's Group Sound scene took it's inspiration from The Beatles and other bands of the UK beat scene. Big Beat's 2 volume set of 'GS I Love You' is a comprehensive overview of the scene, featuring over 50 tracks recorded between 1965-69, with Vol 3 being dedicated to one of the scenes greatest bands 'The Spiders'. They were the only band to have a crack at breaking the international market and even managed an appearance on the British TV show 'Ready Steady Go'.
This comp covers The Spiders career from 1966-68 and concentrates on their own compositions which saw them dabbling in everything from Hendrix inspired fuzz to Beach Boy harmonies. There's no denying that the more up tempo tracks are derivative of the British and U.S. bands, but the Spiders play them with such a frenetic energy that it's hard to believe that rock 'n' roll did not originate in Japan. There are 2 stand out tracks for me: 'Teardrops' and 'Yves', which demonstrate a level of sophistication and originality that placed The Spiders on an equal footing with their western heroes.
The booklet is rich in both information and colour pics.
Actually, I can see why Big Beat decided to go with the Spiders. For one, they're an excellent example of longevity in a musical scene that tended to feature extremely short careers; the Spiders were around for a relative eternity, actually making the transformation from an eleki (instrumental, like the Ventures) to rock band in the middle of the decade. Secondly, the Spiders are something of the "jack of all trades" insofar as group sounds bands are concerned, as they can go from a fuzzed-out rocker to a ballad and back within three tracks on an album. Lastly, the Spiders are definately amoung the highest profile GS bands--even in an international sense--as apparently their quasi-theme song "Sad Sunset" was given a UK release, behind which the band toured.
The problem here, I guess, is that while this compilation certainly represents the many styles of which the Spiders were capable, it also fails to disguise how derivative they could be; clearly, ability to mimic does not necessarily confer expertise at the micmicked styles! Thus, while tracks like Upside Down, Yves, and Sad Sunset demonstrate a mastery of fuzzed-out excess, the Doors-ian ballad, and the organ-dominated garage lament, you have the sub-Louie Louie "Monkey Dance" (one of my least-favorite tracks from GS I Love You vol I), and the bizarre "Hey Boy." The last track mentioned is a decent enough song, but shamefully rips off the organ solo from a certain well-known Zombies tune.
I would also argue that--like G.S. I Love You vol. I--this compilation is a bit heavy on "novelty" tunes (like "Ban Ban"). While the Spiders have no real internal consistency album-wise, there are some startlingly-excellent gems lurking on some of their discs that were not included on this compilation ("Lonely Man," for example, or many of the excellent tracks on their "Meiji" album).
As an introduction into the world of specific GS bands, though, this compilation serves its purpose. Whether or not one will be sufficiently impressed to followup onto actual (and expensive!) is up to one's individual taste.
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