JAZZ NOVELTY LP: JOHNNY WATSON & HIS KAMPAI KINGS Yokota Japan Air Base Club
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.JAZZ NOVELTY LP: JOHNNY WATSON & HIS KAMPAI KINGS Yokota Japan Air Base Club
SoDeska DM 201-202, deep groove pressing. Kampai Kings (An All Star Japanese Band) -- Blowing Up A Storm. "Souvenir Album of Officers’ Club Favorite Songs Yokota Air Base, Japan, 'World's Friendliest Air Base.'" Recorded in Tokyo, Japan, 1956, on the third year anniversary of their weekly Sunday afternoon jazz concerts at the base. Special feature is The New Orleans Dixielanders, starring the Japanese “Satchmo” and his trumpet, who also acts as Em Cee. Vocals: Sonny and Babs, baritone sax: Schmaltzy, trombone – Iwata, trumpet: Tanaka, string bass: Toba, drums: Bami. Special vocals and arrangements: Johnny Watson.
Tracks: Theme Song for the band: Chindonya (Traditional Japanese street advertisement music); Sake Japanese Wine), Kampai (Down The Hatch), Takusan (Many Many), Yopari (You’re Drunk); A No Ne! (Hey You); Little Brown Jug; Suzuki’s Hideaway; Adorable One (foxtrot with band joined by eight violinists and two cellists, which introduces the music of Dudley Manners, owner of SoDeska records, ASCAP writer and publisher (nom de plume of Major D. Dudley Krupp, Medical Corps Retired. Prior to retirement known in Japan as “The Songwriting Doctor” of the U.S. Army, whose songs have been recorded and broadcasted by Armed Forces Radio Service .)); C’Est Ci Bon (featuring Miss Yoke “Babs” Sahida and special lyrics by Johnny Watson); A Sugoiwa Ne!; Glory Of Love (featuring vocalist “Sonny” Jiwara—some say he’s cute and the Eddie Fisher of Japan); Who’s The Guy With The Mink Bow Tie?; Aquacade (waltz by Dudley Manners augmented with strings. In September 1952 featured 40 voices in Watson’s Aquacade Show at Meiji Park Pool in Tokyo); Cool, Cool, Cat Adeline; Bring On Your “Garsh Darn” Cat (based on Calvary song “Garry Owen.”).
Record VG+. Jacket VG with spine split, ring wear and surface wear.
GRADING:
LPs, 45s, and EPs are graded M (mint), NM (near mint), VG+, VG (very good), VG-, G+, G (good), G-, F (fair), and P (poor). A NM record will show no more than slight handling wear. A VG+ record may have some visible scuffs and light scratches and plays well with little surface noise. Some scratches on records graded VG, VG-, and below may be deep enough to feel with your fingernail, or there may be scratches or groove wear throughout that cause surface noise, but the record still plays well. On records in the G+, G and G- range the level of the music is still above the surface noise caused by scuffs, scratches and groove wear. Surface noise may be as loud as the music on records graded F and louder than the music on P records. P records are likely to be unplayable.
LP and EP jackets graded VG+ have only slight wear; jackets graded VG are more worn but still intact unless defects are noted. G jackets show definite damage and F and P jackets are probably falling apart. Splits, markings, cut corners and other defects will be noted.
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