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Big In Japan - Some Demos

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2008-12-10 08:05:00 by mij in music...isms
...Japan, which was already formed when I joined. Jayne and Kevin Ward were both vocalists, although Kevin had been doubling as bass player. Bill Drummond played rhythm guitar, Ian Broudie lead guitar, and Phil Allen was on drums. (Phil's brother Steve, a.k.a. Enrico Cadillac Jr, was the lead singer of Deaf School.) Big In Japan had started by...
 
 
 
 
 
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IODA Partners With BounDEE for Japan

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2008-11-17 10:01:49 by Bruce Houghton in hypebot
...Japan's largest distributor of independent music, to bring it's catalog to more than 200 online music and mobile stores including giant Label Mobile, as well as, access to physical distribution. IODA will represent BounDEE's independent artists and labels worldwide Mobile delivery makes up 91% of the digital music market in Japan according to...
 
 
 
 
 
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It Came From The 80s: Japan

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2008-01-31 17:43:20 by Sean in Rock Sellout
...Japan didnt technically come from the 80s - they came from the 70s. However, their 70s incarnation was so completely transformed by the time 1980 rolled around, that they were essentially a different band. If you compare Quiet Life with Adolescent Sex , youd be hard-pressed to convince a casual listener that it was the same band, let alone...
 
 
 
 
 
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Live In Japan

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2008-07-24 11:19:00 by Club80 in The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
...Japan released a four song EP called Live In Japan . It was their second EP (but eleventh 7 inch record). It contained the tracks, " Deviation ", " Obscure Alternatives ", " In Vogue " and " Sometimes I Feel So Low ". The EP was only released in Holland, Germany and Belgium. All four songs were later added to Obscure Alternatives , their...
 
 
 
 
 
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Japan - Quiet Life

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2008-08-25 21:59:00 by Club80 in The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
...Japan released the single, " Quiet Life ". It was backed by " A Foreign Place ". The band had previously released the single in Japan in 1979 and in the U.K. in early 1980 when it was backed by " Halloween ". Both tracks on the original single were included on the band's third album, Quiet Life . " A Foreign Place " was a non-LP track but was...
 
 
 
 
 
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Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids

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2008-10-10 22:51:00 by Club80 in The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
...Japan released their eighth single, " Gentlemen Take Polaroids ". It was backed by " The Experience Of Swimming ". The A side appeared on their fourth album, Gentlemen Prefer Polaroids . The B side was a non-LP track that was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. The single reached the #60 spot on the U.K. singles...
 
 
 
 
 
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Fergie will perform at MTV JAPAN MUSIC AWARDS 08

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2008-03-07 06:20:00 by BepFerg in News & Updates
...Japan in May, and She will be a guest performer at MTV JAPAN MUSIC AWARDS 08 on Saturday May 31st in Saitama Super Arena If you live in Japan, or if you are coming to Japan in the end of May, register MTV JAPAN and vote for Fergie After you vote, they will pick 2,000 couples to invite the awards, so you might win the tickets You can vote...
 
 
 
 
 
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Japan - The Art Of Parties

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2008-04-29 21:54:00 by Club80 in The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
...Japan released their tenth single, " The Art Of Parties ". The B side was " Life Without Buildings ". The A side appeared on their fifth album, Tin Drum . The B side was a non-LP track. The single reached the #48 spot on the U.K. singles chart. The London new wave disbanded in 1982 after five studio albums. Their last live performance?...
 
 
 
 
 
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Japan - Cantonese Boy

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2008-05-13 22:28:00 by Club80 in The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
...Japan released their fourteenth single, " Cantonese Boy ". It was backed by " The Experience Of Swimming " and " Gentlemen Take Polaroids ". This was a 12 inch single. It also came in a double 7 inch package with one additional track, " Burning Bridges ". The A side appeared on their fifth album, Tin Drum . " Gentlemen Take Polaroids " and "...
 
 
 
 
 
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JAPAN - Quiet Life (1979)

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2008-05-14 14:08:53 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
Japans third album Quiet Life were the third album from Japan in two years. The band has been through as massive development in sound in that short time and Quiet Life is a much more keyboard dominated album than Adolescent Sex and Obscure Alterneatives. In the same time the music has become a bit darker on Quiet Life than it was on the previous...