Sakura

Sakura
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An autographed photo of Sakura! Found in Penang

Oriental Perm Parlour!

Oriental Perm Parlour!
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I love this photo! Found it in a Penang flea market last December.

Asmah Atan!

From a cdr I picked up over the weekend, the best track in the lot:

Asmah Atan & The D'Pioneers - Malam Pesta

Asmah Atan was a teen singer from Malaysia in the 1960s-70s.

Katherine and the Firebyrds!

When I first posted this track on my old blog, Mod-ified Music, it attracted a swarm of publicity and Internet chatter. And no wonder, as it is an amazing song, and by a relatively little-known girl singer to boot! Admittedly, the audio quality was not fantastic, because I taped it off the radio. Now, I finally have a higher fidelity version to share! This time, you can actually hear the little nuances like the Zombies-esque organs and Joe Meek guitars.

Katherine and The Firebyrds - He's Sure To Remember Me

Stream another of their songs, here.

We Aren't Angels...

A happy and anthemic tune after a tough week... This Serge Gainsbourg composition has also been covered excellently by Heavenly.

France Gall - Nous ne sommes pas des anges

Happy Banjos play the Beatles!

With a sleeve like that, how could I *not* buy this LP. And it's a Beatles cover album made during the Beatles period! The nice thing about this 1967 recording is the choice of songs covered. Not just the hit singles like Yesterday, but also album numbers like The Word and It Won't Be Long. From the sleeve's notes: "In a roguishly-paced mood that blends tempos with the witty abandon of a Carnaby Street tailor mixing paisley, plaids and prints, the Happy Banjos offer such jolly threesomes as..."

The Big Band Banjo Band - I Should Have Known Better/ I'm A Loser/ It Won't Be Long

"Just For You"!

"Just For You"(1964) was just one of the slew of pop musical films released in the UK in the sixties. The plots are usually very simple, because the main draw of these films were the performances by hit artistes then. For instance, "Just For You" was touted as a "a rock and roll knockout" with the Merseybeats, Peter and Gordon, Freddie and The Dreamers, The Warriors and many other groups. And from the official UK soundtrack LP:

Jackie & The Raindrops - The Loco-motion

Louise Cordet's scene from "Just For You":


"Just For You" was released in the States in 1966 as "Disk-O-Tek Holiday" with extra acts and sequences. You can even purchase the dvd here!