{"product_id":"masaaki-hirao-nippon-rock-n-roll-lp-vinyl","title":"Nippon Rock 'n' Roll 10\" LP (vinyl)","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMasaaki Hirao\u003cbr\u003eNippon Rock 'n' Roll 10\" LP (vinyl)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Nippon Rock 'n' ’Roll documents the rise of Masaaki Hirao - dubbed “The Japanese Elvis”.\u003cbr\u003eHirao was one of the famed Rokabirii Sannin Otoko (Three Rockabillies), alongside singers Mickey Curtis and “Kei-chan”, Keijiro Yamashita.\u003cbr\u003eIn early 1958, the rokabirii buumu (rockabilly boom) was born, the first youth music tribe in the Land Of The Rising Sun.\u003cbr\u003eRokabirii may resemble US rockabilly, but this Nipponese version is a more varied dish\u003cbr\u003eHirao's covers of Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley and Little Richard are not kitsch renditions, but raw, desperate rockers.\u003cbr\u003eHear a Paul Anka makeoverput through a rocking mangle; a smattering of jazz; a twist of New Orleans; and some Japanese folk songs with a greased-up quiff.\u003cbr\u003eThe studio numbers included here are hardboiled, with unkempt live recordings that really rock.\u003cbr\u003eTough drums back up honking sax, in a pedal steel pandemonium with slap bass. In the words of Elvis: these guys “get real gone”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"Jailhouse Rock\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pD6ntJgf5ek?list=PLPF-Sx4anQuL7WFLS28VBzm6fsEa24u5I\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLawdy Miss Clawdy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eItsuki No Komoriuta Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoshi Wa Nandemo Shitteiru part 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrazy Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJailhouse Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJenny Jenny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOoh My Soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Way Ticket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiyo-chan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlues De Memphis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Masaaki Hirao","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54209420624201,"sku":"0029667001212 HIQLP013","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1008\/3427\/9753\/files\/masaaki_hirao_nippon_rock_n_roll_vinyl_lp.jpg?v=1776344662","url":"https:\/\/www.raucousrecords.com\/products\/masaaki-hirao-nippon-rock-n-roll-lp-vinyl","provider":"Raucous Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}