{"product_id":"va-wamono-a-to-z-vol-i-japanese-jazz-funk-rare-groove-1968-1980","title":"VA- Wamono A To Z Vol. I (Japanese Jazz Funk \u0026 Rare Groove 1968-1980)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel: 180G\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eActive as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene. After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo's Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa. With this first volume of the Wamono series, our two DJs here guide you through some of the best and rarest jazz funk and rare groove tunes produced in Japan between 1968 and 1980. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eToshiko Yonekawa - Sōran Bushi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eTakeo Yamashita - A Touch Of Japanese Tone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eTadaaki Misago \u0026amp; Tokyo Cuban Boys - Jongara Reggae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eChikara Ueda \u0026amp; The Power Station - Cloudy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eChumei Watanabe - Downtown Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eKifu Mitsuhashi - Hanagasa Ondo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eMonica Lassen \u0026amp; The Sounds - Incitation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eNorio Maeda, Jiro Inagaki \u0026amp; The All-Stars - Go Go A Go Go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eAkira Ishikawa \u0026amp; Count Buffalo \u0026amp; The Jazz Rock Band - The Sidewinder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eMasahiko Sato, Jiro Inagaki \u0026amp; Big Soul Media - Sniper's Snooze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Waiting Room Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":45056149913715,"sku":null,"price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/4315\/0908\/files\/a2067820735_10.jpg?v=1780093220","url":"https:\/\/waitingroomrecords.com\/products\/va-wamono-a-to-z-vol-i-japanese-jazz-funk-rare-groove-1968-1980","provider":"Waiting Room Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}