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Artist:	GOLDEN CUPS
Title:	The Golden Cups
Label:	P-VINE RECORDS (JAPAN)
Format:	10CD BOX
Price:	$265.00
Catalog #:	PCD 7229/38

Includes every album released by The Golden Cups: The Golden Cups Album(1968), The Golden Cups Vol. 2(1968), The Golden Cups Album Vol.3: Blues Message(1969), Super Live Session(1969), Recital(1969), Return of the Golden Cups 8(1971), Live Album(1971), Single Collection, Powerhouse, and Hello Party. "In 1966 the cosmopolitan port town of Yokohama proved the perfect breeding ground for the new Group Sounds. Just as in Liverpool and Hamburg, the local kids were exposed to a wealth of foreign culture not readily available to the typical Japanese teen. Kids with friends from the base got to watch shows like American Bandstand, while the chances of their less-fortunate peers catching British or American bands on Japanese TV shows were next to nil. Yokohama had its' own exotic culture, and it was there that, in December, the Golden Cups were born. Initially using the name Group and I, they became the house band at the Golden Cup discotheque near the Honmoku army base. Their clientele was made up mainly of GI's, and their set list entirely of covers: 'One More Time'(Them), 'Evil Woman'(Canned Heat), 'Gloria', 'Stroll On', 'I Got My Mojo Workin'' (their opening tune), 'I Feel Good' (James Brown), 'Work Song' (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), etc. Sadly no recorded document of this period survives. 1967 also saw the Cups hit the road, if only for a short distance, for an important stand at la Seine, a popular Jazz Kissa (or Jazz Tea Room) in Tokyo. The band had something of a split personality live, depending on where they were playing. If they were at a club or Jazz Kissa, they'd play their fave tunes and put on a wild show; but if they were giving a 'recital' at a large concert hall, they were forced to perform their dull commercial material, often with an orchestra for accompaniment. The Cups gave their final concert on New Year's Eve, 1972 in an Okinawa discotheque. Just as at the beginning of their career, the audience was mainly American GI's. Since it was their last show, the band played their big hit 'Nagai Kami no Shoujo', but no one in the audience recognized it. It was at this point that Jorge Yanagi noticed a strange smell, and, opening the curtain behind the drum kit, discovered the building was on fire! The Cups yelled 'Fire! Fire!' in an effort to clear the room, but many in the drunken crowd thought they were introducing the next song, and called for them to start playing again! Eventually everyone got out, but the Cups had lost all of their instruments, and weren't even paid what they were guaranteed for the show. A sad end for one of Japan's most important GS bands." Each CD comes as a digipak with original artwork. Box also includes a 152 page booklet.

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