It's been thirty years since we originally released this retrospective from the Okinawan icon Shoukichi Kina. There's a lot we could say about the legendary Kina and his influence on popular Japanese music but we'll let Ry Cooder, who's featured on most of the songs here, take it away:
"I first met Shoukichi Kina in 1979. David Lindley and I were on tour in Japan, and were getting well worn out. Kina and a translator met up with us in Osaka and we all sat down in the lobby of this giant tourist hotel, which Kina hated. He just sat there, staring straight ahead, saying nothing for an hour.
One year later, a round-trip plane ticket to Hawaii came in the mail, with a note that read: "ALA MOANA HOTEL, COMMERCIAL RECORDING STUDIO, PLEASE. KINA."
Kina had a habit of throwing himself down onto the floor and kicking his feet when he liked a playback. I remember thinking, this beats "one more for us, guys!" When Kina's wife, Tomoko, put down the vocal on "Flowers For You Heart," he lay down and stayed down, making the engineer play it back over and over until he had wrung himself out—a real playback party, Okinawan style. Right about then you know you're ready to start recording for real, but it never works out that way. You squeeze off one or two, say adios, and go to the house. Then later, maybe four people discover your little contribution, and then someone wants to reissue the album and there you go."
- Ry Cooder, 1993
A1. Jing Jing
A2. Hana No Kajimaya
A3. Celebration
A4. Mimichiri Bozu – Danju Kariyushi
A5. Don-Don Bushi
A6. Zorba De Buddha
A7. Basha-gua Suncha
B1. Crazy Kacharsee
B2. Subete No Hito No Kokoro Ni Hanna O
B3. Haisai Ojisan
B4. Eternally Ecstasy
B5. Iynu-Pri
B6. Iya-Hoi!
B7. (Bonus Track)
- Format Detail: LP Pink Peppermint Vinyl
- Format: Vinyl
- Internal ID: JITRE
- Released: 4/7/23
- Genre: World Music
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