JAPROCKSAMPLER

HOW THE POST-WAR JAPANESE BLEW THEIR MINDS ON ROCK'N'ROLL

JULIAN COPE


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Designed by
WILL WEBB
Translation by
IKUKO SHIRATDRI WILSDN
Commissioning Editor
MIKE JONES
Agent of Fortune
ROBERT KIRBY at PFD
Edited by
HUGO DE KLEE & DORIAN COPE
Editorial Management by the Glamorous
MARY INSTONE
Glamorous Assistant Editor
LOUISE MILLER
Extra-terrestrial Intelligence and Foister-of-Thang
THE LATE TREVDR MANWARING
Lifeline, Sustainer-of-the-Message & Nihonese Vibemeister #1
ALAN CUMMINGS
Gatekeeper, Goader-into-Action and Supreme Cult Excavator #1
DAVID KEENAN
Metaphysical Crony and Futuristic Retro-Thinker
THE SETH MAN

JAPANESE NAMES NOTE:

During the past decade, the Japanese have been returning to their old tradition of placing surnames first and given names last. And so, in the interests of cultural correctness, it would have been preferable for this Japrocksampler to have followed a similar path. For the purposes of this book, however, Julian Cope has considered that such a line would not be possible because of Yoko Ono's central role in the storyline; her fame is far too great, and her place in rock'n'roll myth far too established to attempt to foist the name Ono Yoko on the public at this late stage.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

To Dorian, as ever

First published in Great Britain 2007CE

Copyright (C) 2007CE by Julian Cope

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