5 thoughts on “Tsutsumi Hiroshi and All Stars Wagon”

1. Nice tune. As a Japanese speaker, let me help you out for the name stated unknown. It reads “Senjyou-no Hoshi”, meaning ‘Stars above battlefield’.

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2. Mirage

   Thanks – great track. My kind of eccentricity. Made me think of Tarantino.

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3. .. I don’t like instrumentals too much, but Mirage is ecceptional! Good find!

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4. Hiroshi Tsutsumi & All Stars Wagon were one of the leading bands in mid-60s “Eleki Boom”, which is sparked by the first of many Japanese visits of the Ventures in 1965. Actually, the roots of the band hark back to 1957, when the cores of two different bands came together and formed a “rockabilly supergroup”, which later backed many solo singers (Remember, until 1964 there was NO self contained groups in Japan!). Until 1969 they released many albums, mainly consisting of both domestic & overseas hit songs in “Eleki” style.

   “Senjou no hoshi”, composed by Takuya Fujimoto, was released in October 1966. Fujimoto started his career as “Rockabilly” singer in late 50s, but quit singing and turned to composition and arrangement in 1965. From then on, he started producing other singers’ records in completely his own style, some of them featuring the heaviest sound found on Japanese “POP” singles – not heavy in “ROCK” terms, but characterized in repetitious and hardcore lyrics (example: “I dreamed of tearing up and opening up your heart with a scalpel and putting out a evil hatred from it” from “Kimi ga hoshii (I Want You)”), shouting vocals, unusual instrumentation and extreme mix (echo etc.). In 1993, two compilation CDs of Fujimoto-production 45s were released, and “Senjou no hoshi” was on one of them. Lately, crops from these two comps was to be reissued as one CD, but cancelled.

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5. Any idea when this 45 was released? Unfortunately, it doesn’t say on the label.

   Thanks,

   Dan

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