Various Artists

If there is a year zero for the introduction of reggae music to Japan, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was 1979 when Bob Marley and the Wailers toured the country, trailed by an entourage of journalists, photographers and fans ready to spread the message of the music into all corners of Japanese society.

Rather than look directly to Jamaica, many producers and artists in Japan were inspired instead by the commercial sounds of The Police and UB40, their reggae fix arriving pre-filtered through the lens of new wave and pop from the UK.

Comes with a download an a four page insert.

• 1 Miki Hirayama - Tsukikage No Nagisa
• 2 Miki Hirayama - Denshi Lenzi
• 3 Chu Kosaka - Music
• 4 Izumi Mimi Kobayashi - Lazy Love
• 5 Junko Yagami - Johannesburg
• 6 Miharu Koshi - Coffee Break
• 7 Marlene - Hittin Me Where It Hurts
• 8 Lily - Tenki ni Naare