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Japan, whose members were David Sylvian, guitarist Rob Dean, keyboardist Richard Barbieri, bassist Mick Karn and Sylvian's brother Steve Jansen as a drummer, began as a group of friends, who all studied at the same school and became an alternative glam rock outfit in the mould of David Bowie, T.Rex, and The New York Dolls.
In 1977, the German label Hansa held a contest that elicited entries from over 1000 bands. The eight winners, including Japan (and an unknown group called the Easy Cure who later became the Cure) received recording contracts and, a year later, ´Adolescent Sex´ hit the shops.
This release comes with a bonus 7-inch and the first 1000, numbered, copies of this set will be pressed on red vinyl!
Tracklisting:
A1 Transmission (4:45)
A2 The Unconventional (3:04)
A3 Wish You Were Black (4:48)
A4 Performance (4:35)
A5 Lovers On Main Street (4:06)
A6 Don't Rain On My Parade (2:45)
B1 Suburban Love (7:26)
B2 Adolescent Sex (3:43)
B3 Communist China (2:43)
B4 Television (9:12)
+ Bonus 7":
A1 Adolescent Sex re-recorded 7" version (4:15)
B1 State Line (4:48)
