THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,762) 寺内タケシとバニーズ/Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys — “レッツ・ゴー・ブガルー”/“Let’s Go Boogaloo”
Don’t back off, just boogaloo! Takeshi Terauchi’s (see #999) — “Japan’s premier guitar hero” (AV+ML, http://www.fancymag.com/bunnys.html) — “hard-hitting, devastating guitar solo during the interlude is absolutely stunning!” (t.yeverythingisgoodreturn5893, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xLbIQMC_qI (Courtesy of Google Translate))
Popsike.com raves:
KILLER wired Japanese fuzz psych single from the late 60’s, cleary inspired (okay, “stolen”) from Hendrix and the Kinks and given the GS [Group Sounds] treatment. . . . [It] starts with a buncha Japanese kiddies shouting “yee-haw!” and suddenly we’re launched into a rousing fuzz-infested Asian take on “Spanish Castle Magic” that might’ve had Jimi’s lawyers on the phone had they heard it . . . .
AV+ML tells the tale of Takeshi Terauchi:
Little known in the U.S. [,] . . Takeshi Terauchi, affectionately known as Terry[,] . . . started recording electric guitar . . . music in the early Sixties. His best recordings in the mid-to-late Sixties were with two different bands: the adorably named Bunnys and Blue Jeans. Generally, the music itself is Ventures inspired instrumentals accented with fuzzed-out whammy bar acrobatics. What makes The Bunnys and Blue Jeans unique is that they were also influenced by traditional Japanese Minyo, that is, very old rural folk songs. Terry recorded many a Minyo with the electric guitar at the helm in place of traditional instruments like the Shamisen. Terry-san ranks close behind Western contemporaries Link Wray and Davie Allan when it comes to bad-ass guitar riffing. . . . Terry recorded with The Blue Jeans during the early to mid Sixties. The Blue Jeans belted out surf instrumentals with authority and Terry’s guitar is always interesting. Management problems coupled with the need to keep up with changing times triggered Takeshi’s departure from Blues Jeans in 1966. The Beatles invaded and GS, or Group Sounds (Mersey Beat pop sap with vocals), was in. Terry recruited unknown players to form his own GS band, the Bunnys. . . . Terry’s years with Bunnys were brief: – from Dec. of ‘66 through ‘68. Terry’s Bunnys put out 16 singles, and 6 LPs, including a live album. . . . His next move was to add something uniquely Japanese to an otherwise Western sound. Seicho Terauchi-Bushi, released in ’67, is Terry’s interpretation of Japanese Minyo. He replaced the traditional shamisen (3-string instrument) with his powerful electric guitar sound and created fresh and exciting eleki versions of 200 year old songs. This heightened his fame, as he simultaneously exposed his young audience to something from past generations and gained the older crowd’s respect. This was the Bunnys’ most successful record, selling over 100,000 copies and becoming the best selling GS record at the time. 1967 was a busy year for The Bunnys, as they released 8 singles on Seven Seas and 3 LP’s on King. . . . Terry left in the Fall of ‘68 to form his own Blues Jeans . . . .
“[M]usical differences emerged and Terauchi left the [Bunnys], reforming Blue Jeans. Bunnys continued without him for several years . . . finally splitting up in 1971.”(https://www.discogs.com/artist/3425042-Takeshi-Terauchi-And-The-Bunnys)
Here is Jimi Hendrix and “Spanish Castle Magic”:
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