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Half Gentlemen / Not Beasts

by Half Japanese

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Dream Date 01:32
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Shi Yi Yi 00:58
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She Cracked 01:57
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One More Day 02:09
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about

This was an exclusive Record Store Day 2013 release and could still be available to purchase from us after this date (If stocks allow).

In 1974 Jad Fair, along with his brother David, co-founded the lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese. Over the ensuing three decades, Half Japanese released fourteen albums (which are all due to be reissued on Fire Records throughout 2013), and in the process, attracted a solid base of fans passionate about the band's pure, unbridled enthusiasm for rock and roll.

Fire's reissue series begins with Half Japanese's first album Half Gentlemen/Not Beasts, a collection of the Fair brothers earliest home recordings, originally released as a homemade three LP box set. These stretch their DIY, lo-fi ethos to the limits featuring sound experiments cobbled together from guitar noise, electronics and odd effects, whilst throwing in some barely recognizable covers (such as tracks by The Temptations, Buddy Holly and Bob Dylan).

Over the years Half Gentlemen/Not Beasts became something of a cult legend, partly helped by it's scarcity and foreshadowed much of the lo-fi movement of early 90s indie rock.
In 1995, Rolling Stone magazine chose the Half Japanese album "Half Gentlemen / Not Beasts" as one of the top 100 most influential Alternative albums and Spin Magazine's Alternative Record Guide states; "Half Japanese assumed it was the greatest Rock and Roll band on the planet. It was often right."

Fire's reissue features new packaging, artwork, liner notes and design by Jad and David Fair as well as never released extra tracks. The CD package includes three discs and there will be four LPs in the vinyl version. This rare and much sought after treasure will now be available for all to enjoy and for fans to relish.

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released April 20, 2013

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Half Japanese Maryland

Formed in 1975, this US group has undergone numerous personnel changes since its inception. Despite an erratic history, the unit remains an important outlet for the considerable but anachronistic talents of Jad Fair, who has also pursued a musically indistinguishable solo career. ... more

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