Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2025 August 08 • Friday

Here's a great Japanese surf/instro album: Makka na Taiyo by The Sanders!

The title song was a big hit for singer Hibari Misora. She recorded it with the band The Blue Comets who also had a hit with "Blue Chateau", the third song on this record.

Who were The Sanders? I have no idea.

But this is a great record, with the electric guitar and drums sounding like they were recorded in the same studio that provided music for 1960s Japanese gangster movies.

There's too much saxophone playing, but the playing itself is good and doesn't overwhelm the songs. There are strings on some numbers also, as well as a Farfisa-like organ, but the real star is the nimble guitar playing.