Japanese Kayokyoku Star 40 Nitta Hachiro

[Machine Translation] Japanese Popular Song Stars (Vol. 7) 5 Titles Released! Hachiro Nitta emerged as a promising singer who possessed the conditions to be a first-class popular singer in terms of appearance, singing voice, and singing style" right after his debut in 1939. He has many masterpieces of military and popular songs, including "South Seas Passage," the original song for "Rabaul Kouta" (Rabaul Little Song). The songs were selected from the sound sources of only a little more than one year of Victor's tenure, and most of them were released on CD for the first time. Includes "Takuboku no Uta", "Seishun wa Namiki kara", "Nanyo Kouro", "Otoko Madorosu", "Guitar no Mawabe", "Sakura Shinsekai" and other 23 songs in total. Includes commentary and lyrics. Supervision (music selection and commentary): Michito Goda

日本の流行歌スターたち〈第7弾〉5タイトル発売! 「容貌・歌声・唱法ともに流行歌手として第一流に立つべき条件を兼備している有望歌手・・」と、昭和14(1939)年のデビュー直後から頭角を現した新田八郎。「ラバウル小唄」の原曲「南洋航路」ほか、軍歌・流行歌の名作多数! わずか1年余というビクター在籍時代の音源から選曲した、ほとんどが初CD化の奇跡の全曲集! 「啄木の歌」「青春は並木から」「南洋航路」「男・まどろす」「ギターの窓辺」「さくら新世界」ほか全23曲収録。解説・歌詞付き。監修(選曲・解説): 合田道人