The 5.6.7.8's - Original CD Collection (1986-2016) [Combined & Expanded Re-Up]

The 5.6.7.8's are an all-female Japanese garage rock trio, whose music is reminiscent of American surf music, rockabilly and garage rock. While their biggest international exposure was a cameo in the Tarantino flick Kill Bill, 5.6.7.8's are much more than one-hit wonders, bearing the proud distinction of being the prime and longest-enduring Japanese garage rock girl band. Featuring a revolving cast of musicians (only one of them ever being a boy) and possessing small but loyal fanbases in countries from China to the United States. The group have so named themselves because they play music reminiscent of 1950s, '60s, '70s, and '80s rock. Currently this CD Collection includes 9 CDs.

The 5.6.7.8's formed in Tokyo in 1986. The band embraces retro American hot rod culture and a rockabilly breed of garage rock that shares ascetics with the Cramps. The band has a maintained a strong cult following since their incept, but has never catered to the mainstream. They play a mixture of cover versions and originals, always fraught with style and attitude. Despite only releasing albums on indie labels, and selling in modest quantities, they have fans all over the world and have toured internationally since 1992. Through their extensive touring they are in touch with many like-minded bands and labels, and their tracks can be found on many compilations.



Коллектив, памятный большинству благодаря своему незабываемому появлению в первой части тарантиновского Kill Bill-а!
The 5.6.7.8's одна из немногих до сих пор действующих японских гаражных групп, начавших свое существование ещё в середине восьмидесятых. Они продолжали оставаться в центре внимания, даже несмотря на редко выходящие пластинки и часто меняющийся состав. Стиль их музыки менялся от сёрфа и гараж-рока до грязного рок-н-ролла и панка. Большинство песен группы являются переработками композиций, которые играли другие коллективы в период с 1950 по 1980 годы. Отсюда, кстати, и появилось название их группы: 50-е, 60-е, 70-е и 80-е годы соответственно.

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While their biggest international exposure was a cameo in the Tarantino flick Kill Bill, 5.6.7.8's are much more than one-hit wonders, bearing the proud distinction of being the prime and longest-enduring Japanese garage rock girl band. Featuring a revolving cast of musicians (only one of them ever being a boy) and possessing small but loyal fanbases in countries from China to the U.S., 5.6.7.8's is the brainchild of the sisters Ronnie "Yoshiko" Fujiyama and Fujii Sachiko, and it reflects their love for music of the '50s to the '80s, bluntly alluded to in the group's name.

The band was formed in 1986, at the height of the garage rock hype that seized Tokyo at the time. The first lineup included Fujiyama, who handled the vocals, and Sachiko (the drummer), supported by guitarist Rico and bassist Yoshie, who was replaced by Mikako in time for the band's debut demo Golden Hits of the 5.6.7.8's (1988). It was followed by the band's first EP Mondo Girls A-Go-Go (1989). In 1990 Rico and Mikako defected to start Sleaze Sisters, and were replaced by bassist Akiko Omo and guitarist Eddie Legend, the sole male member of the group, who used to don a wig to blend in better when they played live, but still lasted only a year before departing to start MAD3. After that, Fujiyama picked up the guitar herself, although 5.6.7.8's still performed as a quartet, with support member Gaku on the saxophone. The band's first full-length album, The 5.6.7.8's Can't Help It!, was recorded in 1991, out not only in Japan, but in Australia and the U.S. as well (the American release came in 1992). That began a period of the band's active overseas expansion: they toured Australia and America and released the single The Spell Stroll on the French label Wee Records. Japan remained their main playground – they had several releases there in the '90s, namely EPs I Was a Teenage Cave Woman (1992) and Pin Heel Stomp (1997), as well as the second full-length The 5.6.7.8's (1994), – but they also had six singles and the EP Bomb the Twist (1995) out in the U.S. The lineup continued to shift, with guitarist Aya joining the band for several months in 1995, and Omo leaving before their first big Japanese tour in 1996, replaced by Yamaguchi Yoshiko. In 1997, Fujiyama took a short break from the band, releasing the solo single Coney Island.

The years between 1998 and 2002 saw no releases, but some heavy touring in Japan, America, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. In 2002, Quentin Tarantino heard their CD in a clothing shop in Tokyo, and soon invited them to star as themselves in a Kill Bill scene (they contributed the song "Woo Hoo" for the movie soundtrack). 2002 also saw 5.6.7.8's releasing the album Teenage Mojo Workout and the EP Pretty Little Lilly Can Dance No More, and their compilation Best Hits of the 5.6.7.8's came out in America and Japan in 2003 (it was released in Europe the next year). In 2004, Teenage Mojo Workout was released in Britain, and the single Woo Hoo reached number 24 on the local charts, but long-term British success eluded them. The same year Yoshiko gave up her post for Omo, who returned to being 5.6.7.8's bassist after an eight-year hiatus. The band has kept quiet since 2004, releasing no new material but playing the occasional live show………. In 2011 was released the Live LP "Live at Third Man", and finally, in December 2014's the band released all-new studio album "Tanuki Goten".

– by Alexey Eremenko

This album collects the early days of the 5.6.7.8's, who, obviously, rose to fame in America with their appearance in "Kill Bill vol. 1". But this album isn't quite the Japanese doo-wop sound that they rocked out with in "Bill". No, this is a collection of their beginnings, their garage days. On this album, which has a wonderfully rough, basement recording sound, the ladies (and a dude back then) rock out with a style that sounds like The Go-Gos, The Ramones, and The Cramps jamming together in two to three minute bursts. There's even a track (Ramones) that starts with a Ramones song, which is then joined by the girls shouting "Hey! Ho! Let's Go!" in a frenzied, off beat pattern, which then changes into a poppy beat that sounds like it could have been written by Belinda Carlisle. There's even a pretty wild cover of "We Got The Beat". But throughout it all, the 5.6.7.8's retain a little bit of that punk rock doo-wop that eventually became their trademark sound. This is, without a doubt, their purest album ever.

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Tracklist:

01. Horror Rocker
02. いっしょにいたい
03. Boom Boom Girl
04. 来てよRamones
05. 空とぶJoe Joe
06. Jet Coaster
07. 虹色の恐竜
08. Peter Gun
09. I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
10. We Got The Beat / Shakin' All Over

Original Cassette Tape Released by Tokyo Stiff (ZBUY 101) in 1988


Produced by Mitane Takashe, Fulukawa Helokazu & The 5.6.7.8's
Engineered by Sun.Den Den. Re-mastered by Peace Music.

• Yoshiko - vocals, guitar
• Rico - guitar
• Yoshie - bass
• Sachiko - drums

Original Release Date: 1988
Re-Released on CD: December 22, 2003
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Radio Underground Records
Catalog No.: RUC-001

More screechy girl garage punk from Japan, this time around from 5.6.7.8's, who incorporate more of an influence of surf to their raw production and instrumentation. A lot of reverb and belting vocals can be heard throughout Can't Help It – as well as sloppy renditions of "Wolly Bully" and "Wild Thing." Fun, but nothing really outstanding, as these recordings could use a little studio tweaking.

~ Mike DaRonco, all media guide

Tracklist:

01. Ah-So!
02. Let's Have A Party
03. Pinball Party
04. Jet Coaster
05. Wooly Bully
06. Wild Thing
07. Bond Girl
08. Motor Cycle Go-Go-Go!
09. Fruit Bubble Love
10. The 5.6.7.8's
11. Woo Eee
12. Edie Is A Sweet Candy
13. I Was A Teenage Cave Woman
14. Blue Radio


Recorded between 1989-1991. Some additional information read inside the booklet.

Original Release Date: 1991
Released on CD in U.S.: 1992
Label: Rockville Records
Catalog No.: ROCK 6096-2

The trio of retro-rockin' Japanese ladies has a fun rock & roll attitude, complete with '60s mini-dresses and maxi-beehives. Musically, the band has equally fun moments, but the cartoonish shtick can wear thin quickly. Simply put: once you're hooked, you're hooked. But, if the 5.6.7.8's don't appeal to you instantly, they likely never will since there's not a lot going on under the surface party atmosphere. The 5.6.7.8's are often more concerned with creating a goofy good-time atmosphere than creating truly substantial or innovative rock music – and that's not a bad thing. For fans of their playful – and deliciously primitive – brand of garage/rockabilly, they are the top of the genre, along with acts such as the wilder, more over-the-top Guitar Wolf. The band excels at taking the hip-shakin' elements of surf, rockabilly and garage rock and stripping it down to its bare bones. Even with minimal or sometimes hard-to-decipher lyrics the message is clear. The band's wild, giddy sound shares some common traits with wigged-out brethren such as the Cramps and the Pandoras. Songs with colorful, self-explanatory titles such as "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield" and "Teenage Cleopatra" add to the band's charm. As far as garage revival acts go, they're probably not the best players or singers in the pack (a trait that often adds a punk rock appeal to their otherwise sweet sound). Nonetheless, the group's carefree sound and merry mangling of English are infectiously fun for those who like their rock & roll to be a little bit more bubblegum, favoring style over substance. Though they'd long maintained something of a cult following, the band's profile was slightly heightened in early 2003 and 2004, when Quentin Tarantino featured the revived group in his Kill Bill films and one of their songs, (the super-catchy 1996 ditty, "Woo Hoo") was picked up for a telephone ad campaign.

~ Karen E. Graves, all media guide

Tracklist:

01. Harlem Nocturne
02. Oriental Rock
03. I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield
04. Arkansas Twist
05. Handsome Man
06. Rockin' Rochester
07. One Potato
08. Long Tall Sally
09. Cat Fight Run
10. I Don't Need You No More
11. Highschool Witch
12. Teenage Cleopatra
13. Tallahassee Lassie
14. Scream


All songs written, produced and arranged by 5,6,7,8's
Recorded at Jam Studio, Tokyo. Engineered by Kazu Hama.

• Yoshiko Fujiyama - vocals, guitars
• Akiko Omo - bass guitar, vocals
• Sachiko Fujii - drums, vocals

Orig. Release Date: 1994
Label: Time Bomb Records
Catalog No.: BOMBCD-19

If there was ever a Japanese beach dance party film, the 5.6.7.8's would be the band that everyone would boogie down to. All-girl rockabilly that can be equally tough and raw while at the same time bouncy and feeling good, Pin Heel Storm is what would happen if Supersnazz and Shonen Knife collaborated together in the studio. Slow moving at times, and the screechy vocals can wear thin after a while, but, all in all, a nice romp of '50s revival with a garagy edge.

~ Mike DaRonco, all media guide

Tracklist:

01. Pin Heel Stomp
02. Dance In The Avenue A
03. Arkansas Twist
04. Hey! Mashed Potato, Hey!
05. Spell Stroll
06. The Barracuda


Produced & Arranged by 5,6,7,8's
Mastered by Koichi Hara at Free People.

• Yoshiko Fujiyama - vocals, guitars
• Yoshiko Yamaguchi - bass guitar, vocals
• Sachiko Fujii - drums, percussion, vocals

Release Date: November 30, 1997
Label: Time Bomb Records
Catalog No.: BOMBCD-53



The title track, featured in the film "Kill Bill" taken from the 2002 album "Teenage Mojo Workout", second track is non-album track on japanese language, and there's also two live videos as enchanced CD-ROM part.

Tracklist:

01. I'm Blue (Album version)
02. (I'm Sorry Mama) I'm a Wild One [Japanese version]
03. Dance In The Avenue A [Live in London - Video].mpg
04. I'm Blue [Live in London - Video].mpg


Produced & Arranged by 5,6,7,8's
Engineered by Soichiro Nakamura
Recorded at Peace Music in 2002, Tokyo, Japan

• Yoshiko Fujiyama - vocals, guitars
• Yoshiko Yamaguchi - bass guitar, vocals
• Sachiko Fujii - drums, percussion, vocals

Original Release Date: 2002
Worldwide Re-Released: September 13, 2004
Format: Original Recording Reissued
Label: Sweet Nothing Records
Catalog No.: CSSN 029

The 5.6.7.8's have a great vintage rock and roll sound that incorporates adorable Japanese vocals. The musicianship is great, recreating catchy '50's style jukebox rock with fun to sing a long backing vocals.
The first track kind of reminded me of The Who in their earlier years, where "Daddy Goes Out Jail" is more of a boogie song that you'd kick your socks off and dance along to. The third song slows things down just a little bit while the singer croons out a love song. The last tune doesn't have any words, but some wicked organ playing.
At first, I was dssappointed that it was such a short disc for what I paid $30, but it's one of those albums that you can just stick on repeat for over an hour and not want to listen to anything else. The package design is beautiful and reads mostly in Japanese.

Overall, I highly recommend these songs, but try to see if you can find them on a full length rather than dishing out the dough for this one.

~ customer review at amazon.com

Tracklist:

01. Pretty Little Lilly Can Dance No More
02. Daddy Goes Out Jail
03. Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Going)
04. Space Rock - Part 1


Produced & Arranged by 5,6,7,8's
Recorded by Kaz Hama at Gok Sound
Mastered by Hikari Mitsufuji.

• Yoshiko Fujiyama - vocals, guitars
• Yoshiko Yamaguchi - bass guitar, vocals
• Sachiko Fujii - drums, percussion, vocals

Release Date: April 26, 2002
Label: DECKREC, Japan
Catalog No.: DCRC 0041



Teenage Mojo Workout is twelve tracks of authentic Rock'n'Roll, twist and jive from the Tarantino-sponsored 5, 6, 7, 8's. Featuring half an album of covers (including 'Hanky Panky' and 'Harlem Shuffle') and a host of thrilling originals, 'Teenage Mojo Workout' proves that there's more to this band than just 'woo hoo'. Sweet Nothing label release of 2004.

Tracklist:

01. (I'm Sorry Mama) I'm A Wild One
02. I'm Blue
03. Road Runner
04. I Got A Man
05. Typhoon Girl
06. Hanky Panky
07. Harlem Shuffle
08. Green Onions
09. In The Subway
10. Teenage Mojo Workout
11. Let's Go Boogaloo
12. New Orleans Rock


Produced & Arranged by The 5,6,7,8's
Engineered by Soichiro Nakamura
Recorded at Peace Music in Tokyo, Japan

• Yoshiko Fujiyama - vocals, guitars
• Yoshiko Yamaguchi - vocals, bass guitar
• Sachiko Fujii - drums, percussion, vocals

guest musicians:
- Mabo - piano
- Tucker - organ
- Sister Martin - horn section
- Wild Chicks/Uri/King Joe - backing vocals

Original Release Date: April 26, 2002
Worldwide Re-Released: October 4, 2004
Format: Original Recording Reissued
Label: Sweet Nothing Records (U.K.)
Catalog No.: SNCD 35

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This Japanese all-girl (except once, for a year or so) quartet-turned-trio is almost certainly best known for appearing in the Quentin Tarantino movie Kill Bill, Vol. 1, or maybe for licensing their song "Woo Hoo" in a commercial. This compilation contains "Woo Hoo", but that track's almost soft enough to be worthy of Shonen Knife, and not at all representative of the ladies at their best. The raucous countdown that opens the disc – "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 54321!" – gives a much better indication of what the 5.6.7.8's do. They're a punky garage/rockabilly act who write songs like "She Was a Mau Mau", "Motor Cycle Go-Go-Go", "I Was a Teenage Cave Woman", and generally come off like a slightly less distortion-fixated, distaff version of Guitar Wolf. Frontwoman Ronnie Fujiyama's last name is fortuitous, because she's every bit as raw a rock & roll howler as Wanda Jackson, who famously sang "Fujiyama Mama". Her guitar skills aren't half bad either; she cranks it up to almost Link Wray levels of scorch, as her sister, Fujii Sachiko, slams the kit and bassist Omo throbs away. This is amped-up, three-chord rock & roll, sometimes with simple lyrics and other times instrumental (but still punctuated by high-pitched shrieks). The 5.6.7.8's are a Japanese national treasure who deserve the international audience they've earned through hard touring – this disc, which, like its title says, compiles their early singles and EPs (most of which are otherwise unavailable in America, except for the first six tracks, which Sympathy for the Record Industry released as the Bomb the Twist EP), is a near-perfect introduction to the band (though it would have been nice to have "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield"), and may in fact be all the casual fan needs, since their full-length albums didn't exactly break new ground.

~ Phil Freeman, all media guide

Tracklist:

01. Bomb The Twist
02. Jane In The Jungle
03. Three Cool Chicks
04. Guitar Date
05. Woo Hoo
06. Dream Boy
07. Continental Hop
08. Jump Jack Jump
09. Smilly Willy
10. Mr. Lee
11. It's Rainy
12. Road Runner
13. My Boyfriend From Outer Space
14. She Was A Mau Mau
15. Long Tall Sally
16. Scream
17. Hot Generation
18. Bond Girl
19. Fruit Bubble Love
20. Motor Cycle Go-Go-Go
21. Jet Coaster
22. The 5.6.7.8's
23. Edie Is A Sweet Candy
24. I Was A Teenage Cavewoman
25. Ah-So
26. Pinball Party
27. Blue Radio


All additional information read inside the booklet.



Original Release Date: November 8, 2003
U.K. Release Date: March 22, 2004
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Sweet Nothing, U.K.
Catalog No.: SNCD-028

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Tracklist:

01. Sho-Jo-Ji
02. Hoovering, Part 1
03. Shake
04. Mothra
05. Ki Kya Shout
06. Havana Moon, Banana Loon, Asuka Boom
07. Great Balls Of Fire
08. Hoovering, Part 2
09. Soulful Dress
10. Harlem Nocturne
11. Bankrobber


Produced by Geno Sato
Recorded & Mixed by Ed Deegan at Gizzard Recording London in June 2013
+ Recorded & Mixed by Buntaro Shibuya at GOK SOUND Tokyo in November 2013 - March 2014.

• Yoshiko Fujiyama - Vocal, Guitar, Organ, Percussion
• Chellio Panther Ото - Bass, Backing Vocals, Percussion
• Yoshiko Yamaguchi - Bass, Backing Vocals, Percussion
• Sachiko Fujii - Drums, Backing Vocals, Percussion

Release Date: December 24, 2014
Label: Time Bomb Records
Catalog No.: BOMBCD-119