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v/a - singapore a-go-go - sublime frequencies - cd

Genre: World - Misc

1. Grace Lee and The Stylers - "Each
2. Grace Lee and The Stylers - TAll Mountain Green (Mandarin)
3. Linda Yong and The Silvertones - Good Luck In The Year
4. Charlie Electric Guitar Band's Sound Of Japan - Carnation
5. Love Is Like Dew and Flowers - "Lim Ling and The Silvertones
6. Lena Lim and The Stylers - Luna, Luna (Mandarin)
7. Chew Yan and The Stylers - Mimi Cat (Mandarin)
8. Charlie Electric Guitar Band's Sound Of Japan - Tough Time Missing You
9. Linda Yong and The Silvertones - Congrats, Congrats (New Year Song)
10. Lim Ling and The Silvertones - (Funny, Funny) Why Do I Fall In Love With You? (Mandarin)
11. Lim Ling and The Silvertones - Si Li Li Li Li Our Hearts Beat As One (Mandarin)
12. Dong Rong and The Stylers - You Are A Heartless Person (Main Theme from the film You Me Her - Mandarin)
13. Charlie Electric Guitar Band's Sound Of Japan - Diamond
14. Mei Feng with Tony and The Polar Bear Five - Secretly Love You (Mandarin)
15. John Teo and The Stylers - Riding A Trishaw Around Chinatown
16. Grace Lee and The Stylers - Why Are You Not Smiling? (Mandarin)
17. Chen Jie and Golden Melody Band - Spring Wind Kisses My Face (Traditional)
18. Lim Chay and The Silvertones - I Hate My Unrequited Love For You (Mandarin)
19. Lim Ling and The Silvertones - Where Is The Lady? (Mandarin)
20. Charlie Electric Guitar Bands Sound Of Japan - Mountain Lady
21. Lim Ling and The Silvertones - Oh No! (Incidental Song from the film You Me Her - Mandarin)
22. Linda Yong and The Silvertones - Happy Lunar New Year

Sublime Frequencies works its way down to the tip of the Malaysian peninsula with this superb collection of Singaporean '60s beat, pop and "off-beat cha-cha" classics compiled from original vinyl 45s.

These 22 supercharged beat-a-go-go tracks defy a common held belief that the Chinese couldn't rock, groove or swing back in the 1960s. The vocals are sung in the dialects of Mandarin and Hokkien and they soar, with catchy hooks atop groovy, clever beats. There's plenty of electric guitar, organ and crazy percussion rocking and twisting behind it all, at times reaching quite a mad and freaky state of affairs. CD comes with a 16-page booklet featuring gorgeous, full-color photos of the original 45 sleeves and extended liner notes from compiler William Gibson.