Lost albums 36: Bamboo Music Night and Day

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Here's a rare piece of signed memorabilia from new wave rockstar Tatsuya Sugimoto, who went to live in Berlin in 1978 in a foolish attempt to become the Japanese David Bowie. (Photo: Konig Studios)

Sugimoto's "Bamboo Music Night and Day" album was fairly unmemorable, which is why you won't find him in any of the illustrated musical encyclopedias today -- so don't even look. Listen, instead, to the album's highlight, Sugimoto's cover of Ryuichi Sakamoto's masterpiece "Thatness and Thereness":

Thatness and Thereness (2.9MB mp3 file, 3mins 9secs, stereo)