#alan merrill vodka collins

[alanmerrill]

Re-mixed and re-mastered, Alan Merrill’s bi-lingual CD single, featuring English and Japanese versions of the classic Vodka Collins band songs “Automatic Pilot” and “Sands of Time” -

[vodkacollinsfan]

Vodka Collins ウォッカコリンズ, glam rock from 1972 Tokyo!  Original band members Alan Merrill アラン・メリル  and Hiroshi Oguchi  大口 広司 are pictured here (left to right).

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Cantó y compuso “I Love Rock ´N´Roll”, unos de los últimos y verdaderos himnos del rock and roll clásico (probablemente el último grande posterior haya sido “Who Will Save Rock and Roll” de los Dictators) y protagonizó una carrera musical de lo más ajetreada y curiosa entre Nueva York, Londres y Japón.

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Enlightening and fun interview with Arrows legendary lead singer Alan Merrill interview by Laurent Bigot, Ugly Things magazine issue # 50, summer 2019.

[junmoonspoon]

Alan Merrill アラン・メリル of Vodka Collins ウォッカ・コリンズ 1989-90 reunion tour of Japan. 

[sooziwoozi]

ウォッカ・コリンズ 1997 Vodka Collins.  Alan Merrill アラン・メリル Shimokitazawa club 251 Tokyo Japan.

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Mitsuru Tsuda (drums), Takeshi Isozaka (bass). Alan Merrill (guitar), Monsieur Kamayatsu (guitar), night show at Surfers, Zushi Beach Japan May 15, 2015.

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Alan Merrill in Kyoto Japan 1997 stepping up the stairs at the venue Toga Toga where his band Vodka Collins were playing a show. The PINK SOUP album tour of Japan 1997.

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Vodka Collins ウォッカ・コリンズ   Alan Merrill アラン・メリル  1990 Japan.

[ludovicah]

Alan Merrill Interview 2010/2011 Very informative and an important part of @alanmerrill legacy. Essential listening

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Masayoshi Kabe and Alan Merrill, on the band Vodka Collins’ “Pink Soup” tour of Japan 1997.

[alanmerrill]

Just when I thought I’d seem all of them, these photos just showed up today. Back at the dawn of glam rock in Tokyo 1970 and ‘71 I was the glam styled poster boy for Nissan cars in Japan. The Nissan Sunny Excellent 1200 and 1400 models. There was a series of TV commercials featuring me as well, which I’m sure will turn up on Youtube sooner or later. Hopefully in my lifetime. 

Back then I tried very hard to get my various record companies (Atlantic and Columbia)  to record my original glam rock songs in 1971 but that effort was met with great resistance.

However, this glam rock “look” helped set up my band Vodka Collins a couple of years later, so when we started we were a step or two ahead of the pack, with me as front man, songwriter lead singer / lead guitarist. EMI records Japan was by then open to the idea of recording my glam rock songs like “Automatic Pilot” and “Sands Of Time” in Japanese using the name Vodka Collins as a band. They did  record those songs of mine and others and the resulting album “Tokyo New York” (released 1973) is still popular in Japan in 2019. 

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Alan Merrill and Hiroshi Oguchi, Vodka Collins ウォッカ・コリンズ  founding members, 1973.

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Alan Merrill, Vodka Collins (Japanese band) tour of Japan 1996.

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Vodka Collins band members Alan Merrill and Monsieur Kamayatsu with tour manager Jun Kaneko filming them backstage at the Akasaka Blitz “Atomic Busters” show 1997. Photo by Yuji Hashimoto, Tokyo Japan.

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August 2010, Club Crocodile Tokyo, left to right- Masayoshi Kabe, Alan Merrill, Eddie Ban. Golden Cups/Vodka Collins mix. GS summit.