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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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Vodka Collins band members Masayoshi Kabe and Monsieur Kamayatsu at the Duo Music Exchange Jan. 25, 2010.

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アラン・メリル Alan Merrill, Karuizawa Japan, 1969.

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アラン・メリル Alan Merrill photo for promotion, Tokyo Japan 1969.

Atlantic Records / Watanabe Productions.

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アラン・メリル Alan Merrill photo for promotion, Tokyo Japan 1969.

Atlantic Records / Watanabe Productions.

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アラン・メリル Alan Merrill poster Tokyo 1969.

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Japanese entertainment world icon 内田 裕也 Yuya Uchida and rock and roll veteran アラン・メリル  Alan Merrill, Tokyo 2011. Yuya’s 71st birthday party.

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Vodka Collins band founding members in 1972 Alan Merrill and Take Yokouchi on stage together again April 30th 2016 at Thumbs Up in Yokohama Japan.

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ウォッカ・コリンズ  VODKA COLLINS’ original 1973 TOKYO NEW YORK LP album is on sale for $400 on eBay Feb 2018. 

Lead vocals, all guitars, keyboards harmonica and compositions by Alan Merrill. Drums and Japanese lyrics on 2 songs by Hiroshi Oguchi, the two hit singles on the album “Sands Of Time” and “Automatic Pilot” are sung in Japanese. The rest of the album is sung in English.

Released just two years before Alan Merrill wrote and recorded the original ARROWS version of I LOVE ROCK N ROLL in 1975.

Interesting that the seller of this LP is based in Oregon, not Japan!

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Surfers club at Zushi  Beach (near Yokohama) Japan, May 15th, 2015 -  concert by the sea-  Vodka Collins band founding members Alan Merrill  アラン・メリル  & Monsieur Kamayatsu  かまやつひろし guitars,  with guests Takeshi Joe Isozaki  bass, Mitsuru Tsuda drums.

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Singer/songwriter Alan Merrill and model sisters Yuri Tachikawa (top photo) and Mari Tachikawa (bottom photo), early issue of AnAn magazine, Japan 1971.

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Diana Hodges, Japanese/American model, Panasonic poster girl 1971.

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Alan Merrill Extravaganza in Tokyo Japan at the Duo Music Exchange in Shibuya April 27th 2017. Mark Brotter drums and Amy Madden bass.

Photo by Naoko Shikai.

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Alan Merrill “I Love Rock N Roll” Japan Day central park in New York City 2017.

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Alan Merrill and band performing on Japan Day 2017, May 14th Central Park New York City.

With Laura Merrill (harmonies/percussion) Naoki Uemura (bass/chorus vocals) Mark Brotter (drums).

Photos 1-3 by Kumi Oniki - Photos 4-8 by Mayumi Watanabe.

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Alan Merrill - アラン・メリル Shibuya Tokyo Duo Music Exchange 4-26-2017.

Photo by Yuzo Sasaki.

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Alan Merrill - アラン・メリル - Club Sensation, Yokohama, 11-27-2010, Photo by Makico Kawashima