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{{Infobox album
| name       = GS I Love You: Japanese Garage Bands of the 1960s
| type       = compilation
| artist     =
| cover      = [[File:GS I Love You.jpg|225px]]
| alt        =
| released   = July 16, 1996
| recorded   = 1960s
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Group sounds]]
* [[Garage rock]]
* [[psychedelic music|psychedelic]]
* [[proto-punk]]
}}
| length     = 1:14:01
| label      = [[Big Beat Records (British record label)|Big Beat]]
| producer   =
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[GS I Love You Too: Japanese Garage Bands of the 1960s]]
| next_year  = 1996
}}
'''''GS I Love You: Japanese Garage Bands of the 1960s''''' is a [[compilation album]] featuring songs from the [[Group sounds]] (or GS) movement in Japan during the 1960s, which was essentially the Japanese variant of [[garage rock|garage]] and [[psychedelic rock|psychedelic]] rock.<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)">{{cite web|last1=Unterberger|first1=Richie|title=GS I Love You: Japanese Garage Bands of the '60s (Review)|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/gs-i-love-you-japanese-garage-bands-of-the-60s-mw0000087195|website=AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic, a division of All Media Network, LLC.|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Discogs (GS I Love You)">{{cite web|title=Various  – GS愛してる = GS I Love You: Japanese Garage Bands Of The 1960s|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-GS%E6%84%9B%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%82%8B-GS-I-Love-You-Japanese-Garage-Bands-Of-The-1960s/release/3456909|website=Discogs|publisher=Discogs®|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Amazon.com (GS I Love You)">{{cite web|title=GS I Love You: Japanese Garage Bands of the 1960s|url=https://www.amazon.com/GS-Love-You-Japanese-Garage/dp/B0000004EU|website=Amazon.com|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc.|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref>  Japan, like many Western countries, experienced a [[beat music|beat]] boom in the 1960s as a result of the [[British Invasion]], particularly in the wake of [[The Beatles|The Beatles']] [[The Beatles' 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines|1966 visit to the country.]]<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/><ref name="Video Beat (GS)">{{cite web|title=1960s Japanese Group Sounds|url=http://www.thevideobeat.com/group-sounds-gs-60s-japanese-garage-rock.htm|website=The Video Beat!|publisher=The Video Beat!.com|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MessyNessy (GS)">{{cite web|last1=n/a|first1=MessyNessy|title=The Groovy Imitation Bands of 1960s Japanese Rock|url=http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/05/28/the-groovy-imitation-bands-of-1960s-japanese-rock/|website=MessyNessy Chic|publisher=MessyNessy Chic.com|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref>  Though the Japanese beat craze blossomed slightly later than in the West, it stretched well into the end of the decade, with groups continuing to play in the beat/garage style after it had fallen out of favor elsewhere.<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/><ref name="WFMU (GS)">{{cite web|title=Japanese Group Sounds|url=http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/11/post.html|website=WFMU's Beware of the Blog|publisher=WFMU|accessdate=May 11, 2016|date=November 22, 2008}}</ref>  [[Surf rock]], which had been popular in Japan since before the arrival of the Beatles continued to exert influence on the music throughout the decade.<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/><ref name="MessyNessy (GS)"/>  Bands typically sang in both Japanese and English.<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/>  Produced by [[Alec Palao]], ''GS I Love You'' was issued in 1996 by [[Big Beat Records (UK)|Big Beat Records]] and is available on [[compact disc]].  It features 28 tracks originally released on the Crown and Teichiku labels and is the first installment in the series, which currently is made up of two entries--the second of which is ''[[GS I Love You Too]]''.<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/>  The series is noted for good mastering and high sound quality.<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/>  The brightly colored psychedelic style packaging includes English liner notes on the inside providing biographical information about the groups and their songs.<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/>
The Out Cast open the set with the hard-driving "You Got a Call Me" and supply additional fuzz-drenched mayhem in subsequent cuts such as "Everything's Alright", "Let's Go on the Beach", "Bokuno Sobakara", then close out the set with three tracks, ending with "Jane Jane".<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/><ref name="WFMU (GS)"/>  [[The Spiders (Japanese band)|The Spiders]], who are perhaps the best-known group on the compilation, appear in several places such as "Dynamite", "Furi Furi", and their version of [[the Surfaris]]' classic surf instrumental, "[[Wipe Out (instrumental)|Wipe Out]]".<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/><ref name="Video Beat (GS)"/><ref name="MessyNessy (GS)"/><ref name="WFMU (GS)"/>  The Blue Jeans' "One More Please" aptly fuses pop and primitivism.<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/>  The Cougars do "Aphrodite" and "Suki Nanda".<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/>  The group, Playboy, are featured on two cuts "Shevidevi de Yuko" and "Kaette Okure".<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/>  The Swing West performs "Kokoro No Tokimeki (Ajoen Ajoen) in Japanese, then tackles a rendition of [[Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]]'s "[[Fire (Arthur Brown song)|Fire]]".<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/>  The Burns tip their hats to the Beatles in "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]" and the Voltage cover [[Issac Hayes]]' soul classic made famous by [[Sam & Dave]], "[[Hold On, I'm Comin' (song)|Hold On! I'm Comin']]".<ref name="Unterberger (GS I Love You I)"/>
==Track listing==
#The Out Cast: "You Gat a Call Me" 2:44
#The Out Cast: "Everything's Alright" (Nickey Crouch/Keith Karlson/John Konrad) 2:10
#[[The Spiders (Japanese band)|The Spiders]]: "Dynamite" 2:52
#The Spiders: "Monkey Dance" 2:36
#The Blue Jeans: "One More Please" 2:53
#The Terrys: "Stop Dance" 2:26
#Playboy: "Shevidevi de Yuko" 2:16
#Playboy: "Kaette Okure" 2:17
#The Swing West: "Kokoro No Tokimeki (Ajoen Ajoen)" 2:37
#The Swing West: "[[Fire (Arthur Brown song)|Fire]]" ([[Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]]/Vincent Crane/Mike Finesilver/Peter Ker) 2:50
#The Rangers: "Let's Go Rangers" 1:59
#Napoleon: "Koi O Kesunda" 2:44
#The Cougars: "Aphrodite" 2:30
#Cougars: "Suki Nanda" 3:33
#The Spiders: "[[Wipe Out (instrumental)|Wipe Out]]" (Bob Berryhill/Patrick Connolly/Jim Fuller/Ron Wilson) 2:34
#The Spiders: "Furi Furi" 3:10
#The Burns: "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]" ([[John Lennon]]/[[Paul McCartney]]) 2:51
#The Days & Nights: "Bara O Anokoni" 2:54
#The Out Cast: "Let's Go on the Beach" 2:47
#The Out Cast: "Bokuno Sobakara" 2:32
#The Voltage: "[[Hold On, I'm Comin' (song)|Hold On! I'm Comin']]" ([[Isaac Hayes]]/David Porter) 2:58
#The Cougars: "J & A" 2:55
#The Spiders: "Seishun a Go-Go" 2:22
#The Van-Dogs: "Hey Girl" (Don Backy) 3:11
#The Toys: "Omiyasan" 2:45
#The Out Cast: "[[Long Tall Sally]]" ([[Robert "Bumps" Blackwell]]/Enotris Johnson/Richard Penniman/ [[Little Richard]]) 2:53
#The Out Cast: "Kimamana Shelly" 2:18
#The Out Cast w/ Miki Obata: "Jane Jane" (Miki Obata) 2:36
==References==
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[[Category:1996 compilation albums]]
[[Category:Garage rock compilation albums]]