- Hirakawa Mr. When did you met first in Shibuya of the city?

Please, wait a minute, it is a 1970 because at 18 the time because 1952 was born. Home but I of Shimoda, in 1970 I think is very strong that I do not want to remain in the country, anyway that they want out to Tokyo, I feel that it has college in order to come out in Tokyo. At the time of the first year college, I bought a guitar in Yamaha Dogenzaka. "Cisco" Sangha is the era that had been done the import Ban'ya's in the section of something called "be-in" in Seibu underground, but it is the instrument it is Yamaha record of Dogenzaka, anymore anyway, and the other Number is in the vicinity of that It it was a one. At that time, I was bought in about certainly 150,000 yen the highest guitar Yamaha.

- It's amazing. Because 150,000 yen in 1970.

I was bought, or rather compared to the guitar of Toka another Martin, I'm leaving a reverberation sound when you press the pad and chord by cutting, hear a Mowan. I went to complain about me, "or 150,000 yen guitar Even though reverberation of not it's funny to remain". Soshitara, the chief of the department is that Tteyuu "I you have a good sensibility", invited me, "Do not do the part-time job at an inner", it was a part-time job as an instrument engagement. At that time, Kazumi Watanabe's that jazz guitarist, when really like a graduated about two years take the Yamaha Jazz School in about three months, who addition to serving as early studio musician was Welcome lot . Eikichi Yazawa something even if the face Do Tteyuu want Ano-based Carl Hefner, I remember that the ARK Newsletter standing in front of the window case. It is time that Carroll began to break.

- So you do is the ARK Newsletter through several times a week to Dogenzaka?

I agree. After, in hundred hotels shop rock and cafe "BYG" in the strip theater of earlier, which is also now, we had been going to the "Murugi" of curry. That it had the rock cafe called "Black Hawk" ahead of "Murugi". There Matsudaira's by the famous DJ buy that, he put music, not 's Led Zeppelin Toka Deep Purple that so-called at the time was doing, something Human Songs such like, Toka British trad song you were the United Kingdom , I had over a little like a minor artist to James Taylor you were American. Anyway a strange rock cafe, I get angry and are talking about this doing in the shop. Just because I'm everyone is listening to music. So, in listening to such music, it went devoted to more and more music. I it was to love is much Bruce. When I was a high school two years or three years, I met Bruce, also a shuffle in Eight beat, and drum and bass is the black, is the fact that apparently glue is different I'm found in his. Since jazz was a little difficult, because the people of the blues this is say interesting Do, I began to collect the blues record. If you now, this "Black Hawk" is it is fine origin, of the sound. So, if there variety, I resigned to or changed the chief of the musical instrument department. At the time of the university three years, this time is multiplied by the voice on the chief's record department, was invited or not work in record sales floor. This is because, since the money earned by part-time job at the Yamaha was not invested in the other almost record, it Tteyuu likes music is like the chief's had me know.

- Now to record the sales floor?

At the time of the sales floor it was mostly girls only. So, he said to me doing in charge of import board because he familiar with the music. At that time, it records that Japanese edition is not out I had a lot. It Toka advertising of "billboard" of the ad's or "cash box", was studied Nari to his while watching the chart. But what you can find as soon as the Internet, such as now, for example, because the producer what people did not have the information Tteyuu are making this album, I transcribe the whole note the credit of the record that you have bought. Then, this bass player is doing with such artists, and this producer is I'm doing with this person, it becomes to buy a look at the back of the jacket. Toka's producer to see the back, like a buy Toka's recording studio, in something this intuition in the neighborhood .... So, even waste money I've used pretty, but it is larger that the Tteyuu joy when hit.

- Or it lasted forever part-time job in the records department?

I did it one year after graduating from the fourth grade. So, about two and a half years had been part-time job probably in the record department. So when I thought I might quit soon, but there are also in Osaka now, wholesaler's import board that the disk center, whether not come to out me over the voice. I "do you want to make a Tokyo branch office," "Well, make me do? And" Once was from something like that, I guess there were about two years in the company. The first is to open an office in Nakameguro, was moved to the fourth floor or the fifth floor of the multi-tenant building of the temple Miyamasuzaka in around 78 years. When Tower Records who has not yet come at that time, other than to be Kichijoji and Nakano Shibuya, there many shops that are dealing with import board to the neighborhood, such as Ochanomizu, but it will be a classic, but it will be reggae, their own in its own way in studying, become friends with such a store owner, I'm now able to deal. I in front of the kana ... Shibuya shop was able to Tower Records to them.

- Do you at that time, there was how much of the sales?

At the time, I I was selling perhaps 4,5,000 yen alone. But, is not it still a small salary. In, I do for the time being good also back in the country, here in a little bout like a feeling, I went to Akasaka of the US Embassy. Los Angeles is put in there, San Francisco, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, when I flip through the yellow pages per Detroit, it's Mr. used Ban'ya there was fine. At that time, is not it not sold if out of print but has been able to Mr. Tower Records. So, I'm thinking and how After you open the kind of something Out of print shop. But, it is that rare thing not be easy to find, it was a stack of like a buy 2, 30 sheets look the other thousands of sheets work. Instead, there was also occasionally be debt stock is go out like a Don. I was doing about six times a year in the United States at that time.

- At that time, independently?

Then, he left the company in 78 years, if there is a record sales floor to Akihabara Tsunoda radio's in 79 years, lifting the story of how not to do things like discontinued sale because I use the bottom of the fairground, to purchase in the United States went. In individual. About it the year three times or four times, I think I've done it a little one year. But I went to buy about a month, for example, in the United States, roughly two months arrived luggage. Ready to would be one week sale. Then, eight months even doing four times. Is after four months I do not have to do anything. Tteyuu still have to be butt wife and face every day (laughs), it was kind of feeling. By that Serve the store you were it, I took out the first of the shop behind the Shibuya police. It is a 80-year April 7 days. I I came out when I was organizing the "Music Magazine", it is at the time of the ad (laughs). Shop name is also, I think not it me remember anyone you were "Manhattan", was named.

- Again, do you Shibuya love is in the background of the Shibuya store openings?

Shibuya at that time felt that people on the Toyoko Line and INOKASHIRA LINE were missing. There were also places where everyone was coming and going, and it was natural that they liked Shibuya. It is also great that you are the city where you spent your primary school days. However, when you open a store, you can see that Dogensaka has a high rent. Mr. Seibu now is also high, and at that time Inokashira was also a very strong love hotel image, far more than now. Thanks to Mr. Parco, the flow of people changed and that side opened at once. However, since there was a head that customers would come if it was near the station, if you put it behind the Shibuya police station, you would immediately understand. So I put it on the back of Shibuya police.