RECORD, PHONOGRAPH

Description: .1) SLEEVE. SQUARE CLEAR PLASTIC SLEEVE WITH PINK GLOSSY PAPER INSERT THAT HAS TWO COLOR PICTURES OF JAPANESE CHILDREN. ON EITHER SIDE OF PHOTOS ARE SKETCHES OF CATS. "PHILIPS" IS IN TOP LEFT CORNER AND TITLE IS IN JAPANESE. "FS-1092" IS IN TOP RIGHT CORNER. .2) PHONOGRAPH RECORD. 17.4CM (D) BLACK PLASTIC DISK WITH BLUE PLASTIC CENTER. CENTER HAS "PHILIPS" LOGO AND TITLE IN JAPANESE CHARACTERS. .3) NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WITH STORY ABOUT ARTISTS WHO RECORDED MUSIC RECORD.

History: DONOR RELATES THAT SHE PURCHASED THE RECORD ON A TRIP TO JAPAN. THE TUNE WAS VERY POPULAR IN JAPAN AT THE TIME AND SHE LIKED IT TOO. MENTIONED IN HER NOVEL "OBASAN". THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.