Rita and Sakura - Hitmakers

After meeting in a club in the late 60s in Malaysia, Rita and Sukura became much-loved Singapore A-Go-Go queens.

I first discovered them when I picked up a couple of records from the old Licorice Pie shop. I'd spin them often on our radio show. Their album covers always look cool as fuck.

This is my second purchase from the smokelovers fair. I bought it from the same guy who sold me the Lijadu Sisters few years ago. He remembered selling me that apparently. He was stoked I was buying this and I knew them. We talked about how he'd bought the local Australian Broadcasting Corporation's vinyl Asian music collection (oof) and there were two copies of this. Was a great record buying chat.

This album is their first record and appears to be a collection of singles. The first song made me question the album title and my purchase but thankfully it picks up on the second track.

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