Minna Tanoshiku or Everybody Happy is the first release by the Japanese band Shonen Knife

Shonen Knife

Shonen Knife, written in Japanese characters as 少年ナイフ, which transliterates as Shōnen Naifu, literally "Boy Knife," is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981...

. It was released in cassette-format only in 1982 in the band's native Japan. The first 50 copies were released by the band themselves, and the insert features the lip prints of the three band members, although Michie Nakatani once said that the lip print was by her grandmother. An additional 20 copies, without the lip inserts, were pressed by Zero Records before the band requested that further pressings be ceased.

The album was never reissued in any format and over the years it has become legendary among Shonen Knife

Shonen Knife

Shonen Knife, written in Japanese characters as 少年ナイフ, which transliterates as Shōnen Naifu, literally "Boy Knife," is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981...

 fans due to its rarity and obscurity. Especially of interest were the unreleased songs, "Saboten" (aka "Cactus"- a cover of Delta 5

Delta 5

-Career:The original members of Delta 5, Julz Sale , Ros Allen and Bethan Peters , formed the band "on a lark", but soon became a part of the thriving Leeds post-punk scene, and later added Kelvin Knight on drums and Alan Riggs on guitar...

's "You" with new lyrics), and "Planet X". Both songs are sung by bassist Michie Nakatani

Michie Nakatani

is a Japanese musician, singer, and songwriter and was one of the founding members of the rock group Shonen Knife.- Early years :Michie was born October 8, 1961 in Osaka, Japan. She was an only child...

. The album also features embryonic versions of songs which would later feature on Burning Farm

Burning Farm

Burning Farm is the first album by Shonen Knife. It is almost entirely in Japanese, with only "Twist Barbie" on the original release in English. The Japanese 8" vinyl had eight songs...

, Yama-no Attchan

Yama-no Attchan

is the second album released by Shonen Knife and is almost exclusively in Japanese. The album was named after Atsuko, their drummer, the honorific "-chan" being added. Thus the title a bit of a pun, since the drummer's name is, when rendered Japanese style, Yamano Atsuko.The original Japanese 8"...

, and Pretty Little Baka Guy

Pretty Little Baka Guy

Pretty Little Baka Guy is a 1986 album by the female Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife. It was re-released in the US as side one of a record/tape, with side two being Live In Japan...

, and two live tracks, Nakatani's "An Angel Has Come" and "Spider" sung by Naoko Yamano to the tune of Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...

's "Milord

Milord (song)

"Milord" or "Ombre de la Rue" is a 1959 song , famously sung by Édith Piaf. It is a chanson that recounts the feelings of a lower-class "girl of the port" who develops a crush on an elegantly attired apparent upper-class British traveller , whom she has seen walking the streets of the...

", which was later released (along with other live tracks from the same performance) on a US reissue of Pretty Little Baka Guy.

Copies of this album, due to the scant number of pressings, are virtually impossible to find. Digital copies of the recordings did not even surface in fan trading circles until the spring of 2007, when the songs were made available in mp3 format on an internet blog.

Track listing

1. "Banana Leaf"
2. "Parrot Polynesia"
3. "Cannibal Papaya"
4. "Saboten"
5. "Burning Farm"
6. "Parallel Woman"
7. "An Angel Has Come" (recorded live at Bahama in Osaka, Japan)
8. "Spider" (recorded live at Mantohihi in Osaka, Japan, 17th April 1982)
9. "I Am A Realist"
10. "Voice Of Crane- Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner's Theme"
11. "Planet X"
12. "Summertime Boogie"
13. "Miracles"