...PHOTOBOOK...

...THE EARLY YEARS [1951 - 1967]
...SOLO & MODELING IN JAPAN [1968 - 1971]
...VODKA COLLINS ERA [1972 - 1973]
...THE ARROWS ERA [1974 - 1977]
...RUNNER ERA [1978 - 1979]
...DERRINGER ERA & SOLO ERA [1980 - 1985]
...PLAYING IN MEATLOAF [1986 - 1989]
...ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN HBO SERIES [1989 - 1990]
...VODKA COLLINS REUNION & VARIOUS PROJECTS [1991 - 2000]
...CURRENT PHOTOS [2000 - Current]

SOLO & MODELING IN JAPAN [1968 - 1971]

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pad A mod look, 1968 with the RCA Victor recording group The Lead, in Tokyo.
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pad 1969 Watanabe Productions archive promotional photo # 1.
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pad 1969 Watanabe Productions promotional photo # 2. pad

pad At the"Western Carnival" in 1970. The only foreigner on the show at the Nichigekki Theater, Ginza, Tokyo. All the top Japanese pop bands played the show.
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pad 1969 photo from the mainJapanese teen magazine "Jo Sei 7".
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pad Recording a bass track for the popular band Garo. Alan Merrill was a top session bass player in Japan in 1971.
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pad Alan as a model in Fukuso magazine, with model Nancy.
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pad Teen magazine, Japan 1970.
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More teen magazine press, 1970, Japan.

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pad Alan models for Nissan cars, 1970, in a major campaign for the Sunny Excellent car line. Also a TV commercial.
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pad More of Alan modeling as the poster kid for Nissan cars Sunny Excellent line.
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Alan Merrill, first page in the "Who's who of Japanese rock", 1971. No other foreigner has done this !

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pad Modeling with various lovlies for AnAn magazine, 1970.

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pad More modeling.
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pad More modeling for AnAn magazine in 1970.
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pad More modeling for AnAn magazine 1970.
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Last in this series of 1970 AnAn magazine photos.



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Alan models for the Jun clothing Cool Elegance 1969,campaign, also a TV commercial featuring Merrill as the principal.

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Jun Cool Elegance poster - 1969



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Another Jun Cool Elegance poster - 1969

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Tokyo 1969 photo mugging for the camera at home in the garden.

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Atlantic Records promotional poster for "Alone in Tokyo" - 1970

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Alan & star model Diana, the Panasonic poster girl in Kyoto.

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Alan and Diana in Kyoto in 1970.

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At the Foreign Press Club in Tokyo, 1968. A dedicated follower of fashion.

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Tokyo backyard photo, 1968.

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Kyoto, 1970. Photo taken by baseball star John Werhas of the Taiyo Whales.

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Alan and Michi Nakao, the #1 go-go dancer at Mugen, the top disco in Tokyo, 1968.

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1968, getting in the Asian mood, just off the plane from New York.

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Buckskin Banzai backyard Tokyo, 1968.

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Music Life magazine "Separated at Birth" series. Peter Frampton and Alan Merrill. Below Jeremy Spencer and Marc Bolan.
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Tokyo phone booth. Harajyuku, near Kiddy Land, 1968.

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Throwing a ball against the wall.

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Life seen through a table.

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