...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 THE BAND MEAT LOAF [1986 - 1989]
...ENCYCLOPEDIA
BROWN HBO SERIES [1989 - 1990]
...VODKA
COLLINS REUNION & VARIOUS PROJECTS [1991 - 2000]
...PHOTOS
- SOLO, NEW MILLENNIUM
[2000 - 2008)
...NEW
PHOTOS, 2009 AND BEYOND [2009 - PRESENT)
SOLO
& MODELING IN JAPAN [1968 - 1971]
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A
mod look, 1968 with the RCA Victor recording group The Lead,
in Tokyo.
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1969 Watanabe Productions archive
promotional photo # 1. |
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1969
Watanabe Productions promotional photo # 2. |
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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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1969
photo from the mainJapanese teen magazine "Jo Sei 7".
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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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Alan as a model in Fukuso magazine,
with model Nancy. |
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Teen magazine, Japan 1970.
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More
teen magazine press, 1970, Japan.
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Alan models for Nissan cars, 1970,
in a major campaign for the Sunny Excellent car line. Also
a TV commercial. |
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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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Modeling
with various lovlies for AnAn magazine, 1970.With model Yuri Tachikawa.
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More modeling in Tokyo for AnAn magazine.
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More modeling for AnAn magazine
in 1970. With model and TV personality Akikara Lisa.
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More modeling for AnAn magazine
1970. |
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Last
in this series of 1970 AnAn magazine photos. With model Mari Tachikawa.
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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 Hodges, the Panasonic poster girl in Kyoto. |
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Alan and Diana Hodges 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. My backyard in Sendagaya Tokyo. |
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Life
seen through a table. Backyard Sendagaya Tokyo. Photo Michi Nakao, 1968. |
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