When the Jackson 5 were charting in '74 with "Dancing Machine" their Asian brother doppelganger Finger 5 were raking their fingers across the chalkboard in Japan. The sleeve shot featured on this 7" captures the guys in the middle of an anatomy lesson. As for the reading lesson of the day, you can tell this band was intended for the tween market by the fact that the furigana is above the kanji to help out all the little tykes that can't read it yet. Anywho, the band put out a bunch of singles candid-ly camera-ing them in football helmets and "Finger 5" jerseys, floating on clouds, brown bagging it in the school cafeteria, etc. This A-side, "School Paradise," has a bit of the 60's Group Sound going on whilst the rest of their output leaned on Motown-wannabe, horny pop-schlock. The little dude in the glasses was later featured in a film about a killer rat ... I think.
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