Released May 25, 1975 Label Panam/Crown Artist Shigeru Suzuki Producer Shigeru Suzuki | Recorded Oct 28 – Nov 28, 1974 Band Wagon
(1975) Lagoon
(1976) Release date 25 May 1975 Genre Rock music | |
Studio Different Fur in San Francisco and Clover Studio in Hollywood Similar Happy End, TIN PAN ALLEY 2, CITY, Tropical Dandy, Kazemachi Roman | ||
Band Wagon is the 1975 debut solo album of Japanese musician Shigeru Suzuki recorded with musicians from Los Angeles. Two singles were released from the album "The Smell of August"/"Snow Express" and "100-Watt Lover", both in 1975.
Contents
Background and recording
The solo album followed the disbanding of Happy End and formation of Tin Pan Alley with Haruomi Hosono and Masataka Matsutoya. Suzuki's fellow Happy End band mate Takashi Matsumoto wrote the lyrics to the songs.
The album features American musicians from notable acts such as Little Feat, Santana and Sly and the Family Stone. Suzuki had previously worked with Lowell George, Bill Payne, Dick Hyde and Kirby Johnson on Happy End's final album.
The track "Woman in the Dunes" was named after the novel and 1964 film of the same name.
Track list
All tracks written by Takashi Matsumoto and Shigeru Suzuki, except tracks 4 and 7, written solely by Suzuki.
Personnel
According to 2008 re-release CD booklet: