Length 31:33 HOSONO HOUSE
(1973) Tropical Dandy
(1975) Release date 25 May 1973 Label Bellwood Records | Language Japanese Artist Haruomi Hosono Producer Haruomi Hosono Genres Exotica, Jazz fusion | |
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Released May 25, 1973 (1973-05-25)
October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03) (Bellwood 40th Anniversary Collection re-issue) Recorded 15 February–16 March 1973
HOSONO HOUSE, 11-36
Unoki, Sayama, Saitama Similar Haruomi Hosono albums, Exotica albums, Other albums | ||
Haruomi hosono hosono house full album
Hosono House is debut solo album by Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono, released on May 25, 1973.
Contents
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Background and recording
Besides Hosono, this album also features performances by the group "Caramel Mama" (featuring Hosono's fellow Happy End member Shigeru Suzuki). Hosono wanted to emulate The Band's Music from Big Pink and James Taylor's One Man Dog with this album, recording equipment technology had evolved enough for domestic recordings of good quality be feasible, and going to the center of the city to reach a recording studio was somewhat inconvenient. It was recorded for 5 hours every afternoon in a 144 square feet large bedroom in Hosono's residence in Sayama (with a 16 track mixing console in the living room). The instruments were recorded unprocessed from the amplifiers in a small room, leading to the album having a unique sound. Hosono continued to develop the tropical style of this album in his following works, Tropical Dandy and Bon Voyage co..
Track listing
All tracks written by Haruomi Hosono, except "Owari no Kisetsu", with music by Hosono and lyrics by Mondo Uno; "Fuyu Koe" & "Jūsho Futei Mushoku Teishūnyū", written by Hosono with horns arranged by Kinji Yoshino and "Party", with music by Hosono and lyrics by Ryōko Suzuki & Yasushi Nakayama.