HARUOMI HOSONO - Tropical Dandy

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Marking 50 years since its original release, Stones Throw Records’ reissue of Haruomi Hosono’s 1975 album ‘Tropical Dandy’ is the first edition of this record to be released outside of Japan.

‘Tropical Dandy’ is the cult classic album that marked Hosono’s shift toward genre-blending, fusing exotica, jazz and pop to lay the groundwork for Japanese City Pop.

Hosono is the founding member of folk-rock act HappyEnd and the pioneering electronic trio Yellow Magic Orchestra. He has also released several solo albums in his five-decade career, spanning many styles and effortlessly fusing exotica, funk, country, electronic, ambient and everything in between.

“I’ve orbited around [Hosono] for light years during hispan-Pacific musical adventures. Cinematic romance with sonic texture.” - Van Dyke Parks

This marks the second collaboration between StonesThrow and Hosono, following the release of ‘Hosono House Revisited’, a compilation of songs from Hosono’s solo debut, reworked by artists including Mac DeMarco, Sam Gendel and John Carroll Kirby.

Pressed in the US on 180gram vinyl, with OBI and a new translation of Haruomi Hosono’s original 1975 liner notes.

Tracklisting
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Hurricane Dorothy
Kinukaido
Nettaiya
Peking Duck
Hyoryuki
Honey Moon
Sanji no Komori Uta
Sanji no Komori Uta
(Instrumental)
Hyoryuki (Instrumental)

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