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Haruomi Hosono, Tatsuro Yamashita, Shigeru Suzuki, Yukihiro Takahashi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Masataka Matsutoya, and other top creators who continue to support the Japanese pop scene today take on the challenge of "island music." A masterpiece of an instrumental project album released in 1978. It is full of J-fusion-oriented tracks such as "Cosmic Surfing", which is the basis of the YMO version, "Slack-Key Rumba", Haruomi Hosono's works such as "Last Paradise", Tatsuro Yamashita's mini suite "Nostalgia of Island", Shigeru Suzuki's "Passion Flower" and "Noa Noa". Jacket photo is Shinpei Asai. Other participating members include Tatsuo Hayashi, Shuichi Murakami, Kenji Takamizu, Shigeru Hamaguchi, Nobu Saito, Jun Sato, Kenji Omura, Hirofumi Tokutake, and Hidefumi Toki.
Original release date: May 1, 1978 Remastered in 2013
The historic planning edition "CBS/SONY SOUND IMAGE SERIES" is reprinted on Blu-spec CD2! music by Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, Tatsuro Yamashita! Latest remastered sound source from 2013.
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The instrumental project album released by Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, and Tatsuro Yamashita in May 1978 has been reprinted on Blu-specCD2. It is full of J-fusion-oriented tracks such as Haruomi Hosono's works such as "Cosmic Surfing", "Slack Key Rumba", and "Last Paradise", which are the basis of the YMO version, Tatsuro Yamashita's mini-suite "Nostalgia of Islands", and Shigeru Suzuki's "Passion Flower" and "Noa Noa". (C)RS
