Harry Hosono* And The Yellow Magic Band – Paraiso

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Label:	Alfa – ALR-6003
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	Japan
Released:	1978
Genre:	Electronic, Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style:	Experimental, Easy Listening, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Soft Rock, Pacific

Tracklist

A1		Tokio Rush = 東京ラッシュ
A2		Shimendoka = 四面道歌
A3		Japanese Rhumba = ジャパニーズ・ルンバ
A4		Asatoya Yunta = 安里屋ユンタ
A5		Fujiyama Mama = フジヤマ・ママ
B1		Femme Fatale = ファム・ファタール～妖婦
B2		Shambala Signal = シャンバラ通信
B3		Worry Beads = ウォリー・ビーズ
B4		Paraiso = はらいそ

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Alfa Records, Inc
Distributed By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.

Credits

Art Direction – Aijiro Wakita
Backing Vocals – Hiroshi Kamayatsu (tracks: A3), Taeko Onuki* (tracks: A1, B3), Tokyo Shyness Boys (tracks: A1, B3)
Design [Album] – Kazuo Yasuhara
Drums – Tatsuo Hayashi (tracks: A1 to A4, B3, B4), Yukihiro Takahashi (tracks: B1)
Electric Guitar – Hirobumi Tokutake* (tracks: B1), Shigeru Suzuki (tracks: A2, A4)
Executive-Producer – Kunihiko Murai
Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi (tracks: A4, B1), Nobu Saito (tracks: A1 to A3, B3, B4)
Photography By – Yoshitane Nakamoto
Piano, Performer [Rhodes, Yamaha Cs-80] – Hiroshi Sato (tracks: A1 to A4, B3, B4)
Producer, Vocals, Bass, Steel Drums, Electric Piano, Percussion, Marimba, Synthesizer [Roland, Yamaha Cp-30], Gong, Whistle, Electric Guitar, Performer [Birds, Foot Steps] – Haruomi Hosono
Synthesizer [Yamaha Polyphonic, Cs-80, Arp Odyssey], Piano, Performer [Rhodes] – Ryuichi Sakamoto (tracks: A1, B1, B4)
Violin – Masahiro Takekawa (tracks: B3)
Vocals – Tomoko Kawada (tracks: A3, A4)
Written-By – Haruomi Hosono (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B4)

Notes

Comes with obi, one-sided insert and double-sided foldout poster.

Recorded at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo, Dec. '77 to Jan. '78.

B3 inspired by Linda Carriere
B4 dedicated to Tokyo City

The center labels list the artist and album title in Japanese, as 細野晴臣 and はらいそ respectively.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: JASRAC

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Paraiso (Cassette, Album)	Alfa	ALC-1502	Japan	1978
New Submission	Paraiso (LP, Album, Promo)	Alfa	ALR-6003	Japan	1978
	Paraiso (LP, Album, Repress)	Alfa	ALR-6003	Japan	1980
New Submission	Paraiso (LP, Album, Repress, Beige labels)	Alfa	ALR-6003	Japan	1983
New Submission	Paraiso = はらいそ (CD, Album, Reissue)	Alfa	32XA-226	Japan	1988