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PRICE:
$29.50
$29.50
IN STOCK
ARTIST
KUBOTA & THE SUNSET GANG, MAKOTO
TITLE
Hawaii Champroo
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
WEWANTSOUNDS
CATALOG #
WWSLP 057LP
WWSLP 057LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/29/2021
2024 restock. Wewantsounds announce an ambitious
Makoto Kubota
reissue program with his three albums recorded with
The Sunset Gang
between 1973 and 1977. The albums feature
Haruomi Hosono
(who also co-produced
Hawaii Champroo
) and also includes
Minako Yoshida
,
Taeko Ohnuki
and
Tatsuo Hayachi
to name a few. Makoto Kubota has been one of Japan's true musical innovators and following his involvement with
Les Rallizes Dénudés
in the early '70s, he developed a unique sound bringing American, Hawaiian and Okinawan music influences to his own Japanese folk music mix. Recorded in Honolulu in 1975. Recorded in 1975 at the famed Sounds of Hawaii studio in Honolulu,
Hawaii Champroo
was co-produced by Haruomi Hosono and marks the start of Kubota's keen interest in Hawaiian and Okinawan music (Champroo is derived from Chanpurū, the traditional Okinawan stir-fry dish). A companion album to Hosono's own
Tropical Dandy
and
Bon Voyage Co.
albums (on which Kubota plays), the album was at the forefront of a tropical musical movement started in Japan in the mid-70s. The core Sunset Gang consists of Kubota on Guitar,
Takashi Onzo
on bass,
Yosuke Fujita
on guitars and mandolin,
Keni Inoue
on lead guitar and
Hiroki Komazawa
on pedal steel guitar. They are joined on the album by Hosono on drums and
Teriyuki Kokubu
on piano. Having travelled to the United States in the early '70s, Makoto Kubota had fallen in love with American music and had brought back many influences from his sojourn on the East and West coast. these are evident from the tracks covered by the band on
Hawaii Champroo
, including
Jesse Fuller
's "San Francisco Blues",
The Rooftop Singers
' "Walk Right In" (an old
Gus Cannon
ragtime) or
The Texas Playboys
' classic "Steel Guitar Rag".
Hawaii Champroo
also features originals such as the funky "Shanghai Gaeri" and a nod to the Hula Hawaiian dance "Moonlight Hula". One of the highlights of the album is the classic "Haisai Ozisan", the Okinawan 1972 cult classic by
Shoukichi Kina
which has become a standard in Japan. All in all,
Hawaii Champroo
is a timeless classic and one of the key Japanese albums from the '70s. This is the first time the albums are released outside of Japan. Newly remastered by Makoto Kubota. Comes with original artwork, OBI and the original Japanese inserts.
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