Shigeru Suzuki – Band Wagon (Japan Vinyl LP)

The masterpiece representing Japanese rock history is reprinted in analog!

After going through “Happy End” which emphasizes singing in Japanese , The solo debut album “BAND WAGON” that he left in 1975 while he was enrolled as one of the leading producer team “Caramel Mama (= Tin Pan Array)” in Japan.
This work, which was created by getting into Los Angeles alone in the United States, is attended by talented people such as TOWER OF POWER and LITTLE FEAT. His guitar sound, which adds a cool essence to the tight rhythm, is especially stylish “Sand Woman”, the earthy instrumental numbers “Snow Express”, “Wood Pecker”, etc. that pioneered guitar fusion. Contains all 9 songs that became the standard for the domestic music scene after that. In addition, the lyrics world that depicts the delicate mental landscape of Shigeru Suzuki himself while relaxing the hot play of the West Coast preparation is by Takashi Matsumoto. Gi As his talist and composer, it is a masterpiece in Japanese rock history that made the name of “Shigeru Suzuki” known to the world.

Song list

• A1. Sand woman
• A2. The smell of August
• A3. Slightly feverish boy
• A4. Snow Express
• B1. Night of human-powered airplane
• B2. 100 watt lover
• B3. Wood Pecker
• B4. Sunset wharf
• B5. Galaxy Rhapsody