MELON / DO YOU LIKE JAPAN? / LP /

(JPN / ALFA / ALR-28044 / 1982 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:VG シール跡 帯付) エスノ＋エキゾチカな和ニューウェイヴ金字塔！ プラスチックス解散後の中西俊夫と佐藤チカが結成したジャパニーズ・ニュー・ウェイヴ・バンド、MELONによるファースト・アルバム。細野晴臣、高橋幸宏、土屋昌巳、PERCY JONES、BERNIE WORRELLなど豪華ミュージシャンが参加。プロデュースは桑原茂一。オリエンタル・エキゾ・ニューウェイヴの極み「HONEY DEW」、「O.D. (OPTIMISTIC DEPRESSION)」、「I WILL CALL YOU (& OTHER FAMOUS LAST WORDS)」、「DON’T WORRY ABOUT AFTER DEATH (SHAKA SHAKA NIPPON)」など、全9曲を収録。 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DO-YOU-LIKE-JAPAN.mp3 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/O.D.-OPTIMISTIC-DEPRESSION.mp3 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HONEY-DEW.mp3 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/I-WILL-CALL-YOU-OTHER-FAMOUS-LAST-WORDS.mp3 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MILLION-YEARS-PICNIC.mp3 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DONT-WORRY-ABOUT-AFTER-DEATH-SHAKA-SHAKA-NIPPON.mp3 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NEUTRON-NEVADA-NEVER-SAY-DIE.mp3 TRACKLIST A1 DO YOU LIKE JAPAN? 5:00 A2 O.D. (OPTIMISTIC DEPRESSION) 5:57 A3 HONEY DEW 4:01 A4 SONG OF APOLLO 4:11 B1 I WILL CALL YOU (& OTHER FAMOUS LAST WORDS) 3:31 B2 MILLION YEARS PICNIC 3:36 B3 DON’T WORRY ABOUT AFTER DEATH (SHAKA SHAKA NIPPON) 3:43 B4 NEUTRON NEVADA NEVER SAY DIE 4:16 B5 FINAL NEWS 4:53 BACKING VOCALS – DOLETTE MCDONALD (TRACKS: B1 TO B3) BASS – HARUOMI HOSONO (TRACKS: A3, B2 TO B4) CONGAS – STEVEN SCALES (TRACKS: B2, B3) DRUMS – YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHI FRETLESS BASS – PERCY JONES (TRACKS: A1, A2, A4, B1, B4, B5) GUITAR – MASAMI TSUCHIYA PERCUSSION – STEVEN SCALES (TRACKS: A1 TO A3, B1 TO B3, B5) PIANO – BRUCE BRODY (TRACKS: A1 TO A4, B2, B5)