Hosono House | ||||
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Studio album by Haruomi Hosono | ||||
Released | May 25, 1973 October 3, 2012 (Bellwood 40th Anniversary Collection re-issue) |
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Recorded | 15 February–16 March 1973 HOSONO HOUSE, 11-36 Unoki, Sayama, Saitama |
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Length | 31:33 | |||
Language | Japanese | |||
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Producer | Haruomi Hosono | |||
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Singles from Hosono House | ||||
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Hosono House is debut solo album by Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono, released on May 25, 1973.
Besides Hosono, this album also features performances by the group "Caramel Mama" (featuring Hosono's fellow Happy End member Shigeru Suzuki). Hosono wanted to emulate The Band's Music from Big Pink and James Taylor's One Man Dog. With this album, recording equipment technology had evolved enough for domestic recordings of good quality to be feasible, and going to the center of the city to reach a recording studio was somewhat inconvenient. The album was recorded for five hours every afternoon in a 144 square foot large bedroom in Hosono's residence in Sayama, Japan (with a 16-track mixing console in his living room). The instruments were recorded unprocessed from the amplifiers in a small room, leading to the album's unique sound. Hosono continued to develop the tropical style of Hosono House in his following works, Tropical Dandy and Bon Voyage co..
All tracks written by Haruomi Hosono, except "Owari no Kisetsu", with music by Hosono and lyrics by Mondo Uno; "Fuyu Koe" & "Jūsho Futei Mushoku Teishūnyū", written by Hosono with horns arranged by Kinji Yoshino and "Party", with music by Hosono and lyrics by Ryōko Suzuki & Yasushi Nakayama.