7 O'clock in Tokyo: Vinyl LP

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Label: WeWantSounds
Release Date: 14th November

Seriously, one of the great live album of the 70s and we're talking the golden era for the format. Legendary J Pop and Jazz artist Akiko Yano is spellbinding and her band - good Japanese musical gods the gifts that are bestowed as she is backed by Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi, plus Tatsuro Yamashita and Minako Yoshida. It's madcapped, the band are extraordinarily tight, sometimes bursting into full-on electronic jams plus the funk on this is unreal and at times this feels like LA Express backing Joni Mitchell. 

Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the release of Akiko Yano's cult 1979 album 7 O'Clock in Tokyo, recorded live in September 1978 at a pivotal moment in Japanese music history, just as Yellow Magic Orchestra was about to take the world by storm (Yano would tour the world with the group in 1979). Featuring a very funky Yano performance accompanied by Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi, plus Tatsuro Yamashita and Minako Yoshida, the album is presented outside Japan for the first time, with remastered audio, original artwork, and a four-page insert including new liner notes by Paul Bowler.