Bon Voyage co.

Bon Voyage co.
Studio album by Harry “The Crown” Hosono
Released July 25, 1976
Recorded Crown Studio
Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo
Genre Jazz fusion
Exotica
Label PANAM, CROWN
Producer Haruomi Hosono
Haruomi Hosono chronology

Tropical Dandy
(1975)		 Bon Voyage co.
(1976)		 Paraiso
(1978)
Singles from Bon Voyage co.
  1. ""Peking Duck"/"Black Peanuts""
    Released: 1975

Bon Voyage co. (泰安洋行 Taian Yōkō) is Haruomi Hosono's third solo album. This album continues the tropical style of Hosono House and Tropical Dandy (which would continue later on with Paraiso) while showing influence from the music of New Orleans and also features performances from Tin Pan Alley and Happy End (excluding Takashi Matsumoto. The album's Japanese title was influenced by a Nagasaki convenience store of the same name that Hosono met while on Tin Pan Alley's "First & Last Concert Tour". This album was re-issued as part of a box set with the single version of the Tropical Dandy song "Peking Duck" (which was coupled with a song from this album) and an interview Hosono gave on a Tokyo Broadcasting System radio show.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Haruomi Hosono, except "Hong Kong Blues" by Hoagy Carmichael and "“Sayonara”, the Japanese Farewell Song", with music by Yoshida Yasegawa and lyrics by Freddy Morgan. 

No. Title Length
1. "Butterfly-San (蝶々-San Chōchō-San)"   3:15
2. "Hong Kong Blues (香港Blues Hon Kon Blues)"   3:09
3. "“Sayonara”, the Japanese Farewell Song"   4:31
4. "Roochoo Gumbo"   3:01
5. "Bon Voyage co. (泰安洋行 Taian Yōkō)"   2:36
6. "Tōkyō Shyness Boy (東京Shyness Boy)"   2:19
7. "Black Peanuts"   2:28
8. "Chow Chow Dog"   4:46
9. "Pom Pom Vapor (Pom Pom蒸気 Pom Pom Jōki)"   1:56
10. "Exotica Lullaby"   3:49

Personnel