Hosono House

HOSONO HOUSE
Studio album by Haruomi Hosono
Released May 25, 1973
October 3, 2012 (Bellwood 40th Anniversary Collection re-issue)
Recorded 15 February～16 March 1973
HOSONO HOUSE, 11-36
Unoki, Sayama, Saitama
Genre Jazz fusion
Exotica
Label Bellwood, KING, Vivid Sound
Producer Haruomi Hosono
Haruomi Hosono chronology

HOSONO HOUSE
(1973)		 Tropical Dandy
(1975)
Singles from HOSONO HOUSE
  1. ""Koi wa Momoiro"/"Fuku ha Uchi Oni ha Soto""
    Released: September 25, 1973

HOSONO HOUSE is Haruomi Hosono's first solo album. 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 be feasible, and going to the center of the city to reach a recording studio was somewhat inconvenient. It was recorded for 5 hours every afternoon in a 144 square feet large bedroom in Hosono's residence in Sayama (with a 16 track mixing console in the living room). The instruments were recorded unprocessed from the amplifiers in a small room, leading to the album having a unique sound. Hosono continued to develop the tropical style of this album in his following works, Tropical Dandy and Bon Voyage co..

Track listing

All songs written and composed 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. 

No. Title Length
1. "Rock-a-Bye My Baby (ろっか・ばい・まい・べいびい Rokka Bai Mai Beibī)"   3:15
2. "Boku wa Chotto (僕は一寸)"   3:52
3. "Choo Choo Gatagoto (CHOO CHOO ガタゴト)"   3:25
4. "Owari no Kisetsu (終わりの季節)"   3:12
5. "Fuyu Koe (冬越え)"   3:15
6. "Party (パーティー Pātī)"   2:02
7. "Fuku ha Uchi Oni ha Soto (福は内 鬼は外)"   2:28
8. "Jūsho Futei Mushoku Teishūnyū (住所不定無職低収入)"   2:35
9. "Koi wa Momoiro (恋は桃色)"   2:47
10. "Bara to Yajū (薔薇と野獣)"   4:24
11. "Aiaigasa (相合傘)"   0:18

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