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Akiko Yano's cult album, recorded live in Tokyo in 1978 with an all-star lineup featuring the three Yellow Magic Orchestra musicians, plus Tatsuro Yamashita, and Minako Yoshida. Includes remastered audio, original artwork, and a new intro by Paul Bowler

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. — (via Label)

Vinyl Tracklist
A2 Tokyo wa Yoru no Shichi-ji / Tokyo at 7 pm
A4 Sacchan
A5 Ike Yanagida / Go Yanagida
A6 Kikyū Ni Notte / Balloon Riding
B1 Imomushi Gorogoro
B2 Katarun Kararan
B3 To-ki-me-ki

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Label: Wewantsounds
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Reissued: 2025 / Originally Released: 1979
Genre: Pop, Electronic, Rock
Style: AOR, Synth-pop

File under: Japanese Pop
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