Harukazu Tsuchida and Hip Camps Band “Hippocampus Sounds in Yosui”

Harukazu Tsuchida and Hip Camps Band
Hippocampus Sounds in Yosui
Toho Records (Japan) 1976
AX-6020 (LP)
sleeve : EX-(slightly peeling-off on side go back.)
media : EX/EX(some slightly surface noises.)

This album was released by Toho Records in 1976 as part of the Hip Camps Sounds series. It was a project in which songs by new music artists popular in Japan at the time were arranged and performed in a jazz-rock style, and this album featured songs by Yosui Inoue. Some of the arrangements are a little bit cheesy, but there are some jumpy tracks such as A3's 'Kohri No Sakai', which turns into a thick jazz funk featuring a rather thick brass ensemble, wah-effect electric guitar and psychedelic Hammond organ. It is even more enjoyable if you know the original songs, so we urge you to listen to Yosui's original songs as well.