Saravah!
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| Studio album by Yukihiro Takahashi | ||||
| Released | June 21, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | Alfa Studio “A”, Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Pop music | |||
| Length | 35:58 | |||
| Label | Seven Seas (King Records) | |||
| Producer | Yukihiro Takahashi, Ryuichi Sakamoto | |||
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Saravah! is Yukihiro Takahashi's first solo album. It's named after Pierre Barouh's record label of the same name. Takahashi conceived the album during his tenure on The Sadistics; he based his music on French pop music, this influence would later show up on early Yellow Magic Orchestra material. Besides Takahashi, this album features performances by members of The Sadistics, YMO and Tin Pan Alley. Due to the album being made before YMO members started using computers, Sakamoto got involved in arranging the music; all the keyboard parts on the album are dubbed instead of sequenced.
Track listing
All tracks written by Yukihiro Takahashi, except where noted. All song arrangements and production by Takahashi (rhythm) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (brass, strings and keyboards).
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu)" | Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci | Modugno, Matteo Treppiedi | 2:26 |
| 2. | "Saravah!" | 4:03 | ||
| 3. | "C'est si bon" | André Hornez, Jun'ichi Nakahara | Henri Betti | 3:12 |
| 4. | "La Rosa" | Kazuhiko Katō | 5:04 | |
| 5. | "Mood Indigo" | Irving Mills | Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard | 2:51 |
| 6. | "Elastic Dummy" | instrumental | Sakamoto | 5:03 |
| 7. | "Sunset" | 4:04 | ||
| 8. | "Back Street Midnight Queen" | Takahashi, Chris Mosdell | 4:15 | |
| 9. | "Present" | 4:46 |
Personnel
- Yukihiro Takahashi - Vocals, Drums
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - Keyboards (Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, KORG PS-3100, ARP Odyssey, Hammond organ)
- Haruomi Hosono - Electric Bass
- Shigeru Suzuki - Electric guitar (1, 3-4, 8-9)
- Motoya Hamaguchi - Percussion (1, 3-6, 8-9)
- Rajie - Backing Vocals/Choir (1, 3, 7, 9)
- Tsunehide Matsuki - Electric guitar (2, 4, 6-7)
- Kazuhiko Katō - Acoustic guitar (2, 4-5)
- Nobu Saitō - Percussion (2, 7)
- BUZZ - Backing Vocals/Choir (3, 7, 9)
- Kenji Omura - Electric guitar (4)
- Tatsuo Hyashi & Hiroshi Imai - Percussion (4)
- Tatsuro Yamashita & Minako Yoshida - Backing Vocals/Choir (6, 8)
- Lisa Aikawa & Friends - Clapping (6)
- Akira Wada - Electric guitar (7-8)
- Seiichi Chiba - Recording & Mixing Engineering
- Kenji Andoh & Shigeyuki Kawashima - Direction
- Masayoshi Sukita - Photography
- Noa Planning - Design
- Hiroshi Tanaka - Management
External links
Saravah! at Discogs (list of releases)