Haruomi Hosono – Hosono House

After Happy End’s amicable break up in 1973, Hosono released Hosono House, an intimate slice of Japanese Americana recorded at home with a back-to-basics approach akin to Music from Big Pink or McCartney. Located an hour from Tokyo in Sayama, Saitama prefecture, the actual Hosono house was one of several American-style houses originally built bfor the families of troops stationed at the nearby Johnson Air Base, active during the post-war occupation days. With rooms filled to the edges with recording gear, the house became a live-in studio for Hosono and his crack band – soon to become known as th in-demand session group Tin Pan Alley.

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