Apryl Fool was a Japanese psych-rock band from Tokyo that released a 1969 self-titled album on Columbia. Three-fifths of the band hailed from beatsters The Floral. Organist Hiro Yanagida subsequently played in Food Brain and Love Live Life + One. Singer Chu Kosaka issued multiple Seventies solo albums. Bassist Haruomi Hosono and drummer Takashi Matsumoto formed […]
Hirocosmos is the fifth solo album by Japanese post-bop/jazz-rock keyboardist Hiro Yanagida, released in 1973 on CBS/Sony. Tracklist: A1. “The Sea of Tempest” (5:35) A2. “Ode to Taurus” (4:15) A3. “Breaking Sound-Barrier” (5:15) A4. “Happy Cruise” (6:29) B1. “Rockomotion” (5:50) B2. “Uncertain Trip” (6:37) B3. “Time For Reverie” (4:23) Credits: Directed By [Recording Director] – Hiro […]
Love Live Life + One were a Japanese hard-rock/psych band that released the 1971 album Love Will Make a Better You on King Records. Members: Chito Kawachi (drums), Hiro Yanagida (keyboards), Kimio Mizutani (guitar), 市原宏祐 [Kosuke Ichihara] (saxophone, flute), 寺川正興 [Masaoki Terakawa] (bass), Naomi Kawahara (percussion), 直居隆雄 [Takao Naoi] (guitar), Toshiaki Yokota (saxophone, flute), Akira […]
Hiro Yanagida — 柳田博義 (May 7, 1947) — is a Japanese keyboardist who played in the bands Apryl Fool, Food Brain, and Love Live Life + One during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1970 and 1978, he released six solo albums on Liberty, Atlantic, URC, and CBS/Sony. Background Hiro Yanagida was born Hiroyoshi […]
Food Brain was a Japanese jam-rock band that released the 1970 Polydor album Social Gathering. Members: 陳信輝 [Shinki Chen] [Shinki Chen] (guitar), Masayoshi Kabe (bass), Hiro Yanagida (organ), Hiro Tsunoda (drums) Background Food Brain formed in late April 1970 when guitarist Shinki Chen and keyboardist Hiro Yanagida teamed with bassist Masayoshi Kabe and drummer Hiro […]
A Path Through Haze is an album by Japanese jazz-rock/psych guitarist Kimio Mizutani, released in 1971 on Polydor. Tracklist: A1. “A Path Through Haze” (5:57) A2. “Sail in the Sky” (7:18) A3. “Turning Point” (3:46) A4. “Tell Me What You Saw” (4:54) B1. “One for Janis” (6:25) B2. “Sabbath Day’s Sable” (4:00) B3. “A Bottle […]
