Makoto Kubota and the Sunset Orchestra / Live Best 1975-1979 (LP)

A best-of album featuring selected live performances from the heyday of Makoto Kubota and the Yuyake Gakudan (Sunset Orchestra) is now available on LP!

This LP features a selection of the best 11 tracks, from early live recordings of the original song "Bye Bye Baby" (co-written by Fujita Hiroma and Hosono Haruomi) from 1975, to recordings from Spring Carnival (Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall) in April 1976 and the Spring First Concert (Osaka) in May, as well as two tracks from the 1977 Rolling Coconut Revue (Harumi, Tokyo), which featured Janis Joplin's backing band, the Full Tilt Boogie Band, and Richard Bell and John Sebastian, known as members of The Band, as well as Taeko Onuki. Enjoy the essence of Makoto Kubota and the Sunset Orchestra as a live band on this LP.
Also scheduled for release on February 15, 2023, is the LP "Rhythm Romance" by Kubota Makoto and the Yuyake Gakudan, which is a compilation of studio demo recordings from the late 1970s and mastered from the original master 10-inch open tape.

●Makoto Kubota and the Sunset Orchestra / Live Best 1975-1979 [Official Trailer]

https://youtu.be/ZrfhWXcXQ8E

Makoto Kubota: Vocals, Guitar
Kenichi Inoue: Vocals, Guitar
Hiroma Fujita: Vocal, Guitar
Takashi Onzo: Vocal, Bass

Norio Watanabe: Vocals, Drums
Hideo Inoura: Drums
Sandy: Chorus

Richard Bell: Piano
John Sebastian: Harp, Chorus
Eric Anderson: Chorus
Terry Reid: Chorus
Taeko Onuki: Chorus

Mastering: Makoto Kubota

[Makoto Kubota and the Sunset Orchestra]
Formed in 1972, centered around Makoto Kubota, the band released their solo album "Machibouke" (1973), followed by other masterpieces such as "Sunset Gang" (1974), which was essentially the band's debut album despite being released under a solo name, and "Hawaii Chanpuru" (1975), which was one of the first to incorporate Okinawan and Hawaiian music. In 1980, they changed their name to The Sunsets and made their international debut. Assimilating everything from blues and folk to the second-line beat of New Orleans, they created a unique, earthy sound, making them one of the most important Japanese rock bands of the 1970s.

■Track list:
Side A
1. My Dear Marie
2. Uncle Hisai
3. Louisiana Mama
4. Johnny B. Goode
5. That Lucky Old Sun

Side B
1. Six Days On The Road
2. Walk Right In
3. Smokey Joe's Cafe
4. Down the River
5. Shikemokugurashi
6. Bye Bye Baby

[LP]
Product code: TBV-0043
Released by Tuff Beats

Release date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023