is the third solo studio album by Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono Released on July 25, 1975, Bon Voyage co. continues the tropical style of Tropical Dandy (which would continue later on with Paraiso) while showing influence from the music of New Orleans and also features performances from Tin Pan Alley and Happy End (excluding Takashi Matsumoto). The album's Japanese title was influenced by a Nagasaki convenience store of the same name that Hosono met while on Tin Pan Alley's "First & Last Concert Tour". This album was re-issued as part of a box set with the single version of the Tropical Dandy song "Peking Duck" (which was coupled with a song from this album) and an interview Hosono gave on a Tokyo Broadcasting System radio show.
Track listing
Personnel Haruomi Hosono – lead vocals (all), backing vocals (7), bass guitar (all), steelpan (5), marimba (3, 5,7), shamisen (1, 2), vibraphone (2), piano (5-7), electric piano (8), Hammond organ (10), drums (6), production, liner notes Shigeru Suzuki – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 8-10), acoustic guitar (3, 7, 9), backing vocals (7) Eiichi Ohtaki – backing vocals (1) Tatsuo Hayashi – drums (1-4, 6-10), percussion (3, 7), backing vocals (7) Hiroki Komazawa – pedal steel guitar (9) Hiroshi Satō – piano (1-4, 9, 10), clarinet (3), Roland keyboard (10) Motoya Hamaguchi – percussion (2-4, 10) Akiko Yano – RMI Electra piano (1, 2), backing vocals (3, 4) Toru Okada – percussion, accordion (7) Hiroshi Okazaki – alto saxophone (1) Ken Muraoka – tenor saxophone (1) Riyōsō Sunahara – bass saxophone (1) Tatsuro Yamashita – ship captain voice (1), backing vocals (1) Kawada Ryūkyū Dance Troupe – butterfly voice, backing vocals (1, 4) Tadashi Kosaka - backing vocals (8, 9) Taeko Ōnuki - backing vocals (3, 4) Makoto Kubota - backing vocals (8, 9) Kazuhiro Ichihashi - backing vocals (8) Yasushi Nakane - backing vocals (8)
See also 1976 in Japanese music
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