Accompanied by Haruomi Hosono, Tatsuo Hayashi and Little Feat. Wewantsounds is reissuing vocalist and producer Akiko Yano‘s 1976 debut LP on vinyl, its first ever release outside of Japan, this February. A guide to the best Japanese reissues of 2018 Japanese Girl was primarily recorded at Hollywood Sound Studio in Los Angeles, with additional sessions taking place in Mouri Studio and Onkio Haus in Tokyo. Featuring Yano on keys and vocals, the album includes accompaniment by American rock bank Little Feat on the A-side, atop instrumentals by Haruomi Hosono, Tatsuo Hayashi and Moonriders’ Keiichi Suzuki on the flip. Remastered for this new reissue from the original tapes, Japanese Girl’s vinyl release comes with an obi strip and original 4-page insert with lyrics and full line-up details.
