Saravah!
| Saravah! | ||||
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| Released | June 21, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | Alfa Studio "A", Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Kayokyoku | |||
| Length | 35:58 | |||
| Label | Seven Seas (King Records) | |||
| Producers | Yukihiro Takahashi, Ryuichi Sakamoto | |||
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Saravah! is the debut solo studio album by Japanese multi-instrumentalist Yukihiro Takahashi, released on June 21, 1978.[1]
The album is named after Pierre Barouh's record label of the same name and Claude Lelouch's A Man and a Woman. Takahashi conceived the album during his time as the drummer for the Sadistic Mika Band, as he felt dissatisfied with the band's direction.[2] The album is inspired by French New Wave music and film, and the works of artists such as Boz Scaggs and Burt Bacharach.[3]
On October 24, 2018, Saravah! was reissued as Saravah Saravah!, with Takahashi re-recording all of his vocals, as he had been unhappy with his vocal performance on the original album.[1][3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Yukihiro Takahashi, except where noted. All song arrangements and production by Takahashi (rhythm) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (brass, strings and keyboards).
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu)" | Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci | Modugno, Matteo Treppiedi | 2:26 |
| 2. | "Saravah!" | 4:03 | ||
| 3. | "C'est si bon" | André Hornez, Jun'ichi Nakahara | Henri Betti | 3:12 |
| 4. | "La Rosa" | Kazuhiko Katō | 5:04 | |
| 5. | "Mood Indigo" | Irving Mills | Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard | 2:51 |
| 6. | "Elastic Dummy" | instrumental | Sakamoto | 5:03 |
| 7. | "Sunset" | 4:04 | ||
| 8. | "Back Street Midnight Queen" | Takahashi, Chris Mosdell | 4:15 | |
| 9. | "Present" | 4:46 |
Personnel
- Yukihiro Takahashi – Vocals, Drums
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – Keyboards (Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, KORG PS-3100, ARP Odyssey, Hammond organ)
- Haruomi Hosono – Electric Bass
- Shigeru Suzuki – Electric guitar (1, 3–4, 8–9)
- Motoya Hamaguchi – Percussion (1, 3–6, 8–9)
- Rajie – Backing Vocals/Choir (1, 3, 7, 9)
- Tsunehide Matsuki – Electric guitar (2, 4, 6–7)
- Kazuhiko Katō – Acoustic guitar (2, 4–5)
- Nobu Saitō – Percussion (2, 7)
- BUZZ – Backing Vocals/Choir (3, 7, 9)
- Kenji Omura – Electric guitar (4)
- Tatsuo Hayashi & Hiroshi Imai – Percussion (4)
- Tatsuro Yamashita & Minako Yoshida – Backing Vocals/Choir (6, 8)
- Lisa Akikawa & Friends – Clapping (6)
- Akira Wada – Electric guitar (7–8)
- Masayoshi Takanaka - Electric guitar (9)
- Seiichi Chiba – Recording & Mixing Engineering
- Kenji Andoh & Shigeyuki Kawashima – Direction
- Masayoshi Sukita – Photography
- Noa Planning – Design
- Hiroshi Tanaka – Management
References
- 1 2 "Saravah Saravah!". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ St. Michel, Patrick (17 October 2019). "Rediscover the Solo Debut of Yellow Magic Orchestra's Yukihiro Takahashi". daily.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- 1 2 Hadfield, James (23 November 2018). "YMO's Yukihiro Takahashi celebrates a pair of 40th anniversaries". Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2026.