Hiroshi and Claudia Six To Six LP 1979 Hiroshi Yasukawa rare disco funk Aust
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Hiroshi and Claudia Six To Six LP 1979 Hiroshi Yasukawa rare disco funk
Original Australian pressing on Atom 1001
Hiroshi & Claudia released this album in 1979 on the private Atom label. Recorded and mastered in both Tokyo and Sydney, this record was inexplicably only released in Australia. It remains one of the rarest Australian jazz/funk records
Hiroshi Yasukawa was a top session musician in Japan during the 70's and 80's. He appeared on jazz/groove albums alongside Hiroshi Kubota, Toots Thielmans and Naoya Matsuoka. In 1979 he teamed up with the mysterious Claudia for this exploration of a day in the life of a hip young musician.
The production on the album was split between Sydney and Tokyo and it was only ever released in Australia. Hiroshi's 1984 album "Fission" was a similarly styled international production that was released in both Australia and Japan and produced by ex Roxy Music keyboard player David Skinner.
Credits:
Bass – Shigeru
Composed By – Hiroshi Yasukawa
Drums – Atsuo
Guitar – Hiroshi Yasukawa
Saxophone – Toki
Synthesizer – Nobuo*
Trumpet – Kenji
Mixed By – Taro
Photography – Carmen Fabro
Arranged By – Gilles Germain
Artwork By – Carmen Fabro
Notes:
“Red... Green: thrown in this everyday after work “City Evening Concert”
Lifted up to this sky high relaxing restaurant and down to an exhilarating,
energy draining night spot; HIROSHI expresses it all, even these, before
dawn after feelings...”
Recorded in Tokyo and Sydney
Mixed in Tokyo and Sydney
Tracklist:
A1 The City Evening Concert
A2 Lifted Up To 210 Meters.
B1 Beats In The Depth
B2 This Early BROADMINDED'S Emptiness
CONDITION:
SLEEVE: VG+ Moderate ring and shelf wear, small spine split at centre.
RECORD: VG+ Clean and glossy; cleaned but has moderate surface noise. A machine clean might improve things.
(Under a pin halogen, you can see a few very light scuffs and a couple of very fine hairlines each side. As far as I could tell, they are inaudible, but the surface noise makes it difficult to tell for sure.
The quality of pressing is not high to start with (this was the era of recycled vinyl) - the noise is a very light surface noise, not annoying but constant. I've cleaned it with a DiscoAntistat bath, which usually clears up any dirt-related noise, but I don't have a better system. Sounds to me like it was probably played with a worn or damaged stylus at some point.)
I will record a section of 'Broadminded' and post it so you can have a listen. Link to follow...
