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Happy End (はっぴいえんど) was a Japanese folk rock band that existed between 1970 and 1973.
Happy End’s albums blended Western folk singing with Japanese melodies. Its members were Haruomi Hosono (細野晴臣) (bass, vocals), Takashi Matsumoto (松本隆) (drums) from the band Apryl Fool, Eiichi Ohtaki (大瀧詠一) (guitar, vocals), and Shigeru Suzuki (鈴木茂) (guitar, vocals). They originally belonged to the “URC Records” recording label, and later the “Bellwood Records” label. Hosono later went on to join the Yellow Magic Orchestra.
In 2003, the Happy End song “Kaze Wo Atsumete” appeared on the Lost In Translation movie soundtrack.
Happy End’s albums blended Western folk singing with Japanese melodies. Its members were Haruomi Hosono (細野晴臣) (bass, vocals), Takashi Matsumoto (松本隆) (drums) from the band Apryl Fool, Eiichi Ohtaki (大瀧詠一) (guitar, vocals), and Shigeru Suzuki (鈴木茂) (guitar, vocals). They originally belonged to the “URC Records” recording label, and later the “Bellwood Records” label. Hosono later went on to join the Yellow Magic Orchestra.
In 2003, the Happy End song “Kaze Wo Atsumete” appeared on the Lost In Translation movie soundtrack.
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Reaper-X wrote:
I only have Romanji titles for Kaze Mati Roman.
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g_love_fan wrote:
I love 12月の雨の日!!!
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pizzicatoiv wrote:
can someone who has it please post the japanese tracklist on cddb?
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sulphurmatch wrote:
omg thank you last.fm for fixing the name!
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GarciaMarquez wrote:
atleast its not in english
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Moegopher wrote:
isshuujan: Yeah, I'm wonder the same thing.
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their name is in hiragana? is that right? i guess they feel pretty pleased with themselves about that one.
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yui-kun wrote:
From what I can glean on their japanese wiki and another source, their first album Happy End (aka Yudemen) was released in 1970. Kazemachi Roman was their 2nd album, which was remastered and re-released 2004.
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atskv9 wrote:
On musicbrainz, it has the Self Titled Happy End listed as their only release and then in '74 Kazemachi Roman was released as a singles compilation album. Atleast that's what I think based on the years and stuff.
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atskv9 wrote:
On musicbrainz, it has the Self Titled Happy End listed as their only release and then in '74 Kazemachi Roman was released as a singles compilation album. Atleast that's what I think based on the years and stuff.
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EchotheSun wrote:
Can someone tell me how many albums they actually released, and which ones are simply compilations. thanks. :)
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SA_Ichi wrote:
Play-Asia has the self-titled album and Kazemachi Roman in stock.
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3stripe wrote:
You can get them on Oink still, if you can get an invite ;-)
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cityofwalls wrote:
amazon.com
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Shaped wrote:
Does anyone know where I can get my hands on any album by Happy End? Can't seem to find them anywhere =/
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tutinokosan wrote:
むささび変化
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createpop wrote:
日本の70'sフォークも素晴らしい。
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atskv9 wrote:
I found it on OiNK a while back: the self titled and kazemachi. Not sure if it's still on there anymore since I've been banned for no reason :(!!
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tamosh wrote:
damn I can't find Kazemachi Roman. Do anybody know where I can find a torrent for it...
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wahit wrote:
Hosono indeed rocks! LEts us see..... 'Happy End' and... 'Yellow Magic Orchestra'! :)
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