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Saravah!

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Saravah!
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 1978 (1978-06-21)
RecordedAlfa Studio "A", Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo
GenrePop music Techno Kayo (Kayokyoku)
Length35:58
LabelSeven Seas (King Records)
ProducerYukihiro Takahashi, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Yukihiro Takahashi chronology
Saravah!
(1978)
Murdered by the Music
(1980)

Saravah! is the debut solo studio album by Japanese multi-instrumentalist Yukihiro Takahashi. Named after Pierre Barouh's record label of the same name, Takahashi conceived the album during his tenure on The Sadistics. The album is based on French pop music, and would later show up on early Yellow Magic Orchestra material. Besides Takahashi, this album features performances by members of The Sadistics, YMO and Tin Pan Alley. Due to the album being made before YMO members started using computers, Sakamoto got involved in arranging the music; all the keyboard parts on the album are dubbed instead of sequenced.

Track listing

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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.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu)"Domenico Modugno, Franco MigliacciModugno, Matteo Treppiedi2:26
2."Saravah!"  4:03
3."C'est si bon"André Hornez, Jun'ichi NakaharaHenri Betti3:12
4."La Rosa" Kazuhiko Katō5:04
5."Mood Indigo"Irving MillsDuke Ellington, Barney Bigard2:51
6."Elastic Dummy"instrumentalSakamoto5:03
7."Sunset"  4:04
8."Back Street Midnight Queen"Takahashi, Chris Mosdell 4:15
9."Present"  4:46

Personnel

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  • 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 Hyashi & Hiroshi Imai – Percussion (4)
  • Tatsuro Yamashita & Minako Yoshida – Backing Vocals/Choir (6, 8)
  • Lisa Aikawa & Friends – Clapping (6)
  • Akira Wada – Electric guitar (7–8)
  • Seiichi Chiba – Recording & Mixing Engineering
  • Kenji Andoh & Shigeyuki Kawashima – Direction
  • Masayoshi Sukita – Photography
  • Noa Planning – Design
  • Hiroshi Tanaka – Management
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Saravah! at Discogs (list of releases)