Credits:

MAKOTO KUBOTA & THE SUNSET GANG,KUBOTA MAKOTO,THE SUNSET GANG

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Makoto Kubota and the Sunset Band: The Best of Live Performance + Basement Tapes from the Band's heyday! Disc 1 is a compilation of live recordings from the band's heyday from 1976 to 1979, from the release of "Hawaii Champloo" to "Second Line". The way Johnny Otis plays New Orleans classics and covers of Little Feat, etc. in a truly aloof manner is a unique and dignified performance. Haruomi Hosono also joins the band. Disc 2 features live recordings from "Spring Carnival" at Hibiya Nohe in April 1976 and "Spring First Concert" in Osaka in May 1976, plus an original song "Bye Bye Baby" (co-written by Hiroma Fujita and Haruomi Hosono) from an early 1975 live performance. The album also includes eight studio demo tracks that offer a glimpse of the Sunset Band's roots, from Southern blues rock and New Orleans second line instrumental numbers to Hawaiian-inspired numbers. Makoto Kubota has newly mastered all the songs, including the original master 10-inch open tape, for this definitive edition.*This 2-CD set is re-edited from "Live Sunset 64'40"" (1989), "Gang Live Again" (2000), and "Rhythm Romance" (1981) (all released on VIVID SOUND, out of press). Makoto Kubota (Vo, G, Kbd)Kenichi Inoue (Vo, G)Hiromasa Fujita (Vo, G)Takashi Onzo (Vo, B)Norio Watanabe (Vo, Dr)Hideo Inoura (Dr)Sandy (Vo, Perc)Haruomi Hosono (Vo, Pf,Kbd)Hiroki Komazawa (Steel G)