{"product_id":"tatsuro-yamashita-greatest-hits-of","title":"Tatsuro Yamashita – Greatest Hits! Of (2023 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the most influential compilations from the king of city pop himself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYamashita might have played a major role in the revival of City Pop, but he also played a major role in its creation. One of the first groups to explore this sound in the mid 70s was a band called Sugar Babe, whose sole album, 1975’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSongs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, became one of the blueprints for the genre. This group, led by none other than Tatsuro Yamashita himself, never achieved popularity in a musical landscape still dominated by the folk-rock and hard rock of the early 1970s, breaking up one year later in 1976. Sugar Babe’s jazzy, Steely Dan-inspired, melodic soft-rock seemed to be just a hair too ahead of domestic tastes. However, RCA records apparently saw something in the young Yamashita, signing him to a multi-album deal as a solo artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYamashita would go on to record six studio albums for RCA, with his 5th album \u003cem\u003eRide on Time\u003c\/em\u003e becoming the runaway smash hit of 1980, topping the charts and saving a musical career he reportedly almost abandoned. \u003cbr\u003eThis compilation album consists of Yamashita's songs mostly included on his previous six albums ranging from \u003ci\u003eCircus Town\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eFor You\u003c\/i\u003e. The only song not included in any album is Amaku Kiken na Kaori which is only released as a single and a re-recording of Funky Flushin'. According to Yamashita, \"Greatest Hits\" is just a mundane joke that I thought of as a western music lover.\" The original album release included Yamashita's biography, discography, and various photographs in the form of a booklet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zPfV5kcWmog?si=9vjpWGV99HmvgqCK\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Air Records, Ariola\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Tatsuro Yamashita RCA \/ Air Years Vinyl Collection\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2023 \/ Original Release: 1982\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Funk \/ Soul, Pop\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Boogie, City Pop, Disco, Funk, Jazz-Funk, Soul\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Japanese Pop\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Air Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42883407773854,"sku":"4547366588187","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/R-28175662-1696680829-5107.jpg?v=1699254622","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/tatsuro-yamashita-greatest-hits-of","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}