Southern Fried Sushi
Harry & Mac - Road To Louisiana [MHJ7-14 JPN RSD2021 24-Bit FLAC] Originally released on a ridiculously rare album on Epic Records (Japan) in 1999. Haruomi Hosono (ex-Happy End, YMO & Sketch Show etc) and life long chum Makoto Kubota (ex-Sandii & The Sunsetz and Les Rallizes Denudes) recorded this album of New Orleans influenced southern blues rock and bayou soul using an ensemble of American and Japanese musicians at the end of the last century. Originally pressed in limited quantities, it has finally been repressed (again as a limited run) for RSD2021 in Japan. I managed to obtain a copy through a local distributor who shares a similar taste for Japanese musical obscurities. Harry & Mac cover themselves and a few others (inc. Van Morrison) in Japanese & English languages, often skillfully swapping between tongues on some tracks. Expect vinyl mastering of the highest quality on this delightfully pressed gatefold package ...which doesn't come...