1989 Van Dyke Parks – Tokyo Rose
Tokyo Rose is a 1989 album by American musician Van Dyke Parks. The album concerns the intersection between Japanese and American cultures, particularly as reflected in the competitive “Trade War” of the 1980s. The intersection between the two cultures is nowhere more obvious than in the album’s first song, “America”, an adaptation of “America the Beautiful” with numerous pentatonic shifts characteristic of Japanese music, played on a combination of standard Western instruments and traditional Japanese instruments, such as the biwa and the koto.
Tracks
1 America 03:48
2 Tokyo Rose (Van Dyke Parks) 05:10
3 Yankee, Go Home (Van Dyke Parks) 06:30
4 Cowboy (Van Dyke Parks) 04:36
5 Manzanar (Van Dyke Parks) 06:03
6 Calypso (Van Dyke Parks) 04:29
7 White Chrysanthemum (Van Dyke Parks) 04:02
8 Trade War (Van Dyke Parks) 04:44
9 Out Of Love (Van Dyke Parks) 03:19
10 One Home Run (Van Dyke Parks; Amy Furumoto) 04:01
Musicians
Bass | Van Dyke Parks |
Bass | Buell Neidlinger |
Drums | Hiromitsu Katada |
Drums | Akira Tana |
Guitar | Brian Otto |
Guitar | Dennis Budimir |
Guitar | Osamu Kitajima |
Synthesizer | Mike Watts |
Shakuhachi | Masakazu Yoshizawa |
Vocals | Arnold McCuller |
Vocals | Bobby King |
Vocals | Julie Christensen |
Vocals | Kathy Dalton |
Vocals | Lisa Popeil |
Vocals | Syd Straw |
Vocals | Terry Evans |
Vocals | Willie Greene |
Other Musicians
3 Yankee, Go Home
Vocals | Danny Hutton |
6 Calypso
Vocals | Mari Iijama |
Liner Notes
Producer – Andy Wickham
Concertmaster – Israel Baker
Concertmaster (Assistant) – Sid Page
Conductor – Todd Hayes
Coordinator (Production) – Jules Chaikin
Contractor (Orchestra) – Jules Chaikin
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Orchestrated By – Todd Hayes
Art Direction, Design – Mary Ann Dibs
Mastered At Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mixed At Pacifique Studios
Recorded At Evergreen Studios
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