Takanaka is the second studio album by Japanese musician, producer and composer Masayoshi Takanaka, released by Kitty Records in March 1977. The album sees performances from Rey Ohara (former Sadistic Mika Band co-member), Jun Fukamachi, Shigeru Inoue, and Chris Mosdell. The Album was Recorded and Mixed at Polydor Studio, Tokyo.
The song "Ready to Fly" was performed by Takanaka while a member of the Sadistics.
"Ready To Fly" remains a staple of his live performances and is one of his most well known and highly praised songs
Track listing
Personnel
Credits and personnel adapted from liner notes
- Masayoshi Takanaka â producer, arranger, guitar, ukulele, vocals
- Kenji Takamizu â Bass
- Rei Ohara - Bass
- Shigeru Inoue - Drums
- Keiko Yamakawa - Harp
- Hiroshi Sato - Keyboards
- Jun Fukamachi - Keyboards
- Naoya Matsuoka - Keyboards
- Yu Imai - Keyboards
- Motoya Hamaguchi - Percussion
- Nobu Saito - Percussion
- Haruna Akabori - Horn
- Jake H. Concepcion - Saxophone
- Koji Satsuma - Saxophone
- Takehisa Suzuki - Trumpet
- Tetsuo Fushimi - Trumpet
- Tokikazu Sumiyama - Trumpet
- Chris Mosdell - Vocals
- Hisao Matsuyoshi - Vocals
- Katsu Hoshi - Vocals
- Tan Tan (Taniguchi Taeko) - Vocals
Additional Personnel and Production
- Masayoshi Sukita - Photographer
- Isao Sakai - Design
- Susumo Ohno - Engineer
- Terukai Igarashi - Assistant Engineer
- Toyokazu Takeda - Assistant Engineer
- Yasunori Kitajima - Assistant Engineer
- Katsuya Yasumuro - Executive Producer
Release history
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