Tropical Dandy
Tropical Dandy is Haruomi Hosono's second solo album.
Album
This album begins the tropical style which Hosono features very prevalently in the beginning of his career in following albums such as Bon Voyage co. and Paraiso. Also, it features performances from "Caramel Mama". This album was reissued as part of a box set with bonus tracks taken from Tin Pan Alley albums by Crown decades later.Album cover
The album's cover is a parody of the sailor-themed packaging of Player's Navy Cut cigarettes, similar to the 1969 Procol Harum album, A Salty Dog. The quotation marks around Hosono's surname refer to the "medium" version of the cigarette. The cover also portrays a ship resembling the RMS Titanic, which Hosono's grandfather, Masabumi, infamously escaped the sinking of on her maiden voyage.Personnel
- Haruomi Hosono – Bass, Vocals, Mellotron, Marimba, Guitar, Clavinet, Cowbell, Whistle, Backing Vocals/Choir, Production, Liner notes
- Masataka Matsutoya – Piano, Hammond organ, String Arrangements
- Shigeru Suzuki – Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals/Choir
- Tatsuo Hayashi – Drums, Percussion
- Hiroki Komazawa – Pedal steel guitar
- Hiroshi Satō – Piano, Clavinet
- Ginji Itō – Electric Guitar
- Motoya Hamaguchi – Percussion
- Makoto Yano – Strings, Horn & String Arrangements
- Minako Yoshida – Duet Vocals, Backing Vocals/Choir
- Makoto Kubota – Backing Vocals/Choir, Scat Vocals
- Teruyuki Fukushima – Trumpet
- Masayuki Kuniyoshi – Flute
- Yōji Yamashita – Ukulele
- Clare Francis – Voice
- Kayo Ito, Taeko Ōnuki & Kōsetsu Minami – Backing Vocals/Choir
- Kazuhiro Ichihashi – Backing Vocals/Choir, Assistant Engineering
- Shincihi Furuzaki – Re-mixing
- Yasuo Yagi – Cover and Back Tropical Artwork, Concept Art
- Michiko Oshima – Liner Artwork
- Takumi Uchida – Photography