Masayoshi Takanaka - Oh! Tengo Suerte

Masayoshi Takanaka - Oh! Tengo Suerte (1976)

I mean this!

The Congas!!

Irresistible. 

It needs to become the theme tune. 

This is life. 

This vibe says freedom and being a 70s baby it matches my wrapped in an Hawaiian shirt forever soul. 

Masayoshi Takanaka - Tokyo Reggie (1976)

Hang on this needs to be the theme tune for our daily battles against the poisonous nonsense they are selling. I will be demoralised no further because samba jazz funk fusion. Remember when the government and media didn't demonise you for having normal boring viewpoints. 

Masayoshi Takanaka - サヨナラ…FUJIさん (1976)

Bless Masayoshi's soul.

Breeze-y with nonchalant cowbell goodness!

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."

Fuck the humourless anti-human death cult, live life in abundance.

Anyway Masayoshi Takanaka's debut solo LP Seychelles (1976) which contains the above three tunes was reissued a couple of months ago. Once again however if you missed out it's already going for silly prices. Although unlike Tatsuro Yamashita you can find many Takanaka records on Spotify and youtube.

I first heard this guy seven or eight years ago on that Nippon Funk compilation. He's since become a bit of a cult figure on the internet because his tune An Insatiable High (1977) went viral.