Eiichi Ohtaki
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, is a Japan
ese popular musician, who was a member of the influential rock band
Happy End and is known for his solo work as well.
His 1981 album, A Long Vacation, is particularly famous. It was the first Japanese album to be released on CD, sold over a million copies and has been re-released in 20th anniversary and 30th anniversary editions. It was also chosen as the 7th best album in Rolling Stone Japan‘s list of the 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time (the list topped by the Happy End album Kazemachi Roman
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese popular musician, who was a member of the influential rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
Happy End and is known for his solo work as well.
His 1981 album, A Long Vacation, is particularly famous. It was the first Japanese album to be released on CD, sold over a million copies and has been re-released in 20th anniversary and 30th anniversary editions. It was also chosen as the 7th best album in Rolling Stone Japan‘s list of the 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time (the list topped by the Happy End album Kazemachi Roman
Kazemachi Roman
translated literally as Wind City Romance, is the second album by Japanese folk rock band Happy End, released in 1971 in Japan on URC Records. In this concept album, Happy End attempted to paint a musical picture of Tokyo before the 1964 Summer Olympics, through which sweeping changes transformed...
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