Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives of (Vinyl) Claire Rousay California 1987]

California 1987]

wonderful songs

and it masterfully balances three Purdie-penned originals with three covers of hits-du-jour

following a tour with Bad Brains

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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives of (Vinyl) Claire Rousay California 1987]Ryuichi Sakamoto's first solo album appeared before he formed Yellow Magic Orchestra in late 1978, after the young keyboardist had earned his M. A. in music from Tokyo University. Six long instrumentals make up this album, but apart from a taste for Asian sounding synth lines, they hint at very little of what was to come in YMO. "Thousand Knives" is a long disco lite jazzy workout with a guitar solo by Kazumi Watanabe (who would later join YMO on tour