Hako Yamasaki - Tobimasu/山崎ハコ - 飛・び・ま・す (1975)

1. Nostalgia/望郷 [Bōkyō] - 0:00 2. Wandering/さすらい [Sasurai] 4:15 3. Windmill/かざぐるま [Kazaguruma] 10:19 4. House Beyond The Bridge/橋向こうの家 [Hashi Mukou No Ie] - 14:36 5. The Bells Say Goodbye/サヨナラの鐘 [Sayonara No Kane] - 18:56 6. Bamboo Dragonfly/たけとんぼ [Taketombo] - 24:30 7. See No Shadows/影が見えない [Kage Ga Mienai] - 29:02 8. Change Of Pace/気分を変えて [Kibun O Kaete] - 35:19 9. Fly/飛びます [Tobimasu] - 39:05 10. Lullaby/子守唄 [Komori Uta] - 45:39 11. A Male And Female In A Room/男と女の部屋 [Otoko To Onna No Heya] - 49:41 Front - Back - Pricing/label - LP Side A - LP Side B - Front with label/pricing - Hako Yamasaki’s debut is more consistently neurotic than the classic Tsunawatari. Yamasaki wails like a siren at sea, and just as beautiful. Nostalgia and Wandering hooking you right into the melancholy mood the album oozes. Change Of Pace and the title track are a departure from the tone of the previous songs, and welcome ones at that, but only to come right back down with Lullaby. It’s a more cohesive work than Tsunawatari, if less technically impressive. A Male And Female In A Room is the bonus track off the CD remaster, but the perfect end to this album. I had to include it.