Description
Happy End is the third and final album by Japanese folk rock band Happy End. It was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Van Dyke Parks and features several American session musicians such as Lowell George and Bill Payne of the band Little Feat.
Happy End, formed in 1969 by Haruomi Hosono and Eiichi Ohtaki, was influenced by the Tokyo folk and rock scene of the '60s and '70s. Their music fused West Coast rock with a Japanese sensibility. They were in demand as a backing band and their debut album, along with their next one, Kazemachi Roman, proved the lasting appeal of Japanese-language rock.