Yokohama, California

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CD from original Yokohama, California album with 24-page booklet. 


SKU: 888295486453


The CD cover includes the photo and the pictures of the band members from the original album. The nine songs from the original album plus the seven bonus songs are listed on the back of the cover. Credits are listed on the inside cover.


The booklet contains the lyrics to the songs as well as descriptions about the songs. There are also photos that were taken in 1977 that were not included in the original album. 

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The Yokohama, California album was first released in March 1977 in San Jose, California. The band wrote and performed songs describing the Asian American communities in the 1970's, songs of identity and songs encouraging Asian Americans to make positive changes in our communities. The band's name comes from a book of short stories about the Japanese American communities in the 1930's in the San Francisco East Bay area that was referred to as Yokohama, California, written by Toshio Mori and published in 1949.

The CD lists the original nine songs and the seven live bonus tracks:
1) Tanforan (Horikoshi/Takimoto)
2) The Greatest Changes (Kikuchi-Yngojo)
3) Turning My Back (Horikoshi)
4) Manongs of Walnut Grove (Kikuchi-Yngojo)
5) Hot August Morning (Horikoshi)
6) Different Picture (Kikuchi-Yngojo)
7) Vegetables (Kikuchi-Yngojo)
8) One Step Closer (Takimoto)
9) Tomorrow (Okagaki)
10) Ikaw Ay May Kasama (Kikuchi-Yngojo)
11) Noriko's Blues (Horikoshi)
12) Bamboo (Kikuchi-Yngojo)
13) Dream for Tomorrow (Kikuchi-Yngojo/Takimoto)
14) Now That You've Gone (Okagaki)
15) Hot August Morning - live (Horikoshi)
16) Music for the People (Kikuchi-Yngojo)