"Kazemachi Roman" Happy End Price: ¥2800 Good condition. Happy End [Kazemachi Roman] HQ specification With box case April Fool was formed with members Haruomi Hosono, Takashi Matsumoto, Chū Kosaka, Hiroyoshi Yanagida, and Eiji Kikuchi. They released one album, "April Fool," in '69 and disbanded. After that, Hosono and Matsumoto began to form a new band. Later, Eiichi Ohtaki, a friend of Hosono's music circle, joined. Then, Shigeru Suzuki, who was a high school student at the time, was invited as the lead guitarist, and Valentine Blue, the predecessor of Happy End, was formed. Unlike April Fool, which mainly sang in English, they aimed for rock music in Japanese, which had not existed until then. Their musicality also transformed from psychedelic and hard rock to the West Coast sound represented by Buffalo Springfield. Valentine Blue began live activities and eventually signed a contract with URC Records. At the time, URC was a representative folk label, so they had many interactions with folk artists, and they met Nobuyasu Okabayashi, and they also served as Okabayashi's backing band. Later, they changed the band name to Happy End and released their first album, "Happy End," in August '70. At the time of its release, this album's innovative sound was well-received among core music fans and became a topic of conversation, but it didn't receive much general acclaim. In '71, they released their 2nd album, "Kazemachi Roman." In '72, they recorded their 3rd album, "HAPPY END," in Los Angeles, and upon returning to Japan, they decided to disband due to differences in direction. Happy End, now called a legendary band, disbanded easily after leaving three original albums. Despite their activity period of about three years, Happy End, which had a great influence on the Japanese music scene, is a masterpiece, so please enjoy it in HQCD. #HappyEnd #CD・DVD