Tak Matsumoto's Solo Discography

Tak has always been a very busy man.  Both before and after the B'z formed he has taken time to release solo projects.

HANA 4th SOLO ALBUM
[HANA]
2002.02.27 Release / Rooms Records / BMCR-8004
1.Koiuta (Love Song)
2.#1090 Senmu Ichiya (Thousand Dream Night)
3.Hana (Flower)
4.Machi (Town/Street)
5.Midousuji BLUE (Street name in Osaka, Tak's hometown)
6.Aka Asayake (Scarlet Glowing Sunrise)
7.Little Wing
8.Romeo & Juliet
9.hallelujah
10.ENGAGED
11.You Know***
12.2011

[Romeo & Juliet] had been performed in the
Live Gym Pleasure '97, and also appeared on the
Guitar Monster Volume 2 of the same year.
It is [What Is A Youth]/[A Time For Us] by Nino
Rota from the 1968 movie Romeo & Juliet

[#1090 Thousand Dreams] (former Music Station
theme) is updated for this album.

[Little Wing] is a Hendrix cover. Tak had
previously copied this at the start of [Slave To
The Night] on the 7th Blues album.

Steve Vai contributed to some of the mixing on this
album.

[Hana] & [Koiuta] are the theme songs for the
NHK Special Ancient Asian City Stories.
The Chinese Erhu player Chen Min performs on
these.
DRAGON 1st MINI ALBUM
[DRAGON FROM THE WEST]
2002.02.27 Release / Rooms Records / BMCR-8003
1.SACRED FIELD
2.FIGHTNG BULL
3.DRAGON FROM THE WEST
4.NOTTEKE
5.Riverside Blues
6.Trinity

The main instrument used in this recording
was the new Gibson Takburst signature model.
KNOCKIN 3rd SOLO ALBUM
[KNOCKIN' "T" AROUND]
1999.04.14 Release / Rooms Records / BMCR-7033
1. THE CHANGING (Electric Lady Mix)
2. Nothin' But The Blues
3. HEAVEN
4. SAKURA
5. GO FURTHER
6. two of us
7. Kamisama E (Toward God)
8. Fuyu No Hi (Winter Light)
9. Ai ~ Ai ~ Ai (Love ~ Love ~ Love)
10. Zero Yori Zero Kara (From Zero Through Zero)
11. Believin' You

This album contains the Formula 1 Grand Prix
Opening Theme [Go Further].  Billy Sheehan plays
bass, and Luna Sea's Shinya plays drums on this track.

Tak played the Japanese national anthem Hendrix
style at the Japanese Formula 1 race that year.
THE CHANGING 1st MAXI SINGLE
[THE CHANGING]
1999.03.25 Release / Rooms Records / BMCR-7032
1.THE CHANGING
2.ONE FOR THE ROAD
3.THE CHANGING [Original TV style]
4.THE CHANGING [Vocal & Guitar Less Version]

This single was Tak's vocal debut.
Thousand Wave Plus 1st SOLO ALBUM
Remix, Remaster
[Thousand Wave Plus]
1996.10.7 Release / meldac / MECR-25047
1.Thousand Wave
2.Touch Operation
3.SPAIN
4."99"
5.So Long
6.Vampire Hunter "D"
7.Play It So Loud
8.Teaser
9.Take Five
10.No Way Out
11.'88 - Love Story
12.Love Ya

Perhaps he was frustrated with the sound
of the earlier release?  Tracks 11 & 12 were
added from the 1st solo single.
Rock'n Roll Standard Club Produced by Matsumoto
[Rock'n Roll Standard Club]
1996.5.15 Release / Rooms Records / BMCR-7007
1.I GOT THE FIRE (Montrose)
2.FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING (Whitesnake)
3.CAUSE WE'VE ENDED AS LOVERS (Jeff Beck)
4.INTO THE ARENA (Michael Schenker Group)
5.ROCK AND ROLL,HOOCHIE KOO (Rick Derringer)
6.MOVE OVER (Janis Joplin)
7.LIFE FOR THE TAKING (Eddie Money)
8.SUNSET (Gary Moore)
9.WISHING WELL (Free)
10.COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN (Led Zeppelin)
11.MISTREATED (Deep Purple)

On this album Tak chose to make explicit
his musical roots by covering songs of
some of the bands he grew up on.
The original band name is after the song.
Wanna Go Home 2nd SOLO ALBUM
[Wanna Go Home]
1992.4.22 Release / Rooms Records / BVCR-82
1.Wanna Go Home
2.99
3.Long Distance Call
4.Love Ya <Interlude>
5.Air Port
6.Life II
7.'88 - Love Story
8.Love Ya
9.#1090 Thousand Dreams
10.Jammin' of The Guitar
11.Speed
12.Wanna Go Home <Reprise>

This album contains the Music Station Opening
Theme - [#1090 Thousand Dreams].  Maki Oguro
appears as a backup singer in this album,
as she does on several B'z albums.
#1090 Thousand Dreams 2nd SOLO SINGLE
[#1090 Thousand Dreams / LIFE]
1992.3.18 Release / Rooms Records / BVDR-89
'88 - Love Story 1st SOLO SINGLE
['88 - Love Story / Love Ya]
1991.9.25 Release / meldac / MEDR-10014
Thousand Wave 1st SOLO ALBUM
[Thousand Wave]
1988.5.21 Release / meldac / MECR-25047
1.Thousand Wave
2.Touch Operation
3.SPAIN
4."99"
5.So Long
6.Vampire Hunter "D"
7.Play It So Loud
8.Teaser
9.Take Five
10.No Way Out

This album sold more than the B'z first album.
[Vampire Hunter "D"] was written by Tetsuya Komuro.

[Play It So Loud] contained keyboards.  They
were played very loudly.

[Take Five] is a version of the Dave Brubeck 5/4
classic.

["99"] is the music that was later used for [Rosy]
on Off The Lock.