Ros Expo '70/Ros in Japan

Expo '70 took place in Suita, Osaka Japan, and was open from March through September 1970. Coordinated under the theme of "Progress and Harmony for Mankind," it was the first World's Fair ever to take place in Japan. The West German Pavilion featured daily realizations of works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Sergio Mende's Brasil ‘66 recorded an album at the Fair, as did one of Britain's premiere dance band leaders, Trinidad-born, Afro-Scottish-Venezuelan percussionist and singer Edmundo Ros. Ros Expo ‘70 was essentially a cosmopolitan sequel to his 1966 LP Ros in Japan, which consists of Latin American-styled dance numbers with Japanese titles. Ros Expo ‘70 employs the pop formula which Ros had used successfully on his many London Phase 4 Stereo albums over the previous decade, as bossa nova, samba, beguine and cha-cha-cha are applied to well-known airs like "The Last Rose of Summer," "Red River Valley," and "Waltzing Matilda." In 2004, both albums were compiled onto one disc by the ever-resourceful Dutton Vocalion reissue label. ~ arwulf arwulf|