Prior to this, Wilson had produced recordings by artists such as Bob Dylan,[2] Simon & Garfunkel,[3] Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention,[4] and The Velvet Underground.

[7] "Twice Told Tales of the Pomegranate Forest" is a sparsely-instrumented English spoken word piece featuring Harumi and New York DJ William "Rosko" Mercer.

[8] "Samurai Memories" is much more musically frantic, featuring Japanese spoken word vocals credited to Harumi and his family.

This proposed tour would start on April 16, 1968, in Boston, Massachusetts, and end in Honolulu, Hawaii, with 13 other major American cities visited in between.

Part of the song "Hunters of Heaven" was quoted by Snakefinger, playing violin with The Residents on their 1972 debut EP Santa Dog.

Additionally, a 2006 article in Downtown Express, which describes tensions between the landlord and tenants of an apartment building in Manhattan, mentions a "[Harumi] Ando, a photographer who has lived in the top floor loft since 1975.