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Imai Yuko

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Singer-songwriter Yuko Imai's original album released in 1990, produced by Toshio Tsunomatsu, is now available for the first time on vinyl as a double LP. 2021 Cutting. Produced by Toshio Kadomatsu, the album features many top-notch musicians who are well-known in Kadomatsu Toshio's sessions and live performances, including Tomohito Aoki (b), Jun Kajiwara (g), Yoshiyuki Asano (g), Shuichi Murakami (ds), Shingo Kobayashi (key), Nov Saito (perc), Shigeru Suzuki (g) and Takeshi Kon (g). Ai wa Kanata" (lyrics and music by Minako Yoshida), a cover of a famous song by Minako Yoshida, features Shigeru Suzuki (g), Takeshi Kon (g), Shuichi Murakami (ds), Nobu Saito (ds), and others. Shigeru Suzuki (g), who also played on the original Minako Yoshida's "Flapper" (1976 RCA) as a guitarist, can be heard here and there on guitar solos. The danceable "Let me say good-bye - Let me say good-bye" is a popular song that can be heard on Toshio Kadomatsu's album "The gentle sex" (2000/ BMG), which also features his self-cover version. The guitar solo in the interlude is by Toshio Tsunomatsu.He is a regular member of Toshio Kadomatsu's band, and has performed on several of the band's albums, including "By the side of love" (composed by Tomohito Aoki, arranged by Shingo Kobayashi), "Eye opener..." (composed and arranged by Yoshiyuki Asano) and "Airport" (arranged by Shingo Kobayashi). (composed and arranged by Yoshiyuki Asano), "Airport" (arranged by Shingo Kobayashi), and others, featuring regular members of Toshio Kadomatsu's band, Tomohito Aoki (g), Yoshiyuki Asano (g), and Shingo Kobayashi. The slap bass solo intro heard on the funk number "Unchangeable life" is by the late Tomohito Aoki (b), one of Japan's leading bass players. 2021 Cutting.(Originally released on April 21, 1990 / CD: KICS-15/ CRYSTAL BIRD / KING RECORD CO., LTD.)Produced by Toshio TsunomatsuArranged by Toshio Tsunomatsu, Shingo Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki AsanoRecorded & Mixed by Eiji UchinumaYuko Imai (vo,cho)Toshio Tsunomatsu (g,key,cho)Tomohito Aoki (b), Tsuyoshi Kon (g), Jun Kajiwara (g), Shigeru Suzuki (g), Yoshiyuki Asano (g), Masayoshi Furukawa (g), Shuichi Murakami (ds), Toru Hasebe (ds), Shingo Kobayashi (key), Shoji Namba (key), Nov Saito (perc), Osamu Koike (sax) )Jackie Kayoko Takahashi (cho)Kazumi Miyaura (cho)Takashi Hiyama (cho)Junko Hirotani (cho)Susumu Kazuhara (flh)Mikichiro Kubo (manipulate)......etc.