05/06/2021

Audy Kimura "Looking For "The Good Life" (1983) -Soft Rock Hawaiian-



 Label : Good Life Productions / Cool Hawaii (COHI-1022)


États-Unis A

01 - Mellow Kind Of Love*
02 - Lovers & Friends* (Audy Kimura)
03 - 10 Years Down The Road** (Audy Kimura)
04 - Moments*** (Audy Kimura)
05 - Summer*** (Audy Kimura)

B

01 - Falling* (Audy Kimura)
02 - Coming Home* (Audy Kimura)
03 - Seabird*** (Audy Kimura)
04 - Love Has Arrived* (Audy Kimura)
05 - Looking For 'The Good Life'** (Audy Kimura)


Produced by Audy Kimura for Rainbow Records, Inc.
Associate Producer : Paul Kimura
Executive Producer : Blythe Arakawa
Recorded at Sounds of Hawaii Studios, Honolulu, Hawaii
Herb Ono Recording Engineer
Stan Ono Recording Engineer
Dean Ono Recording Engineer 
Audy Kimura Recording Engineer
Mixed by Audy Kimura (and thanks to Dean Uyehara, Paul Kimura & Blythe Arakawa)
Mastered at A&M by Bernie Grundman
*Arranged by Brian Robertshaw
**Arranged by Jimmy Funai
***Arranged by Chance
All Strings Arrangements by Brian Robertshaw
String Section (From Honolulu Symphony) : Claire Hazzard, Sandra Wong, Steve Kim, Nancy Masaki, Art Loventhai, Douglas Buchanan, Robert N. Kindler, LaVar Krantz, Dale Bechtel, Armen Garabedian


A

01 - Mellow Kind Of Love

Alan Leong : Electric Piano
Phil Bennett : Drums
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Paul Kimura : Electric Guitar
Bob Winn : Sax
Pete Hernandez : Percussion
Bonnie Geaheart & Rachel Gonzales : Background vocals
Honolulu Symphony : Strings

02 - Lovers & Friends

Jimmy Funai : Acoustic Guitar
Brian Robertshaw : Electric Piano
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Honolulu Symphony : Strings
Tom Boyd : Oboe

03 - 10 Years Down The Road

Alan Leong : Electric Piano
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Brian Robertshaw : Synthesizer
Audy Kimura : Acoustic Guitar & Critelli
Jimmy Funai : Acoustic Guitar
Bonnie Geaheart & Rachel Gonzales : Background vocals

04 - Moments

Audy Kimura : Acoustic Guitar
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Honolulu Symphony : Strings

05 - Summer

Alan Leong : Electric Piano
Phil Bennett : Drums
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Jimmy Funai : Guitar
Audy Kimura : Classical Guitar
Pete Hernandez : Percussion
Honolulu Symphony : Strings
Audy Kimura, Phil Bennett & Jimmy Funai : Live Comments

B

01 - Falling

Phil Bennett : Drums
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Jimmy Funai : Guitar
Tom Boyd : Oboe
Bonnie Geaheart & Rachel Gonzales : Background vocals

02 - Coming Home

Phil Bennett : Drums
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Jimmy Funai : Guitar
Tom Boyd : Oboe
Brian Robertshaw : Electric Piano 
Honolulu Symphony : Strings

03 - Seabird

Alan Leong : Electric Piano
Arex Ikehara : Bass 
Phil Bennett : Drums
Pete Hernandez : Percussion
Paul Kimura : Electric Guitar
Alex Murzyn : Flute
Jimmy Funai : Acoustic Guitar
Audy Kimura : Wind Chimes

04 - Love Has Arrived

Audy Kimura : Acoustic Guitar
Jimmy Funai : Electric Guitar
Brian Robertshaw : Electric Piano
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Honolulu Symphony : Strings 
Phil Bennett : Drums

05 - Looking For 'The Good Life'

Alan Leong : Electric Piano
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Phil Bennett : Drums
Jimmy Funai : Acoustic & Electric Guitar
Pete Hernandez : Percussion
Brian Robertshaw : Piano
Audy Kimura : Wind Chimes & Critelli
Jane Moulin : Koto
Honolulu Symphony : Strings