28/11/2015

Marlene "Déjà Vu" (1983) -Jazz Funk / Soul-



 Label : CBS / Sony Records


Philippines Side A

01 - Zanzibar Night (Linda Hennrick & Masanori Sasaji)
02 - You're The One (Cheryl Lynn & J. Footman)
03 - No More Love (Brian Mann)
04 - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox)
05 - Steppin' Out (Linda Hennrick & Masahiro Andoh)

Side B

01 - Déjà Vu (Isaac Hayes & Adrienne Anderson)
02 - Beware Boyfriend (Teddy Johns)
03 - Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel)
04 - The Cheater (Linda Hennrick & Masahiro Andoh)
05 - Inseparable (Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy)


Produced by Yasohachi Itoh
Recording a Mixing Engineer : Yoshihiro Suzuki
Assistant Engineers : Mikio Takamatsu & Junji Matsuo
All Tracks Arranged by Masanori Sasaji
Recorded & Mixed at CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studios, Tokyo, in December 1982 & February 1983

Musicians :
Marlene : Vocals
Masanori Sasaji : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Takayuki Hijikara : Electric Guitars except "Just The Way You Are"
Morio Watanabe : Electric Bass except "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Steppin' Out" & "Just The Way You Are"
Akira Okazawa : Electric Bass on "Killing Me Softly With His Song" & "Steppin' Out"
Hideo Yamaki : Drums & Percussion on "Zanzibar Night", "You're The One", "Beware Boyfriend" & "The Cheater"
Yuhichi Togashiki : Drums & Percussion except "Zanzibar Night", "You're The One", "Beware Boyfriend", "Just The Way You Are" & "The Cheater"
Eve : Background vocals on "Zanzibar Night", "No More Love", "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Steppin' Out", "Beware Boyfriend" & "The Cheater"
Tetsuroh Oda & Norio Sakai : Background vocals on "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Steppin' Out" & "Beware Boyfriend"
Masami Nakagawa : Flute & Alto Flute on "Déjà Vu" & "Inseparable"
Hitoshi Okano : Trumpet on "Beware Boyfriend"
Hidefumi Toki : Alto Saxophone on "Beware Boyfriend"
Kohsei Kikuchi : Tenor Saxophone on "Beware Boyfriend"
Horn Section on "You're The One" & "No More Love" :
Ichiroh Nitta, Junichi Kanezaki & Yoshikazu Kishi : Trumpets & Flugelhorns
Takaaki Hayakawa & Hideo Iguchi : Tenor Trombones
Shigeru Kawashima : Bass Trombone
Joh Katoh Group : Strings on "You're The One", "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Déjà Vu" & "Inseparable"
"Just The Way You Are" : Marlene & Sasaji Grand Orchestra
Operated by Toshiroh Nakamura & N-Tosh