Kazu Matsui Featuring Carlos Rios "The Direction West" (1982) -Westcoast Rock-

 Label : Lakeside Records / Cool Sound (COOL-039)

 Side One

01 - Overture (Kan Ogasawara)
02 - At The End Of The Alley (England, 1840...) (Brian Mann, Kim Dodgson & Kazu Matsui)
03 - Then I Heard The Sound Of Rain (Fujimaru Yoshino & Kazu Matsui)
04 - Fortune Teller (Maurice Jarre)

Side Two

01 - The Direction You Take (Tetsuji Hayashi & Kazu Matsui)
02 - From These Hills (Kevin Becka & Danny O'Keefe)
03 - A Night Of The Great Canyon (Satoshi Nakamura & Paul Jackson Jr.)
04 - Fiesta En Los Andes (Festival In The Andes) (Carlos Rios)


Produced by Kazu Matsui
Co-Produced by Kazuyiki Masumoto for Kaz & Kazu Production
Recorded & Mixed August & September, 1982 at Studio Sound Recorders, N. Hollywood, California
Engineer : Kazuyiki Masumoto
Assistant Engineers : Les Brockmann, Paul Shiki & Alan Hirschberg
Additional Recording at Audio Affects Studios, CA & Media Studio, Tokyo
Mastered by Mitsuharu Kobayashi at CBD/Sony Studio, Tokyo
Production Management by Kaz & Kazu Production, Los Angeles, CA


Side One

01 - Overture

Arranged by Kan Ogasawara
Guitar : Carlos Rios
Piano & Rhodes : Russell Ferrante
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Piccolo & Flute : Joel Peskin
Percussions : Paulinho Da Costa
Horns : Earth Wind & Fire Horn Section

Percussions : Kazu Matsui

02 - At The End Of The Alley (England, 1840...)

Rhythm Arranged by Brian Mann
Strings & Horns Arranged by Tom Tom 84
Electric Guitar : Carlos Rios
Acoustic Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Piano & Rhodes : Russell Ferrante
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Vinnie Colaiuta
Horns : Earth Wind & Fire Horn Section
Lead vocal : Bill Champlin 

03 - Then I Heard The Sound Of Rain

Arranged by Fujimaru Yoshino
Guitar : Carlos Rios & Paul Jackson Jr.
Piano & Rhodes : Russell Ferrante
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : John Ferraro
Lead vocal & Chorus : Bill Champlin

04 - Fortune Teller

Arranged by Maurice Jarre
Guitar : Carlos Rios
Piano & Rhodes : Russell Ferrante
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : John Ferraro
Keyboards : Craig Hundley

Electric Violin Solo : Subramaniam

Shakuhachi : Kazu Matsui

Additional Mix by Bobby Macias
Chorus : Maxi Anderson, Lisa Roberts & Marlena Jeter

Side Two

01 - The Direction You Take

Rhythm Arranged by Tetsuji Hayashi
Strings & Horns Arranged by Bill Meyers
Guitar : Carlos Rios
Piano & Rhodes : Russell Ferrante
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Vinnie Colaiuta
Flugelhorn & Trumpet : Steve Madaio & Chuck Findley
Trombone & Euphonium : Dick 'Slyde' Hyde
Bass Trombone : John Bonine
Lead vocal : Jennifer Warnes

02 - From These Hills

Rhythm Arranged by Tetsuji Hayashi
Strings & Horns Arranged by Tom Tom 84
Guitar : Carlos Rios
Piano & Rhodes : Russell Ferrante
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Vinnie Colaiuta
Horns : Earth Wind & Fire Horn Section
Lead vocal : Rena Scott

03 - A Night Of The Great Canyon

Arranged by Satoshi Nakamura & Paul Jackson Jr.
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Keyboard : Satoshi Nakamura & Craig Hundley
Bass : Neil Stubenhaus
Drums : Jun Aoyama
Shakuhachi & Percussions : Kazu Matsui

04 - Fiesta En Los Andes (Festival In The Andes)

Arranged by Bill Meyers
Guitar : Carlos Rios
Piano & Rhodes : Russell Ferrante
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Piccolo & Flute : Joel Peskin
Percussions : Paulinho Da Costa