Masayoshi Takanaka "An Insatiable High" (1977) -Jazz Fusion / City Pop-

 Label : Kitty Records

 Side A

01 - Sexy Dance (Masayoshi Takanaka & Elise Krentzel)
02 - Malibu (Masayoshi Takanaka)
03 - An Insatiable High (Masayoshi Takanaka)

Side B

01 - E.S.P. (Masayoshi Takanaka & Roy Alfred)
02 - M5 (Masayoshi Takanaka)
03 - Sundrops (Masayoshi Takanaka)
04 - Good (Bad?) Old Days (Masayoshi Takanaka)


Produced by Masayoshi Takanaka
Executive Producer : Katsuya Yasumuro
Recorded by Bob Stone (Larrabee Sound Studio, L.A.)
Recorded & Remixed by Teruaki Kitagawa (Polydor Studio, Tokyo)

Horn Arranged by Greg Adams

Strings Arranged by Masayoshi Takanaka, Jun Fukamachi, Katz Hoshi

Music Coordinator : Olivia Page, Naomi Nimura
Production Assistant : Tokio Shibata


Side A

01 - Sexy Dance 

Maxine Anderson, Julia Tillman Waters & Maxine Willard Waters : Vocals
Masayoshi Takanaka & Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Patrice Rushen : Keyboards
Harvey Mason : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Motoya Hamaguchi & Steve Forman : Percussion 
Greg Adams, Emilio Castillo, Mic Gillette, Stephen "Doc" Kupka & Lenny Pickett : Horns

02 - Malibu 

Masayoshi Takanaka & Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Patrice Rushen : Keyboards
Chuck Rainey : Bass
Ed Greene : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

03 - An Insatiable High 

Masayoshi Takanaka & Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Patrice Rushen & Jun Fukamachi : Keyboards
Harvey Mason : Drums
Chuck Rainey : Bass
Paulinho Da Costa, Steve Forman & Motoya Hamaguchi : Percussion

Side B

01 - E.S.P. 

Jim Gilstrap, Maxine Anderson, Julia Tillman Waters & Maxine Willard Waters : Vocals
Masayoshi Takanaka & Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Patrice Rushen : Keyboards
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Harvey Mason & Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami : Drums
Motoya Hamaguchi & Steve Forman : Percussion
Greg Adams, Emilio Castillo, Mic Gillette, Stephen "Doc" Kupka & Lenny Pickett : Horns

02 - M5 

Masayoshi Takanaka & Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Jun Fukamachi : Keyboards
Chuck Rainey : Bass
Harvey Mason : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa, Steve Forman & Motoya Hamaguchi : Percussion
Greg Adams, Emilio Castillo, Mic Gillette, Stephen "Doc" Kupka & Lenny Pickett : Horns

03 - Sundrops 

Maxine Anderson, Julia Tillman Waters & Maxine Willard Waters : Vocals
Masayoshi Takanaka & Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Patrice Rushen : Keyboards
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Harvey Mason : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

04 - Good (Bad ?) Old Days 

Masayoshi Takanaka & Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Patrice Rushen : Keyboards
Chuck Rainey : Bass
Ed Greene : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion