12/03/2013

Yumi Matsutoya "The Dancing Sun" (1994) -City Pop-



  Label : Toshiba / EMI



Japon 01 - Sign Of The Time (Yumi Matsutoya)
02 - グッドバイ・フレンド (Yumi Matsutoya)
03 - Good-Bye Friend (Yumi Matsutoya)
04 - Bye Bye Boy (Yumi Matsutoya)
05 - Get Away (Yumi Matsutoya)
06 - Hello, My Friend (Yumi Matsutoya)
07 - River (Yumi Matsutoya)
08 - Lonesome Cowboy (Yumi Matsutoya)
09 - Oh Juliet (Yumi Matsutoya)
10 - 春よ,来い (Yumi Matsutoya)


Produced by Masataka Matsutoya
Co-Produced by Matt Forger, Masafumi Yamanaka & Yoshinori Waraya
All Songs Arranged by Masataka Matsutoya
Directed by Ken-ichi Nomura & Yukari Suzuki
Recorded by Yoshinori Waraya (Tokyo) & Matt Forger (L.A.)
Pre-Production Engineered by Masafumi Yamanaka
Assistant Engineers : Yukio Kobashi, Katsuhiro Odashima, Yuko Suzuki & Mitsuyoshi Kishida (Tokyo) / Mark Hagen, Brian Kinkel & Brady Schwartz for Digital Editing (L.A.)
Recorded at MICA Studio, HEART BEAT Recording Studio & SOUND INN STUDIOS (Tokyo) / Westlake Audio (L.A.)
Mixed by Matt Forger
Mixed at Westlake Audio
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Assisted by Jimmy McKeever
Synthesizer Assistants : Hideyuki Hiraki & Kohtaro Hayashi


01 - Sign Of The Time

Keyboards & Programming : Masataka Matsutoya
Synthesizer Programming & Operating : Masafumi Yamanaka
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Electric Guitars : Michael Landau
Acoustic Guitars : Dean Parks
Percussion : Michael Fisher
Background vocals : Yumi Matsutoya

02 - グッドバイ・フレンド 

Keyboards & Programming : Masataka Matsutoya
Synthesizer Programming & Operating : Masafumi Yamanaka
Acoustic Guitars : Masaya Nakagawa
Background vocals : Yumi Matsutoya

03 - Good-Bye Friend

Keyboards & Programming : Masataka Matsutoya
Synthesizer Programming & Operating : Masafumi Yamanaka
Hi-Hats & Cymbals : Eiji Shimamura
Fretless Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar & Kenji Takamizu
Percussion : Motoya Hamaguchi & Michael Fisher
Background vocals : Yumi Matsutoya

04 - Bye Bye Boy

Keyboards & Programming : Masataka Matsutoya
Synthesizer Programming & Operating : Masafumi Yamanaka
Electric Guitars : Paul Jackson Jr.
Background vocals : Yumi Matsutoya

05 - Get Away

Keyboards & Programming : Masataka Matsutoya
Synthesizer Programming & Operating : Masafumi Yamanaka
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Electric Guitars : Dean Parks
Percussion : Michael Fisher
Trumpet : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant
Trombone : Bill Reichenbach
Sax : Dan Higgins
Background vocals : Yumi Matsutoya & Gisa Vatcky
Horn Arrangement : Jerry Hey

06 - Hello, My Friend

Keyboards & Programming : Masataka Matsutoya
Synthesizer Programming & Operating : Masafumi Yamanaka
Hi-Hats, Toms & Cymbals : Eiji Shimamura
Electric Bass : Kenji Takamizu
Electric Guitars : Masaki Matsubara & Shigeru Suzuki
Percussion : Motoya Hamaguchi
Background vocals : Yumi Matsutoya

07 - River

Keyboards & Programming : Masataka Matsutoya
Synthesizer Programming & Operating : Masafumi Yamanaka
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Electric Guitars : Michael Landau
Percussion : Michael Fisher
Background vocals : Yumi Matsutoya

08 - Lonesome Cowboy

Keyboards & Programming : Masataka Matsutoya
Synthesizer Programming & Operating : Masafumi Yamanaka
Hi-Hats & Cymbals : Eiji Shimamura
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Electric Guitars : Michael Landau
Percussion : Michael Fisher
Background vocals : Yumi Matsutoya 

09 - Oh Juliet

Keyboards & Programming : Masataka Matsutoya
Synthesizer Programming & Operating : Masafumi Yamanaka
Drums : Harvey Mason
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Electric Guitars : Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Michael Fisher
Trumpet : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant
Trombone : Bill Reichenbach
Sax : Dan Higgins
Background vocals : Yumi Matsutoya, Kido, Kiyoshi Hiyama, Junko Hiratani & Raji
Horn Arrangement : Jerry Hey 

10 - 春よ,来い

Keyboards & Programming : Masataka Matsutoya
Synthesizer Programming & Operating : Masafumi Yamanaka
Hi-Hats & Cymbals : Eiji Shimamura
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Percussion : Michael Fisher
Background vocals : Yumi Matsutoya