07/04/2023

Shinji Harada "Natural High" (1979) -City Pop-



Label : For Life Records


Japon Side One

01 - Helicopter Chase I / Light Through The Darkness (Shinji Harada)
02 - L.A. Airport (Shinji Harada)
03 - All Your Life (Shinji Harada)
04 - Love To The World (Shinji Harada)
05 - Music Box (Shinji Harada)
06 - Wake Up (Shinji Harada & Louie Nishijima)

Side Two

01 - Randy Brown (Shinji Harada)
02 - Sweet Baby (Shinji Harada)
03 - Rainbow Color (Shinji Harada)
04 - Helicopter Chase II (Shinji Harada)
05 - Something New (Shinji Harada & Louie Nishijima)
06 - Natural Stream (Shinji Harada)


All Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar & Percussion : Shinji Harada
Guitar : Richie Zito
Bass : Bryan Garofalo
Drums : Carlos Vega
Percussion : Pat Murphy
Chromatic Harmonica : Tommy Morgan
Sitar & Tabla : Hari Horrible
*Piccolo, Alto & Tenor Saxophones, Flute : Larry Klimas
*Trumpet & Flugelhorn : Ralf Rickert
*French Horn : Sidney Muldrow
*Trombone & Bass Trombone : Doug Wintz
*Strings : Jean Hugo, Concertmaster

Producer : Shinji Harada
Executive Producers : Ikuo Suho & Yoshiyuki Okuda
Director : Masahiko Ikeda
Engineered & Mastered by Bobby Hata
All Songs Written & Arranged by Shinji Harada except the lyrics for "Something New" & "Wake Up" by Louie Nishijima
Recorded at Warner Bros. Amigo Studio, North Hollywood, Calif.
January 24th to February 19th, 1979


Side One

01 - Helicopter Chase I / Light Through The Darkness

C.P. 70, Oberheim, 8 Voice, Tubular Bell : Shinji Harada
Guitar : Richie Zito
Bass : Bryan Garofalo
Drums : Carlos Vega
"Light Through The Darkness" Conducted by Shinji Harada

02 - L.A. Airport

Piano : Shinji Harada
Guitar : Richie Zito
Bass Bryan Garofalo
Drums : Carlos Vega

03 - All Your Life

Pump Organ, Piano : Shinji Harada
Guitar : Richie Zito
Bass Bryan Garofalo
Drums : Carlos Vega

04 - Love To The World

Piano, Timpani, Mellotron : Shinji Harada
Strings & Horn*

05 - Music Box

Piano, Orchestra, Hammer, Slidewhistle, Whistle : Shinji Harada
Acoustic Guitar : Richie Zito
Bass Bryan Garofalo
Drums : Carlos Vega

06 - Wake Up

Piano, Guitar : Shinji Harada
Guitar : Richie Zito
Bass : Bryan Garofalo
Drums : Carlos Vega
Strings & Horn*

Side Two

01 - Randy Brown

Piano, Guitar : Shinji Harada
Guitar : Richie Zito
Bass Bryan Garofalo
Drums : Carlos Vega
Percussion : Pat Murphy
Strings & Horn*

02 - Sweet Baby

Piano, Clavinet, Oberheim : Shinji Harada
Guitar : Richie Zito
Bass Bryan Garofalo
Drums : Carlos Vega
Strings & Horn*

03 - Rainbow Color

Acoustic Guitar, 12 Acoustic Guitar, Tabla : Shinji Harada
Acoustic Guitar : Richie Zito
Sitar, Tabla : Hari Horrible
Guitaron : Bryan Garofalo

04 - Helicopter Chase II

Piano, Mini Moog : Shinji Harada
Guitar : Richie Zito
Bass Bryan Garofalo
Drums : Carlos Vega
Strings & Horn*

05 - Something New

All Keyboards, Guitar : Shinji Harada
Guitar : Tohru Aoyama
Bass : Masao Seki
Drums : Takashi Furuta
Piano : Hidetoshi Yamada

06 - Natural Stream

Acoustic Guitar : Shinji Harada
Strings & Horn*