08/06/2023

Kaz Murata "Showdown" (1986) -City Pop / High Tech AOR-



Label : Moon Records


Japon Side 1

01 - Just A Little Love (Kazuhito Murata)
02 - Find Somebody New (Kazuhito Murata & Ralph McCarthy)
03 - Moon Birds (Kazuhito Murata & Shun Taguchi)
04 - Blue Eyes (Kazuhito Murata & Yasushi Akimoto)
05 - Orleans ~想い出のオーリアンズ~ (Kazuhito Murata & Shun Taguchi)

Side 2

01 - Night Rockers (Kazuhito Murata & Minako Yoshida)
02 - Seaside Songs (Kazuhito Murata & Yoshihiko Ando)
03 - Love You For The Night ~25時のアベニュー~ (Kazuhito Murata & Kazuko Kobayashi)
04 - Room No.1848 (Kazuhito Murata & Yoshihiko Ando)
05 - See You Again (Kazuhito Murata & Mariya Takeuchi)


Produced by Ronnie Foster
Co-Produced by Kaz Murata
All Songs Arranged by Ronnie Foster except "Seaside Songs" by Satoshi Nakamura
Associate Producer : Hiromi Yoshizawa
Recording Director : Jun Iwasaki
Recording Engineer : Keith Seppanen & Mituso Koike
Recorded at :
Yamaha R & D Studio (L.A.)
L.D.K. Studio (Tokyo)
Smile Garage (Tokyo)
Disk Mastering Engineer : Teppei Kasai (CBS / Sony)
Recording Co-ordiantor : Masato Morita, Daisuke Nakano, Chris Rogers


Side 1

01 - Just A Little Love

Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Tim Landers : Bass
Mike Miller : Guitar
David Garfield Keyboards
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Phillip Ingram : Chorus
Ronnie Foster : Chorus
Kaz Murata : Chorus

02 - Find Somebody New

Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Jimmie Johnson : Bass
Mike Miller : Guitar
Carlos Rios : Guitar Solo
David Garfield Keyboards
Kaz Murata Chorus
Tats Yamashita : Chorus

03 - Moon Birds

Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Tim Landers : Bass
Richard Smith : Guitar
David Garfield Keyboards
Ronnie Foster : Acoustic Piano

04 - Blue Eyes

Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Tim Landers : Bass
Mike Miller : Guitar
David Garfield Keyboards
Ronnie Foster : Keyboards
Dave Boruff : Sax
Michael Fisher : Percussion

05 - Orleans ~想い出のオーリアンズ~

Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Jimmie Johnson : Bass
Mike Miller : Guitar
David Garfield : Keyboards
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Kaz Murata : Chorus
Tats Yamashita : Chorus

Side 2

01 - Night Rockers

Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Jimmie Johnson : Bass
Mike Miller : Guitar
David Garfield Keyboards
Ronnie Foster : Acoustic Piano, Keyboards, Chorus

02 - Seaside Songs

Jun Aoyama : Drums
Koki Itoh : Bass
Kenji Omura : Guitar
Satoshi Nakamura : Keys, Sax
Motoya Hamaguchi : Percussion
Ronnie Foster : Chorus
Kaz Murata Chorus

03 - Love You For The Night ~25時のアベニュー~

Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Jimmie Johnson : Bass
Mike Miller : Guitar
David Garfield Keyboards
Dave Boruff : Sax
Phillip Ingram : Chorus
Ronnie Foster : Chorus
Kaz Murata Chorus

04 - Room No.1848

Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Mike Miller : Guitar
David Garfield Keyboards
Ronnie Foster : Synth Bass
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Kumi Sano : Chorus
Kaz Murata Chorus

05 - See You Again

Jun Aoyama : Drums
Koki Itoh : Bass
Mike Miller : Guitar
Yasuharu Nakanishi : Hammond Organ
Ronnie Foster : Acoustic Piano & Keys
Dave Boruff : Sax