10/11/2021

Kenichi Fujimoto "Apéritif" (1986) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-



Label : CSB / Sony Records


Japon Side A

01 - Mornin' Good-Bye (Kenichi Fujimoto & M. Matsuo)
02 - Memories (Kenichi Fujimoto & Akira Ohtsu)
03 - Alone (Kenichi Fujimoto & Akira Ohtsu)
04 - Let Me Go (Kenichi Fujimoto & Akira Ohtsu)
05 - Moon Light (Kenichi Fujimoto & Mike Dunn)

Side B

01 - Fiction Night (Kenichi Fujimoto & M Matsuo)
02 - Someone To Love (Kenichi Fujimoto & Akira Ohtsu)
03 - To You (Kenichi Fujimoto & M. Matsuo)
04 - I Need You Tonight (Kenichi Fujimoto & Akira Ohtsu)


"I Need You Tonight" & "To You"
Arranged by Kazufimi Ohhama except Horn Arrangement on "To You" by Akio Suzuki & Kazufumi Ohhama
Noriyuki Hirose : Drums
Mike Dunn : Bass & Background vocal
Kazufumi Ohhama : Keyboards
Jun Sumida : Guitar
Akio Suzuki : Alto & Tenor Saxophones
Kazuyoshi Kishi & Michio Kagiwada : Trumpets on "To You"
Masayoshi Shirasu & Fumio Shirayama : Trombones on "To You"
Cupid Strings : Strings on "I Need You Tonight"
Toshihiro Nakanishi : Concert Master on "I Need You Tonight"
Kiyoshi Nakagawa : Contractor on "I Need You Tonight"

"Alone", "Moon Light" & "Someone To Love" Arranged by Mike Dunn
Except Rhythm Arrangement on "Someone To Love" by Kenichi Fujimoto & Mike Dunn
Except Strings Arrangement on "Alone" & "Someone To Love" by Kazufumi Ohhama
Akira Doi : Drums on "Alone" & "Moon Light"
Hideo Inoura : Drums on "Moon Light" & "Someone To Love"
Mike Dunn : Bass & Background vocal
Kazufumi Ohhama : Keyboards, Synthesizers, Accordion & Drumtraks Programming
Toshio Kaji : Digital Piano on "Alone"
Hiroki Miyano : Acoustic Guitar on "Alone" & "Moon Light"
Nobuo Yagi : Harmonica on "Someone To Love"
Akio Suzuki : Alto & Tenor Saxophones on "Alone" & "Moon Light"
Cupid Strings : Strings on "Alone"
Toshihiro Nakanishi & Yukihiro Matsubara : Violins on "Someone To Love"
Tamio Suzuki : Viola on "Someone To Love"
Masatoshi Maeda : Cello on "Someone To Love"
Toshihiro Nakanishi : Concert Master on "Alone" & "Someone To Love"
Kiyoshi Nakagawa : Contractor on "Alone" & "Someone To Love"

"Fiction Night", "Let Me Go", "Mornin' Good-Bye" & "Memories"
Arranged by Sync-Box
Hideo Inoura : Drums
Kenji Takamizu : Bass except "Memories"
Mike Dunn : Bass on "Memories"
Hiroshi Satoh : Keyboards, Synthesizers, Programming & Background vocal
Shigeru Suzuki : Guitar on "Memories"
Yuji Toriyama : Guitar except "Memories"
Akio Suzuki : Soprano, Alto & Tenor Saxophones on "Fiction Night", "Let Me Go" & "Mornin' Good-Bye"
Cupid Strings : Strings on "Fiction Night" & "Let Me Go"
Toshihiro Nakanishi : Concert Master on "Fiction Night" & "Let Me Go"
Kiyoshi Nakagawa : Contractor on "Fiction Night" & "Let Me Go"

Recorded at Studio CMS, Studio Sound Valley, JVC Studios, Studio Jive, CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studios & Arcadia 
Mixed at CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studios & Sedic
Tokyo in August & September, 1986
Producers : Taka Watanabe & Yasohachi '88' Itoh
Director : Taku Kanazawa
Recording Engineers : Keiichi Iroh, Junichi Seyama, Tamaki Beck, Mamoru Ishibashi, Tatsup Umetsu & Yoshihiro Suzuki
Mixing Engineer : Yoshihiro Suzuki
Assistant Engineers : Yutaka Arai, Ryuta Matsuda, Satoshi Yoshii, Mamoru Ishibashi, Masao Tzuka, Hironobu Asano, Nbumasa Yamada, Masanori Tamura, Hiroko Inotsuka & Hiromi Katoh