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Makoto Matsushita "The Pressures And The Pleasures" (1982) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-



Label : Moon Records


Japon Side 1

01 - The Pressures And The Pleasures (Makoto Matsushita & Chris Mosdell)
02 - Pretender And The Truth
       Business Man (Part 1) (Makoto Matsushita)
       The Bridge (Makoto Matsushita, Clara & Libka)
       Business Man (Part 2) (Makoto Matsushita)

Side 2

01 - Night Visions (Makoto Matsushita & Chris Mosdell)
       The Garden Of Walls (Makoto Matsushita & Mimi Yokosuka)
       Carnaval
02 - The Dawn
       The Quiet Storm (Makoto Matsushita)
       Morning Blue (Makoto Matsushita & Mimi Yokosuka)


Produced by Makoto Matsushita

Musicians 
Makoto Matsushita : Vocals, Chorus, Guitar, Synthesizer on "The Bridge", Vocal on "The Bridge"
Clara : Vocal on "The Bridge"
Haruo Togashi : OBX Synthesizer & Programming
Hidetoshi Yamada : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano, Chorus on "The Dawn"
Kazuo Nobuta : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano on "Business Man" & "The Dawn"
Yasuo Tomikura : Greco Wing Bass & Hargustrum Fretless Bass
Masahiro Miyazaki : Ludwig & Yamaha Drums
Hideo Yamaki : Sonor Drums on "The Pressures And The Pleasures" & "The Garden Of Walls"
Kotaro Ishii : Percussions
Don's Family & Sing-Zang Sisters : Chorus on "Carnaval"
Edward Leaman : Voice on "The Pressures And The Pleasures"
Tadao Yamaguchi : Noise of Tokyo on "The Garden Of Walls"

Associate Produced & Directed by Toshio Oguri for 'From East', Nobumasa Uchida for 'Alfa Moon Records'
Production Co-ordinator : Tadao Yamaguchi 'From East'
Engineered by Eiji Uchinuma, Jun Wakao, Tatsuo Sekine, Hiroshi Fujita, stuff of 'Mixer's Lab'
Mixed & Mastered by Eiji Uchinuma, Mitsuo Yamaguchi
Cutting by Shizuo Nomiyama
Recorded & Mixed at Nichion Studio, Tokyo, Japan
February 1982