19/06/2024

Marlene "Just Like First Love" (1981) -City Pop-



Label : CBS/Sony Inc.


Philippines Side A

01 - Feel Like Makin' Love (Eugene B. McDaniels)
02 - Lovin' You (Minnie Riperton & Richard Rudolph)
03 - Do You Love Me? (Rod Temperton)
04 - You've Got A Friend (Carole King)
05 - This Masquerade (Leon Russell)

Side B

01 - Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)
02 - Hittin' Me Where It Hurts (William D. Smith & Kathy Wakefield)
03 - Falling Again (Linda Hennrick & Masanori Sasaji)
04 - From The Very Start (Linda Hennrick & Hiromasa Suzuki)


All Tunes Arranged & Conducted by Masanori Sasaji
Recorded & Mixed at CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio, Tokyo in October 1981

Producer : Yasohachi Itoh
Recording & Mixing Engineer : Yoshihiro Suzuki
Assistant Engineer : Kunihiko Ohno
Mastering Engineer : Teppei Kasai


Side A

01 - Feel Like Makin' Love

Masanori Sasaji : Rhodes Piano
Tsunehide Matsuki : Electric Guitars
Akira Okazawa : Electric Bass
Yuhichi Togashiki : Drums
Masami Nakagawa : Flute & Piccolo
Nakanishi Group : Strings
Kazuhara Group : Trumpets & Flugelhorns
Arai Group : Trombones

02 - Lovin' You

Masanori Sasaji : Rhodes Piano, Prophet 5, Mini Moog & Roland Jupiter 8 Synthesizers
Takayuki Hijikata : Electric Guitars
Yasuo Tomikura : Electric Bass
Shuhichi Murakami : Drums
Nakanishi Group : Strings

03 - Do You Love Me?

Masanori Sasaji : Acoustic Piano & Prophet 5 Synthesizer
Tsunehide Matsuki : Electric Guitar
Akira Okazawa : Electric Bass
Yuhichi Togashiki : Drums
Eve : Background vocals
Nakanishi Group : Strings
Kazuhara Group : Trumpets
Arai Group : Trombones

04 - You've Got A Friend

Masanori Sasaji : Rhodes Piano, Prophet 5 & Mini Moog Synthesizers
Takayuki Hijikata : Electric Guitar
Shuhichi Murakami : Drums
Yasuaki Shimizu : Tenor Saxophone

05 - This Masquerade

Masanori Sasaji : Acoustic Piano
Takayuki Hijikata : Electric Guitar
Morio Watanabe : Electric Bass
Hideo Yamaki : Drums
Masami Nakagawa : Flute
Nakanishi Group : Strings

Side B

01 - Isn't She Lovely

Masanori Sasaji : Acoustic Piano & Hammond B-3 Organ
Takayuki Hijikata : Electric Guitar
Yasuo Tomikura : Electric Bass
Shuhichi Murakami : Drums

02 - Hittin' Me Where It Hurts

Masanori Sasaji : Hammond B-3 Organ & Prophet 5 Synthesizer
Takayuki Hijikata : Electric Guitar
Morio Watanabe : Electric Bass
Hideo Yamaki : Drums
Eve : Background vocals
Kazuhara Group : Trumpets

03 - Falling Again

Masanori Sasaji : Acoustic Piano, Prophet 5, Oberheim & Roland Jupiter 8 Synthesizers
Takayuki Hijikata : Electric Guitar
Morio Watanabe : Electric Bass
Hideo Yamaki : Drums
Eve : Background vocals

04 - From The Very Start

Masanori Sasaji : Acoustic Piano & Prophet 5 Synthesizer
Tsunehide Matsuki : Electric Guitar
Akira Okazawa : Electric Bass
Yuhichi Togashiki : Drums
Nakanishi Group : Strings
Keiko Yamakawa : Harp