Audy Kimura "A Gift Of Song" (1985) -Soft Rock Hawaiian-

 Label : Good Life Productions / Cool Hawaii (COHI - 1023)

 1

01 - Stay A Little Longer (Audy Kimura)
02 - Melody & Harmony (Audy Kimura)
03 - I Think Of You (Audy Kimura)
04 - The American Dream (Audy Kimura)
05 - A Girl From My Younger Days (Audy Kimura)

2

01 - Put Your Love 'On The Line' (Audy Kimura)
02 - With Your Love (Audy Kimura)
03 - Daydreamer (Audy Kimura)
04 - Why Don't We Fall In Love (Audy Kimura)
05 - A Single Rose (Audy Kimura)
06 - Just A Little Love (Audy Kimura)


Produced by Audy Kimura & Henry Lewy
Associate Producers : Tim Wiedenkeller & Paul Kimura
Arranged & Conducted by Jimmie Haskell
Recorded at Oceanway Recording
Engineer : Mark Ettel
Assistant Engineer : Tony Chiappa
Additional Recording at Ground Control
Engineers : Darwin Foye & Henry Lewy
Mixed at Oceanway Recording by Mark Ettel & Audy Kimura with Henry Lewy & Tim Wiedenkeller
Mastering by Grundman Mastering
Engineer : Bernie Grundman

Strings Section :
Sid Sharp & Jerome Kessler : Concertmaster
Myra Kestenbaum, Harry Bluestone, Joy Lyle, Jesse Erlich, Mike Markman, Henry Ferber, Michael Nowak, James Getzhoff, Harry Shlutz, Harris Goldman, Tibor Zelig & Raymond J. Kelley
Horns :
Trumpets & Flugel Horns : Chuck Findley & Robert Findley
Trombones : Lew McCreary & Richard Nash
Sax : John Phillips


1

01 - Stay A Little Longer

Bass Guitar : Steve Billman
Drums : Dave Spur
Keyboards : Mike Tavera
Electric Guitar : Jay Leach
Sax : Caz Macino
Percussion : Steve Forman
Vocal Chorus : Scottie Haskell, Kris Johnson & Susan Morse
Strings : String Section

02 - Melody & Harmony

Bass Guitar : Steve Billman
Drums : Dave Spur
Keyboards : Mike Tavera
Acoustic Guitar : Jay Leach 
Percussion : Steve Forman
Oboe : John Phillips
French Horn : William Ver Meulen
Strings : String Section
Cymbal Holder : Audy Kimura

03 - I Think Of You

Bass Guitar : Steve Billman
Drums : Dave Spur
Keyboards : Mike Tavera
Acoustic Guitar : Jay Leach
Electric Guitar : Russ Freeman
French Horn : William Ver Meulen
Harp : Amy Shulman
Strings : String Section

04 - The American Dream

Bass Guitar : Steve Billman
Drums : Dave Spur
Keyboards : Mike Tavera
Acoustic Guitar : Jay Leach
Vocal Chorus : Scottie Haskell, Kris Johnson & Susan Morse
Piccolo : John Phillips
Strings : String Section

05 - A Girl From My Younger Days

Bass Guitar : Steve Billman
Drums : Dave Spur
Acoustic Guitar : Audy Kimura 
French Horn : William Ver Meulen
Oboe & English Horn : John Phillips
Strings : String Section
Acoustic Piano : Mike Tavera

2

01 - Put Your Love 'On The Line'

Featuring Scottie Haskell & Audy Kimura
Bass Guitar : Steve Billman
Drums : Dave Spur
Keyboards : Mike Tavera
Electric & Guitar Synthesizer : Russ Freeman
Percussion : Steve Forman
Sax : Caz Macino
Horns : Horn Section
Vocals Chorus : Scottie Haskell, Kris Johnson, Audy Kimura & Susan Morse
Rhythm Tack Produced by Paul Kimura

02 - With Your Love

Bass Guitar : Steve Billman
Drums : Dave Spur
Keyboards : Mike Tavera
Electric Guitar : Jay Leach
Percussion : Steve Forman 
Strings : String Section

03 - Daydreamer

Bass Guitar : Steve Billman
Drums : Dave Spur
Classical Guitar : Jay Leach
Acoustic Piano : Mike Tavera
French Horn : William Ver Meulen
Harp : Amy Shulman
Strings : String Section

04 - Why Don't We Fall In Love

Bass Guitar : Steve Billman
Drums : Dave Spur
Electric Guitar : Jay Leach
Keyboards : Mike Tavera
Percussion : Steve Forman
Flute : John Phillips
French Horn : William Ver Meulen

05 - A Single Rose

Acoustic Piano : Mike Tavera 
Acoustic Guitar : Audy Kimura
Oboe : John Phillips
Harp : Amy Shulman
Strings : String Section

06 - Just A Little Love

Bass Guitar : Steve Billman
Drums : Dave Spur
Electric Guitar : Jay Leach
Keyboards : Mike Tavera
Percussion : Steve Forman
French Horn : William Ver Meulen
Strings : String Section
Vocal Chorus : The Neighborhood Kids
Jokes : Audy Kimura

Audy Kimura "Looking For "The Good Life" (1983) -Soft Rock Hawaiian-

 Label : Good Life Productions

 A

01 - Mellow Kind Of Love*
02 - Lovers & Friends* (Audy Kimura)
03 - 10 Years Down The Road** (Audy Kimura)
04 - Moments*** (Audy Kimura)
05 - Summer*** (Audy Kimura)

B

01 - Falling* (Audy Kimura)
02 - Coming Home* (Audy Kimura)
03 - Seabird*** (Audy Kimura)
04 - Love Has Arrived* (Audy Kimura)
05 - Looking For 'The Good Life'** (Audy Kimura)


Produced by Audy Kimura for Rainbow Records, Inc.
Associate Producer : Paul Kimura
Executive Producer : Blythe Arakawa
Recorded at Sounds of Hawaii Studios, Honolulu, Hawaii
Herb Ono - Recording Engineer

Stan Ono - Recording Engineer

Dean Ono - Recording Engineer 

Audy Kimura - Recording Engineer
Mixed by Audy Kimura (and thanks to Dean Uyehara, Paul Kimura & Blythe Arakawa)
Mastered at A&M by Bernie Grundman
*Arranged by Brian Robertshaw
**Arranged by Jimmy Funai
***Arranged by Chance
All Strings Arrangements by Brian Robertshaw

String Section (From Honolulu Symphony) : Claire Hazzard, Sandra Wong, Steve Kim, Nancy Masaki, Art Loventhai, Douglas Buchanan, Robert N. Kindler, LaVar Krantz, Dale Bechtel, Armen Garabedian


A

01 - Mellow Kind Of Love

Alan Leong : Electric Piano
Phil Bennett : Drums
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Paul Kimura : Electric Guitar
Bob Winn : Sax
Pete Hernandez : Percussion
Bonnie Geaheart & Rachel Gonzales : Background vocals
Honolulu Symphony : Strings

02 - Lovers & Friends

Jimmy Funai : Acoustic Guitar
Brian Robertshaw : Electric Piano
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Honolulu Symphony : Strings
Tom Boyd : Oboe

03 - 10 Years Down The Road

Alan Leong : Electric Piano
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Brian Robertshaw : Synthesizer
Audy Kimura : Acoustic Guitar & Critelli
Jimmy Funai : Acoustic Guitar
Bonnie Geaheart & Rachel Gonzales : Background vocals

04 - Moments

Audy Kimura : Acoustic Guitar
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Honolulu Symphony : Strings

05 - Summer

Alan Leong : Electric Piano
Phil Bennett : Drums
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Jimmy Funai : Guitar
Audy Kimura : Classical Guitar
Pete Hernandez : Percussion
Honolulu Symphony : Strings
Audy Kimura, Phil Bennett & Jimmy Funai : Live Comments

B

01 - Falling

Phil Bennett : Drums
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Jimmy Funai : Guitar
Tom Boyd : Oboe
Bonnie Geaheart & Rachel Gonzales : Background vocals

02 - Coming Home

Phil Bennett : Drums
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Jimmy Funai : Guitar
Tom Boyd : Oboe
Brian Robertshaw : Electric Piano 
Honolulu Symphony : Strings

03 - Seabird

Alan Leong : Electric Piano
Arex Ikehara : Bass 
Phil Bennett : Drums
Pete Hernandez : Percussion
Paul Kimura : Electric Guitar
Alex Murzyn : Flute
Jimmy Funai : Acoustic Guitar
Audy Kimura : Wind Chimes

04 - Love Has Arrived

Audy Kimura : Acoustic Guitar
Jimmy Funai : Electric Guitar
Brian Robertshaw : Electric Piano
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Honolulu Symphony : Strings 
Phil Bennett : Drums

05 - Looking For 'The Good Life'

Alan Leong : Electric Piano
Arex Ikehara : Bass
Phil Bennett : Drums
Jimmy Funai : Acoustic & Electric Guitar
Pete Hernandez : Percussion
Brian Robertshaw : Piano
Audy Kimura : Wind Chimes & Critelli
Jane Moulin : Koto
Honolulu Symphony : Strings

Audy Kimura "In L.A." (1989) -Westcoast Rock / Soft Rock Hawaiian-

Label : Polydor Records

01 - You Are The Love (Audy Kimura)
02 - Mr. Cool (Audy Kimura)
03 - The Things We Never Knew (Audy Kimura)
04 - Only My Heart Can Say (Audy Kimura)
05 - I Do Love You (Audy Kimura)
06 - What Love Can Do (Audy Kimura)
07 - Love In The Moonlight (Audy Kimura)
08 - The Best In Me (Audy Kimura)
09 - Who's That Girl? (Audy Kimura)
10 - More Than You'll Ever Know (Audy Kimura)
11 - Reach Out! (Audy Kimura)


Produced by Audy Kimura
Associate Producers : Michael Tavera & Masao Yagi
Executive Producer : Kazuhiko Koike
Recorded at Ocean Way Recording
Engineered by Bob Loftus
2nd Engineers : Eric Rudd, Joe Schiff & Mark Guilbeaut
Additional Recording :
Ground Control Studios - Engineered by Chris Fuhrman & Jimmy Hoyson - 2nd Engineer : Alejandro Rodriguez
Bob Mithoff Studio - Engineered by Bob Mithoff - 2nd Engineer : Audy Kimura
Wildcat Studios - Engineered by Mark Coffin
David Boruff's Kitchen - Engineered by Rob Pfeifer
Mixed at Ocean Way Recording by Audy Kimura & Rik Pekkonen
Digitally Mastered at Grundman Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Musical Arrangements by Michael Tavera (Except "I Do Love You" Arranged by Masao Yagi)

Rhythm Section :
Bass : Steve Billman
Drums : Joel Taylor
Guitars : Kiko Zibrian
Keyboards : Mike Tavera

The Players :
Acoustic Guitar : Audy Kimura ("Love In The Moonlight")
Horns : Tower of Power Horns :
Richard Elliot : Sax
Greg Adams : Trumpet
Lee Thornburg : Trumpet
Nick Lane : Trombone
David Stout : Trombone
Percussion : Steve Forman
Acoustic Piano : Masao Yagi ("I Do Love You")
Sax : Dave Boruff
Strings : Hero Strings
Synclavier : Mioke Tavera
Programmer : Bob Mithoff
Vocalist : Lauren Nakano Morris ("The Things We Never Knew")
Vocal Chorus : Randy Crenshaw, Susie Stevens, Scottie Haskell & Linda Harmon